Source: Team_Talk
McCarthy: Pompey a crunch clash
Paul Hart's men pose a funny sort of threat for Wolves. Having lost all seven of their Premier League fixtures, no-one wants to go down as the team to lose to the south coast club.
However, following on from his side's good showing on Wearside, where Wolves were unlucky to lose 5-2, McCarthy insists he won't lose too much sleep worrying over the game this week.
"Portsmouth at home was always going to be a pressure game," he told the Express & Star.
"They haven't won for seven games - I wish they had.
"If we'd have won yesterday would it have lessened the pressure of the Portsmouth game? No chance.
"They played well against Everton but I won't be losing any sleep this week no."
McCarthy felt his side were let down by two poor referring decisions at the weekend both of which could have changed the outcome of the match.
"I thought the first penalty was harsh," he added. "Segundo Castillo got his foot to the ball and their man fell over. I don't think the referee had a great view of it.
"He saw him fall over and thought it was a penalty. That wasn't fair on us. The second was a stone-waller.
"I think we should have had a penalty. I didn't know when barging someone in the back was not a penalty. If it had gone to 1-1 I might have fancied us because we have had most of the game at that point."
Wolves Evens, Draw 12/5, Portsmouth 11/4
