23-05-2021, 06:45 PM
Here's a question for everyone seemingly unhappy to support a club just because they are in the top half of league one .....
If we were still a fan owned would you be happy with our current position ? I would, I'd be ecstatic if by some miracle we had kept the ground open by selling everyone of any value and at the same time managed a consistent top half finish. That would be quite some achievement for a club in so few years from starting again.
So why does having owners who have made it quite clear that the playing side of the club was on the the same footing as under fan ownership, but would spend £10m on the ground, make any difference to how happy we are ?
The expectation that we have some divine right to promotion just because we used to be a regular second (or first) tier club is in danger of putting so much pressure on the management that it will contribute to stopping it happening. We criticise the fans of teams like Sunderland for that attitude, so it really annoys me to see Pompey fans doing the same.
Would we rather go back up by spending beyond our means or by building a young improving team ?
The latter for me every time, and the Cowleys look and sound just the sort of young forward-thinking managers capable of doing that given time, but I fear the pressure to sack them will be intense if we do not start the season well. And every time you sack a manger it is back to square one.
If we were still a fan owned would you be happy with our current position ? I would, I'd be ecstatic if by some miracle we had kept the ground open by selling everyone of any value and at the same time managed a consistent top half finish. That would be quite some achievement for a club in so few years from starting again.
So why does having owners who have made it quite clear that the playing side of the club was on the the same footing as under fan ownership, but would spend £10m on the ground, make any difference to how happy we are ?
The expectation that we have some divine right to promotion just because we used to be a regular second (or first) tier club is in danger of putting so much pressure on the management that it will contribute to stopping it happening. We criticise the fans of teams like Sunderland for that attitude, so it really annoys me to see Pompey fans doing the same.
Would we rather go back up by spending beyond our means or by building a young improving team ?
The latter for me every time, and the Cowleys look and sound just the sort of young forward-thinking managers capable of doing that given time, but I fear the pressure to sack them will be intense if we do not start the season well. And every time you sack a manger it is back to square one.