BigShadow

Perhaps because it has been posted - several times.

I would be happy to accept promotion with Reading as runners up - WHam can roll the dice in the play-offs.

Yes.....but this is new ground for the FL. If there is an additional penalty for failing to exit admin with a CVA, then surely there should be an additional penalty for agreeing a CVA but going back into admin before any payments are made on it. When we were deducted 10 points - the rules did not explicitly say that we should have been, but the FL interpreted the situation as being the same as if SFC itself had gone into admin. Hopefully something similar might happen, and they choose to interpret the Poopey situation as similar to exiting admin with no CVA.

Hmmmm - perfectly placed to remove evidence in case things didn't go their way?

AA's mistruths - Number 1372 'We can handle any objections HMRC might have to my appointment' :lol:

Been thinking about this as the day of reckoning approaches. My answer is no - although in some ways they deserve it. I would be happy with the following:- 1) 10 pts deduction for admin - loan out some of the better players - forced to play depleted squad/youngsters - relegation to League One. 2) Close Season - sell henderson, pearce, ward, lawrence, varney, norris etc - replace with lower league youngsters. 2a) Appleton Walks 3) Pre-Season - Fail to agree CVA - hit with around 20 point penalty for this + repeat offence + failing to service prior CVA. 4) Relegation to League Two. If the above were to happen - I would be happy that some justice has finally been served - but we would still have a Poopey to take the **** out of. Trying to strike up a rivalry with AFC Poopey/Reading/Brighton/Bompey just would not be the same.

Claim by an insolvency expert on ExpressFM that Portpin could override the choice of administrator even if PFC had chosen someone else. I suppose HMRC can still challenge though?

I'd be amazed if HMRC didn't object.

Are you saying Whitney was a terrorist and a threat to world security?

Her belly button should be in awesome shape then.

Even the aussies are complaining that the DFCSB owe them money.... http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1092896/Portsmouth-crisis-hits-local-clubs Now I know they are a day ahead...but are they getting advance notice of something? Surely not - Someone better call AA and let him know.

Believe it was £80m or so, but that included football creditors who should have been paid by now from PP so won't still be a factor.

You're right......and wrong. Agreed, there is nothing wrong with paying vast sums to build a squad WHILST the money is being supplied by a generous benefactor. However, there needs to be a plan B if said benefactor runs out of cash or has a change of heart. In terms of a football club, that means the ability to sell players to reduce liabilities in leaner times. The major problem stems from the fact the Pompey simply aren't a particularly attractive employment option for half-decent players. Therefore, to attract these players they had to offer contracts way in excess of what those players would get elsewhere. All fine and well while the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was open for business. However, it is these ridiculous contracts that have prevented Pompey from restructuring when times got tough. Players don't want to go elsewhere because there is simply nowhere to go that will even match their Pompey contracts. To that end Storrie, Gady, and Mandy have all played a part in the problems PFC face today. I exclude Redknapp, Avram, Clotteril from blame because as managers they are not paid to worry about the clubs finances. (I would imagine that Redknapp's involvement in contract negotiations was something like 'Peter, I don't farking care how much he wants, just get it sorted and have him at training on Monday'). The withdrawal of the loan from the South African bank and the inability to sell high-earners led to them being a less than attractive proposition, even in administration. If this was the only reason they were in trouble - I might have the teensiest bit of sympathy for them - BUT, they have continued down this path despite their problems. So to the names sharing the blame - add Lumpitt. He has allowed this to continue under the supposed watch of the FL. The Norris saga last summer - hanging on months for the Pompey contract despite interest from PL clubs, and if you believe Paul Jewell, all because Pompey offered him an unbelievable contract. Instead of minimising the wage bill, Lumpitt has sanctioned a number of deals on the basis that outgoings are reduced. So sell a player earning £25k/wk and sign another one earning £22k/wk, and somehow we are supposed to believe they are making sacrifices. Never mind that they still can't afford the wagebill. So once again, having failed to learn from last time, they put themselves at the mercy of a rich benefactor - Antonov. Once again, when the pot dries up, they have a bunch of new players on ridiculous contracts that means they can't shift them in the transfer window. History repeats and once again PFC face the WUP. As has been said many times on here it is the 'failure to adhere to the rules of football and business', 'the constant flicking of the V's','the consistent cheating other clubs by employing a squad they cannot afford' but most importantly, the failure to learn from the lessons of the recent past - This more than anything is why I have no sympathy for PFC - and Storrie and Lumpitt are just as guilty as Mandy, Gady and Antonov in getting them to where they are now. TOAST!!

Hmmmm....wonder what that does for the MPG figures..or the efficiency/durability of the electric motor...notably lacking that information in the article.

The following is not based on any expert knowledge......so I'm sure someone will post a different view shortly...

Seem to remember Lumpitt saying recently that PFC2010 are still under the arrangement whereby season ticket monies are released to the club on a game by game basis. So in that sense it would be a bit unfortunate if they couldn't stage the game. That said - where would said monies be released to? Bank accounts are more frozen than the pitch. Perhaps there's a Monaco bank account not getting much use these days.

That's quite a decent read. Actually makes forming a new club seem like the more attractive option - which to be fair - it probably is.

I would quite happily donate a fiver to the Conference South's AFC Pompey fund.

Looks a helluva lot better than jobsh!te.

So Paul Jewell basically confirms that Ipswich couldn't match the wages Ward and Henderson were getting at Pompey. http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=20103 What he really meant to say was...I can't believe the fecking stupid wages they are paying players down there.....no wonder the DFCSB's are in the deep doggie doo.

You don't get a VAT refund for selling at a loss. They may have to pay 20% VAT on the sale though - not sure what the VAT rules are on players.

Hope so.

From Ipswich fan site Misplaced loyalty??? Or Ipswich wouldn't match their wages at Poopey?

Yep - they're taking it every day they continue in existence.

Awesome plan....with one tiny flaw...they haven't got 2 or 3 players that could cut it in the Premiership.