10-04-2024, 06:44 PM
They are impressive. There have been a few missteps along the way. 18/19 could have been an early morale boosting success for them and would have only requires a modest January spend to get over the line, instead we missed our promotion window and that didn't open up again until this season. At times progress has felt a bit glacial in pace too and a few small errors here and there that incoted negativity.
That said, I don't think people really grasp how much there was and still is to do to make Pompey a fully functioning, modern football club. I love Fratton Park but the old girl was creaking a bit and even now the Milton end being opened up to home fans is having some teething problems. Disabled away fans were having to sit in front of home fans. We didn't own a training ground of our own and we had fallen so far behind off the pitch as well as on. Teams we used to play as a nice little favour in pre season are now Premier League regulars. This was never going to be some rocket fuelled fairytale ride back to the Premier League in a few short years.
That said, I don't think people really grasp how much there was and still is to do to make Pompey a fully functioning, modern football club. I love Fratton Park but the old girl was creaking a bit and even now the Milton end being opened up to home fans is having some teething problems. Disabled away fans were having to sit in front of home fans. We didn't own a training ground of our own and we had fallen so far behind off the pitch as well as on. Teams we used to play as a nice little favour in pre season are now Premier League regulars. This was never going to be some rocket fuelled fairytale ride back to the Premier League in a few short years.