09-03-2021, 06:00 PM
Mark reiterated that its not the fans fault, but the players have said its impacted them and maybe its just excuses like them telling people about the contractual issues and they are all fully committed to making this season a success. I sensed some clear the air talks have happened.
With that we finished and I reiterated without Tornante coming out of hiding this will only get worse and very toxic, Mark nodded again and said he is going to speak to them.
My thoughts now ive had time to digest it.
1. Mark clearly cares about this club, he was clearly being 95% genuine with me, the 5% when he was making excuses was clearly Jackett, god knows why.
2. Its clear our fans don't help themselves and anyone asking our owners or CEO to die need to have a word, tweet them, criticise them, but asking for them to die? Fuck me. However, Tornante need to put on the big boy pants, its not acceptable to abandon 99% of the fan base because of some idiots.
3. Tornante did not do their due diligence on the stadium and have spent 4 years flogging a dead horse any Pompey fan would tell you was never going to happen. PCC and Network Rail are never going to stump up the cash.
4. That realisation has finally appeared to be realised and hopefully we will see focus shift elsewhere. However I think we should all be asking for plans on where we go from here.
5. The communication at the club is woeful. Even Mark speaking to me and sharing stuff with me, shouldn't happen. This needs to be out in the open for all of us to hear and understand. Perception is reality, and they need to understand that if they want us all working with them and being behind a project, then keep us updated (sure leave out anything commercially sensitive around numbers) but all the secret squirrel stuff is nonsense. Not telling fans they are buying land when its common knowledge is an example of the madness.
Enough respect to Mark for today, leaves a lot more questions then it does answers. For me it comes down to what Tornante do next. Forget Jackett, he will be gone if we don't get promoted. But if this club isn't going to be toxic, then Tornante need to tell us about where its going. I fear silence from them or a half arsed interview with JM and if we don't get promoted, will see a horrible atmosphere around this club come August.
Ive offered Mark my time to collate questions we would want Tornante to answer so they can be prepared but expect them to be challenging and tough. I also asked JM to toughen up his questions with Mark each month and for the club to not beat around the bush and just speak with conviction.
Hope that helps
With that we finished and I reiterated without Tornante coming out of hiding this will only get worse and very toxic, Mark nodded again and said he is going to speak to them.
My thoughts now ive had time to digest it.
1. Mark clearly cares about this club, he was clearly being 95% genuine with me, the 5% when he was making excuses was clearly Jackett, god knows why.
2. Its clear our fans don't help themselves and anyone asking our owners or CEO to die need to have a word, tweet them, criticise them, but asking for them to die? Fuck me. However, Tornante need to put on the big boy pants, its not acceptable to abandon 99% of the fan base because of some idiots.
3. Tornante did not do their due diligence on the stadium and have spent 4 years flogging a dead horse any Pompey fan would tell you was never going to happen. PCC and Network Rail are never going to stump up the cash.
4. That realisation has finally appeared to be realised and hopefully we will see focus shift elsewhere. However I think we should all be asking for plans on where we go from here.
5. The communication at the club is woeful. Even Mark speaking to me and sharing stuff with me, shouldn't happen. This needs to be out in the open for all of us to hear and understand. Perception is reality, and they need to understand that if they want us all working with them and being behind a project, then keep us updated (sure leave out anything commercially sensitive around numbers) but all the secret squirrel stuff is nonsense. Not telling fans they are buying land when its common knowledge is an example of the madness.
Enough respect to Mark for today, leaves a lot more questions then it does answers. For me it comes down to what Tornante do next. Forget Jackett, he will be gone if we don't get promoted. But if this club isn't going to be toxic, then Tornante need to tell us about where its going. I fear silence from them or a half arsed interview with JM and if we don't get promoted, will see a horrible atmosphere around this club come August.
Ive offered Mark my time to collate questions we would want Tornante to answer so they can be prepared but expect them to be challenging and tough. I also asked JM to toughen up his questions with Mark each month and for the club to not beat around the bush and just speak with conviction.
Hope that helps