Asking for a pause without some skerrick of background is very...

Asking for a pause without some skerrick of background is very amateurish. Something in hindsight this management has done a few to many times.
I'll save everyone a rant on management commenting on share prices, let alone speculating on where they are going or will be at set future dates. We're all better served you sticking to your Knitting, as you've been missing a few too may stitches.

I live in hope this Buffett quote is right, “I try to invest in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.”