Christopher Shaw

Defensive Midfielder - Portsmouth
18 Sep 2028
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The Portsmouth Post

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout29 May 2028

Miha Trdan says Portsmouth went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad29 May 2028

A late step up for Ibane Bowat

At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Market29 May 2028

A season away well spent by Márk Kosznovszky

28 games, 1 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Portsmouth now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.

Squad29 May 2028

Too much change too quickly at Portsmouth

8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout29 May 2028

Márk Kosznovszky is still paying for one afternoon at Portsmouth

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout29 May 2028

No hiding place for Denis Cheryshev

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Cheryshev, and the manager let it.

The dugout29 May 2028

Márk Kosznovszky knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portsmouth, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market29 May 2028

Makenzie Kirk returns from a loan that gave him nothing

4 appearances and 0 goals is not a season, it is a year somebody has lost. Whether that is his fault, the borrowing club's or the people who arranged it is the argument the next few weeks will have.

Squad29 May 2028

A row about effort at Portsmouth

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Christopher Shaw was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

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The Portsmouth Post

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Feb 2028

Josh Acheampong is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Portsmouth know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

Josh Acheampong gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match19 Feb 2028

Portsmouth see off Middlesbrough

Three points for Portsmouth, 2‑1 the final word against Middlesbrough in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces21 Feb 2028

One of their own: Adrian Segecic

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

Eddie Nketiah in the eights

A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

One of those days for Tyler Adams

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

The manager has not finished forgetting Josh Acheampong's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad21 Feb 2028

Christopher Shaw stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Christopher Shaw and Portsmouth agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

Harry Graham has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Harry Graham on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief