Portsmouth have been consigned to another year in League One after going out of the play-offs last night, following a 0-0 draw at Fratton Park.

They needed to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, but in perhaps the poorest play-off semi-final we've seen this year, they never looked like getting the goal they needed to bring the tie level.

They huffed and puffed but in the end a resilient and organised Sunderland side took the draw and the spot at Wembley.

Pompey beat their rivals in the EFL Trophy final, but that will be scant consolation this morning as they survey the wreckage of their season.

Portsmouth led for much of the campaign, but a terrible spell after Christmas saw them dragged into the play-off places and they never recovered.

They'll be hoping to bounce back next season, but there are lessons to be learnt from their draw last night, lessons that perhaps need to be observed higher than the office of Kenny Jackett.

Risks haven't paid off

Kenny Jackett has tinkered with the side on a couple of occasions and it hasn't paid off. He did the same last night and it backfired.

He dropped Jamal Lowe, arguably their best player over the 46-game season. He had been looking a little tired, but in a one-off, a winner-takes-all encounter he surely had to play his best player.

They lacked a pace up front and Lowe would provide that.

They're not threatening enough going forward

For all of their attacking talent, they just don't look like a side destined for promotion.

Ollie Hawkins and Brett Pitman are both good strikers, but neither looks happy in the system. Pitman is being asked to come from deep when pace has never been his strong point.

Ronan Curtis, one of their brighter prospect earlier in the season, didn't even get on the field as the fading James Vaughan ambled about looking disinterested.

The fans deserved better.

They need a change of approach

For two seasons now they've played the 4-2-3-1 formation and focused on not getting beaten first and foremost.

To a point, it works but there's no plan B. Away from home it's fine, but they need an attacking edge at home and they just don't have it.

If they're going to get to the next level, Kenny Jackett might have to change or even more drastic; the club might have to change him.