The epic Portsmouth landmark Tom Naylor's hurtling towards as he nears outstanding achievement
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The Blues captain is set to break into three figures for games at a breakneck speed in the coming weeks, in a testament to his endurance and durability.
Naylor has clocked up a whopping 93 games in just 19 months since arriving at Fratton Park from Burton Albion.
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Hide AdIt’s an outstanding achievement delivered at a frenetic pace, one which is made all the more impressive with the vast majority of those appearances coming in the midfield battleground.
With Pompey in the midst of a whopping 13 games in six weeks, there’s every chance Naylor could hit his century in the next three weeks.
It’s a target he’s now got his eyes firmly on.
Naylor said: ‘100 is a big number, especially when you’ve only been here for 18 months.
‘It’s a big number and I want to get there and over that.
‘The midfield role is a big role and you’re always getting stuck in, in the action, recovery runs and running about.
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Hide Ad‘It’s probably the toughest position on the pitch, but my body recovers well and is doing well at the minute.
‘I’ve never really had a bad injury, touch wood, just little strains and muscle injuries. I’ll take that every day of the week.
‘As long as I can keep playing week-in, week-out I’ll be more than happy.’
Naylor isn’t planning slow the intensity at which he’s clocking up starts once he goes through the 100-game barrier.
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Hide AdLast term he clocked up 53 matches and, as things stand, could finish this term on 54 games if Pompey don’t beat Arsenal or end up in the play-offs.
With another year on his existing contract, the 28-year-old feels 150 Blues games could be on the horizon.
Naylor added: ‘I’ve still got another year to go next season, so I’ll be looking to try to get more games. That’s what you want as a footballer.
‘Even last season I thought I’d played a lot of games and I felt I’d earned a rest.
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Hide Ad‘I know we didn’t get promoted, that was the main aim and I was devastated that we didn’t.
‘But I felt I needed the rest and the body needed the rest.
‘With the games coming up it’s going to be well over 100, hopefully, so the rest will be nice when I get there.’
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