Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Booo 3-1. "We're gonna win 4-3"...at least they still have their sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Singing Where's all our money gone, trouble is it was never your money that was spent LOL Boo 3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Boooooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Singing "Where has our money gone" John Utaka is on 80k a week. Robin van Persie is on 80k a week. Something wrong with that somewhere I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 I am going down the pub to watch this one unfold, hope they don't score another 3 whilst I am walking down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 ''there's only one milan...'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 PMSL. Good to see the fans of the "family club" showing their class over the plight of their neighbours. You're such a bunch of girly hypocrites. No doubt Nick Nack will be trying to justify his glee at Pompey's situation by saying we laughed at you going into admin when anyone on here knows that most Pompey supporters were pretty supportive of you. Even me, unbelievably Don't know why Clapham and Nick Nack are so interested in what I'd say. I've said from the start of the season that we'd be relegated due to that clown Fahim's actions in the summer so it's not exactly news, is it. As for whether winning the cup was worth it, it bears no relation really. We're in this situation because Gaydamak didn't pay back loans. If you want to know what I feel, my worry is that the club will cease to exist and will be liquidated so the ****s now in charge can develop the land. But before you laugh too loudly, just think, Liebherr's undoubtedly bought you as an investment to punt on for a profit at some point. You've got no say in who buys you and someone could come in and do the same to you as they've done to PFC. Happy new year girls and if we stay in business maybe we'll spank you 4 - 1 again next year in the chumpionship. 1) We are in this situation because we are totally debt free - not even borrowing for our new training facility (with terracing if you need a ground?) 2) You do realise that, due to his huge wealth, Liebherr has spent, in comparitive terms, what a "normal" person might on a motorbike. People do that for fun, and then spend money looking after it - he doesn't need us as an investment - we are small fry financially to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 4-1 lovely goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 It's like a tramp getting finance on a bentley, eventually you will end up back in the gutter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 4-1 that was embarrassing defending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Oh my god. That was the some of the worst defending ever! 4-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 And 4-1 but this is only allegedly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 "Is there a fire drill!??!" Very good Arsenal, very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 4-1, and I'm having a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Very good again Spudgun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Are the skates singing "You can stick your ****ing arab up your arse!" ? Wowsers, new low? and then cheer when belhadj scores thick fukkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Very good again Spudgun I will quit doing them now (at least for tonight anyway!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Spudgun can we have an apostrophe? "Club's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 they are being completely outplayed by Arsenal who are playing some nice stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Spudgun can we have an apostrophe? "Club's" Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 they are being completely outplayed by Arsenal who are playing some nice stuff Hope they clap them nicely off the pitch,just to retain their "bestest fans in the world" image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Be interesting to see what their sooooooper duper protest now is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Are you sure this is not Michael Caine ? It might make more sense. "Now, this arab geezer,the savoiur of this club,..he ain't really got two sheckles to rub together...not a lot of people know that..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 they are being completely outplayed by Arsenal who are playing some nice stuff "PFC are shocked and disappointed in the BBCs post match review saying that Arsenal had won. As far as the club were aware, Portsmouth had won 5-0 and been given an extra 20 points for being so bloody well awesome. The legal team have advised them to sue the general public, as they pay the license fee." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Still not a sell out(20,404 -20,688 ), even against 3rd placed Arsenal! lol @the bigger fanbase NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 30 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 30 December, 2009 "PFC are shocked and disappointed in the BBCs post match review saying that Arsenal had won. As far as the club were aware, Portsmouth had won 5-0 and been given an extra 20 points for being so bloody well awesome. The legal team have advised them to sue the general public, as they pay the license fee." Nice one1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Well, new billionaire owner, premiership ground and training facilities, good youth academy, great pedigree of manager, future is safe, massive fan base, 22k turned up for a friendly and no fat drug addicks looking to take more money out of an already financially f*cked club. So ok, hope you enjoyed your brief stint in the prem mind, glass houses and all that. Ok, line by line: "new billionaire owner" who appears to be spending er, not much. No point having a billionaire if he's only bought you as an 'investment'. "premiership ground and training facilities". You can't call it a premiership ground- you're not IN the premiership. In fact your so called Premiership ground is the very reason you're no longer in the premiership. It's a white elephant. "good youth academy" Yep, give you that one. All that class that was unleashed