The Gristle - 'No. 1 Priority'

For me, it has to be the training facilities and development of a good academy that produces a steady stream of players over the coming years. The investment here would hopefully reap long term benefits, and if successful produce good local players capable of playing at the highest level, saving money in the long term on bringing players in, although we would still have to buy some. Of course, the other benefit of this is that we produce players who may move on, generating other income for the club through transfer fees.

as said in the forum: of course, like you say chixy, sorting out the squad is a key thing – without this we have nothing but that aside getting the whole structure/infrastructure of PFC sorted out is a must, surely?

it would 'seem' like certain areas of this have tried to be addressed over the years but has this been done going about it in the right way... throwing money at something does not always work, as we have clearly seen – then again how much money actually was being thrown at it, and not being thrown at it in order for someone(s) else to gain!
we have to become a club that can be pretty much self sufficient, for this we need to be run as a club that people want to be a part of and feel they will have a long-term future at so this starts from the basics of a training ground. we must get this area sorted out and have facilities that are fitting of the modern era of football and then have a development program that will enable us to attract local young talent and bring them on, giving them a chance and not just being a pointless exercise. bringing back a reserve set-up, so progression can be made from academy – 1st team, via the ressies, is something we need (i will cover this area more with an article I have written at another time.
forget the 'new stadium', or pretty much 'redevelopment' of fratton as it is for now, this is in no way a priority and all the time we struggle to even fill a 20,000 capacity stadium is, for me, a fruitless exercise. we need to be regularly selling out fratton for any opponent for a sustained period of time before this is even considered and if/when it is a sensible pricing structure without a doubt needed to attract and retain punters. people have said that the below par facilities at fratton will prevent them from coming back until they are sorted, whilst far from idea in many ways and areas are they really that bad and are they worth staying away from because of this?

some structure in place, with a sensible business plan that will ensure PFC has a long-term sustainable future is a must and if CSI can offer us that i will be more than happy whatever the future brings, altho lets face it we cannot afford another relegation so the immediate footballing priority is to remain in the nopower, at least...

Number one priority surely must be to make sure that we get enough decent players in to have a squad capable of doing more than just 'getting by' for the first half of the season.

.. but what about the Fratton End clock.. ??.. keep your thoughts coming people some really go responses so far ..

Have to agree with most of the other guys, if we want the club to start standing on its own two feet then the academy and youth system are the way to go, thats where the first investment bar new players should be!