Manager/Coach Mousinho to Pompey

[Scotchegg]

It wouldn't cost £50-100m to be in the Championship, certainly not in the first year!!! TV money, sponsorship and pretty much selling out the Kassam every week would make a huge difference to our revenue, and allow us to have a fighting chance without the owners spending tens of millions more.

 

[uptheus]

It wouldn't cost £50-100m to be in the Championship, certainly not in the first year!!! TV money, sponsorship and pretty much selling out the Kassam every week would make a huge difference to our revenue, and allow us to have a fighting chance without the owners spending tens of millions more.

It would be more significant than today’s cost.

And what happens after the first year, beating in mind if we had got promoted last year that would have been 4 years before we potentially had our own stadium, and still a big if.

Plus Ka££am would have cashed in on the rent!

 

[RyanioBirdio]

We would be given over £7million per year more in “solidarity payments” than we currently get in League One for simply being in the Championship. Which even if it was all spent on wages, leaving the board to prop up the existing level of excess spending and losses, would give us a bigger budget than a number of Championship clubs when added to our current wage bill. We would be able to spend over £12million per year in wages without the board having to put in another penny more than they do now.

For context, without a penny of additional board investment we would have a bigger wage budget than all of the following:

Blackburn
Blackpool
Coventry
Huddersfield
Hull
Luton
Millwall
Rotherham

Championship football doesn’t put any additional financial strain on the owners, as outlined above.

 

[uptheus]

Championship football doesn’t put any additional financial strain on the owners, as outlined above.

Can you explain why we would have a bigger wage budget than the clubs you’ve mentioned?

 

[Scotchegg]

I'm guessing it is based on current wage bill + increased revenue = new enhanced wage budget that is bigger than current wage bills of aforementioned clubs.

Even if there was an increase in rental costs for the Kassam (I honestly don't know if there are promotion clauses) then they'd be negligible compared to the revenue opportunities.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Can you explain why we would have a bigger wage budget than the clubs you’ve mentioned?

Because our current wage bill plus seven million is more than those clubs’ current wage bills in that division.

It’s to illustrate the point that we could compete in that division without the owners needing to spend more of their own money than they currently do.

 

[uptheus]

Because our current wage bill plus seven million is more than those clubs’ current wage bills in that division.

It’s to illustrate the point that we could compete in that division without the owners needing to spend more of their own money than they currently do.

Thank you, so you’re saying these clubs current wage bills are less than £12m?

And can you confirm if that’s overall wage bill (players, coaches, staff etc) or just players?

 

[Big Ronaldo]

Anyway, this is a superb opportunity for JM.
A club with growth potential. Yes, there is pressure but he now has the chance to mould a team into his own style of play. It won’t be easy but I think he may well do a great job and for that, I wish him all the best.

 

[LowerSouth]

Talk about instability.
Mous is the 19th manager since Jan 2000.

 

[Osei Yaw]

Well, egg on my face after I said that I was worried we didn't have anyone aside from McGuane in our playing squad that we could command a fee for.

 

[Northstandboy]

A good start

 

[MJB]

Good to hear yesterday that Mous can’t sign any of our players for 12 months.

 

[NottsYellow]

Good to hear yesterday that Mous can’t sign any of our players for 12 months.

Does that include Baldock, Gorrin, Henry, Taylor, Smyth, Seddon & Jones?

 

[uptheus]

Good to hear yesterday that Mous can’t sign any of our players for 12 months.

He can take Murphy and Browne.

 

[Marked Ox]

Fowler has managed in Australia and India so it wouldn't be a huge surprise if he's angling for Mous's vacant position

He'll have to fit it around running the Academy....

 

[Sarge]

Good to hear yesterday that Mous can’t sign any of our players for 12 months.

Is there a counter block in place, as in we cant try n sign any of pompeys squad too?

 

[MJB]

Is there a counter block in place, as in we cant try n sign any of pompeys squad too?

I shouldn’t think so. It certainly would be unusual.

 

[Peterdev]

That’s what Tom Jones said

 

[RgYellows]

Good to hear yesterday that Mous can’t sign any of our players for 12 months.

I'd love to know who they're worried would go

 

[Osleroad]

I'd love to know who they're worried would go

It hardly matters does it but you protect your assets don't you or there would be pelters on here...think it's called good business