John Mousinho shrugs off talk of Portsmouth exit after victory at Stoke

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho shrugged off speculation about his own future after his team’s impressive win but admitted clubs will be casting an eye towards hat-trick hero Adrian Segecic.

The former Sydney FC forward and Croatia Under-21 international bagged his first EFL treble to take his season tally to 10 goals.

Segecic gave Portsmouth a 32nd-minute lead and struck twice in the second half after Lamine Cisse’s 48th-minute equaliser for City, who were booed off at half and full-time.

In contrast, Pompey’s 3,000 strong army of fans chanted ‘one more year, John Mousinho’ throughout the game.

Contracted until 2028, he said: “My full focus is on Portsmouth. I love being here and love the city.

“We have an opportunity if we get things right to start kicking on.

“I have had absolutely nothing from any other football club up and down the country. I have got another couple of years here in terms of my contract.”

Segecic smashed in a rising left-footed shot for his 32nd-minute opener and then deftly turned in Josh Murphy’s cross for his second to restore Portsmouth’s lead after 66 minutes.

He unleashed a low 20-yarder to bring up his treble eight minutes from time.

“It hasn’t shocked me,” added Mousinho on Segecic’s goal return this campaign. “But if you had said he would end up with five or six goals I would have thought that was pretty good.

“So, he has probably overachieved on what we expected at the start of the season.

“I will be very surprised if there isn’t interest for Segs. I suspect there will be a lot of admirers.”

Stoke boss Mark Robins delivered a gloomy post mortem on a season that started promisingly but ended in disappointment, anger and a first ever defeat by Portsmouth at the bet 365 Stadium.

“The culture needs to change,” he said. “It is not right.

“You find out a lot about people in bad times and we were poor, really poor.

“We have not been good enough to win enough games this season. This one was abject.

“Things need to change. We know exactly is what is required. You can see it is not right and probably hasn’t been right. It is a summer of hard work.

“We have got to be ruthless. There are so many things I see that are okay and so many things that aren’t.

“And I am being polite when I say okay. Okay is not what we are aiming for. We are aiming for the best but we are so far off it.

“It is inexplicable that someone puts a shirt on and isn’t going to run through a brick wall.

“We have to recruit the right players and move people on who are mercenary, don’t want to work, don’t want to train hard and then put a team on the pitch everyone can be proud of.

“I can’t tell you how angry I am. There is so much needs doing to change things around. You can’t have the tail wagging the dog.

“If they are not willing to fight and scrap they will have to leave. We must get players in who are willing to fight and run and do it every single week through rain, snow and shine.”