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Saturday afternoon’s defeat by Hull City means Pompey’s wait for a second away win in the Championship this season will be three months at least. Adrian Segecic’s winner at Oxford feels an awfully long time ago.
According to folklore, “if the first week in August is unusually warm, the coming winter will be snowy and long”. In Pompey’s case, this could not be closer to reality.
A seventh league loss with a touch under a third of the season gone already.
John Mousinho’s side are not currently performing at the level required of them to maintain second-tier status.
Our form is alarmingly poor, and there is a palpable immediacy to win a couple of games and go on a positive run, which is…