Ollie Hawkins has 25 League One starts to his name this season, taking him to 47 in total since emerging from the National League.

The robust striker has been playing as the figurehead in Portsmouth's 4-2-3-1 formation, with his role all about holding the ball up, chasing lost causes and bringing the talents of Jamal Lowe and Ronan Curtis into play.

He's chipped in with six goals himself, but has helped both Curtis and Lowe reach double figures. At the start of the season the former Dagenham man had ousted last year's leading scorer Brett Pitman from the side and life seemed very good.

Recently, he's begun to fall out of favour and comments by his manager this week might have Hawkins fearing for his long term future.

Jackett began praising Omar Bogle by using the words 'no disrespect to anyone who has played up front recently.' It's the sort of combination of words that does indeed bring a certain level of disrespect.

How will Hawkins react to that? He's the player who has been upfront and despite no meaning any disrespect, he's the player Jackett is talking down when praising Bogle.

In addition to that, James Vaughan arrived at the club in January. A double striker signing really doesn't show faith in the current crop of forwards. Hawkins saw first hand when he replaced Pitman, who scored 24 times in 41 matches last season, that the manager is ruthless is casting players aside.

Now, 26-year-old Hawkins is likely to suffer and having seen how hard it's been for Brett Pitman to get back into the side, he knows he has a fight on his hands.

Hawkins has a deal until June 2020, but if his first-team chances are going to be limited, he might have to think about looking elsewhere in the summer. He's certainly got enough quality to lead a midtable League One forward line, or an ambitious League Two side.

Knowing what happened to Pitman and taking his boss' words into consideration this week, it might be best all round if he cuts his losses in the summer.