00:00Yeah, Mercy played with Lang at Burnley. But yeah, obviously at that stage,
00:08Yengyi wasn't available for a start, was he? So, yeah, it'll be interesting to see how
00:13them... Lang is Pompey's... I'd say best of the ten, but to be fair, Sadie's done really
00:21well this season, hasn't he? In different roles as well, but you want Lang there. Lang
00:25performed better there than Lang, for example. So that energy, and there was a goal threat
00:30from Lang as well. But yeah, and then up front, Oman has done very well, hasn't he? And Yengyi
00:35is certainly challenging him. It's just more options, because Pompey hadn't been creating
00:40a lot, hadn't been scoring a lot. They should have beaten Oxford United. So, suddenly, that
00:47makes him better. And I know we'll get into shot-missing soon, but when he's back fit,
00:51that makes Pompey better. So some of these players coming back will improve them. And
00:56you need these big players, and they were big players I mentioned last year. Lang was
01:00important in the end of the season, wasn't he? Yengyi and Shocknessy. When they're back
01:04in the squad again, available, that improves Pompey's chances of trying to win matches.
01:09But without doubt, we've seen Blair thrown up into the central striker as an emergency
01:15at Burnley, and also against Oxford. And he's not a central striker. He's not strong enough.
01:20He can't hold the ball up. He gets dispossessed. But they've had no-one else, and they're hoping
01:24that with his movement pace, he can cause problems. But this is his first ever senior
01:29season. He's learning, and Pompey needs to ease him into situations, which they have
01:35largely. But he's also started me, and didn't quite come off at Stoke, being played out
01:41of position, as I'll just give you an example. So, again, Harvey Blair coming on up front,
01:46or senior Yengyi? The answer's obviously he's going to be better. It's an interesting one,
01:51because that was for a home game. They're away from home now, so he's very much tailored
01:55to try to overcome Oxford United. But away from home, he might go to his tried and trusted
02:00formula. But I thought it worked OK against Oxford, despite not getting the victory. And
02:05it was a must-win game. I'm glad he said that. I said it before. I'm glad John Maciena described
02:09it as a must-win game, because I think most of us surely thought it was a must-win game.
02:16But it was a must-win game, because John Maciena described it as a must-win game.
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