Worst despotic overlord of the nu-EPL era

Probably shouldn't have put the Icelandic biscuit magnate in there but he does have the appropriate mix of overpromise and underdelivery.

my assumption remains that Abramovich has had the most people killed so

also people ruining half these clubs are doing God's work so

my assumption remains that Abramovich has had the most people killed so

I dunno, Thaksin might give him a run for his money there, and Sheikh Mansour has the edge on modern slavery.

Much as it pains me to not vote for Hicks/Gillett, they did accompany the club to a European final and pretty close to a league win. So probably Venky's, if only because the Portsmouth goons are so faceless. Pity poor old Balram Chenrai, always the patsy. Then again, Venky's brought us so much pleasure.

Ah sod it, it's Hicks/Gillett, of course it is.

exactly, Venky's do not deserve any worst vote on the strength of that chicken advert alone.

Roman is more of a straight gangster but I reckon the Gaydamaks would be in with a shout. Despots vs illegal arms dealers vs capitalists with hit-squads is a near-impossible choice but went for Roman for net negative contribution to humanity.

Are Venky's really worse than anyone else here other than in a lol-Indian-chicken-dudes way?

Venky's have added hugely to the stock of harmless public pleasure imo

Yeung's facing a six year stretch but Abramovich would probably be facing a whole life term if we knew how he'd made his billions

Having said that, he seems a personable enough chap

Sorry, I missed that 'worst human being' was the criterion. Venky's obviously aren't evil, just pleasingly mental. It's got to be Abramovich - making Chelsea successful probably clinches it alone - though in fairness I've never been sure what Shinawatra's actually supposed to have done.

By coincidence I was on a training course today with a case study about a corrupt Russian magnate named something like Mr Brezinsky. The instructor called him Mr Abramovich throughout, which was seemingly neither a joke nor making a point, just a mere repeated slip of the tongue.

Should have said that if Usmanov ever manages to up his stake in Arsenal, he's going to be tough to beat.

old ilx posts that float thru yr head (re: Thaksin)

They're basically gonna be playing their home games underneath a volcano by Christmas.

― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, September 1, 2008 10:46 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

say what u like but the feeble naiveties of "uncle tony" would have u pining for the worst despots

http://i.imgur.com/Sc6f4y4.png

otfm

Having said that, he seems a personable enough chap

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 7 March 2014 15:35 Bookmark

the lack of outward malice (or anything, really) is precisely the chilling evil

http://i.imgur.com/MBDkLs2.jpg

rip whoever took this photo

Reminds me a little of that beautiful set of colour-restored 19th century Russian Empire photos

http://i.imgur.com/DXR8taX.jpg

It's this weird benevolent look in his eyes, like he's lovingly marching you in the direction of the outhouse in the woods to meet the firing squad.

making Chelsea successful probably clinches it alone

I'm not saying this is his most heinous crime against humanity but...

The thing is that that non-routine's got him halfway to being some grotesque national treasure, like the shrunken head Great Uncle Arthur brought back from his days in Tanganyika

It's still pretty amazing that, having made it clear he didn't want his photo published, almost nobody in Russia knew what he looked like until he was made governor of Chukota in 1999. The press was so scared of him they used to publish group photos in which he appeared with a question mark over his face or his features blurred out. This was still happening four years after he took ownership of Sibneft, one of Russia's biggest companies.

http://www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Pinkhus-Karlinskii.-.-.-Supervisor-of-Chernigov-Floodgate-1909.jpg

This must be the one I had in mind

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