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‘Really disappointing’: Sky Sports pundit delivers concerning Portsmouth verdict after opening-day QPR defeat Pompey fell to a 3-1 defeat against QPR in their Championship curtain raiser on Saturday. Sky Sports pundit Clinton Morrison was disappointed with Pompey’s collapse in Saturday’s opening-day defeat to QPR. And the former Crystal Palace and Coventry City man believes the Blues struggled to quieten Hoops dangerman Ilias Chair, who grabbed two goals and an assist at Fratton Park. Terry Devlin fired Pompey into a deserved lead after 15 minutes, with the right-back netting a fabulous 25-yard strike to open his account for the new season. But what followed was a disappointing first-half collapse by the Blues, with QPR turning the game on its head before the break. A Koki Saito goal separated a Chair double on the verge of half-time to give the visitors a two-goal advantage. Morrison slammed the Blues for allowing QPR to find a way back into the contest, despite being in the driving seat following the early breakthrough. Sky Sports pundit shares disappointing Pompey verdict Giving his verdict on Sky Sports, the Irishman said: ‘I thought Portsmouth were really disappointing. ‘You know what it’s like (as an away team) it’s a hard place to go is Fratton Park. They did, though, start ever so well Portsmouth. ‘The strike from Devlin is so good, but I think (Ilias) Chair gambles because you can’t give Devlin that much time or space. What a finish that was, it was a fantastic finish. ‘And that was when Portsmouth were on the up and you thought there was only one team in it, slowly but surely QPR got into at and (Kwame) Poku on the right-hand side caused Pompey a lot of problems. 'Could he have come Schmid (for QPR’s first goal)? I’m not so sure and I’m in two minds but it’s a good finish from Ilias Chair. ‘He then played a good ball to (Koki) Saito, who gets fortunate with his finish after taking a deflection off Devlin and then Schmid goes the wrong way. ‘Chair caused Pompey a lot of problems and to score two goals and an assist was good to see for him.’ Pompey are on the road next Saturday as they face newly-promoted Lincoln City, who suffered a 2-1 defeat to Middlesbrough on the opening day. Seven of the Blues’ nine signings in the window featured against QPR, with starting roles for Rocco Shein, Abu Kamara and Luke Brooke-Smith, while Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Benjy Arthur, Marko Milovanovic and Odin Bailey appeared from the bench. Goalkeeper Daniel Bielica was an unused substitute, while youngster Eoin Kenny was left out of the 20-man squad. Mousinho is optimistic of further additions ahead of their trip to Sincil Bank next week as the transfer window heads towards its climax. Your next Pompey read: Portsmouth boss John Mousinho urges caution as he plots Josh Murphy's first-team pathway