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9 hours ago
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'Down to all Dons to help Yengi flourish'
Aberdeen full-back Nicky Devlin says it is down to all of the squad to help struggling striker Kusini Yengi get to grips with life at summer arrival from Portsmouth had another testing afternoon against Celtic and a poor Scottish Premiership debut against Hearts the week prior, with his side losing both games 26-year-old arrived at Aberdeen on a free transfer on the back of a barren second season in front of goal with Portsmouth, although he did net twice for Australia in a World Cup qualifier against said: "It's probably important for the rest of us to give him more opportunity. There were times he was having to feed off balls that weren't great quality into him."He was fighting against two big centre-halves, which was obviously making it difficult for him. I think we have to probably get the ball in better areas, play more to his strengths."It's his first taste of being up here, it's only his second game in the league. It's probably more about other people doing a wee bit more to support him and getting the ball into areas that we know he can be dangerous."We've seen it in training already, we've seen it in some of the pre-season games. We have to play more to his strengths at times, get the ball into areas that we know he's going to hurt teams."We wanted to start the first home game with picking up points, but ultimately I don't think we've done enough in the game to trouble Celtic."Aberdeen now face a wait to return to top-flight action and climb off the foot of the table, with their next fixture on August 31 against Falkirk, owing to their League Cup and European commitments.
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12 hours ago
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Portsmouth midfielder Pack to have knee surgery
Portsmouth will be without midfielder Marlon Pack for at least six weeks as he needs surgery on a knee 34-year-old missed Saturday's season-opening 1-0 win at Oxford in the Championship after sustaining the injury in a pre-season friendly against Brighton under-21s on 30 July and boss John Mousinho has confirmed he needs an operation."He's going in for surgery tomorrow [Tuesday] so we're pretty positive on it - in the best case scenario he'll be back in six weeks so it's not too bad," Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent."We probably feared the worst at the end of last week - we're pretty pleased with that as an outcome."Pack started his career with Portsmouth and re-joined the club from Cardiff City in 2022, playing a key role in their League One title win in 2024."We have to wait until he's had the surgery just to double check but we're pretty hopeful," added Mousinho."We knew he wasn't fit and available on Friday but he was definitely going to travel with the boys and was a big part of what we achieved on Saturday."I almost guarantee he'll be on the bus up to West Brom [next weekend] even though he won't be fit."Portsmouth host Reading in the first round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday (19:45 BST).
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18 hours ago
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A 'job done' performance from Pompey
There was a lot to like about Pompey at the Kassam on was a "job done" away performance that had every ingredient we've come to anticipate from a John Mousinho side winning a game of football on the road - solidity in the back line, plenty of midfield substance and a real purpose in if you were to put his match-winning moment aside, Adrian Segecic had one of the most accomplished league debuts I can remember a Pompey player having for many a footballing diligence and application is sensational, not to mention his ferocity in striking the ball which we got glimpses of. One league game is a small sample size, however his pre-season showings coupled with Saturday afternoon's display excite me for his campaign returning duo of Conor Shaughnessy and Regan Poole, albeit not error free, didn't strike me as a partnership 20 months in the making. John Swift demonstrated exactly what he can bring to the table for Pompey, Colby Bishop's surprise inclusion was a welcome one, and I think in part that allowed for Callum Lang to shine as he was only really the closing 20 minutes of the game where Pompey's slender one-goal advantage felt at risk, naturally invoking nervousness heightened by the desire to see the game of me feels a less well equipped and prepared Pompey side may well have succumbed to the late Oxford pressure. Mousinho appears to now have his side in a place whereby we can compete from start to finish and emerge with a result befitting the performance. It took a leafy weekend in West London midway through October last season for Pompey to register a league win, home or away. This time round that inaugural victory came on the opening Portsmouth will almost certainly have tougher tests on our travels this season, we know by now that winning anywhere away from home in the Championship is an credited his side's energy and challenged them to sustain it. A stern test for our Fratton Park curtain raiser next weekend (at home to Norwich) can't come soon enough.
