Gentlemen...
I
read an online report of the latest going's on down at dear old Fratton (true
it was in the Sun online, but if it has anything to do with Pompey, I read it
no matter who wrote it).......
Anyway,
I know I am cynical, but when you stop to think about it, all the statements
from BC about not wishing to own the club, start to become, if not the whole
truth, well, only a part of the real truth.... this is how I am beginning to see
the whole saga to date.
We are
up for sale, along comes a Walter Mitty with dreams of grandeur, months go by
and no money is paid for the purchase, out goes Storrie to find a new buyer, he
finds a consortium willing to purchase.
Oh no,
says Sacha, I am not selling to them, they have a nasty man who sued my dear
old Daddy. Here you are Mr Mitty, the club is yours, pay me when you have the
cash....with me so far?...... Then within a few weeks, the said, Mr Mitty, suddenly
decides he cannot pay Mr Gaydamak jnr, so sells 90% of the club to a mysterious
figure, who calls himself Mr Al Faraj.
Who is
this wonderful benefactor who has saved our club from the brink of extinction
we all exclaim.... Well, despite the concerted efforts of the national press and
Pompey fans worldwide, no trace of Mr Mystery benefactor can be found, not even
PS or the self proclaimed lawyer for Mr Mystery benefactor can profess to ever
meeting him.
Does
he exist? we wonder, the answer must be yes, after all he is putting money into
the club. Obviously he is just a Howard Hughes type wealthy recluse.......still
with me???....
But
hold your horses fellow Pompey fans of this world. He has not put a penny of
his own money into the club, it is all loans from the previously mention Mr nasty
man, who successfully sued Sacha's lovable dear old Daddy. In fact around 75%
of the money loaned to Mr Mystery benefactor by Mr Nasty Man, actually comes
out of the pocket of Sacha's dear old dad, being the figure that was obtained
by Mr Nasty suing the dearly beloved Mr Gaydamak snr.....I hope you are all
still following this.......
Mr Nasty inserts a clause in the loan contract, giving him the right to seize
control of the club, if my mystery benefactor does not pay his dues. Ok no
problems there. That it is a strange clause, ( well it is to me,I have never
heard of such a clause between two business' where one party can take over the
other parties business without any legal action prior... maybe you guy's can
enlighten me, that is if you are still following all this...) Mr Mystery Benefactor
just ensure he pays his installments and nothing to worry about, he still owns
PFC.
The
weeks fly buy and the latest Sheriff in town, the afore mentioned, Mr Mystery Benefactor,
through statements from his unmet Deputy Sherriff, ensure us that all is
well in Dodge. Even though it is plain for all to see, that the cowboys are
running riot in the town after dark ( as I am on the other side of the world, all
the fun happens there when darkness has fallen here....but that is
digressing from the main story line, no pun intended by the way..).The sheriff
is not paying his taxes, so in rides the U.S. marshall, in the form of Mr Nasty Man (remember him?) who had previously coveted the Sheriff's shiny badge from
afar, but was denied wearing it by Mr Gaydamak jnr, because of
his peacekeeping shenanigans with dear old Gaydamak snr ....and
without getting an order from the local judge, removes the Sheriff from office,
sacks all his Deputy Marshal's and assumes the position of Sheriff himself and immediately
starts to lay down his own version of peace keeping.
Now if
you were following closely, you will maybe come to the same conclusion as I
have......... That BC who had previously wanted to buy the club, but was denied
the purchase by SG, now a few months down the track, through various legal
means now owns the club he was prevented from buying in the first place.
Now if
all goes well and we don't drop over the precipice because of BC assuming
control, then these last few months of financial worries would not have
happened if Sacha had just sold to BC in the first place, the fact that he now
seems to be endorsing BC's takeover, leads me to think he made a mistake in the
first place, that if he had sold to BC, he quite probably would have any money
owed to him paid by now, or at least a large proportion of it. Now assuming I
am correct, the sad truth is, PFC has been stuck in the middle of two businessmen trying to outdo each other's ego....
But let
me state for the record....
"Welcome
, Mr Chainrai."
Your
statement is the most honest and direct statement to come out of Fratton
Park in many years.
Regardless
of what has, or indeed has not, occasioned in the last few months, for the
first time in a long time, I personally am starting to feel reassured of our
safe future, through yourself. If your tenure at Fratton Park proves only brief,
if you leave with Pompey on a safe and secure platform, regardless of which
division of the league we are playing, take with you the knowledge that no Pompey
fan in the world will ever forget you. You
will remain in our folklore as a legend. The man who kept our passionately
loved club safe and secure".....