Gaffer: Bad feeling as Pompey head to Fleetwood

Here we go, they’ve sacked their manager and the players have something to prove.

I’ve got a bad feeling about it. These sides often become world beaters when that happens.

Our own results aren’t going too well at the moment, but a lot of fans need a reality check.

This is where I think we’ll finish in the table, it is going to take time, although we peaked too early to reach the play-off spots.

The late defeat at Bristol Rovers was the turning point, we’ve not looked the same since.

For team selection, I would recall Brandon Haunstrup at left-back and push Dion Donohue into midfield.

Haunstrup has not done a great deal wrong, whereas the one game Sylvain Deslandes played he didn’t impress me at all.

Brandon has a little bit more experience and this is the kind of game to get him back in.

We have to try something a little new and I would opt for a 4-3-3 system, which would really confuse Fleetwood, they wouldn’t be expecting that.

That means Adam May in a midfield three, which will suit him better than serving as a defensive midfielder.

He also has a good shot on him.

I wouldn’t recall Matty Kennedy, though, despite being fit. To me he is a one-trick pony. He puts in great crosses when he has the time – but if defences force him wide onto his left foot it’s a dead end.