Source: Team_Talk
Boss has no sympathy for big spenders
Portsmouth's off-field money worries resurfaced when the club issued a statement denying they had been formally served with a winding-up petition by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in relation to disputed VAT, PAYE and National Insurance contributions of a reported £3.5million.[LNB]Pompey, currently operating under a transfer embargo imposed by the Premier League over unpaid transfer debts, also hope to pay players' outstanding wages before the end of the day.[LNB]While not wanting to be seen to be attacking the Fratton Park side directly, Coyle said any club who overspent should not expect special treatment when things went wrong.[LNB]"I'm loath to speak about other clubs but what I would say is that is why we have put in place the plan we have," said the Scot, who is working with the smallest budget of any Premier League club.[LNB]"I would love to have had £20million-£30million to spend but to do that we would have put the club at risk of ruin - as we have seen with other clubs before.[LNB]"What we have had to do is put a business plan in place to look after the finances.[LNB]"Whether other clubs do that is up to them but I'm not one for, if someone has mis-managed the club, affording them sympathy.[LNB]"We all aspire to be involved at the highest level but you have to do it within your means.[LNB]"If you overspend then ultimately it will catch up with you. I can only speak about what we do here, where we run a very tight ship but the intention is to ensure the club is here for years to come."[LNB]Coyle sees his own long-term future at the club too as he is determined to remain loyal despite once again being linked to another job.[LNB]Having rejected overtures from Celtic in the summer, the Scot has distanced himself from the managerial vacancy at Bolton - a club where he admits he enjoyed a fantastic time as a player.[LNB]Gary Megson's sacking yesterday thrust Coyle's name into the frame, especially as he was believed to have been Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside's fallback option had they not appointed Megson in October 2007.[LNB]However, the Clarets boss has steadfastly stuck to the mantra that he has plenty of unfinished business at Turf Moor.[LNB]And having in the summer signed a 12-month extension to the three-year contract he agreed when he took over just over two years ago Coyle is keen to press ahead with his plans for Burnley.[LNB]"It is certainly becoming repetitive," he said of his continued links with managerial vacancies.[LNB]"I think everyone knows the job we are doing here and we are trying to continue that.[LNB]"I love being at this football club and I have shown that. I feel very privileged to be manager of a wonderful football club here.[LNB]"I've always said I enjoy being at the football club, I enjoy my work and coming through the door every morning.[LNB]"I think the players enjoy working for me, the fans like coming and we are trying to build something at the football club."[LNB]The 43-year-old expressed his disappointment at Megson's departure but accepted it was one of the hazards of the job.[LNB]Burnley are only two points above Bolton, having played two matches more.[LNB]But there is little danger of Coyle receiving his marching orders after a brilliant 2009 in which the club reached the semi-finals of the Carling Cup, the fifth round of the FA Cup and ultimately achieved promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.[LNB]"First and foremost you are disappointed with anyone losing their job because we all know how tough it is to do it," said Coyle of Megson's departure.[LNB]"Things happen in football, sometimes they happen for a reason.[LNB]"You know how precarious it is, that is just the nature of the job and we enter into it with our eyes wide open, but I have to qualify that by saying how good a job it is.[LNB]"All you can do is go and do your very best and ultimately someone thinks that is not good enough then at least you know you have done your best."[LNB][LNB]
