MM was the only viable proposal at the time, additionally he demonstrated the drive to want to take the club forwards, those two factors were why we eventually backed it.
The alternative option, put together by some of the previous shareholders did not have enough "nailed on" backing & some of the sources that were approached were not sufficiently motivated to drive the club forward.
The "false promises" - MM told the shareholders he wanted to get the club promoted to the Premiership within 3 years, so until this season ends nobody can claim he has failed.
There was a lot of media talk of £25m, this figure never appeared in any bid document, however MM did allow the media (and Bill Anderson in particular) to keep repeating it, which was mis-leading fans.
There is no doubt MM made managerial appointment errors, but he did this at Pompey too, which the Trust raised in the media (and many fans criticised us for doing so, not sure why as it was factual information anyone could check for themselves).
The pitch performances indicate we are stronger than 3 years ago, if you look at the squad make up, MM has done what he always does & spent on wages more than transfer fees.
The challenge will be maintaining a high wage bill if we don't get promoted either this year or next, hence the talk of balancing books and Nigel having to trade both ways in Jan
