18-10-2021, 02:06 PM
(16-10-2021, 07:31 PM)Wightblue Wrote: The trouble is both Brentford and Brighton are owned by real fans of their clubsThe Common Denominator about both owners is gambling! Both club owners had a vision & they built new stadiums which is what ME should have done but it woul havre meant him dipping in his pocket! I'm Not sure if I believe the ground heritage argument more like it was the cheaper option by far to stay put & negotiate with BR & PCC. I'd love to get my hans on the: Prediction ‘algorithm’. As Brentford have fed their own growth with transfer fee money & brought in High Quality cheaper replacements.
Brentford owned by Matthew Bentham, life long fan, Oxford Graduate with a degree in Physics, outstanding career in finance (Chief Executive of Bank of America) then went on to developer a hugely successful gambling business which has made him 100’s of Millions of £ Sterling. Invested over £100 million in Brentford and uses a Prediction ‘algorithm’ to predict the likely success of player purchases with very considerable success.
Brighton owned by Tony Bloom, another life long fan, Manchester University Grad with a degree in Maths, career in finance and then into gambling and, like Bentham, fabulously successful (his killing on France winning the 1998 the World Cup still stands as a record successful gamble). Has invested £300 million in Brighton.
Both have built new stadiums, attend almost every game and are committed to their clubs every bit and more as their fans.
Compare that with Pompey and their owner, Chalk and Cheese doesn’t even begin to describe it !
Eisner blew $250 million of Disney shareholders cash on the Ducks and The Angels with nothing to show, was ready to invest another $100 million of Disney funds into The CSKA Moscow Red Penguins ice hockey team until the Russian Mafia got involved.
In no way a Pompey fan and not prepared to invest any of his $3.7 Billion in Pompey although he seems willing and able to spend shareholders funds on sporting ventures.
As I say, Chalk & Cheese !
Ways for PFC to progress:
1) ME to Dip in his own pocket - Extremely Unlikely.
2) Start an U/23s Academy team - Will take 4-5 years to bear fruit but definitely needed.
3) Get a Decent Main Sponsor prepared to pump in a significant amount of money with about 6 smaller sponsors - University of Portsmouth - Great Deal for them International TV & Press Coverage - Low income for the club - Marketing Director & team to target every large business in Hampshire to identify possible targets. I've just done a quick exercise & found about 6 Companies to approach inc: Starling Bank ( Business Online Banking expanding rapidly ), Zurich Insurance, Panattoni ( Largest industrial retail property developer in Europe ), Storck ( Massive Confectionary Co ).
4) Get a New Owner - By No means an easy task but again need to identify targets now via an Agent to be approached for possible changeover end of the season.
5) Get a new Manager - Linked directly to No.4