"We battered them like you wouldn't believe. Kanu and Benjani ripped them to pieces and they replaced a centre-half (Craig Moore replaced by Oguchi Onyewu).
Pompey Verdict On Toon Defeat
"We battered them like you wouldn't believe. Kanu and Benjani ripped them to pieces and they replaced a centre-half (Craig Moore replaced by Oguchi Onyewu).
"But after they scored from a penalty to make it 2-1 we got edgy and needed Jamo again when Linvoy (Primus) cocked up near the finish.
"I haven't even been thinking of Europe lately. Nobody has here. Nobody did, certainly, when we lost to Rotherham or whatever and slipped into the bottom six of the old championship a few years ago.
"We just want to finish as high as we can. If we finish in the top 10 it will be a fantastic season for Portsmouth.
"Kanu was excellent today. He's so clever the way he holds the ball up, brings other people into play and creates chances for himself. I haven't seen a replay of his shot which hit the bar but he thinks it was in."