Tooting Gull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
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I am interested in whether the very negative view of Portsmouth held on here by many posters has changed in recent months.
Over many years there has been some incredibly self-righteous stuff posted on here about Pompey. This was usually along the lines of 'how stupid were they, how could they not know what the board were doing, they should have done this/that/the other, they just went along with the good times and stopped asking questions, they totally deserve it, brought it on themselves, they should have been more like us...etc etc '. You get the drift.
Personally I never agreed with that anyway. I am not sure how they could have known, at least the extent of the financial mismanagement. And even if they did, it is far from clear exactly what they could have done about it at that time, with owners valuing the business in the tens of millions.
And even that is not getting in to the comparison of exactly what we know about Bloom's finances. I trust the bloke totally, but I don't know anything about the precise details of his money. Nor, in all honesty, am I expecting to any time soon.
Obviously now things are different at Fratton Park. After two administrations and various catastrophes on and off the pitch they are a majority-owned community/supporters trust club. The biggest ever in this country. They have been liaising with Lewes on all manner of issues in this regard. Fans have donated, made pledges, and bought £1,000 shares (to value of around £2.5 million and counting).
They have well over 10,000 STHs this season in League Two. They will set a new Lg Two (at least post 2004) record tomorrow, 18,000-plus against Oxford.
Have they yet gone from being NSC pariahs to being the way to run a community football club?
Over many years there has been some incredibly self-righteous stuff posted on here about Pompey. This was usually along the lines of 'how stupid were they, how could they not know what the board were doing, they should have done this/that/the other, they just went along with the good times and stopped asking questions, they totally deserve it, brought it on themselves, they should have been more like us...etc etc '. You get the drift.
Personally I never agreed with that anyway. I am not sure how they could have known, at least the extent of the financial mismanagement. And even if they did, it is far from clear exactly what they could have done about it at that time, with owners valuing the business in the tens of millions.
And even that is not getting in to the comparison of exactly what we know about Bloom's finances. I trust the bloke totally, but I don't know anything about the precise details of his money. Nor, in all honesty, am I expecting to any time soon.
Obviously now things are different at Fratton Park. After two administrations and various catastrophes on and off the pitch they are a majority-owned community/supporters trust club. The biggest ever in this country. They have been liaising with Lewes on all manner of issues in this regard. Fans have donated, made pledges, and bought £1,000 shares (to value of around £2.5 million and counting).
They have well over 10,000 STHs this season in League Two. They will set a new Lg Two (at least post 2004) record tomorrow, 18,000-plus against Oxford.
Have they yet gone from being NSC pariahs to being the way to run a community football club?
