dubai_phil Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Is the Omnibot2000 the one with real chrome and a surprised look on its cyber face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Yep, just as you will be...not sure we will be toast should we not go up this season, we've haven't exactly chucked the kitchen sink at promotion in terms of transfers. But our wage bill must be pretty big these days, which if true, worries me a little, so I personally think we'll make a loss this year and that means that promotion will be required at some point in the next couple of seasons otherwise we'll have to sell one of our gems to balance the books. No biggy though. I guess the only other concern is the long term plans of the owners and Cortese has indicated they are happy to be in it for the long term, so unless he's telly porky pies that doesn't appear to be a problem either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 The next England manager can't read and writes like a two year old....apparently.That hardly adds weight to Landford's argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guan 2.0 Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Is the Omnibot2000 the one with real chrome and a surprised look on its cyber face? Both the Omnibot and the more advanced Omnibot 2000 had a cassette player player built into the chest area of the robot, which slid out like a drawer to reveal the cassette and could record and playback sequences of commands, as well as regular audio recordings. The built in digital clock with timers and alarms allowed the playback of movement recordings at specified times, such as moving into the bedroom in the morning. Both robots were able to broadcast speech from the remote control handset through a speaker on the robot. "I Love you Corp, and I am delighted for our bi-weekly social engagments. I have brought you a recepticle to **** in, so you don't ruin your trousers again." "I love you too, Omnibot 2000. Now tell me again how I make you ROFL". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Saint Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 From a conversation with David Sullivan http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2012/02/20/in-conversation-with-david-sullivan-part-6/ All 6 parts are quite interesting but part 6 shows just how much WHU are still in the poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 From a conversation with David Sullivan http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2012/02/20/in-conversation-with-david-sullivan-part-6/ All 6 parts are quite interesting but part 6 shows just how much WHU are still in the poo I have no sympathy for them, they're another club following the pompey route. If they're that in the poo then they shouldn't have spent 50k p/w and £4m on Nolan, no matter if they wanted to make a go of it or not. I hope they go down the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 I have no sympathy for them, they're another club following the pompey route. If they're that in the poo then they shouldn't have spent 50k p/w and £4m on Nolan, no matter if they wanted to make a go of it or not. I hope they go down the pan. Thing with them though is that their legacy debt was so horrific they simply had no choice. Go up or be gone. Dumping an extra 40 mil on their debt won't make a difference if they go pop. That is (very) slightly different from gambling on the future that others try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 From a conversation with David Sullivan http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2012/02/20/in-conversation-with-david-sullivan-part-6/ All 6 parts are quite interesting but part 6 shows just how much WHU are still in the poo bbbbllllllllllloooooooooodddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy hell!! Well respect to him for laying it open - **** or bust. At least he's rolling the dice with his money (To a degree) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 From a conversation with David Sullivan http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2012/02/20/in-conversation-with-david-sullivan-part-6/ All 6 parts are quite interesting but part 6 shows just how much WHU are still in the poo His blase attitude to HMRC debt is more despicable than even our neighbour's....and I never thought I'd hear myself say that. This attitude stinks: ID: How close were we to going out of business? DS: Well, if we hadn’t put money in we’d been out of business. And that’s what people fail to understand. If you owed the money to the Inland Revenue you could go into administration, give them 20p in the Pound, which Rangers will do on the drip and then come back. The problem with West Ham is that the money is owed to Sheffield United and other football clubs, so they are football debts and administration doesn’t get you out of those. The banks have a charge over the ground, the training ground, over everything. So even if you go into administration that isn’t lost. So administration wouldn’t clear the debts of the club. Even if it was for the benefit of the club, even if we lost our shares, if we could get out of all that debt, we would go into administration. But you’d only get rid of 20% of your debts, not the 80% which are football debts, or debts charged against the football club, the ground – every asset of the club they’re charged against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Sullivan is basically saying the main reason WHU have gone skint and popped back up out of admin screwing everyone over is the the Football Creditors rule. I am sure we suspected that but to say it on the record, wow, just wow! If I were a football club chairman with a lot of outstanding transfer payments due in to me I would be very worried about the HMRC challenge right now. The collapse that could ensue would mirror the banking crisis with clubs defaulting on clubs because they had been defaulted on themselves etc. A complete house of cards. If I were a player, I'd do a credit-check on my next employer. As a Saints fan I feel smug as ****! We are not owed any installments from memory (if we are can't see Arsenal going down anyway) and we could probably settle any add-ons or staged payments at a discount with clubs in need of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Sullivan is basically saying the main reason WHU have gone skint and popped back up out of admin screwing everyone over is the the Football Creditors rule. I am sure we suspected that but to say it on the record, wow, just wow! If I were a football club chairman with a lot of outstanding transfer payments due in to me I would be very worried about the HMRC challenge right now. The collapse that could ensue would mirror the banking crisis with clubs defaulting on clubs because they had been defaulted on themselves etc. A complete house of cards. If I were a player, I'd do a credit-check on my next employer. As a Saints fan I feel smug as ****! We are not owed any installments from memory (if we are can't see Arsenal going down anyway) and we could probably settle any add-ons or staged payments at a discount