So the "saviour" that is Peter Ridsdale, another wideboy without a pot to piss in, has been in talks with Firoz Kassam of Oxford United infamy, regarding him replacing another highly respected businessman in Kevin Heaney, as the new prospective owner of Plymouth Argyle. Now reading up on Mr. Kazzam, admittedly on Wikipedia, includes this section, "Firoz Kassam made his fortune as a slum hotelier and in the 1980s was labelled a "merchant of misery". He bought run-down London hostels and hotels and was paid by local councils to fill them with homeless people and asylum seekers, until the inmates rebelled over the conditions in which they were being housed.[2] In 1999 Kassam bought Oxford United F.C. for only £1, also taking over its debts, estimated to be in the region of £13m. In 2000 he started building a new 12,500 three sided stadium at Minchery Farm on the edge of Oxford, which he called the Kassam Stadium. Construction of this stadium had actually been in progress since 1997, but was suspended in the early stages due to the club's financial problems. The fourth side of the stadium was left empty due to Oxford's decline in the league, as they had dropped down two divisions while the stadium was being built. The development includes a hotel, cinema, bowling alley, gym, health centre and restaurants. Oxford United played its first game there on 18 August 2001, in Division Three of the Football League. Oxford United's old home, the Manor Ground in Headington, was sold by Kassam, first to his own holding company for £6 million, and then to developers for £12 million in 1999." Nice business if you can get it! What isn't mentioned is the fact that Mr Kazzam, after overseeing Oxford United's demise down to the conference, then charged the club £400k a year in rent, which understandably led to financial problems because of the reduced attendances. Now I have a couple of friends in Oxford and asked them what the United fan's opinion of Kazzam is, and lo and behold he is about as popular as Peter Ridsdale amongst Cardiff and Leeds fan's. Right from the day Ridsdale "happened to be in the area, so took in an Argyle game as a guest", I have shouted as loudly as possible about not letting this asshole anywhere near Argyle, and although most people are wary of him, the general consenus seemed to be that he was working hard to save the club so let's see. Ok well let's evaluate what Mr Ridsdale has done for us exactly. Spent? Nothing! Picked up? A reported £20k a month in "expenses" for what? Trying to bring on board another wideboy without a pot to piss in, because it meant he would get control of Argyle for £1. Ridsdale's relationship with the "impartial" administrator is a total joke, and they both know that Heaney has not got the money to complete the deal, a fact that will be announced in the next 48 hours, hence Ridsdale's trip to the South of France to lick Kazzams ass. Now today, Mr Ridsdale has told Chris Webb of the Argyle Trust that James Brent has always been Ridsdale's preferred option! How much more of this **** are we supposed to take? Now I can't make it myself but I urge all Argyle fans who can, to turn up on Saturday and demand that Ridsdale and his cronies take the ****ing long road and walk it. If not we are going to be left with these crooks overseeing Home Park being turned into a shopping centre. If there is still one person who disagrees and thinks Ridsdale "I'm not interested in running the club, but if you twist my arm I will because I'm a ****ing saint" then you need to get yourself off to the funny farm. This is now critical and Ok it's easy for me to say get to Home Park on Saturday and make yourselves heard, but the alternative is what? The people of Plymouth on the whole, are the only ones who can do something about this. No looking at the weather and thinking, "Oh I would go and protest but it might rain" or " Well if Heaney or Kazzam don't buy us no-one will" because James Brent WILL put up the cash and is ready and aware of the situation and the only person holding us up now is Ridsdale. PETER RIDSDALE IS A SNAKE AND NOT WELCOME AT ARGYLE, PLEASE LET HIM KNOW IT!
This is really interesting - and worrying. Have you posted this on PASOTI Jock? If not then you should as this is where it will be seen by most fans going to the match. Unfortunately I won't be there either as my son has a late k/o Saturday and we wouldn't make it on time.
It's common knowledge on PASOTI and there's even a row going on between Chris Webb and the journalists who post on there, about who has kept the most secrets about the **** that has gone on lately. Have tried twice to register on PASOTI, and never received my confirmation e-mail, bit like some others on here. No doubt they will accept me sometime in 2012, just in time for the world to end! There are obviously some informed people who post on there, but I find it a bit of a pissing contest, who donates the most to the Trust, who sponsors a player etc. It's a bit like the scouts showing off all their badges, ok when you're 11 but a bit strange when grown adults are still doing it. Anyway, if you read some of the posts on there, it's like someone has just switched a light on and they are starting to realise that Ridsdale is only out for himself! No **** Sherlock. I can't make it myself on Saturday and find it hard to get to home games but I will watch with interest to see if anyone can be bothered to put up any kind of real protest, instead of 5,000 people putting up with one shyster after another lining up to see what they can get out of us. Brighton fans are planning more of a protest than Argyle fans, on our behalf! If we are fed more bullshit this week, from Guilfoyle, Ridsdale or anyone else for that matter, the best protest would be to turn up as usual but instead of paying to get through the turnstiles, all donate the entrance fee to the Trust. Imagine an empty Home Park, but with 10,000 gathered outside protesting and a huge amount of cash raised for the Trust which could be given to the staff and players? OK it won't help the team on the day but to be honest if we don't get at least 4 decent players in pretty damn quickly we're heading South again this season anyway. GET RIDSDALE OUT NOW
So Ridsdale's the big problem then...............I could of sworn it was him who stopped the taxman gobbling us up earlier this year.................I must of been wrong then.............so who was it then, I can't remember who took the time to stop Argyle completely disappearing without a fight...........I just can't remember............obviously a sign of getting old.
Good Morning, don't know if this is significant but is reported to have said that he always hoped that James Brent would buy Argyle .... arse licking or what !
