The manager of the Blues believes that his team has the faith and confidence to continue their record-breaking play this season.
With a third of the season remaining, Mousinho recognized that there is no room for complacency because their opponents are preventing his team from pulling away from the pack.
They would record 107 points this season if they kept up that pace for 46 games, which is a record no team in the EFL has ever achieved.
Maintaining that run is a big ask, but Mousinho is realistic about how feasible it is.
The Pompey manager responded, “Yes, in our opinion, it is,” when asked if their current style was sustainable.
‘We obviously want to go into every game and try to win it. That’s the whole point. If we didn’t think it was sustainable, then what’s the point of being here?
‘We are very positive about where we want to go, but at the same time, we are wary of the challenge. We’re positive and optimistic with the outlook, but we have to back it up with a lot of hard work.
‘We don’t want to set points targets, but we’re going into every game thinking we can win. That’s the way we want to approach it; we’re just really positive.
‘We’re never going to downplay what we can achieve this season, but at the same time, we’re not going to overplay it because there are plenty of sides who want to shoot you down.’
Mousinho acknowledged that he didn’t necessarily anticipate Pompey flying out of the traps in the manner they have so far this term.
The 37-year-old feels his team’s efforts to date are simply a consequence of the work put in across the summer, with the challenge of keeping it up in a relentless division.
He added, ‘It’s obviously great, and we’re thrilled with the start.
‘We’re possibly in a position we didn’t anticipate, but all the work that we’ve done has culminated in where we are now.
‘We just need to keep going. It’s a great start to the season, and we’re a third of the way through. We just need to keep the hammer down because league football is unrelenting.
You never have a chance to let up on the gas, and when you do, you have to play two games with the Cup in three days, which is something we like to do.
As we’ve seen in recent weeks, every other team in the league is fiercely competitive and is pursuing us, so we need to make sure we keep going and do all in our power to take care of business on our end. The league is extremely tough.
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