Owners are out of touch with fans

General chat room. Pompey related or not, but PLEASE keep it reasonably clean.

Moderators: Kingofstar, Chris_in_LA, lakespfc, Admin, General Mods

portchesterblue
Billy The Boot Boy
Posts: 2002
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:03 am

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by portchesterblue »

So you do realise that we are in a lockdown don't you, you realise that the club has no income this season?? You realise that paying off all the staff costs a fortune.

But hey let's just sack the manager and ceo everything the fans aren't happy, great way to build up the club
Jack_Tinn
Billy The Boot Boy
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:14 am
Has liked: 55 times
Been liked: 52 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Jack_Tinn »

portchesterblue wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:14 pm So you do realise that we are in a lockdown don't you, you realise that the club has no income this season?? You realise that paying off all the staff costs a fortune.

But hey let's just sack the manager and ceo everything the fans aren't happy, great way to build up the club
is that you Mark Catlin? Seriously though you have a valid point but equally it is KJ's job to get the team to play well and this season, albeit it with the added difficulties you highlight, is just like the previous seasons under KJ. Good players on paper, looking lost and confused at times, not enough attacking intent but occasional patches of hope when things click for a few weeks sprinkled in just to keep the wolf completely from the door.
User avatar
Locky_McLockface
Guy Whittingham
Posts: 9821
Joined: Thu May 11, 2006 3:16 pm
Location: Cosham & Copnor
Contact:

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Locky_McLockface »

streetrifle wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:31 pm To; Locky McLockface: Its still entirely possible for us to go up this season via automatics or play offs under a new manager. The stakes are high for the owners with the riches of the Championship in view. Do they really want another year in League One, because I'm not sure the fans would swallow that. I agree that it would require contracts for Gallen, Wigley and Co to be paid up but that is an expense that is allied to progress and ambition in football at times. The 'new manager' syndrome in football often provides great stimulus and the right choice of new manager would provide a great boost to the fans and players alike.
Yes. You're quite right. We could. With the benefit of hindsight, I agree that they should have gone earlier in the season, but it didn't happen.

But what you're suggesting they do costs money. They do not have any money coming in to do that with.
I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbour
PakefieldBlue
Alan Knight
Posts: 845
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:14 pm
Been liked: 13 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by PakefieldBlue »

Locky_McLockface wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:14 pm
streetrifle wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:31 pm To; Locky McLockface: Its still entirely possible for us to go up this season via automatics or play offs under a new manager. The stakes are high for the owners with the riches of the Championship in view. Do they really want another year in League One, because I'm not sure the fans would swallow that. I agree that it would require contracts for Gallen, Wigley and Co to be paid up but that is an expense that is allied to progress and ambition in football at times. The 'new manager' syndrome in football often provides great stimulus and the right choice of new manager would provide a great boost to the fans and players alike.
Yes. You're quite right. We could. With the benefit of hindsight, I agree that they should have gone earlier in the season, but it didn't happen.

But what you're suggesting they do costs money. They do not have any money coming in to do that with.
As a resident of Suffolk, I have a number of friends who are Ipswich fans. The buzz that Cook has already brought to the club and his public announcements that they can still get auto-promotion, has already created a momentum which I suspect makes them "the team most likely to sneak promotion at the death". Their owner is in the same position as ours (and not very popular with the fans, so didn't feel the need to appease them) but has decided to swallow the costs, and roll the dice.

It'll be interesting to compare the two different approaches of the Pompey and Ipswich owners at the end of the season.
User avatar
jam tomorrow
Billy The Boot Boy
Posts: 1227
Joined: Fri May 12, 2006 12:46 pm
Location: Somerset
Has liked: 4 times
Been liked: 32 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by jam tomorrow »

Although I appreciate we are in difficult times and we have to be certain a change in management is needed. I honestly believe Jacket has had long enough to have put a decent team together. We have given him the benefit of the doubt this season but enough is enough. We have not progressed at all under his regime. In fact it has become more frustrating the longer he continues. We need to find a younger ambitious manager who can achieve the success we deserve.
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow.
-- Diane Johnson
streetrifle
Paul Merson
Posts: 233
Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:02 pm
Been liked: 2 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by streetrifle »

That's a fantastic post 'Jam Tomorrow'. Sums it up precisely and if the owners can't come to the same conclusion then they are either burying their heads in the sand or they have no interest in taking this club forward. Either way they are out of touch with the fans. Its up to them and Mr Catlin to face the facts and do the right thing for the club and the fans. If they don't then its up to them to face the consequences in the summer of fans not renewing their season tickets and a further significant drop in income next season.
At the very least we fans deserve a statement of intent either way from Mr Eisner.
User avatar
Sam_Brown
Kev the Kitman
Posts: 3531
Joined: Thu May 31, 2007 7:14 pm
Location: Northampton
Has liked: 97 times
Been liked: 138 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Sam_Brown »

