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Pompey 'have themselves to blame' for loss

Portsmouth are currently one place above the Championship relegation zone [Rex Features]

Being the better side in a game you go onto lose is a bad trait to have and sadly that's exactly what happened to Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon.

A point against Sheffield United would've felt like an unjust outcome, let alone suffering defeat in the 90th minute against opposition who created very little all game - it took me a while to come to terms with the fashion in which we lost.

But their inability to convert at the other end and make their opportunities count means Pompey only have themselves to blame for Saturday's sickener.

We will know in May, and hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the decision not to recruit any out and out number 9 competition in January looks more peculiar as the games go on.

I, like the majority inside Fratton Park, was infuriated at some of referee's decisions, particularly the denial of a goal for a foul only he seemed to spot, but this didn't affect the full-time result whatsoever.

The result fitted an alarming pattern of failure to put games to bed and paying the price for not doing so.

Pompey have a massive week of away days ahead of us in which at least one of the games has to be one we win.

Both on Saturday afternoon and against Preston the week before, we've been comfortable, looked dominant, but lacked quality.

As a result of that, one lapse in concentration lost us both games.

That's 30 games played, 16 to go and three of the nine away fall within the next week to 10 days.

It's about to get busy and Pompey need points fast.

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