04-03-2021, 10:39 AM
I am not a Catlin fan, his ‘cheeky chappie’ persona leaves me cold. I understand he has a very successful private business but I never see any positives out of his spell with Pompey.
He will always responsible for appointing Awford, Barker and Jackett (I wasn’t a particular fan of Cook but he did secure promotion from Div 2), those appointments alone show he is not a football man.
I could also point to Stevens, Burgess et al being allowed to leave on ‘frees’ and his endorsement of the duff players he has agreed that his managers should recruit- and some on too high fees to boot (I will give him Curtis but the way that Ronan’s performances have so visibly declined suggests of a greater malaise within PFC on Carlin’s watch).
Some on this Board think he will get offers to move to bigger things, we can only hope, if it’s to a Championship club he will almost certainly take Close with him !
He will always responsible for appointing Awford, Barker and Jackett (I wasn’t a particular fan of Cook but he did secure promotion from Div 2), those appointments alone show he is not a football man.
I could also point to Stevens, Burgess et al being allowed to leave on ‘frees’ and his endorsement of the duff players he has agreed that his managers should recruit- and some on too high fees to boot (I will give him Curtis but the way that Ronan’s performances have so visibly declined suggests of a greater malaise within PFC on Carlin’s watch).
Some on this Board think he will get offers to move to bigger things, we can only hope, if it’s to a Championship club he will almost certainly take Close with him !