I think writting a blog today of all days, that talks of filling up with gas, lighting the tourch paper is thoughtless. I find it quite offensive bearing in mind what was all over the news. I also think called an opponent of the PST a ****ing sick puppet out of order. Surely people can have different opinions without getting abused. You all supper the same team after all
It's a metaphor LD. JM has essentially sat on BC's hand ever since he arrived at the club in 2009. Whatever BC has said, comes out of JM's mouth very soon after.
Well that's the way of the world now isn't it. Technology has given about 90% of us instant access to the world. Only a few years ago all this would have been chatted about and argued down the local now all thoughts, unedited, are given a worldwide stage.
The original JM resignation blog has been pulled from the internet now. It was quite a rant from someone who had obviously lost control. However I'm going to post something from someone who hasn't lost control.
A little twitty ditty from not Balram Chainrai ‏@notBaluChainrai 1/5 Twas the day before the court case and all through the land the #Pompey fans vitriol was getting out of hand 2/5 People were quitting left, right and centre backing imaginary bids with a stadium renter 3/5 Trev is dodging for we must remember This court case has been postponed Since early December 4/5 He thinks i'll go after him And give him some fun Because I need this money For my home in the sun 5/5 But it's not about the money Or being combatant It's all about My #EmotionalAttachment #Pompey Class!
JM has constantly been on about how he represents the "silent majority" which led to this question: Peter Storrie ‏@Peter_Storrie @notBaluChainrai will your brother be taking the silent majority with him tomorrow to keep him safe, whilst waiting for a cab? #pompey Reply to @Peter_Storrie @notBaluChainrai not Balram Chainrai ‏@notBaluChainrai @Peter_Storrie The silent majority are all going in the cab with him.
as you asked so nicely here is the resignation speech in full... The fate of Portsmouth Football Club is more important to me than my job commentating on the side – and the future of radio in our great city is also more important to me than my role at Express FM. It is for these two reasons that I have chosen to stand down as commentator of the club I’ve supported all my life. The abuse - including death threats - I have personally received has quite simply been depressing to receive from fellow Pompey “fans. “ Fully paid up members of the Supporters Trust have been allowed to threaten sponsors of the radio station to pull adverts, they’ve advocated violence against people who disagree with them and have made a series of homophobic, abusive comments with no reprimand – at the very least they should have been thrown out of the Trust. But by taking a stand against such people, the trust would be decimated: These are the same people who hand out fliers at the trust bus, the ‘fans’ who delve into databases of who have and haven’t pledged and then out them on twitter, the ‘fans’ with the keys to Fratton Park who swan about, insulting members of staff at PFC saying ‘I’m going to be paying your wages soon’. These are the “fans” who some of you profess to want to own your football club. Do me a favour, next time you’re at Fratton Park ask a steward, a turnstile operator, the person who serves you your cup of tea and ask them what they think about the trust? You may be surprised by their answer. While I appreciate that many of the above are the great unwashed of Portsmouth, the Dickensian vagabonds who sat at the back of classrooms swinging on their chairs picking up half an O Level: They are also the fans, who feel invincible, shout the loudest and drown out the majority – the decent folk who I speak to every week, who want to watch PFC and be able to raise concerns without fear of abuse and ridicule. Before they are even in power, they advocate boycotting the local radio station without thinking of the consequence. What about the hundreds of youngsters who want to pursue a career in the media? Where would they go if Express shut down? What about the tireless staff at Express whose jobs are threatened by the thugs who go into advertisers demanding they pull their adverts? I’ll repeat: These are the “fans” who some of you profess to want to own your football club. If they’re like this now, what will they be like if the Trust get in? Decent, Pompey folk will be hounded out of their football club by power crazed, half witted, cloth eared, one-handed typists who will spend half their time shouting homophobic, racist abuse at our League 2 players while checking internet message boards for conspiracy theories of why man never landed on the moon. Some of course will get bored of their current crusade and go and support their second teams, others will have costly legal fees to deal with (cease and desist letters have already been sent out to a few of our ‘saviours’ and who will be left?.... Us. The true fans of this football club…the hundreds who I speak to every week, who email and tweet me to tell me to keep my chin up. The fans who don’t resort to abuse, to violence, to threatening behaviour. The fans who respect, appreciate and value alternate opinions. The fans who don’t buy into a cause –simply because someone shouts at them to do so. Now that I’ve resigned, my gag has been lifted and I will be speaking up for the masses at every opportunity. I have more followers that the trust has pledges – and I won’t be afraid to use that audience for the good of Portsmouth Football Club. The people at the top of the Trust are decent, life-long Pompey fans who will always have my upmost respect and admiration – but as an organisation it’s a shambles: thugs are running riot, unchecked and un-disciplined. It is quite simply rotten to the core. They are not representative of my city, of my football club and unless the trust addresses that by engaging with the many who are sceptical, by disciplining those who run riot in their name, then we as a club face a fragmented future: Consigned to Lower league mediocrity, run by ‘fans’ who don’t represent the community they are meant to stand for. We are already in the age of rule by censorship and fear – and unless we speak up it will continue. There are twists and turns to come in the court case, I will deal with these going forward, unshackled by the constraints of the people who wish to silence me via propaganda and abuse. It’s time to reclaim the football club for us – for true Pompey fans – I can’t wait to get started and do it.
Blimey, I never saw that one coming On his profile he even states the team he supports is Portsmouth - the final proof we needed
