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It's talked about on NSC as if it's a living, breathing document with comments around whether we are on schedule etc. However, is there any evidence that such a plan exists?
All I can find is the statement by Poyet that getting into Premier League is a 'goal'. Which is rather different from a plan. And although it mentions five years, it's not even the case that it's promotion within five years or Gus is leaving. To quote him:
Reaching the Premier League is now the ultimate target, be that with Brighton or someone else.
He intends to reach that level sooner rather than later and, having represented Chelsea with distinction during his playing days, has refused to rule out a return to Stamford Bridge.
"Yes, perhaps. But I'm not in a hurry," Poyet told The Independent.
"That doesn't mean when I'm 72, but not tomorrow. Five years would be better than 10, but anyway I'm convinced that it's possible with Brighton.
"If the aim were not the Premiership, I'd already be gone. But the chairman (Tony Bloom) wants the same as me."
Poyet fancies Blues post | Chelsea News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports
I have no problem with what Poyet says here, especially as he doesn't talk about it as a 'plan.'
It seems a bit presumptuous to plan for when promotion will happen especially as a season will throw up lots of circumstances and events (injuries, revenue, loss of form of players, unexpected successes) that are very difficult to predict 2, 3 or 4 years in advance.
All I can find is the statement by Poyet that getting into Premier League is a 'goal'. Which is rather different from a plan. And although it mentions five years, it's not even the case that it's promotion within five years or Gus is leaving. To quote him:
Reaching the Premier League is now the ultimate target, be that with Brighton or someone else.
He intends to reach that level sooner rather than later and, having represented Chelsea with distinction during his playing days, has refused to rule out a return to Stamford Bridge.
"Yes, perhaps. But I'm not in a hurry," Poyet told The Independent.
"That doesn't mean when I'm 72, but not tomorrow. Five years would be better than 10, but anyway I'm convinced that it's possible with Brighton.
"If the aim were not the Premiership, I'd already be gone. But the chairman (Tony Bloom) wants the same as me."
Poyet fancies Blues post | Chelsea News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports
I have no problem with what Poyet says here, especially as he doesn't talk about it as a 'plan.'
It seems a bit presumptuous to plan for when promotion will happen especially as a season will throw up lots of circumstances and events (injuries, revenue, loss of form of players, unexpected successes) that are very difficult to predict 2, 3 or 4 years in advance.
