19-05-2021, 01:47 PM
At the time the Trust took over there was no other option, no one wanted to touch us. The CEO's main job, amongst many responsibilities, is to ensure the financial success of the company. After running for some time as fan owned when the Eisner's became interested the CEO decided, and I agree with him, that the interests of Portsmouth were no longer best served by the Trust model. Other things had become apparent in the intervening time.
There's a reason Mark Catlin is highly regarded throughout football and that's not only because of the way he works and the results he gets but also the way he communicates. I'm really not sure that those who take against him really understand either the function of a CEO or how good he has been as ours. I prefer to trust the judgement of his peers rather than a football fan with an axe to grind.
If a CEO is not good at their job, the board will remove them. That Mark left at a time of his own choosing says a lot.
And us for all this other nonsense about the Eisners wanting to keep Portsmouth down in league one, that's just plain absurd. The only real money to be made in football is at the top table, so that's the long term aim.
There's a reason Mark Catlin is highly regarded throughout football and that's not only because of the way he works and the results he gets but also the way he communicates. I'm really not sure that those who take against him really understand either the function of a CEO or how good he has been as ours. I prefer to trust the judgement of his peers rather than a football fan with an axe to grind.
If a CEO is not good at their job, the board will remove them. That Mark left at a time of his own choosing says a lot.
And us for all this other nonsense about the Eisners wanting to keep Portsmouth down in league one, that's just plain absurd. The only real money to be made in football is at the top table, so that's the long term aim.