08-03-2021, 10:19 AM
(08-03-2021, 10:00 AM)Rick Pumpkin Wrote:(07-03-2021, 04:49 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(21-02-2021, 10:17 AM)Rick Pumpkin Wrote: 100% agree with BTC.
Thing is though I think too many people assume Jackett and his lapdog are leaving at the end of the season when their contracts expire. He's doing exactly what the ownership wants - keeping us safely in L1 and not taking us up to a level that would require Tornante having to spend any more than they need to right now in what is becoming an unsustainable second-tier competition. While there's no noises from the club about renewing contracts, at the same time there's not a peep from anyone about the two of them walking, either. Gut feeling is that there will be quiet contract extensions made, especially if we remain in L1 which is looking entirely likely, for a job well done (according to the owners).
Expect more strange play-off team selections in the unlikely event we somehow qualify for one of the places.
Rick ... do you honestly believe that the Eisners get involved at all in the playing side of the club. The idea that they would instruct Jackett not to get promotion is laughable, and frankly insulting. Jackett's failures, if you regard successive play-off positions as failures, are entirely of his own making and down to his incompetence/mistakes rather than any deliberate intent. The idea that he would not want a fourth promotion from this league on his CV is also hard to believe.
Deep, I don't know what to believe when it comes to Pompey but those are my thoughts based on what I have seen and read.
Just to point out, I've spent many years working for and running American businesses and what I'm trying to get across is that you won't find more dispassionate people than Americans when it comes to running a business and money. Everything that has happened at Pompey in the last almost four years is exactly what I thought would happen, and whether we like it or not, if they aren't ready financially or with the club's structure then they won't want to be promoted and when they don't want something then that's exactly what they expect to happen. There's next to zero income, costs would rise through the roof in the Championship and most wealthy people got (and remain) wealthy by not putting their hands in their pocket for spurious reasons. The Eisners are no different.
It's not a conspiracy theory but based on what I know to be true in a wider context. There's nothing wrong at all with an 'eat what we kill' policy, in fact after the two recent financial meltdowns it's what we need, and the fact remains that right now we aren't killing enough to prepare for a Championship feast.
Apart from the Liverpool owners I can't recall successful American football club owners in the UK. You might argue the Glazers, although most Utd supporters wouldn't, and I think that's because how they run their businesses doesn't really suit the football club model. But that's just my opinion.
Catlin still needs to grow a pair or go though
From what you have said, logically, it would have to be the Club infrastructure; which will take a certain amount of time to get up to speed satisfactorily for people with ambition. I've never had to deal with Americans in a business sense, so that is a very interesting perspective. Any thoughts on why the infrastructure wouldn't be good enough for them yet, meaning they would not be ready to take the next step? After all, having bought the Club, that alone is a type of commitment? Or do you think they are awaiting a type of car crash in the Championship first?