05-01-2022, 01:15 PM
(05-01-2022, 01:10 PM)Wightblue Wrote: FYI £10 million is less than 0.03% of Eisner current wealth according to The LA Business Journal !
He is probably invested with Goldmans or their like in which case they will be making him a long, long way North of 3% p.a. return on his assets so 0.03% is a veritable drop in the ocean.
OK, I understand that he is doing exactly what he promised ie own the club but let the punters and sponsors provide the revenue stream to run it but is that the limit of his ambition ?
Where’s the excitement, the fun, the entertainment that being a Pompey supporter used to provide ?
He gets his kicks from piling up the $$$$$$$$$$$$ I guess.
I well realise that the vast majority on the Board seem to be happy (some very happy) with the way things are being run and that I am just part of a small, discordant minority.
I remain dismayed that Pompey seem to be in some sort of extended limbo whilst our three South Coast neighbours at least have ambitions, not that those ambitions will necessarily be fulfilled but they do seem to be trying to achieve better.
WB, you worked in the US and spend the best part of half your life out there, so I know you understand how they like to do business. Bearing that in mind are you really that surprised Pompey is being run the way it is? I'm not.