Are owners that important?

Cast off those glasses. If any of the old 50's giants is snoring loudly it's Pompey. Albeit their brief flurry with glory was recent. If I was buying a club for two Tesco vouchers and a packet of crisps then Pompey would be my choice. What has he paid??!!!!

 

Milan Manadric hit the jackpot with Pompey and sold them on at a tidy profit to the first arms dealer he could find, but couldn't repeat the trick with Sheffield Wednesday

Wilde & Co gambled the Saints parachute money and future only to see the bad hand of a penalty shoot out finish them off.

The mid table of the championship is littered with owners who have chucked money into a club hoping to hit the jackpot of promotion. Like you say, it's a risky business or you might have used another Tom Cruise film to describe the situation