Milan, there's only one Milan...

Love the guy, but that time has past. I don't get this result: why do people want to go back to the days when: Pompey were linked weekly with corruption issues, Quest issues, Agent issues and fined; linked with malpractice and fined, and in case anybody has been living in a dark room with no communication for the last year. People also forget Milan took money out of Pompey - quite rightly in my opinion, but im just running parallels for the SOS types. Now i will always be gratefull to Milan but the HYPOCRISY of those who want the club clean but the man back is amazing. The Man is going on tax avoidance charges with his mates Peter and Harry. Now we cannot prejudge the outcome but do we really want that as the main headline AGAIN!

Did I mention anything about mis managed transfer deals? Or the fact that the man has already said HE CANNOT FUND a PL club. IMHO I dont want pompey to spend anytime longer than necessary in the FL i want the club to strive for success and that means a well managed club in top flight football.

and for me it's better the devil i know right now. I don't understand what the other owners' drivers are... I just don't see them being that interested in owning and running football clubs - let alone Portsmouth.. I can see that Milan would have a reason/ need/ passion/ driver to make it work

there has not been one serious purchaser for the club since Milan bought the club originally...then he spent a fortune on odd players, and worked his wa through enough managers and staff to field a football team, until hewas lucky enough to happen upon HR-a footbal genius...of sorts, then wrecked that by sacking Jim Smith,and appointing the frenchman and the cat inthe hat serb fella....all along keeping faith with Peter storyteller....then sold us when it was largely rumoured along the coast in their Local-al-al Echo-o-o...that he was skint. WHo did he sell us to a russian mafia money launderer and failed gun runner...ooops sorry, son of a rusian mafia ..etc etc..who then dumped us a skint Arab and a jewish asset stripping company with a bogus Arabian as the figure head- please recall all his staff were jewish blokes not Arabians...we are now owned predominantly by a buisnessman who was owed £16m or so, by that same Russian cash laundry man, the precise amount of cash which was supposedly leant to the club...Since then we have had offer from ex spurs player and a skint property and horse breeder on behalf of another invisable man, and 12 year old boy, sorry 21 year old MAN, who's Father is a bankrupt tory Mayor who has been excomunicated from the party, and ---get this---owes the clubs administrator UH Packer, abundle of cash... I CAN SEE WHY SOME FILK PREFER MILAN... me....I would prefer the trust to raise the cash themselves, even it it meant borrowing against the club assets just like the bot wonder plans to do.....

Well My Poll generated some interesting results, and by the looks of it a healthy debate :-)

not quite bottom super but near enough... I have not heard much from the trust and there hasnt been a real drive to raise that sort of cash. IS there a share scheme? HAVE they approached any of the bidding parties or the administrator for anything other than info? I rifle through the news for pompey based stories and none in the past 2 3 months includes anything about the Trust. I'd love it to be the way out if it appeared to have any teeth to it whatsoever?

Got to agree with Rug on this one. Never go back.

jim4 pompey - allow me to help you out, MM took mortgages on players and cashed them in- so to clarify your position he did take funds from the club. He also didnt leave us with a legacy fund Gaydamak put a bond on it as surety. allow me to clarify another of your points for you; when MM was in charge Pompeywere registered to a shell company in the Cayman islands. As for other options - in the short term, despite your unfounded statements the fact is, Chanrai has not done anything sneakily, has been completely upfront, put the club into administration when he could have gone for liquidation - with respect ; sincerely meant- i dont know if you undertsand the way it works but he would have got his money and less hassle the other route. I am of the same opinion as moley2 it needs sound business management. The man also is paying out all small creditors in full - no obligation to do that. Also paid the charities that the club ripped off in full- no obligation to do that. paid salaries last season- no obligation to do that. For me that doesnt mean an owner who is going to send the next year in court and the papers for never ending HMRC and CoL tax avoidance charges. However dont let that stop people putting in unsubstantiated knocking eh!

and you Dave's for that matter

PlymouthGraham, i was told by a sponsor Smith went because MM suspected he and John Bond were involved in some dodgy's. Later to be proved, if you are media but not if you are a pompey fan. Interesting the russian mafia money laundering story; wouldnt happen now LoL there aint enough of it.

I do not think BC is a bandit unlike his predecesers...i just think of his son as mascot with a massive smile on his face.

Don't apologise Russell, tell it as it is. I'm fed up with contributors coming out with their unfounded diatribes in these forums. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but let those opinions be based on facts not malicious gossip and innuendo. Fact - from day one BC has been our saviour, full-stop. imho he remains our best option and will have a sensible business plan that'll put us on our feet again.