Grant coy over future

Pompey put in an improved performance but were again left with nothing as they passed up several opportunities before Jonathan Greening slotted home 16 minutes from time.

The financially-stricken Fratton Park club remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League table after their latest defeat and are six points from safety.

Grant and chief executive Peter Storrie were angered at being kept in the dark over the decision to sell key players such as Younes Kaboul and Asmir Begovic in the transfer window.

Issue
The Israeli dodged questions over whether he would remain at the helm and insists the focus must be on ensuring the club's supporters still have a team to follow.

He told Sky Sports: "I keep saying I am not the subject, I am not the issue. The issue is the club, the issue is the fans. The fans today were great.

"The club belongs to the city and this is the life of the fans. The future of the club is what is important."

When asked again about his own position, the former Chelsea boss replied: "It doesn't matter, what matters is the future of the club, the club is more important than anybody."

Grant admitted that his side were made to pay for their inability to beat Mark Schwarzer with both Frederic Piquionne and Aruna Dindane guilty of squandering decent opportunities.


Frustrating
He said: "It is very difficult. The last two games, especially today, we have played so well. We dominated the game and created a lot of chances, but then from one mistake we lost the game.

"It is very frustrating because we are playing football not of a team from the bottom of the league, but we deserve to be much, much higher. But this is football, it is a game of results.

"We need to learn to take our chances. The boys really tried hard, they played good football and created a lot of chances, but they need to put the ball in the net.

"When you don't put the ball in the net, you make one mistake and we have lost the game.

"When they come to the pitch they are trying to do their best. Of course, it is not easy, but they tried hard and they fight, they played good football. Except for the result, everything was good today.

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