Source: PA
Cotterill keen to turn things around
Portsmouth boss Steve Cotterill is determined to turn around the negative atmosphere surrounding the club after a second consecutive victory - 3-1 against Bristol City.
Pompey have started their ascent up the table, with goals from John Utaka, Aaron Mokoena and Hayden Mullins at the death completing the scoring.
Cotterill, who cites his side's improved fitness as being key to their back-to-back wins, said: "I am one of those positive people and the more negativity that surrounds me, the more I want to fight it.
"When you say things in the press, you offend someone somewhere down the line. If you tell the whole truth, you offend the players, the supporters or the chairman and directors.
"We had to stay positive because there was too much negativity around this football club. Someone somewhere had to start going the other way and I suppose I took that responsibility of trying to change it."
He added: "We did a lot of fitness work in the international break that we weren't able to do before because, as I've said, pre-season here was an absolute joke."
