A spiv who got lucky with mobile phones.

He's bitter as well because some of the members of that group was the reason the creditors came in and was willing to let the club go under rather then do a deal.

Not at all he worked hard and was able to do what others did not see also got out at the right time nothing lucky at all about it.

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1. Explain please. I remember lenders Agilo being the reason, although Jordan was keeping up with repayments.

2. Agree, but perhaps his first and hugely successful business venture being in a continuous growing and rising market didn’t set him up from t the right mindset strategy wise. It did financially, if he didn’t buy a football club because Goldberg walked into being ripped off by Noades.

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Jordan claims to have lost 30 odd million no? Would the ground have covered that? And that's assuming they would have called in the security. Agree that they had some coverage but the insstitution they took over was impoverished beyond belief when you consider the nature of the squad at the time a real money pit with relegation looking much more likely than a return up top. Factor in 10 years in the Champo and/or div 1 and decline attendances, need for investment everywhere and the initial outlay could have doubled or even trebled quite easily. High risk investment more or less anyway you look at it.

You might disagree there but the point about making millions still stands surely. The success of the club under Parish was hugely against the odds. A promotion at some stage may have seemed historically likely but scarcely immediately and established PL status was a very long shot. The luck is doubled given that the timing of it came just as money began to deluge into the PL.

Respect Jordan for what he put into the club. Doubt his business sense. Deeply dislike his sour attitude.

For me he is too opinionated but it’s great for talk radio. I agree with some things he says and struggle with others. You wouldn’t let him put a bet on for you as he predicts someone will turn left and they turn right but on Gerrard going to Villa I think he was spot on saying it’s a big risk. I did get the umph with Gabby A the ex Villa player who in my opinion flattered to deceive who called him a failed owner because of something he said about Villa. Hopefully that comes back to haunt him if Villa continue to struggle without Grealish.

Exactly my understanding; so far as Parish is concerned he strikes as a far shrewder operator than Jordan ever was -his decision making is generally very sound and the results are there for all to see with potentially, a lot more to come from both the team and the stadium.
However, Parish also struck lucky in two people he inherited. On the playing side, Wilf has been the difference between getting up and staying up over a long period. No wonder he is on such a long and lucrative deal but Parish saw just how crucial to Palace he was and acted.
The other person that strikes me is Freedman. Parish clearly recognised his abilities although it was so unfortunate when he went to Bolton and nearly derailed things. Again however, Parish somehow managed to patch things up and Freedman, in my view, has been the other critical factor spanning most of the 11 years of 2010.