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Blimey, how much have things moved on in the last 8 months (debt in particular!)? Almost tempting to re-do it...

Ah, I see - thankyou.

Thanks, just don't understand how someone can own an insolvent company and not be held responsible for its debts. Seems a strange law.

Can anyone explain how and when Chainrai stopped owning the club? Sorry if this is a silly question.

"So, for that reason, it is not unexpected, although, of course, the figures are vastly different from what has been reported. The size of the debt involved won't scare off potential buyers, far from it." If that's the case why don't you call it a cool 200 million debt and they'll be breaking down your door...

If you told me eight or so games into the season that at this point we'd have a slim chance of making the playoffs I wouldn't have believed you. Football can only be about trends, not individual results and the trend for Saints is that we're getting better.

Blah blah blah. Go shovel your sh*te in your garden little man.

I think the whole thing's a rat's nest. Does anyone know if yellow and red cards are rescinded too? It's also unfair as players could have been injured playing against Pompey and missed subsequent games. If Pompey are bailed out but given a points penalty meaning certain relegation, where's the guarantee that their players will put in the level of effort put in previously? I'm not questioning players' professionalism but there is a psychological factor. And can anyone explain why they need FIFA's permission to sell players who wouldn't be playing until August anyway?

Oi! That's a bit harsh!

I am loving this evening - I've got a bunch of Skatey mates and the banter is already huge! They were brutal in their **** taking in the summer over our financial troubles and I've returned the favour. However none of us would have it any different and none of us want the other team to go out of business. This is why the Skates must not disappear!

Go ahead mate, glad you like it.

Would love it if a Pompey 419, something like this, arrived in my inbox...there's so much material to use but didn't want to overdo it... From: Prince Peter Mark Jacob Storrie-Teller Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2010 12:53 PM Subject: Investment/Urgent Attn: Sir/ Madam, May I crave your indulgence to open this business discussion by a formal letter of this sort. It is pertinent that a business of this magnitude should have commenced properly with a formal meeting of you and us to enable us know ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the nature of the business, discuss and acquaint ourselves with the responsibilities and functions of parties concerned, and appropriate sharesaccordingly. However, for time factor, confidentiality and personality of people involved here in Portsmouth, we choose this approach for the remittance of this Sixty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (UK£60.5M). Please bear with us for making the initial contact through e-mail. But my partners are insisting for a meeting in order not to fall into a wrong hand again. I am Prince Peter Mark Jacob Storrie-Teller, we are members of the special committee for Budget and Planning of the “Contract Award Committee” of “Portsmouth Football Club (PFC)”, a subsidiary of the "South-East Hants Comedy Club (SEHCC)". This committee is principally concerned with contract appraisal and the approval of the contracts in order of priorities as regards capital projects of Association Soccer Ball of Portsmouth.With our positions, we have successfully secured for ourselves this sum of Sixty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (UK£60.5M). As you are probably aware Portsmouth Football Club is the single greatest football club in the history of Association Soccer Ball, with an established place in the top flight in England and literally thousands of the Best Fans in the World ™. The money was accumulated through substantial revenue streams from Portsmouth's World Class Stadium, pies and television revenue. Hence together with two of our top officials at PFC, we plan to transfer this amount of money into a secure overseas account by awarding a sort of contract from the PFC. To this effect I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask for your assistance. What we need from you is to provide a nice account in which the funds will be transferred. Everything about me is nice sir, so you've hit the jackpot here. We are currently hamstrung because of ridiculous domestic football rules over trivial things such as payment of UK Taxes, debts to other football clubs and payment of our employees, for which the Evil English Premier League withheld our television money. In order to release the funds it is necessary for a fit and proper person, like your nice self, to loan us the money to pay our players this month. My colleagues and I have agreed to compensate you or the owner of the account used for this transaction with 25% of the total amount remitted. We shall have 70% and the remaining 5% reserved for taxes and other miscellaneous expenses in your country. So if you can prove yourself to be trusted and interested in this deal then we are prepared to do business with you. What we want from you is the assurance that you will provide the buy-in funds and waive payment of your share for at least a decade, if ever. If this proposal is okay by you, then reply through my email urgently so that we can set the ball rolling and negotiate the modalities involved. Kindly, treat as very important and strictly confidential, I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free. I look forward to your response and expected co-operation and God bless you. Regards. Prince Peter Mark Jacob Storrie-Teller

Added bonus that he won't disappear to the African Nations Cup...

If you're going for the car analogy for the Pompey situation I'd suggest the following... http://www.penny4them.com/images/0207/chavcar1.jpg or perhaps... http://www.comparenow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chav-driver.jpg

It seems we're getting major news almost every day.

Can anyone tell me why he is a super agent or what a super agent is? Strikes me as an oxymoron.

Here's an idea - Let's set up an arena, behind closed doors, in which all these ****ing idiots can do whatever they like to each other without fear of intervention from the police. Before entering they sign away their rights to NHS treatment or government benefits should they permanently damage themselves. Additionally anyone committing or inciting violence away from this arena is punished severely and chemically castrated. A reward would be tendered to anyone providing information on such transgressions and anyone accusing others of being a "grass" or a "tell-tale" would have their mental age assessed and be given appropriate medical treatment. Modern day evolution.

We hadn't done that consistently for many years before Pardew arrived. I'm astounded that it took so many managers to see what our problems were - here's hoping they keep it up...

Here's our chance to be just as juvenile - when he gets back let's all hide...

Warren Aspinall - what a **** - he used to be a regular at the Shamblehurst Barn in Hedge End when I worked there - always ****ed up, trying to start fights. We would occasionally get other Pompey players in there and they were good guys but Aspinall was a cretin - even my skate mates didn't like him.

Bashley.

ITV is for chavs.

But what we haven't heard is whether he would be a manager or a player...

aren't there enough smug ****srs at the club?