Bristol Rovers tasted defeat for the second time this week on Saturday. Again, Joey Barton's side shipped three goals, though the 3-1 loss to Portsmouth at Fratton was a more dogged and resilient performance after the midweek reverse at Barnsley.
Limitations remain, though. The Gas are not the same attacking threat they were last season – going up a level while losing three quality players without replacing them, yet, will do that to you – and the only answer to that is in the transfer market.
Rovers had plenty of the ball but it was Portsmouth who had the better chances and Connor Ogilvie's bullet header from Michael Jacobs' corner was deserved reward at the half-hour mark. And Pompey always looked like the likelier scorers of the second goal, but the Gas hung in there and Aaron Collins scored his fourth of the season to equalise with 29 minutes remaining.
