Pompey’s Perrin under pressure

BELEAGUERED Portsmouth boss Alain Perrin may have less than six games to save his job or become the first Premiership managerial casualty of the season.

Defeat in the Carling Cup to Gillingham left Pompey chairman Milan Mandaric with a face like thunder - reviving memories of the FA Cup exit to Leyton Orient which was the prelude to Graham Rix’s sacking three years ago.

But the Frenchman, despite making 12 new signings during the summer, has tasted victory just three times since coming in for the last seven games of last season, and admitted the Gillingham humiliation was his worst moment yet.