22-04-2021, 12:37 PM
I wasn’t in U.K. when the Sale took place so didn't hear the arguments/ proposals on which the deal was based although I thought at the time it was a shame that the fans surrendered control to a foreigner (I thought that lesson might have been learned already). People who know more than I about the circumstances surrounding the sale, feel that the desire of the HNW individuals (who had played such an important role in saving Pompey) to pass responsibility on to someone else was important and that most fan shareholders were swayed by Eisner’s presentation.
From what I have read on this and other Boards people feel the sale saved Pompey from going bust and/ or Fratton Park becoming unsafe / unusable. I don’t know the truth of these allegations but would point out that Bury are the only League Club to cease trading and that no other grounds have been deemed unsafe / closed.
Clubs a lot smaller than Pompey stumble on because of Covid ravages but they are still around (and some of them have beaten Pompey recently).
From my own perspective Pompey are now in the hands of someone who knows everything about money but nothing about Football, someone who has made a financial investment and not an emotional investment.
I think the Fan owned Pompey would have soldiered on (Maybe in League 1 which Fan owned Pompey achieved), more funds might have been required but it would be Our Club, Our responsibility, Our Team......and not the plaything of another rich Yank.
The ESL fiasco shows American football investors for what they are, Money and Power Merchants first and last.
From what I have read on this and other Boards people feel the sale saved Pompey from going bust and/ or Fratton Park becoming unsafe / unusable. I don’t know the truth of these allegations but would point out that Bury are the only League Club to cease trading and that no other grounds have been deemed unsafe / closed.
Clubs a lot smaller than Pompey stumble on because of Covid ravages but they are still around (and some of them have beaten Pompey recently).
From my own perspective Pompey are now in the hands of someone who knows everything about money but nothing about Football, someone who has made a financial investment and not an emotional investment.
I think the Fan owned Pompey would have soldiered on (Maybe in League 1 which Fan owned Pompey achieved), more funds might have been required but it would be Our Club, Our responsibility, Our Team......and not the plaything of another rich Yank.
The ESL fiasco shows American football investors for what they are, Money and Power Merchants first and last.