Portsmouth players convince Grant to go for wins

Portsmouth boss Avram Grant has performed a U-turn over his weakened line-ups threat.

Grant has toyed publicly with the idea of fielding weakened line-ups following their nine point deduction for entering administration.

But after crunch player talks, the Israeli has had a change of heart.

One told The Sun: "Avram is very angry and wants to prove a point. He wants us to finish less than nine points behind the team in 17th place. That way it will be clear it was the Premier League who sent us down."