bathseagull said:so has the bloke at pompey got the wrong south coast club...?
bathseagull said:so has the bloke at pompey got the wrong south coast club...?
Yes, he reminds us that the board is having a meeting tomorrow.Titanic said:On another threaf W&I still believes there may be something afoot at board level... all very interesting!
Bish Bosh said:Not sure what point your'e making HS-the 58th fastest growing city doesn't sound great -58yh out of what?-and tallies with my experience (I'm unfortunate enough to have to work in the dump!)
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So he's not interested in football, then? Just property development.HampshireSeagulls said:(CNP from another thread)
Just been speaking to someone that has a lot of insider knowledge of Pompey (he was the one that dropped the Redknapp-for-manager info before it became public), and apparently the guy was looking at two South Coast clubs, both of which have planning permission for a new ground. What took him to Portsmouth is their plan to rotate the ground 90 degrees and develop housing around it (a £90M+ development) - just like Chelsea Village. The other South Coast club that got a mention was us, but he was put off because of the Falmer challenge (whether or not it comes to anything) and the recent drop down the division. If Pompey get relegated, the cash injection would take them up again. If we got relegated, then we would take longer to stabilise, it would be harder to bring in big players at that level, and the return on investment would be slower. It was felt that Brighton could have potentially a massive fan base (better transport links than Portsmouth peninsula), but as Portsmouth is the 58th fastest growing city in the UK, the injection of other investors' cash was a factor. Putting money into an area which is already on the up, economically, gives him a better chance of making more cash - which, after all, is what he is there for.
Oh well.
Lord Bracknell said:So he's not interested in football, then? Just property development.
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BensGrandad said:To make it a worthwhile investment both will have to go hand in glove.
Do not worry there is somebody out there waiting for us.
They have one hell of a wait then.BensGrandad said:To make it a worthwhile investment both will have to go hand in glove.
Do not worry there is somebody out there waiting for us.
Bish Bosh said:Not sure what point your'e making HS-the 58th fastest growing city doesn't sound great -58yh out of what?-and tallies with my experience (I'm unfortunate enough to have to work in the dump!)
If this is a property deal for part of the Pompey centre it makes more sense...but a residential Pompey Village based on Chelsea's complex is pie in the sky-Portsmouth is hardly an upmarket base for professional people is it?