You know the quote about politics being showbusiness for ugly people? It looks as if the same applies to administrators at football clubs. You thought some of the chairmen were vain, preening and in love with the limelight? Get a load of this lot.
Andrew Andronikou, now in charge at Portsmouth after the club fell into the hands of the only potless sheikhs in the Arab world, is a particularly fine example.
On the day he arrived at Fratton Park, not only did he hold a press conference, but it was also announced he would be available for one-on-one interviews. "How many?" asked a reporter, anxious to make sure his name was near the top of the list. "All of them," came the reply.
It would be churlish for a journalist to complain about a man being media friendly but, since then, Andonikou has been a press call waiting to happen.
One suspects no buyer will ever be good enough to take the club off his hands, and the cameras away.
A property millionaire, Rob Lloyd, chief executive of the Eatonfield Group PLC, is interested in buying Portsmouth. He has met supporters groups and talked of his plans for the club, including construction of a new stadium.
So far, so normal. There is every reason for Portsmouth fans to distrust potential new owners - after all they have been burnt more than a few times already this season.
It does not seem unreasonable that Lloyd should try to win a few hearts and minds before jumping in at the deep end.
Yet this simple move has ticked Andronikou off. "I am bemused by this attempt to win over the supporters before coming to see me," he said. "I am not saying this guy is a chancer, but he has gone behind my back. He appears credible but there have been too many mistakes in the past."
Caution is one thing, but there is something in Andronikou's words that smacks of a reluctance to leave the stage, even if Lloyd's bid turns out to be a blue chip investment.
After all, what is waiting for Andronikou once he vacates Portsmouth? The fascinating world of accountancy. Andronikou is a partner at UHY Hacker Young. Not exactly an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, is it?
Crystal Palace administrator Brendan Guilfoyle recently enjoyed a seat at a £150-a-head table at the Football League Awards. He was anxious to point out the evening was funded by three directors, Fergus McGovern, Andrew Hall and David Groves, rather than by the club but, even so, was it appropriate?
This was a man who told Neil Warnock, the former Palace manager, that he could offer no advice on whether he should continue to lease his home in the south. Surely, in the circumstances, a more thoughtful course of action would have been to decline the invitation to the jolly-up, rather than to sit there wolfing down the guinea fowl?
If clubs run the business properly they wouldn't need the stewardship of accountants, so no sympathy there. Is it too much to ask, though, that once ensconced, they behave more like accountants and less like the people who caused the damn problem in the first place?