“I Will Defeat Stoke City” Portsmouth’s manager To Stoke City.
“I Will Defeat Stoke City” Portsmouth’s manager To Stoke City
John Mousinho is so sick of superstitions and fortunate charms that he will be playing without
a belt when he takes Portsmouth to Stoke City this coming midweek.
After winning promotion to the Championship, Pompey’s manager was pleased with his team’s effort and perseverance in Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Sheffield United.
This was the team’s fourth tie in their first seven games of the season. However,
he is still after his first victory and is willing to try anything to achieve it.
“It’s a shame how many things I have tried, but I have tried everything to win,”
he declared during the weekend at Fratton Park.
Since I neglected to wear a belt today, I’ll probably attempt it on Wednesday and continue.
The things I have attempted are absurd.
We would be here all night if I tried to tell you everything I did, but it wouldn’t even be worth it.
Nothing has changed at all.”
Josh Murphy, a summer acquisition, said to the media,
“If he’s left his belt off today maybe he should wear no shoelaces
on Wednesday and I might get a couple of goals.”
Portsmouth is now in second place,
but their sense of camaraderie gives them faith that they can start moving
up the standings this month when they play Sheffield Wednesday,
Oxford, Stoke, Queens Park Rangers, and Cardiff.
The News reporter Neil Allen provided the following explanation:
“The injury list will attest to the fact that there have been losses over this miserable seven-game stretch,
with Conor Shaughnessy’s concerning pre-match breakdown being the most recent frustrating setback.
Nevertheless, the Blues have faced six of the top eight teams
and a Luton team who played in the Premier League the previous season in their long-awaited return to the Championship.
“A harsh beginning to the campaign, even though the fixture computer had genuinely modest expectations at first. October, on the other hand, presents the sunny uplands,
where much nicer matches are waiting with open arms. Pompey has yet to secure its first victory,
having lost twice in the ninetieth minute, but despite a terrible schedule, they have managed to accumulate four points and two clean sheets.
“Yes, John Mousinho’s team is currently second from bottom,
but given the quality of the opponents they have faced thus far, it is definitely a misleading image of their Championship potential.
“No one can deny that scoring goals is a major problem, as is creativity,
especially at home when their single goal in five home games across all competitions has been an own goal by Luke O’Nien.
Concerningly, they have also shown a tendency to let up goals in stoppage time.
They have already lost five points in stoppage time,
which is the same amount of points they have given up for the whole 2023–24 season.
“Yet, throughout these early challenges, encouragingly they have demonstrated heart,
desire, commitment, guts and, as witnessed on Saturday, a fighting spirit.”
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