Portsmouth Football Club News

After fantastic performances against Fulham, Liverpool and Wigan garnered just a solitary point, Tony Adams needed a change of fortune. Well, he got it at Sunderland. Pompey produced a below-par display at the Stadium of Light and Djibril Cisse’s early goal meant they deservedly trailed at the break. But Nadir Belhadj’s superb equaliser and Jermain Defoe’s stoppage-time penalty gave Adams his first victory as Blues boss. The former England skipper confessed he did not particularly care how his side got their three points on Wearside. “Of the four games that I’ve been in charge, that’s probably been our worst performance,” admitted Adams. “So I think I’ll have to start again with this game because I haven’t got a clue about it! “We didn’t pass the ball well enough and we kept turning it over. I think Jermain and Peter needed to come back defensively a bit more. I also think that we needed to look after Cisse a little bit better – he was very lively. “We’ve been our own worst enemy of late and we needed to be switched on a bit more. “But we’re in the results industry – I understand that. “I love winning and I’ll take it no matter what. It doesn’t matter if we’ve played well or played badly. “I can’t control luck. I just have to get on with what I do. I have to organise the team and prepare them for the matches. “I’m not sure if the luck evens itself out over the course of the season but I think that players make their own luck - and I believe in my players.” Adams was particularly pleased for Belhadj, who scored his first Pompey goal against Sunderland. He said: “Nadir’s a livewire and he wants to run here, there and everywhere. “I did a session with him in training where I put him in a 10x10 box and he had to stay there. He sometimes needs to do a bit more for the team. “But he’s great offensively - I’m delighted for him. “He lifted the whole squad when he came to Pompey. He’s got a great attitude and he deserves everything that he gets.”

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