Pompey are not performing at the required level

Terry Devlin's two goals against Hull City were the only bright spot of a 3-2 loss, according to Portsmouth fan Tom Chappell

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 something that right now this team just does not look capable of.

One man who did not deserve the outcome from Saturday was Terry Devlin, a gritty, passionate display and two goals to go with it. Two generational knee slides in front of the travelling fans too, so disappointingly futile considering the outcome.

Pompey were probably just about deserving of a point at a push, but you could not make an argument for anything more than that.

Scoring two goals away from home has to yield more of a return than a defeat - we have got to be so much better at defending set-plays and must attack with more of an intensity and purpose.

Plenty to work on then for a group of players bereft of confidence and a tough set of fixtures to tackle once Championship football resumes in two weeks.

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