Pompey Talk returns with an inquest into the Blues' ongoing Championship wobbles. On this week’s show, head of sport Mark McMahon asks chief sports writer Neil Allen whether Pompey have under-estimated the step up from League One to the Championship? Questions are asked about the Blues' summer transfer business, while Marlon Pack's performances also come under the microscope.
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00:00He said yesterday when I put the question to him, are these players good enough for the Championship, obviously he's going to say they are.
00:06You know that, you have to put the question to him, he's going to say they are good for the Championship.
00:11I asked a question, the question needs to be asked and he gave the obvious answer.
00:17But he did say that mentally he felt there was an issue in that game against Cardiff because they switched off in crucial moments.
00:25And that's what being a good player is about, mentally strong and switched on and all those sorts of things.
00:31You can go back through the history of wonderfully talented footballers who don't get very far because they haven't got different caveats to the game and to talent and things like that.
00:41And probably have stepped up. This is a bigger, bigger challenge to the players and the players have to respond.
00:48And unfortunately some players have struggled since they've come to the football club, some players have struggled since they've stepped up.
00:55We're not saying they will never rediscover form or never adjust, but at the moment as it is, we can't see the future, some players, such as Sorensen, are not good enough at this moment.
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