Good performance but frustrating defeat

Fortunately and we have time to turn it around.

I didn't see a good performance last night, certainly not as a team.

As a unit it all looks disjointed and the unity of team spirit we have often seen under DC is not always there. Individually the new acquisitions look promising but partnerships need forming, patterns of play need developing and the whole thing needs moulding into a proper team, not just how we are with the ball but also how we set up without it.

We also lack genuine left side width and I hope we see Holmes-Dennis sooner rather than later plus Sam Matthews on the left. All possession on the left in the oppo half was cutting in on right feet and not stretching the Pompey defence. Cutting in liked that let's the opposition back line off the hook, both ball and marker all fall in the line of sight and the back line can get tighter, using width does the opposite.

Pompey were the opposition, solid and organised with and without the ball, just what you expect from a Kenny Jackett side. They will be up there cone May.

DC and staff have work to do on the training ground to mound this lot into a team. I can see fans are going to have to be patient while coaching staff get to work, because this looks to me like something that will be a work in progress for some time.