I must say this doesn’t fill me with confidence. Pompey will be playing a weakened team tomorrow it sounds like
From Pompey’s local rag
“John Mousinho is weighing up handing his fringe players a rare first-team opportunity at Lincoln - but pledged Pompey will still be a force.
The likes of Tom Lowery, Terry Devlin and Ben Stevenson have all recently returned from injury, yet so far been unable to break back into the squad.
In addition, Ryley Towler’s last outing was off the bench at Oxford United at the end of January, despite being available.
Pompey’s head coach admits all are under consideration for Saturday’s trip to Sincil Bank, which marks the end of their highly-successful League One campaign.
Yet while the Blues are already champions, much is riding on the game for Lincoln, who require three points to be certain of a play-off spot.
And Oxford United and Blackpool will have one eye on proceedings hoping Mousinho’s men can do them a favour.
Mousinho told The News ‘It has been a bit more normal than our approach to Wigan because we had those celebrations after the game on Tuesday night and then we didn’t get back into the building until Friday. Physically and mentally, I think the lads were completely drained.
‘This week in the preparation has been much better. We’ve had normal training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll be back into the building Friday and travelling to Lincoln.
‘Lincoln have a huge amount to play for and we will respect the integrity of the competition. Whatever our side, we are going to be strong and competitive, although we haven’t decided what that’s going to look like yet.
‘There are plenty of players who deserve a chance to play, but we don’t go off that, we go off on what we think is going to win a football game for us. We’ve done that throughout the season, trying to find the right balance.”
From Pompey’s local rag
“John Mousinho is weighing up handing his fringe players a rare first-team opportunity at Lincoln - but pledged Pompey will still be a force.
The likes of Tom Lowery, Terry Devlin and Ben Stevenson have all recently returned from injury, yet so far been unable to break back into the squad.
In addition, Ryley Towler’s last outing was off the bench at Oxford United at the end of January, despite being available.
Pompey’s head coach admits all are under consideration for Saturday’s trip to Sincil Bank, which marks the end of their highly-successful League One campaign.
Yet while the Blues are already champions, much is riding on the game for Lincoln, who require three points to be certain of a play-off spot.
And Oxford United and Blackpool will have one eye on proceedings hoping Mousinho’s men can do them a favour.
Mousinho told The News ‘It has been a bit more normal than our approach to Wigan because we had those celebrations after the game on Tuesday night and then we didn’t get back into the building until Friday. Physically and mentally, I think the lads were completely drained.
‘This week in the preparation has been much better. We’ve had normal training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll be back into the building Friday and travelling to Lincoln.
‘Lincoln have a huge amount to play for and we will respect the integrity of the competition. Whatever our side, we are going to be strong and competitive, although we haven’t decided what that’s going to look like yet.
‘There are plenty of players who deserve a chance to play, but we don’t go off that, we go off on what we think is going to win a football game for us. We’ve done that throughout the season, trying to find the right balance.”
