James Collins in tunnel after Portsmouth

James Collins.

Well played today. A clean sheet at last.

“Yeah, we’ve been under a bit of pressure to get a clean sheet and luckily for us we did today.”

What did the manager say to you this week – he said last week he was looking for solutions.

“It helps if you keep a clean sheet for starters. Obviously we’ve done that but we couldn’t find that cutting edge to get a goal today. But I’m sure that will come, that bit of luck in front of goal and we’ll start picking up points.”

You were out for a while but are you happy with your form since you’ve returned?

“Yeah, I’m playing alright. Obviously I’m not happy with the results we’ve been getting. I’ve been out for a long time and I’m still trying to find my feet. But like I said it was our first clean sheet and hopefully there will be many more to come.”

Peter Crouch – hard to play against?

“Yeah, it’s always tough. He’s such a big lad you can’t always win your headers but I thought we defended reasonably well and we’re pleased to have kept a clean sheet.”

Tough run of games coming up. How do you see that panning out?

“We’ll take the positives from today and use it as a springboard to kick on. We got our first clean sheet. We can go to Sunderland next week and build on that.”

Mood in the camp?

“We’ve not been happy. We’ve been disappointed with the way the results have been going but the gaffer said it himself, we have been playing quite good football, so as long as we keep doing that and defending well I’m sure we can keep picking up points.”

Wales.

“We’ve got Denmark away on Wednesday. I’m going down to meet up tomorrow and hopefully another game under my belt.”