02-02-2022, 07:02 PM
[i]Well, I would like to say, I think we have to be conservative. Our strategy would be to obviously immediately fix our safety problems in the stadium, to begin to enhance the Academy, to give Mark enough to play competitively in League One and be solid in League One for a number of years. We don’t need to get to the Championship in 2, 3 or 4 years. And again, as I said before, have our Academy to begin to pay off.[/i]
Well Deep I voted for the takeover and after reading this I wished I hadn’t. The part where he says “We don’t need to get to the Championship in 2,3 or 4 yrs is shocking. What is the point for a club our size playing in a league with no ambition to get promoted. It makes the conspiracy that the first playoff under Jackett when Lowe and Curtis did not play was that they didn’t want us to get promoted giving some substance also the underwhelming January windows when a couple of good new additions would have pushed us on.
I honestly do not believe they were the only interest in buying the club. Without doubt we had time on our side not to rush in at the first interest. Don’t get me wrong I do not want to go back to the bad days of the shysters we have had in charge but to have no ambition to get promoted for several years is in my opinion disgraceful.
[i]“Our strategy is not to get to the Premier League tomorrow. But our strategy is to get there some day, but not to spend ourselves into a hole that forces leverage, that forces anxiety and that forces instant gratification for long-term disappointment. Other than that, we’ve not done our due diligence on exactly A, B and C of what has to be done.[/i]
[i]“As for Fratton Park, I think when Arsenal built this big thing it was more fun at Highbury. I think being at Fratton Park as long as we can would be great. I was a big NY Giant baseball fan growing up and listened to every game on the radio. They moved to San Francisco and I’m still depressed about it. I am not interested in moving, but we have to have the ability within a decent confines and as close as we can to where we are.[/i]
[i]“We’re developing our strategy but it’s to hopefully do the right thing and listen to the fans.”[/i]Well Deep I voted for the takeover and after reading this I wished I hadn’t. The part where he says “We don’t need to get to the Championship in 2,3 or 4 yrs is shocking. What is the point for a club our size playing in a league with no ambition to get promoted. It makes the conspiracy that the first playoff under Jackett when Lowe and Curtis did not play was that they didn’t want us to get promoted giving some substance also the underwhelming January windows when a couple of good new additions would have pushed us on.
I honestly do not believe they were the only interest in buying the club. Without doubt we had time on our side not to rush in at the first interest. Don’t get me wrong I do not want to go back to the bad days of the shysters we have had in charge but to have no ambition to get promoted for several years is in my opinion disgraceful.