Sorry Plymborn but Ridsdale saw an opportunity to grab a slice of Argyle for **** all. He hasn't put in any money himself and all the time jhas been claiming expenses of £20,000 a month while anybody else at the club gets a big fat nothing. He hasn't got the money himself and never has had at any club, so he seeks investment from scumbags who do have money, or at least pertain to have money. He lies, he is trying his best to obstruct better possibilities than Heaney and has dragged this whole thing out as long as possible for his own benefit only. The guy is pure poison and now is stating that James Brent has always been his preferred option! Wake up and smell the coffee please.
Harry Potter.........who does he play for Gat.......never heard of Voldermort either,are they in one of the lower Transylvanian leagues
Thanks for you opinion greenjock......just don't believe everything you read.........it's good that we all have different views.......there would be no debate otherwise and that would get quite boring.
Lets face it, Ridsdale isnot Mother Terrasa is he and I doubt he has ever done anything for nothing in his life. I agree with greenjock that he saw an opportunity with Argyle and took it for his own ends. But, it is also true that there was not a queue of people standing outside the gates looking to dress up in shinning knights clothing and charge to the rescue either. We got what was available at the time which was Ridsdale. He has done things for the club in my opinion. If he hadn't then there would have been nothing in it for him. He publicised and highlighted the financial position for the first time which others had said nothing about throughout. So,it is a little bit of both with him really. We know he is here for himself and has a bad reputation previously but had he not arrived we don't know where we would be now or even if we would still exist at all. Bit of a catch 22 really isn't it.
What you say is right sensible, Peter Ridsdale didn't have to barge his way to the front of the queue to help us. He was in a queue of one, and his Football Management experience could see that Argyle were up the creek without a paddle. People seem to forget that the taxman was flexing his muscles and wanted to make an example of the next club that got in to tax arrears. They were fed-up of clubs hiding behind administration and wanted to stop it happening again,remember they were protecting the taxpayer (you and me) from being fleeced yet again by a failing club. Thank goodness our club wasn't their first big victory. People can hate Peter Ridsdale till the cows come home,but now and again they should recognize that he got stuck in (whatever his intentions) and did the necessary to save PAFC from the taxman.
Peter Risdale is the best thing that has happened to Argyle in years. He jumped onboard and was extremly communicative when the board was silent, pushed the board to see how big a mess it really was, brought in the administarators to save us from the taxman and did this all for the love of the beautiful game. He truely is a saint and the essence of football...... jumpers for goal posts, scrap goalies, 20 aside games on the village green and Peter Risdale the true spirit of football....BOLLOCKS It hardly required football management skills to realise the state Argyle were in. Very vocal when pointing the fingers at the previous jokers in charge. He is hardly as communicative now he is in the hot seat. Has been slipping something to that impartial (my hairy butt cheeks) administrator. Seems hell bent on getting us into bed with one devil or the other. Is only out to feather his own pocket even if that is to the detriment of the club. Way I see it he came in at the final breakdown of the old board, remember when he first arrived he was confident the Jap money was on the way, and he was there, along with the old board memebers, when it became clear just how full of crap Simian and the illusive Jap were. Thats what pushed us to administration and not Peter Feckin Perfect it was the only route left after all the lies and false promises had been cleared away. I seem to remember Buttivant saying Risdale what not in his plans and suddenly they haven´t got proof of funding but that ginger twat and his made up company has more BOLLOCKS. Risdale should never have been allowed to stay once the administrator was appointed. Bids and offers should have taken on face value and treated equally without that snake whispering in ears. I never thought I would ever say this but AFC Plymouth is actually seeming a better option at the moment and put a stop to the shame that is being heaped on the name of our Football Club.
I wouldn't disagree with your view on him mexijan and I don't think he ever dressed up like a shinning knight on a white horse either. But, I think a lot of the views on him are a wee bit prejudiced and simply because he is Peter Ridsdale then automatically he has to be the villain of the panto. It is obvious he isn't doing anything for the benefit of Argyle because he loves the club so much and it is in his financial interests that Argyle are saved. If there was nothing in it for him then he simply would not have been here. However, I didn't see much in the way of action to prevent matters getting worse before he came either. It is also obvious that he and the Admin man are in each others pockets which now is detrimental to Argyle's cause. As nobody else appeared to be doing anything at the outset except watching the ship sink, we got him. I would rather it wasn't him but I still did not see a queue forming at Home Park previously. My own personal view is that we will end up with Brent. I have that view based solely on what I have read on PASOTI recently. There are people on there who appear to have more information than most of us. If Brent turns out to be "the one" then it is likely that Ridsdale will only have made a brief appearance here and we will have nothing more to fear from him. Outwardly though it is hard to criticise his efforts so far given what we actually know. The rest is just guessing and believing that, as the panto villain, he could not possibly do any good at all.
Haven´t decided yet Plym if he is still at Home Park come Xmas there might be something in the post from me Not saying he is the villain but fail to see what he has actually done to help other than state the bleedin´ obvious and weasel into Guillables good books. Oh srry forgot he did manage to raise the princely sum of 1 pound as well. I will never be convinced that all bids where treated equally and believe that was down to GATs bit on the side Mr Risdale. I think we had a bit of an Orwellian thing going on ´All bids are equal it´s just some bids are more equal than others´
If he was my bit on the side Mexijan I'd have had an operation to cut him off by now ...... you forgot to mention the large rented house, the 20 - 25K a month and not forgetting the brand new BMW he drives around in all courtesy of guess who ???? ..... That man and I use the term loosely should never be allowed anywhere near a football club .... just thought Reidy he'd make a good loo cleaner !
