'It simply wasn't Pompey's day in front of goal'

Colby Bishop has one goal in his last eight games for Pompey

The later you are in the season the harder it is to be excited by good performances that don't yield any points.

That being said, given Portsmouth's recent showings on the road the 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United was a huge improvement.

It simply wasn't Pompey's day in front of goal: Callum Lang, Colby Bishop and Connor Ogilvie will all be wondering how they didn't score. Bishop finishing well when he was just offside summed up his luck at the moment.

Bishop isn't his clinical self but his build-up play remains excellent. Josh Murphy put in another outstanding performance - he must be one of the division's form wingers.

"Keep playing like that and they'll have no problem staying up" feels an easy thing to say. Consistency has been an issue for Portsmouth this season though so the question is can they repeat efforts like that.

A similar performance against Cardiff on Tuesday would be very handy.