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Live Portsmouth FC Portsmouth v West Brom: big team news as players return, key man missing and Poole on bench By Jordan Cross Pompey writer Comment Published 15th Sep 2024, 12:12 BST Updated 15th Sep 2024, 14:10 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Championship football returns to Fratton! After the international break we are back in business this afternoon as in-form West Brom arrive at Fratton. Pompey go in search of their first win of the season as Jed Wallace returns to his old stomping ground for the first time as a player.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. We’ve got all the build-up before team news drops at 2pm - then it’s live kick-by-kick commentary from 3pm. LIVE Pompey v West Brom 14:31 BST Pompey team news reaction 14:08 BST No room at the inn Or in the Pompey squad in this instance for Devlin, Sorensen, O’Mahony and Moxon.
14:06 BST Poole on the bench! The defender makes the bench for the first time since injuring his knee at Chesterfield last November. 14:03 BST McIntyre and Murphy return but no Shaughnessy in the Pompey squad amid three changes. 12:20 BST A remarkably honest admission from the Pompey boss ahead of kick-off John Mousinho has admitted he’s still searching for his strongest Pompey starting XI.
And the Blues boss still sees it taking time to find the right Blues formula, as his side return to action against West Brom. Championship football is back for Mousinho’s men against the Baggies tomorrow after the international break, with a lengthy injury list starting to clear for the game. It’s also been a summer where much of the club’s recruitment has come late in the transfer window, which was in sharp contrast to last summer.
That means players are bedding in and getting used to what Mousinho requires from them, as he conveys his game idea to new faces. The Pompey boss acknowledged he need to bed his team down and find the right line-up as a result. Mousinho said: ‘I think so (it will take time for the best team to become apparent).
‘I think it’s only now that we’ve got the squad to select from. That’s not just in terms of players coming back, but players also being in the building for a decent period of time. ‘But even then we haven’t really had that, with Mark (O’Mahony) having two training sessions.
‘We want to get them back, into the fold and make sure the players know us as well as us knowing them, before we properly settle on the starting XI we want to use going forward. ‘But, having said that, we do chop and change things anyway and there will be seven or eight of those players who will definitely be on the team sheet every week, but things change about that. ‘Players always have the opportunity to come in and impress, so we take that day by day and week by week.
’ Mousinho offered last season up as evidence of how things can shift when making judgements on Pompey’s squad. Conor Shaughnessy’s emergence is the oft-used example, while there was relatively little fanfare afforded Alex Robertson and Abu Kamara’s arrivals last year. On the other hand, hopes were high for Gavin Whyte and Anthony Scully with both going on to have disappointing Fratton stays.
Mousinho said: ‘Things evolve very quickly. We want to give players opportunities, if they come in and impress, whether that’s in training or in games. ‘Whether it’s a kit or a training top, any time they pull it on they have to feel they are representing the football club and pushing for a place in the starting line-up.
‘We try to see that day in, day out in everything we do. We then try to take an objective judgement on what we see.’ 12:19 BST Check out the latest Pompey Talk for the big-match preview - along with a special John Mousinho profile Shots! : Pompey Talk: Mousinho uncovered On this week’s packed Pompey Talk we take a deeper look at John Mousinho and how he’s rejuvenated the Blues.
We discuss if his squad is stronger than the group who won League One, the issues he faces moving forward and all the West Brom preview and injury news. 12:19 BST Here’s the injury latest ahead of kick-off 12:17 BST Updated 12:18 BST We’re expecting changes today - here’s how we think Pompey will line up. Related topics: Portsmouth Pompey West Brom Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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