Rich Hughes

Michael Eisner on how he came to be and his family, the owners of our club, Portsmouth FC.

A number of interesting little tidbits in there, weren't there?

One, for example, that they prowled around a couple of Premier League sides.

Did I get that right?

Two, he's clear, without actually going into details financially, that Pompey has been an expensive project for him.

Now, cynics will say the money that's been thrown at the facilities, the assets,

is bound to be recouped at a later date in the sell-on value that the club has.

But it doesn't always work like that.

It simply doesn't.

You cannot predict the market in that way.

People put double glazing in their houses in the hope that in six months' time they can put it on the market at an inflated price.

They build extensions.

They insulate the lofts.

They paint the bedrooms.

They do all sorts of things, hoping that the sell-on value of the item that they want to sell on is going to be enhanced by more than the cost of the improvement.

But Michael Eisner is a commercial genius.

one of four people who were once reputed to run the United States of America.

OK, this is the guy that we've got at the helm.

We have to just trust him and get on with doing what we do best, which is shouting our lungs out every time we're at a game.

Yes, he walked into the club at the last minute and he was out there on the pitch almost straight away for over an hour.