A little bit on my background first just so you can see where I'm coming from: I'm reading a Masters in Organisation and Management Sciences. (not the exact name) It might not be entirely related to football at first glance, but a number of the frameworks can be applied to large-scale businesses and organisations that trade in the millions such as PNE and the other Hemmings companies.
Hemmings as an owner often ignores issues associated with buying power, rivalry, and substitutes. This means that we often lose out on key targets or fail to pay enough to be able to make investments that actually improve the team. With one exception, refusing to make the required investments and diverging towards unsuitable backup targets has been determinental to the team. This has resulted in a number of Grayson's players still making the first team consistently whereas Neil's signings have struggled to get in, for the most part. Even when we do identify and bid for a target, or a realistic target becomes available, we fail to compete in the market and fail to sign them. I don't know if we ever bidded for Wells but regardless of our approach to this rumour, not signing in necessary areas is a failure.
One issue we haven't discussed much on here is futureproofing and digital strategy. Other clubs have used strategy heavily in order to boost gates and create profit, however, we lag behind in this area. Introducing high quality analysis and a full digital strategy team would help us massively in profit generation. Hemmings has not implemented this, which means that PNE lag behind other clubs which can also have severe long term implications.
These make up just two large issues which have severe future impacts for us. The failure to strategise for the future, make strategic investments and implement a digital strategy (which I must add, includes digital marketing) will have severe implications post COVID-19, as the pandemic has expedited the requirement for swift digital implementations. Maybe we'll do this when we're back to normal, but I'm pessimistic. This does not include the lies to the fans regarding strategic investments in the training facilities at Ingol, which would create value over time, but instead Hemmings has created further distrust and disharmony among fans creating negativity among the players, as well as directly causing negativity to the players as they don't have the facilities previously confirmed by the club. This has a negative effect among the entire club meaning performance levels decrease.
I could go on but I feel like I've made my points quite clear. Hemmings is running PNE badly from a long-term standpoint and questions need to be made about his long-term commitment to PNE. I'm firmly in the Hemmings Out camp as you know and am genuinely fearful for a future where he remains in charge. This summer will be very telling as to the future of this club, and anything I discover or deduce from online literature, statements, or credible sources will be relayed back to the forum when appropriate.