Do you feel they should announce Kenny will no longer be manager come end of the season now? As opposed to waiting until the end of the season? I can't agree with that.
Coeli lux nostra ductrix
User avatar
Selsey Bill
Interim Manager
Posts: 6295
Joined: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:25 pm
Has liked: 58 times
Been liked: 69 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Selsey Bill »

Sam_Brown wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:33 pm Do you feel they should announce Kenny will no longer be manager come end of the season now? As opposed to waiting until the end of the season? I can't agree with that.
Not sure they can, or will, do that? We could still get promoted for starters, and then ...
User avatar
GreenBlue
Billy The Boot Boy
Posts: 1974
Joined: Fri May 17, 2013 5:26 pm
Location: Sussex
Has liked: 365 times
Been liked: 56 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by GreenBlue »

Streetrifle, you absolutely have the right to your views and opinions but on this one you are wrong. At least statistically in this room. The majority of posters who responded didn't back your view on the owners.

Perhaps a more accurate title to this topic could be "A few" or "Some" fans out of touch with the owners".

I also found it interesting the use of "we deserve..." or "...what wr deserve'" as if it is a right.

Having said all that, it is good to see fans so passionate about our club.
No Shot Sherlock
Sir Conan Doyle
Sir Conan Doyle
Posts: 4956
Joined: Fri May 12, 2006 5:08 pm
Has liked: 4 times
Been liked: 11 times
Contact:

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by No Shot Sherlock »

PakefieldBlue wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:41 am
As a resident of Suffolk, I have a number of friends who are Ipswich fans. The buzz that Cook has already brought to the club and his public announcements that they can still get auto-promotion, has already created a momentum which I suspect makes them "the team most likely to sneak promotion at the death".
The Cook feel-good factor worked a treat today I see :wink:
past memories
Kev the Kitman
Posts: 2584
Joined: Thu May 18, 2006 8:51 pm
Been liked: 2 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by past memories »

In the words of Fred Dineage, Howe.
PakefieldBlue
Alan Knight
Posts: 845
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:14 pm
Been liked: 13 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by PakefieldBlue »

No Shot Sherlock wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:24 pm
PakefieldBlue wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:41 am
As a resident of Suffolk, I have a number of friends who are Ipswich fans. The buzz that Cook has already brought to the club and his public announcements that they can still get auto-promotion, has already created a momentum which I suspect makes them "the team most likely to sneak promotion at the death".
The Cook feel-good factor worked a treat today I see :wink:
:thumb Indeed!!
User avatar
Locky_McLockface
Guy Whittingham
Posts: 9821
Joined: Thu May 11, 2006 3:16 pm
Location: Cosham & Copnor
Contact:

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Locky_McLockface »

past memories wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:38 pm In the words of Fred Dineage, Howe.
I'll have a pint of what he's drinking.

Eddie Howe (I assume you meant Eddie Howe) is being talked about as a future England manager. He won't step down to League 1. His next managerial job will be in the Prem.
I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbour
User avatar
Selsey Bill
Interim Manager
Posts: 6295
Joined: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:25 pm
Has liked: 58 times
Been liked: 69 times

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Selsey Bill »

jam tomorrow wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:00 pm Although I appreciate we are in difficult times and we have to be certain a change in management is needed. I honestly believe Jacket has had long enough to have put a decent team together. We have given him the benefit of the doubt this season but enough is enough. We have not progressed at all under his regime. In fact it has become more frustrating the longer he continues. We need to find a younger ambitious manager who can achieve the success we deserve.
Jackett should have been sacked last summer following his inept handling of the play offs. I'm still struggling to come to terms with his decision to drop Naylor for Morris but, let's face it, he has continued to make inexplicable decisions like that throughout his time with us. I think it is maybe time for Catlin to move on too, and it wouldn't surprise me if he walked. He certainly doesn't need the money, and I've noticed recently that he is beginning to lose credibility with a significant number of our fans.
User avatar
Ghengis Jones
Robbie Pethick
Posts: 50
Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:36 pm

Re: Owners are out of touch with fans

Post by Ghengis Jones »

Locky_McLockface wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:21 pm
past memories wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:38 pm In the words of Fred Dineage, Howe.
I'll have a pint of what he's drinking.

Eddie Howe (I assume you meant Eddie Howe) is being talked about as a future England manager. He won't step down to League 1. His next managerial job will be in the Prem.
Money's on Palace (Crystal, not Buckingham).
Post Reply

Create an account or sign in to join the discussion

You need to be a member in order to post a reply

Create an account

Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute

Register

Sign in

  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post