onto the Championship last season really showed just how good your 'famed' academy really is. "great pedigree of manager" Ok, starting to get more desperate now. A great pedigree of manager who has been bombed out of the last three clubs he was managing. "future is safe" How do you know that? The Cranemeister could have his families finest rolling down towards St Mary's now to knock it down! No-one knows if there club is "safe", whoever they support. "massive fan base, 22k turned up for a friendly" What massive fanbase? Of that 22k, 8k were freebies: "Many of the tickets "sold" were given out as freebies either with ST's or to schools." That brings it down to 14k. 14k at what, £10-15 a ticket, for a game against Ajax. Not quite Man U numbers are they? "no fat drug addicks looking to take more money out of an already financially f*cked club." Yeah, like you've been through our books and know it all.... "So ok, hope you enjoyed your brief stint in the prem mind, glass houses and all that." Don't worry, we'll be in the top flight for a long, long time yet... Christ this post was a while ago. Big LOL at our fishy friends however, how is PFC123 ??? Not seen him in a while ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 What page will this thread be on when Pompey's administration is announced?? My guess is 131. It may not be very far away but if today's rate of posting is maintained we will reach 131 by sometime next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 As the highly respected Robert Burns would have said reading these gloats of those who never learn. "O would some Power the gift to give us To see ourselves as others see us! It would frae many a blunder free us" When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 even when they're facing the prospect of the taxman closing the business, we still get lies and garbage as an official response. It's insulting to their dwindling fanbase who at least need someone to admit that the room is indeed full of elephants. The running of Portsmouth FC has been criminal and in weaker moments I feel that maybe sympathy should be in order....but I shrug it off quite comfortably when reminded of the arrogant abuse directed west and the hilarity of the world cup harbour stadium and Maradona fiascos. We are living through a golden era - 104 pages and counting. If Pompey go out of business and this thread ends, I'll miss the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, I think pompey will probably be saved at the 23rd hour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 The protest really showed 'em.:---) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 (edited) even when they're facing the prospect of the taxman closing the business, we still get lies and garbage as an official response. It's insulting to their dwindling fanbase who at least need someone to admit that the room is indeed full of elephants. The running of Portsmouth FC has been criminal and in weaker moments I feel that maybe sympathy should be in order....but I shrug it off quite comfortably when reminded of the arrogant abuse directed west and the hilarity of the world cup harbour stadium and Maradona fiascos. We are living through a golden era - 104 pages and counting. If Pompey go out of business and this thread ends, I'll miss the thread. It is indeed amusing that the various gun runners and mythical sheiks who have been involved with Pompey say they are "surprised and shocked" at the HMRC winding up order. Obviously all they have to do is pay the bills and we will agree with them. Edited 30 December, 2009 by TopGun typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 PMSL. Good to see the fans of the "family club" so only ' hooligan clubs' hate their rivals ?? showing their class over the plight of their neighbours . You're such a bunch of girly hypocrites. No doubt Nick Nack will be trying to justify his glee at Pompey's situation by saying we laughed at you going into admin when anyone on here knows that most Pompey supporters were pretty supportive of you. Of course you / they were..hyocrite...sorry, girly hypocrite. Even me, unbelievably . Don't know why Clapham and Nick Nack are so interested in what I'd say. I've said from the start of the season that we'd be relegated Doesn't make it less funny for us due to that clown Fahim's actions in the summer so it's not exactly news, is it. As for whether winning the cup was worth it, it bears no relation really. We're in this situation because Gaydamak didn't pay back loans. Says the fan of a club ( for now) who owes him 30 mil If you want to know what I feel, my worry is that the club will cease to exist lets hope and will be liquidated so the ****s now in charge can develop the land. But before you laugh too loudly, just think, Liebherr's undoubtedly bought you as an investment to punt on for a profit at some point. you would like to believe, but extremely improbable seeing as he seems perfectly willing to spend his persnal cash on us, revamp of training ground for one, unlucky You've got no say in who buys you and someone could come in and do the same to you as they've done to PFC. Happy new year girls and if we stay in business maybe we'll spank you 4 - 1 again next year in the chumpionship.you rate us to go up then ? p.s. i see you ignored the attendance debate ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 30 December, 2009 Share Posted 30 December, 2009 (edited) Apart from it being a very timorous interviewer, the radio piece attached to this article after today's game demonstrates that Avram Grant has no idea about what is going on at Pompey board level. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8429047.stm Edited 30 December, 2009 by TopGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 Apart from it being a very timorous interviewer, the radio piece attached to this article after today's game demonstrates that Avram Grant has no idea about what is going on at Pompey board level. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8429047.stm Gotta feel for the guy really - he has a right bag of bollux to sort out. That said - I can't for the life of me see why he took the job in the first place, surely he could see that it was a 'uckin' mess of a club. Perhaps when he was asked to go back to the Blue side he thought he was on his way back to Chelski...