We have to deliver for fans – Eisner

Michael Eisner has taken to social media to once again provide the Fratton faithful hope.

Less than two weeks ago, the Pompey chairman expressed disappointment, via Twitter, with the Blues’ form as their League One play-off hopes ran out of steam.

That message – immediately after the draw at Oxford – was a break from the norm, with the American rarely, if ever, reaching out to the fans after a poor performance.

It offered optimism among Pompey supporters that standards needed to be improved on the pitch going forward, with such disappointment no longer followed by a wall of silence from the owners.

Now Eisner has reached out again to offer his thoughts – and, once more, it suggests an urgency to give the Fratton faithful something to cheer.

Taking to Instagram on this occasion, the 81-year-old responded to one supporter’s comment that ‘those fans deserve better’ following a club post thanking everyone for their support on the road this season.

Eisner said: ‘I agree’, before insisting that loyalty had to be matched with a good summer transfer window.

‘Nobody has fans like Pompey! Now we have to deliver for our fans during the transfer window!!,’ the rest of his post read.

That sort of talk will go down well with the club’s fan base as they prepare themselves for a seventh consecutive season in League One.

Eisner was meant to travel to PO4 for the Blues’ final game of the season against Wycombe on Sunday.

That plan has since changed, with son Eric and Andy Redman instead representing Tornante.

Yet the agenda will remain the same, with the owners flying in to cement the club’s summer recruitment blueprint.