The strugglers' descent into the Championship could be confirmed on Saturday if they fail to beat Blackburn at Fratton Park and West Ham or Hull pick up a win. This would end their seven-year tenure in the Premier League, which will always be remembered for them becoming the first top-flight team to enter administration. The club paid the price for spending beyond its means during the past seven years and bringing stars such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Sol Campbell to Fratton Park. While Pompey were rewarded with an FA Cup in 2008, Grant feels not enough was done off the pitch to give Pompey better facilities and a more stable future. The Israeli said: "I don't want to speak too much about the past, but I think it was a great opportunity in the past few season to do something that created stability for many years. "You don't just want to buy and sell players - that's part of the game and everybody is doing it. "We have made progress. This training ground is better than it was before. But other teams have progressed much faster than this club. "I was expecting them to progress all the things that create better football every year. So it is disappointing." Pompey go into the Blackburn game with just 13 fit first-team players after suffering a number of injuries in recent weeks. The club's precarious financial position has meant Grant has had to work with a threadbare squad and he could have to pad out his substitutes' bench with youth team players. The former Chelsea boss admits having some cash available may have alleviated his player shortage. But he believes a rough training pitch has not helped matters and says the club should have redeveloped things like this when they had the chance. He said: "I've always said that in football, you cannot succeed without money. But you cannot succeed only with money. "Let's look at simple things. Part of the reason for our injuries is the training ground - the pitch is not so good. "I think when you want to make progress and do things right, you can't only do one thing. You have to think about everything." Grant is being hotly tipped to quit Fratton Park the end of the season. But he feels there is a great opportunity for a visionary new owner to bring the good times back to Pompey, provided they offer the business some much-needed financial stability. He said: "This is not a club looking to take the Premier League championship, so someone could come in with a two or three-year plan to build something very good. "It's exciting and they can build on the supporters we have, but the supporters alone cannot build the club. "We need stability with the financial situation and we need to know what is going on. "As a manager, if you know your budget is X, Y or Z, it doesn't matter - as long as you know what it is. Then you know what to do. "You can build the academy, build a structure, decide what the squad will look like and what philosophy of football you will play. "It would be a good challenge, but you cannot do it without stability. "Sometimes you have a problem like we have now with the injuries. "But the worst thing in this situation is that you can plan something beyond one week. I like to plan something. If there are problems, you need to deal with them, but you can't plan with problems like these."
