AOUCHICHE IMPRESSES AGAIN

In other news, Adil Aouchiche continues to impress whilst on loan at Portsmouth, playing an integral role in Pompey's 5-3 smashing of Norwich at Carrow Road on Good Friday. Portsmouth manager, John Mousinho, has praised the Frenchman but still wants more.

BEST GAME FOR POMPEY

"It was Adil’s best game for us by a long way, I said it to Jon (Harley) and Ed (Denton) on the bench. I thought he was excellent. He put both bits together. What we’ve seen with Adil is a huge amount of work-rate, which is maybe slightly surprising to some."

GREAT WORK RATE

"We knew we were going to get the work-rate, but we’ve got this technical 10 coming in from Sunderland and some from the outside may not have expected that."

ALL CAME TOGETHER VS NORWICH

"He hasn’t quite put together both the work-rate and the quality on the ball. Maybe there have been a couple of games, particularly against QPR in the second half - and he did it against Norwich. He showed that quality on the ball, coming out of tight areas, his work-rate was constant, he was dead on his feet at the end. His numbers were through the roof, but he also gave that edge on the ball."

EARNED HIS SPOT

"Hopefully it will boost his confidence going forward. He’s a confident young lad anyway, he’s been in and out of the side, and we felt it was the right thing to do to bring him back on Friday. I thought he was great."