S-Clarke

Absolutely agree. We had no indication or leaks prior to harding signing...and that was just announced within hours one morning. People seem to be panicking that we actually do not have the funds - but i cannot see that being true. Why do you spend almost £15mill on a club to let it linger in league 1? You don't - he will want to get us back up and he will not achieve that without investment - Trust me, ML is not an idiot. Also...i don't believe Pardew would have joined us if he was only allowed to sign free's on low pay contracts. The money is there...it's just a case of finding the right players in a professional manner.

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First quote I've seen officially by them stating ''Debts'' One of the quotes a few weeks back for the reason of this ''fire sale'' was by Peter Storie, who stated they were being sold for Tactical reasons :rolleyes: Reminds me of the comments one of our former chairman would have made.

What's next for Pompey? This ''takeover agreed in principle'' seems to look more lightweight by the day. They must be frighteningly close to admin.

Good updates trousers.....i bet you wished you'd stayed at home though. No point getting worried about this though, the team was full of youth players/reserve players and players who will leave shortly anyway. ....At least we got a goal though

You're right DD.... A club spokesman said: “We are sorry to see Peter go both as a player and a person and would like to thank him for playing a key role in keeping the club in the Premier League last season. “His sale was necessitated by the club’s commitment to repay scheduled debts while we are in a transitional period of completing the takeover. They're in the complete and utter ****.

Morgan is probably one of our most technically gifted players - and to have a couple of ''technically'' gifted players in league 1 is rare. He didn't play too well last season because he had no idea what his role was - no one did. Under a good manager with the right shape and tactics around him he will be a star in a top half championship team - and because of his age he could easily make it in the premiership too. What the dutch did to these young players last season is a travesty - i hope AP can restore their confidence, although i fear it could take a while.

Huddersfield look to have bought well. Robbie Simpson was highly rated at Cov when they first signed him from the conference. And we sold Surman for an initial £1.2m rising to £2m, which is dependent on appearances/achievements and wolves avoiding relegation.

''And even though a new owner is poised to come in'' ? What the hell is going on down there. So as we all thought, the takeover is still subject to him actually having a pot to **** in(ala Pinnacle) It stinks, something isn't right with this at all....and Pompey fans should be very worried IMO. (esp when they're bidding £1.2m for 2 Nottm Forest reserve players and have a player released by crewe on trial)

McCarthy seems to like buying 'Potential' though, Kightly is a good example. I still hold the opinion that Mills will not get a game though. Not sure how we get 700k if he's out of contract though? Unless Wolves have agreed to pay us up in front to stop it going to a tribunal. I hope this isn't true, but again we can blame Pinnacle for this - he should have signed his contract weeks ago. Morons.

Bye bye crouch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8169170.stm The Dr is rich for sure. Are they going to give Derby's record a run for it's money this season? Crazy goings on down there.

I must say, if he does move, to be frank - he's a pillock. I very much doubt he'll play for wolves, he's no where near ready for the prem yet. Money calling again if it's true i guess.

He's out of contract with us still, so it'll be for nout.

Has he signed his contract yet? Don't see what's holding it up, as it was drawn up a while ago.

Comments from Adam as well, confirms he's not going anywhere. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1733562,00.html

Agreed. I don't know why people seem to think we'll struggle all season with the likes of Carlisle, Exeter, Hartlepool, Stockport...... Fair enough we start with -10, but Leeds started with -15 and still wiped the floor with league 1. Most teams in this leauge would die for most of our players, and at last it looks like we have a manager who is able to mold it all together.

You say he spoke to us about a move....was this recently? Because i know Wotte tried to get him on loan towards the backend of last season.

He didn't actually, which is odd. Goals: Smith 4, Thornton pen 23, McGleish 52, Mkandawire 54, Jarvis 82, Baker 87 Scowcroft was subbed at HT.

Nope.. Full strength Newcastle team too...

He will always score goals, if you provide the service. In the likes of James/Harding/Holmes we have players with proven delivery - if we use the width properly, he'll get 20-30 in league 1 IMO.

Great game by the sounds of it. Let's take a moment out to laugh at Newcastle... LEYTON ORIENT 6 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1

He's the sort of player we should be looking at tbh. Loads of experience, a lot of that in top level European competition with bolton too. Obviously he's not as good as he was then, but he'd cope with league 1 - I'd offer him a 1 year contract, see what he can do.

The man speaks so much sense. Glad he isn't rushing into stuff for the sake of it. Murty was brought in by Wotte anyway, so it makes sense that pards wants to take a longer look.

Can't say i've seen much of him tbh. Who's he with at the mo?

I'd agree with Lambert if we weren't keeping stern. But as we have Stern (by the looks of it) then our priority must be a pacey striker.