Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley compared on-loan Blues striker Joe Pigott to England skipper Harry Kane after the 28-year-old had been involved in two of Pompey’s goals as they drew 3-3 with Sheffield Wednesday on his debut at Hillsborough on Saturday.

On the first of the two, both from crosses from the right, Pigott’s strike partner Colby Bishop, also making his debut, saw a 57th-minute header tipped onto the bar by ex-Town loanee David Stockdale before one-time Blues target Michael Jacobs followed up, then the former Accrington man nodded in the second on 64.

“There have been some good strikers that crossed the ball like that, Alan Shearer always could. Joe’s my Harry Kane, he’s a good player, isn’t he?" Cowley told the Portsmouth News.

“Two lovely crosses and two great headers from Colby. I asked him whether he could also take corners, after all we had some problems last year.

“Mind you, I remember Roy Hodgson getting Kane to take corners for England and was slaughtered for it, so maybe that won't be a good idea for us!

“Joe is someone who has that lovely feel of the ball, it’s a weapon, and obviously we’re quite powerful in that moment as a result.

“We love the fact Joe can come long to short, but also go short to long, and run off the back of people, creating goals and scoring goals. He’s got that lovely feel, even when he shoots he’s on the ball a little longer.”

Cowley added: “This is definitely part of Joe’s game, he scores goals and creates goals, he can come off the line and plays in that false number nine.

“Joe can link it, he can line it, you often see a lot of good forwards being able to cross, they kind of know what they want and can deliver accordingly.”

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chepstowblue added 20:56 - Aug 1 I've no doubt he'll score more for Portsmouth this season than anyone will for us. Linkboy....that's an unusual remark. Scoring 20+ goals at Wimbledon is a phenomenal achievement in a struggling side, and I'm sure he was under equal if not more pressure than he was for us, as their survival in league one was down solely to him. He was unplayable against us. A poor decision to let him go.

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ringwoodblue added 21:16 - Aug 1 The Pig has gone for the season so we need to focus on ourselves and bringing in that quality striker to help us stuff Cowley's boys.
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algarvefan added 21:52 - Aug 1 Thai Blue that's a cracker!!
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blueboy1981 added 22:13 - Aug 1 Linkboy13 …. maybe some of ‘that rubbish' comes from you ? - let's re-visit this in May 23 and see who's right shall we ?? My Hands are ready to be held up if I'm proved to be wrong - Are yours ??
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WonTheCupin78 added 23:21 - Aug 1 Clever strategy by Cowley. He won't want to come back to ITFC if he is super happy at Portsmouth. He does seem to fit into Portsmouth's team superbly and may well be what they have been missing. Fully expect them to make a strong bid for promotion this season.
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Linkboy13 added 10:53 - Aug 2 Could someone explain to me what his strengths are. The games ive seen him play are as a target man which I thought he was but he won very little in the air lacked pace and showed very little commitment. He had three very easy chances in the league games he played one which was a header which i could have scored. Im backing McKenna's judgement on this one not some numpty who's never played the game. Who cares anyway all im worried about is I T F C.

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