17-02-2022, 12:03 AM
(16-02-2022, 07:41 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(16-02-2022, 06:08 PM)BlueArmy Wrote:(16-02-2022, 05:58 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: They've provided a top 6 playing budget all the time they have been here, and increased it year on year and coughed up more when requested by the manager.
It's not a lack of ambition, it's an ambition to make any progress sustainable and not reliant on a bottomless money pit.
Deepblue do you think that after the h and s works to fp have been completed, that we will see real progress re capacity increase with the fratton end and or the North stand?
I want to see the stadium ready for championship football. We need at the very very least 25,000 for that.
The recent h&s requirements have come as an unexpected driver and may delay other work that would increase capacity, but the intention to increase capacity is still there. Certainly the NS work will increase capacity there (mores the pity legroom-wise)
25k would be nice but I totally disagree that it is a pre-req for Championship football. We have proven before that we can survive in the championship and in the premier on less than that. Gate money is a ever decreasing percentage of income the higher up the ladder you go. Plenty of other clubs have done the same. So yes it helps, but it is not a pre-req.
Deep, it's going on almost 20 years since we had a season in the championship and weren't relegated. The world is a different place now. For someone who bangs on about following the Eisners 'sustainability'plan, you must know that you need more than 20,000 punters to foot the bills.