We are predominantly a Championship team that has been trying to establish ourselves again in the top flight for the last 25 years!!
The sooner some people accept that the better. It's great to have expectations and desire for success but we have to be realistic. The glory days of the past are gone. The money men have taken over and we will always struggle big time to compete again on the relatively even footing we enjoyed in the past (50's / 60's). Let's enjoy this season and get behind MM. Only a third of the season has gone, win our next 2 home games and it could be all smiles again!! _____ From: Morris, Lee SGT [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NSWolves] New Pompey Manger Odds [sec=unclassified] _____ From: Steven Millward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 15:23 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] New Pompey Manger Odds [sec=unclassified] Because he built us a good team with longevity, not a team of old has beens. That team was also a good investment as it will be worth more than what was paid for it. That's shrewd business and in stark contrast to teh previous managers we had. A good team? We are almost bottom and have only won two games all season. A good championship team but definately not a good premier league team. Because getting into too much debt could be a disaster for the club. We're not going to spend big and he's good at buying players for little money and making them play well. He gets about one in three right, remember there have been plenty of flops...have you seen the tall Austrian play? Because his approach has been shown to work. Remind me how many years and how many managers and how much money we burned trying to get promoted? Then compare it to what he spent in actually winning the Championship. He's got a good track record at getting teams promoted...not keeping them up. Agree about our record at changing managers, its terrible. Because changing manager is unlikely to change our fortunes. If you have evidence that changing manager is a proven way of improving results for a club in the medium term then show me. I presented my facts recently to say the opposite. There are managers that have saved clubs (Arry is the prime example) Because, realistically, we have to be prepared to bounce up and down to become established This is very risky indeed, a risk I wouldn't like us to take. No guarantee we'd bounce back at all. Look at all the ex PL sides in turmoil. I'd rather us take a gamble at staying up. 2009/11/25 Morris, Lee SGT <[email protected]> What a terrible predicament we are in, we've got a manager who may just fluke it and keep us up, but if we do go down we know he's a good championship manager. So what you are saying is we are unlikely to sack him this season because he'll be ok in the lower league? Why does he deserve a full season this year???? Surely if it looks likely that he will take us down, we should act whilst there is still time for us to be saved?....Another month and we'll have a better idea. _____ From: Steven Millward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 13:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] New Pompey Manger Odds [sec=unclassified] I doubt MM will get sacked until he's in the same position as DJ next season. I can't see him getting the boot this season no matter what the result. He deserves a full go this season and he's the man for the job next season if we are down. 2009/11/25 Marcus Chantry <[email protected]> in this age of "player power", maybe we should do away with the manager role, after all the manager had no influence over the performance of the team if I remember correctly ;-) and let the players decide how they want to play? _____ From: Steven Millward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 1:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] New Pompey Manger Odds [sec=unclassified] And replace him with Paul Ince I presume? 2009/11/25 Marcus Chantry <[email protected]> so if Pompey can sack their manager so soon, why can't we do the same? Come on Morgan, you know it makes sense... _____ From: Morris, Lee SGT [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NSWolves] New Pompey Manger Odds [sec=unclassified] >From William Hill: HILLS: PORTSMOUTH NEXT PERMANENT BOSS.. 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