30-09-2021, 06:27 PM
I was really happy to be a shareholder and being a part owner of this great club was fantastic.
At the same time, I am a realist, unlike some of the ‘money no object’ crew.
I am firmly of the belief that if we were still fan owned, far from investing money in the ground, we would have been in severe financial difficulties. Having owners with a bit of money helped mitigate the fact that we had virtually no income due to the COVID measures.
There is a contradiction in the logic. Some of you want the club to be fan owned on the one hand, but think we should be spending lots more money on the other. In the absence of very rich Pompey fans who are prepared to spend a lot of their wealth on the club, the two positions are irreconcilable.
We all want success, we all love the club, but there is a difference between the real world and fantasyland.
At the same time, I am a realist, unlike some of the ‘money no object’ crew.
I am firmly of the belief that if we were still fan owned, far from investing money in the ground, we would have been in severe financial difficulties. Having owners with a bit of money helped mitigate the fact that we had virtually no income due to the COVID measures.
There is a contradiction in the logic. Some of you want the club to be fan owned on the one hand, but think we should be spending lots more money on the other. In the absence of very rich Pompey fans who are prepared to spend a lot of their wealth on the club, the two positions are irreconcilable.
We all want success, we all love the club, but there is a difference between the real world and fantasyland.