Murphy injury 'a frustrating one' - Mousinho
John Mousinho: "It's frustrating with Murphy"
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Portsmouth boss John Mousinho has admitted his frustration surrounding the injury to winger Josh Murphy.
Murphy has missed the last three Championship fixtures after suffering an ankle injury, last featuring in the South Coast derby against Southampton.
"It's a frustrating one, it's sort of day to day and week to week, and it's just not quite right at the moment so it's definitely not one where we're going to risk it." Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.
"We're still looking to push things but it's a frustrating one for both parties where we seem close and then far away and day to day we take a judgement on where he is and how fit he is.
"It's not more serious, it's just a little niggly one that we can't quite get right at the moment."
Mousinho also gave an injury update before Pompey's next Championship assignment against Middlesbrough on Saturday (15:00 BST) at Fratton Park, with no fresh concerns.
Harvey Blair replaced Yang Min-hyeok on 63 minutes during Wednesday's 2-2 draw against Watford to make his first appearance of the season.
Jordan Williams also made way for Terry Devlin on 72 minutes after having started his first game since a 2-1 loss against Norwich in August.
"We've got a clean bill of health from last night, it was good to see Harvey get the minutes and get through that," Mousinho added.
"All the other substitutions were tactical, so Jordan [Williams] was flagging a bit, the amount of physical output that we needed from him going up and down that right hand flank particularly with the way we were trying to play meant that we decided to make that substitution."
