Don Goodman believes Portsmouth need to temper their expectations ahead of their upcoming Championship campaign.
Pompey won the 23/24 League One title at a canter last season, and will be looking for a strong campaign after getting themselves back in the second tier after 12 years away.
The Fratton Park outfit are following in the footsteps of Ipswich Town, who earned promotion to the Championship in the 22/23 season, before going straight up to the Premier League just 12 months later.
But Goodman believes John Mousinho’s side will need to be realistic about their chances of emulating that in the season to come, with the Tractor Boys’ success rarely to be seen again.
Don Goodman heaps praise on Kieran McKenna after Ipswich Town ‘incredible achievement’
Ipswich were a force to be reckoned with in the previous campaign, as McKenna had his side flying forward at any opportunity, and reaping the rewards in the final third as a result.
No other side scored more than the Suffolk side’s 92 league goals in the second tier last season, as they finished in second-spot to earn themselves automatic promotion to the top flight in an astonishing campaign.
But as good as Pompey proved to be in winning the League One title last year, Goodman isn’t preparing himself for another success story this time around.
The former Wolverhampton Wanderers man said: “They can’t do an Ipswich (win back-to-back promotions), no.
“What Ipswich did was a minor miracle and it is not lost on me that Kieran McKenna’s fellow managers voted him as manager of the year, not Pep Guardiola or anybody from the Premier League because it was recognised as such an incredible achievement.