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey-deacons-left-nut Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/dec/30/portsmouth-peter-storrie-finance and http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/31/portsmouth-sacha-gaydamak-winding-up-order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 I know that you should take anything on the rumour site with a pinch of salt but it still made interesting reading... http://www.football-rumours.co.uk/ Scroll down to 'I work at the FA...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 Sacha Gaydamak casts doubt over Portsmouth owners http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/31/portsmouth-sacha-gaydamak-winding-up-order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 sorry link already above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeovil Saint Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 I know that you should take anything on the rumour site with a pinch of salt but it still made interesting reading... http://www.football-rumours.co.uk/ Scroll down to 'I work at the FA...' I'm going to call bull on the rumour. The penalty for administration is -9 in the Premier League, not -10 if the guy at the FA was in the know, he would know that. A ten point deduction for not paying players - well, it's already happened and no points deduction, there's nothing in the rulebook about it and the FA can't make up a rule like that on the spot, PFC would sue them and win. It's not the FA who would appoint administrators, it would be PFC themselves or the courts. PFC would be allowed to start a season in the Championship as a club in administration, look at Stockport for an example. Nope, it's a nice thought but I don't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 (edited) Sacha Gaydamak casts doubt over Portsmouth owners http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/31/portsmouth-sacha-gaydamak-winding-up-order There's much more yet to come out on this. PFC is seemingly owned by a Saudi and chaired by an Emirati, yet powerful positions in the club are occupied by Israelis, including Grant and that convicted fraudster overseeing their finances. In Middle Eastern business, Israelis and wealthy Arab nations have all kinds of contacts and dealings. But they are NEVER made public. In Saudi Arabia in particular, 'unacceptable' doesn't even begin to describe it. My own guess is that Gaydamak knows perfectly well who the beneficial owner is. And it isn't Faraj. More likely - and it IS just a guess - the people in charge of the club are fronting for Gaydamak or his fugitive father. I'm sure there are other possible explanations, but the Israeli/Arab happy families game going on at the club just don't make any kind of sense otherwise. At least that's consistent with what's happening: good, old-fashioned, cloak-and-dagger asset stripping, being conducted by a family enterprise with whom criminal law and the recession has caught up. Edited 31 December, 2009 by Verbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 I do have to side with Gaydamak. He financed this FA Cup victory which seems to have caused all the problems, and when he realised that his pockets were not deep enough, he sold it to someone that he thought might be able to take things forward. Storrie criticised him for not selling to his preferred backer, which in hindsight seems that Gaydamak was more on the ball than the rest. Having said that, the Arab that he sold to seems to be equally useless. But that is not the point. He sold his business as a going concern (?!) and it seems that he has not been paid for it, and it seems chances are that he won't be either. Reading between the lines, I presume that he has looked to get reassurances that he will be repaid, but no one is answering the telephone. Now if that was me, I would be mighty p***ed off about that and would look to recover anything that I could. I am not sure that many businessmen would be happy to write off £28m to some, what might appear to be, nefarious "characters". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PES Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 (edited) As the city of Portsmouth will have no Football team, who will you look to 'develop' a rivalry with? Obviously it has to be a realistic rivalry, ie not Spurs, or Palace or any other club that already has an existing historic rival? I guess there are other large clubs without meaningful rivalries, but none spring to mind? Maybe Bournemouth, they don't like Saints much either? Hopefully with the chance of a fresh start it'll be a good natured rivalry as by the time I'd reached my early 20's the Viscious and spiteful nature of the current Saints/Pompey rivalry had begun to leave a nasty taste in my mouth. Edited 31 December, 2009 by PES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 Well, they mocked us and laughed at us during our troubles, so I am happy for them to suffer quite a bit. It's karma. Wouldn't want them to go out of business though, unfair on the real fans(though they don't seem to have that many). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 My guess is that the Arabs and Gaydamak are all in it together, Gaydamak tried to sell it but knew no one would be interested so is just using these guys as a front so he can asset strip what he can. I can't think of another reason why two potless Arabs would end up in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 31 December, 2009 Share Posted 31 December, 2009 Whichever way you look at it, it does nothing to promote those that run the Premier League. They now have a member that is fast becoming a universal embarassment in the sporting arena yet whose (real) owners are happy to remain anonymous. They lurch from crisis to crisis, have winding up orders served by the nations tax collectors and fail to pay their staff. What does the governing body (FAPL) do - nothing. The only action that I have seen published from the PL is that they are 'following procedings closely' - WTF, they don't even know who owns the club. If this is indicative of how to run a professional sporting body then any set of clowns could do it. Perhaps I answered my own question there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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