Our weekly Portsmouth podcast “Who Needs Mourinho?” We receive many questions about. About what to do in January.

Frankly, roster improvements will be needed. However, there are 13 more matches before new additions can be made; For now, solutions will have to come from within.

Derby and Oxford, the other two teams promoted last season, also made solid starts to the season.

Both could be caught up in the relegation battle, but from the outside they look well adapted to Championship life.

Portsmouth finished 20 points better than Oxford last season and signed one of their best players in the summer. Pompey are currently 10 places worse off in the standings.

John Mousinho’s first 18 months in management could not have been better. He remains the bright and promising coach he was last season.

He’s smart enough to know that there will always be difficult times ahead. Keeping Pompey in the Championship from here would eclipse their title success from last season.

Owners will definitely give him time. It would be crazy to impeach him, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t blameless in the current situation.

Pompey fans will travel more than 850 miles to attend both away games at Hull and Plymouth next week. Many will do so with hope rather than expectation.

Things can change very quickly in football and Portsmouth’s fortunes need to change immediately.