The Portsmouth Post
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Gustavo Caballero
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Jordan Archer puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Portsmouth, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Portsmouth
John Swift was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Portsmouth training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Conor Shaughnessy is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
One of those days for Josh Murphy
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.17, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Aji Alese'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.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Portsmouth and Leicester City
- Squad Josh Murphy is off the mark for Portsmouth
- Player ratings Aji Alese never got going
- Player ratings The referee tires of Ebou Adams