Chris Dunlavy: The curse of Portsmouth has struck once again

By Chris Dunlavy

Callum Lang’s torn hamstring is typical of Portsmouth’s misfortune this season.
No team in the Championship has suffered so unmercifully at the hands of Lady Luck.
Colby Bishop, last year’s 21-goal top scorer, was ruled out by an undiagnosed heart complaint before a ball had even been kicked.
At one stage, they had no fit centre-backs.
Even when Conor Shaughnessy, the rock at the heart of last season’s promotion-winning defence, fought back to fitness, he was almost instantly struck by an unrelated injury.
Now Lang, this season’s top-scorer, is gone too.
Injuries are part...

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