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Portsmouth will not 'rip up' the way they play - Mousinho

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Portsmouth boss John Mousinho tells BBC Radio Solent he does not think they need to change things drastically to climb away from the Championship relegsation zone

Portsmouth do not have to drastically change the way they are playing to pull away from danger in the Championship, according to head coach John Mousinho. Pompey have lost four of their past five league games and are just one point above the relegation zone as they prepare to visit QPR on Saturday (15:00 GMT). "We need to make something happen - we need to commit more bodies in the box, change the quality of crosses, get better at set-pieces and get better at finishing," Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.

"These are the things I'm going to focus on rather than ripping everything up and completely change the way we're going to play. We need to focus on a few things which leads me to being fairly measured and calm. " Only relegated Sheffield Wednesday (23) have scored fewer than Portsmouth's 36 league goals so far this season while their top scorer, Adrian Segecic, has found the net six times.

"I genuinely don't think we're a million miles away," added Mousinho "If I did, everyone at the football club knows I'd change things quite dramatically and drastically which we have the ability to do but I don't think we need to at the moment. " Listen to more Portsmouth content and interviews on BBC Sounds. [BBC]