Portsmouth have topped League One for most of the first half of 2023-24. What has been pivotal to that form?
I think we can trace it all the way back to the transfer window last January, so pretty much a year ago now. We knew exactly where we’d be in the summer in terms of outgoings from the squad, and that just enabled us to plan very early. When the time came to bring in new players, we had our ducks in a row and the people we wanted to target. By the second week of pre-season, 11 of our 14 signings were through the door, and by the opening match at home to
