So much negativity here! I don't know PR personally, so am by no means qualified to comment on his abilities, be they business or football related. I acknowledge he has, let's say, a chequered past....... I have actually met him once, on a train (when Virgin were sponsors) to watch QPR v PNE (at least, I think it was that game, might have been Charlton!) and found him a perfectly pleasant gentleman who spend the entire journey to London walking up and down the train, talking to fans instead of simply languishing in First Class. I saw no arguments or confrontations from him or the fans who had a unique opportunity to talk to a captive audience on all sorts of areas, all, of course, PNE related. I recognise that, in such a situation, he's never going to anything other than affable or discose any confidences - but I wouldn't expect anything different from any other person of"chief executive" level.
What I now see is an apparently solvent football club that, in comparison to a large percentage of teams in the Championship, seem to be debt-free and stable. In that respect, whether or not Mr Risdale is as devious as many seem to be making out is, perhaps, academic. What I do not want to see is an attempt to gamble the lot on attempting to getting to / staying in the PL, as tried, and spectacularly failng, as we all know, by many of the so-called "big clubs". Like it or not, football at professional level is a business like any other. Prudent financial management, especially in times such as we're experiencing now, must surely always be top of any agenda.
It maybe a case of "be careful what you wish for" here. I'm sure no-one on this forum wants to see distant / unscrupulous owners with funding from despot countries with very questionable issues around sources of finance and human rights. Which, perhaps, raises the bigger question of "If PNE were indeed sold to such an owner, would you still want to support them?" I suspect that many Man City fans, whilst understandably loving the success, have asked themselves the same question and may have the dilemma of being uncomfortable with the answer....Perhaps that's why they turn their backs when they score - they can't decide if it's all a good thing or not!
And, ultimately, we can all moan as much as we like but it ain't going to make a scrap of difference to the policies that PNE seem to be locked in to.
Let's just see what the summer brings, get back to Deepdale, give Frankie our absolute support, enjoy (I hope!) the football and just be grateful we still have a club to go to.