Mick

It's all about us not forking out more millions for them.

I think it all began with the self-named Pompey Alliance sprouting a bunch of social media posts about cheapskate owners and uncompetitive budgets.

I don't think anyone who actually knows the budget for new players

transfers has claimed that it's totally uncompetitive.

Even John Massigno is the most directly affected by how much can be spent.

He has said, I admit, he has said it doesn't match other clubs in the championship, but that's hardly surprising.

I mean, there are clubs that are benefiting from parachute payments out of the Prem.

Some have traded very successfully and earned millions to put back into their club market.

And a process we're trying to establish, but it does take time.

And then there are some owners who are prepared to go into debt for extra finance.

But the threat to that is, if the gamble doesn't pay off, you go into a spiral of financial hardship like Leicester and West Brom, and Wednesday in particular, this season in the Championship.

Surely, the only path open to us is the building one.

But of course, some folks don't like brick by brick.

They don't like it.

To be fair, perhaps Eric

overdid it a bit in his time when he first arrived.

And also to be fair, we human beings seem to be by nature impatient.

It's probably because we're not immortal.

Nevertheless, some folks' comments are, well, confused.

Here's one.