Pompey Talk is back as focus turns to the challenges the Blues will face in the 2025-26 Championship and the forthcoming transfer window
Among the subjects discussed by Mark McMahon and Neil Allen are the final make-up of the second tier following Charlton's promotion via the League One play-offs, whether budgets really matter, will a 21st-place finish be the aim once again next season, and the lessons that will have been learn't from the campaign just finished.
Also covered are the improvements Pompey will have to make to their starting XI to help them build on last season's 16th-place finish, whether another centre-back should be considered a priority during the transfer window, and the pressure on sporting director Rich Hughes to get his recruitment spot on this summer.
Among the subjects discussed by Mark McMahon and Neil Allen are the final make-up of the second tier following Charlton's promotion via the League One play-offs, whether budgets really matter, will a 21st-place finish be the aim once again next season, and the lessons that will have been learn't from the campaign just finished.
Also covered are the improvements Pompey will have to make to their starting XI to help them build on last season's 16th-place finish, whether another centre-back should be considered a priority during the transfer window, and the pressure on sporting director Rich Hughes to get his recruitment spot on this summer.
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00:00It's what you do with a budget.
00:02Luton went down with a bigger budget than Pompey.
00:04Cardiff went down with a bigger budget than Pompey.
00:07I think there'll be considerable bigger budgets than Pompey.
00:10Pompey finished 16th last year with one of the lowest budgets in the division.
00:15It's always about what you do with your budget.
00:18It's about the quality of recruitment and the quality of your head coach.
00:21And Pompey has shown they've got those factors at their football club for a number of years now.
00:28So, yes, Pompey's budget will go up this year.
00:31We know that for a fact.
00:33But then it's about what you do with it.
00:36Ideally, you want them to go a lot, wouldn't you really?
00:39But at the moment, they are what they are until they manage to expand the ground and create more revenue that way.
00:47So, I wanted later to go up because I thought they would have more chance of finishing the Mockham 3.
00:55I wasn't really looking about budgets there.
00:57And Charlton again.
00:59It's really interesting.
01:00But normally, I just thought that they're not going to follow up.
01:03I'm here with my Bluebird High Guy organization.
01:04Look at them.
01:05What do they have done MK Road or them look at them?
01:06They're not going to be looking at them?
01:07They're not going to be making any food recogn amdance.
01:09You are going to talk about it.
01:11They're not going to be making any food for them.