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BBC Radio Solent’s Pompey commentator Andrew Moon
Clearly, Marlon Pack has many attributes that might make him a good coach one day. However, that journey can wait for at least another year given his performances this season.
Pack played in 34 of Pompey’s 46 league games this season, including starting all five of the crucial run from Good Friday which secured survival.
He’s still in great shape and has always
Portsmouth skipper Marlon Pack says the club have shown they belong in the Championship and, if they can secure survival, it would be a bigger achievement than winning League One last season.
The Blues claimed the title at Fratton Park a year ago and have experienced a roller-coaster season in the second tier, to lie three places and four points above the relegation zone with four games remaining – the
Former Bristol City midfielder Marlon Pack says he can see similarities between his time at Ashton Gate and with his current club, Portsmouth.
The 33-year-old is set to line up for Pompey against the Robins in their Championship match at Fratton Park on Saturday.
Pack was a key member of the Bristol City side which won the League One title and EFL Trophy in 2015.
“A lot of things we
The 33-year-old found himself dropped from the Pompey starting XI following the defeat by Cardiff, something he had few complaints about.
“Naturally as a footballer you should be wanting to play every game and when you’re not playing you should be disappointed,” he said.
“But something did have to change. The gaffer had every right to try and find a winning formula.”
Pack says the squad were initially shocked when
When you drop out of the Championship at the age of 31, the chances are that you will probably not return to that level of football.
But Marlon Pack is not your average player and certainly not your average character.
Leading Portsmouth to the League One title was not enough to guarantee a return for the midfielder to the second tier.
Pack’s original two-year contract expired this summer and
Portsmouth captain Marlon Pack has signed a new two, external–year deal, external at Fratton Park.
The 33-year-old made 39 appearances last season as he led Portsmouth to promotion back to the second tier of English football for the first time in 12 years.
He was named their player of the year and made the League One team of the season.
“It was so important for us