POMPEY TO SPLASH THE CASH

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What are the latest updates on Pompey spending?

John Messina 0:02

The latest Pompey news updates every day from the Pompey Sound News Desk. John Messina has nailed his colours to the mast about Pompey's need to increase spending, saying... Like I've said, at the moment, the plan is to build on what we're trying to do this season and be very short term. We need to be very focused on staying in the championship now and then completely review things in the summer. We need to look at where we are as a football club and, if we hopefully stay in the league, look at what our strategy is going to be over the next four to five years. Then we need to go from there. We would need to have a really serious conversation about the levels of investment required. But over the past couple of years it's just been about consolidating in the Championship.

John Messina 0:39

Then if we do that, we then buy ourselves a bit of time to push on as a football club. I don't think there's any doubt in the Ligue 1 season everyone was saying how we recruited in the summer, January, and how much investment was there. We went into the Championship season with a budget, and, in the first half of the season, we were undercooked in terms of where we were as a side. We addressed that last January in the short term. We probably tripled that in terms of the transfer budget in the summer and increased the playing budget as well. If you look at where we are now and what we did in January, if we went back and knew what Birmingham, Wrexham and Charlton were going to spend coming up and the rest of the league, there was lessons to learn.

John Messina 1:15

Maybe in terms of the rest of the championship, we have a bit of work to do there.

Duncan Barkes 1:19

John Messina, with some words there that will be music to the ears of a great many Pompey fans who are growing frustrated with where we are in the league and what we've been spending on the team that has got us to where we are in the league.

Why is John Messina emphasizing increased investment for Pompey?

Duncan Barkes 1:32

Let's put injuries to one side for a second. We're playing teams that have got £8 million, £10 million players out there on the park. They don't look a lot better than us. But, of course, they can edge it from time to time. And that's why they're £8 and £10 million players. And John Massino is clearly saying that if we want to establish ourselves as a bona fide top half championship side, I think that's the plan for next season. That's what he wants to do next season. You're just going to have to spend a little bit more. And it may be that his message is in part for California. And he's saying to the Eisners, we have talked about this, but I'm now talking about it out loud because the fans deserve it.

Duncan Barkes 2:19

And our players need to know where we're going. I'll tell you what, it's absolutely unheard of in this day and age for not just a championship manager, but just about any manager anywhere to be talking about where he wants to be with the club in four or five years time. And this is fantastic in so many ways. And it's what our manager is saying. So, you know, there's reason to be optimistic.

How does the current squad compare to other Championship teams?

Duncan Barkes 2:48

But as one prime minister used to say, I'm an optimist, but I always carry a raincoat. Up at Ipswich, the coaching staff are defending George Hurst. Remember him, who has only scored once, I think it is, in the last 15 games. Down here, John Massino, from time to time, thinks it's a good idea just to remind us that Colby Bishop is of great value to the team, even if he's not scoring as many goals. anywhere near as many goals as he did last season and the season before that. Here's what he has to say.

Unknown 3:19

If you look at the amount of goals conceded, we have been pretty good. We're in a good spot defensively. One of the big things that has been missing is we haven't been scoring enough goals. That's an area we have looked to improve upon. My big take with Colby is I love it when he scores. He wants to score. I am a massive fan of trying to create a bit more for him. But the more important part of his game is what he does everywhere else. When he knits everything together he creates a huge amount, particularly for the number 10 and two wingers.