TopGun

I'm reckoning if Dumbeya says that there are a few "disheartened" souls, it will be a mass exodus for those that have a six-month deals elsewhere lined up. He mentioned players with families in Liverpool and Sheffield in the News article. So at the least, that indicates that Lee Williamson is fed up and wants to go back to Sheffield. Remember, Williamson is the man who turned down a contract extension at Sheff Utd in the summer for better wages elsewhere! Thus scotching the publicly avowed Pompey low pay policy at one stroke.

Morzine is already full of snow, more than normal for pre-xmas. My sister lives near Geneva and had a great weekend there just gone. I also know this from a business colleague who went there at short notice as he heard the snow was early, good and deep. I'm debating a chalet share with 16 people from Manchester for late January.

I'd suggest that autism is one for another thread. I prefer to consider Skateism as a purely local affliction that pervades perfectly otherwise normal people. Skateism is a hereditary condition but, while hard to cure and live with, can be overcome.

I hope that when the data is analysed by the programmers they recognise that artificial intelligence can be created and also that we wonder about them, in terms of existentialism and quantum physics. These are theories that they may not have yet considered themselves, so as cyber guinea pigs we may yet hold the key to life, somewhere up there rather than out there. It would be fairly crap if we got a drongo computer scientist analysing us. I'd be a bit ****ed off.

If Neil Allen and the others had made a contribution I'd expect them to keep it quiet if they have any sense. If Chainrai ends up in charge again, the News has to deal with it. Arguably Allen's public position on that point is already a problem for the News. I'd expect Chainrai to ban him from the ground and ban his manager and players from speaking to Allen. Allen could be out of a job.

He should get what he deserves. I think he is an excellent player when he does his stuff though. Credit to Moyes for not attempting to defend the player's actions.

If the Mayan prediction is actually when the computer simulation ends, will we just click off instantaneously or will volcanoes erupt etc as part of the shut down procedure?

Despite PST claims of a good result it's a far cry from their statements a few days ago that they would win today and get rid of chainrai.

Both sides have expert witnesses which need to be heard before a decision is made. Probably no time for that now.

Me neither!

He's turning into Saddam's spokesman Comical Ali and Gadaffi's spokesman Moussa Ibrahim. Amazing. We know what happened to them.

**** poor interview by Mr Allen. Ignored all the facts of course. Pinned his flag to the mast against Portpin. Happy days if Portpin regain control as Mr Allen will utterly sidelined by the Portpin regime. The guy is no genius.

I'm the latest to be blocked by Mr Allen on Twitter despite being reasonable.

Ahh! Thanks!

Where is that from please chaps?

Info on the PKF QC - http://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/our_people/barrister/katharine_holland

I'm going to get bugger all work done in the next couple of hours :-)

Went native under pressure. To the detriment of PKF and the PST.

Mr Allen's going to be in a spot of bother if Portpin make a comeback.

It can't be off until Justice Sales says it's off. So we have to wait for an adjournment request from PKF in court. Either way they're rattled and not confident of a result on the day or one that stands up in the aftermath.

I think they covered themselves by saying 20 had withdrawn, which is "between 1% and 2%". Nevertheless it could be the key to it - if it is true that only about 30% have paid £1,000, and if Birch is aware of that, given the FL statement about the need for the PST to money up in full.

Just spoken with a silk who I know. He says Sales has a "top drawer mind"... So no getting away with it on spurious stuff I'd hope.

I'm assuming that even if they do make it until January there will be another mass player exodus at that point in any case.

The OP has it right. We all slated Puncheon a few months ago and we were probably right at the time. But now he's smelled the coffee and wised up. So fantastic.