with clubs in need of cash. What's happened to the HMRC football creditors court case. Wasn't that supposed to be happening this month some time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Sullivan is basically saying the main reason WHU have gone skint and popped back up out of admin screwing everyone over is the the Football Creditors rule. I am sure we suspected that but to say it on the record, wow, just wow! If I were a football club chairman with a lot of outstanding transfer payments due in to me I would be very worried about the HMRC challenge right now. The collapse that could ensue would mirror the banking crisis with clubs defaulting on clubs because they had been defaulted on themselves etc. A complete house of cards. If I were a player, I'd do a credit-check on my next employer. As a Saints fan I feel smug as ****! We are not owed any installments from memory (if we are can't see Arsenal going down anyway) and we could probably settle any add-ons or staged payments at a discount with clubs in need of cash. Uh possibly very wrong. Arsenal are about the only club currently trying to be self sufficient in the PL in advance of the FFP rules coming in. The irony is that the players Wenger brougt in under those restrictions look like getting kicked out the CL. Their League form is also bad. As a result IF they don't reach thetop 4 by the end of the season to qualify for next year's CL, their business model is screwed and they will almost certainly be the first PL club to fail the FFP regs Was an article on it in the DT yesterday but cannot find it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 I'm encouraged by Trevor Birch's slash and cut actions. I don't necessarily want Pompey to be liquidated but I want them to understand what is reasonably fair. It's totally clear that Andronikou had entirely different priorities in mind (i.e. protecting Chanrai) but it's pretty obvious he could have taken the same actions as Birch has done in the last few days to cut costs. It's also clear that he didn't believe he would get the buy in from the players to forego a month's wages, although I don't expect that was on his own priority list as he was just hoping to get to admin in order to liquidate assets for Chanrai anyway. Either way, it's interesting as Saints observers. The outstanding CVA looks to be the biggie even if they get to April on cashflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Ref. Grammar/spelling. President Woodrow Wilson could barely read and write. Thomas Edisons own mother could barely understand His letters home, they were that poorly written. The two Dodge brothers who started the car/lorry company could neither read or write. Richard Branson is severly dyslexic. Don't allow poor Written word to influence your opinion of somebody. I have no issue with people who make good points but have trouble with spelling. You can discern those people quite easily and quickly. It remains the case that many poor spellers are generally ill-educated and fairly ignorant of a relevant issue at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Seriously, even I didn't think they were THIS deluded!!!, from "theonlywayisup": "When stains were in this position, did the local politicians get involved? NO. Did the players offer to take pay cuts? NO. Did the players refuse to leave the club to go to another? NO. Did off shore supporters offer to pay for local ones to go to a game? NO. Did supporters try to set up a scheme to buy the club? NO. Did it get mentioned by the Prime Minister? NO. Was there the same spirit as shown by Pompey staff, players and supporters? NO. Why??? Cos they were "A" football club but we are Portsmouth football club. No wonder they are so jealous." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 23 February, 2012 Share Posted 23 February, 2012 Uh possibly very wrong. Arsenal are about the only club currently trying to be self sufficient in the PL in advance of the FFP rules coming in. The irony is that the players Wenger brougt in under those restrictions look like getting kicked out the CL. Their League form is also bad. As a result IF they don't reach thetop 4 by the end of the season to qualify for next year's CL, their business model is screwed and they will almost certainly be the first PL club to fail the FFP regs Was an article on it in the DT yesterday but cannot find it now I am at the Emirates tomorrow as it happens, I'll bring back Chambo as security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 I mind that he is pays himself that ridiculous amount. No CEO of a business the size of Southampton FC Ltd is worth anything near that, couple that with the money he costs us by some of his dodgy business acumen and appalling PR and alarm bells have to ring. Clotese woo oh Clotese woo oh He comes from Italy He hates our history There is a very simple adage that even you ought to understand. It is that if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Considering the distance that this club has progressed since he has been running things, I don't begrudge him a single penny. And the fact that you do, comes as no surprise to me at all. In fact, I'd be disappointed had you not loathed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Red Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 (edited) Docker P, this is simple ML agreed to buy SFC subject to NC agreeing to control it for him, as he had his other investments for a number of years (although not previously in a full time roll). NC agreed to give up a very well paid career to take the SFC roll. ML agreed a figure with NC. It's irrelevant whether the sum is suitable for a business of our size or type. Would you give up a current position for one which pays half as much? ML was happy to pay it. NC accepted the roll for the agreed remuneration. ... And therefore, it's none of your business! Edited 24 February, 2012 by Winchester Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 (edited) I think Wenger gets away with a lot because of their 'limited spending power'. Yes, they don't have the finance of rivals, but that's completely irrelevant when it comes to how you spend what you do have. Fortunes on Gervinho, Chamakh, Park, Andre Santos, Mertesacker, Schillachi, Arshavin and others, and they're absolutely toss. If went went for domestic players, even some from lower leagues, or decent defenders to mix with the talent he already had and youth players, they'd be in far better shape. Arsenal and Liverpool seem to be the two extremes in how to fck it up. One buying the foreign rubbish, one buying the overpriced domestic rubbish. There is a lot of middle ground for better managers. I agree with this as far as Wenger is concerned. He appears to want to buy young British value but then makes mistakes by buying lots of foreign players who seem to do little for Arsenal. I guess he is always under pressure to deliver results though. Robin van Persie has taken a few years to get right but he is great now. I wonder how much Redknapp pays (and takes) to just buy ready made players... Spurs have to be running a deficit in comparison to Arsenal. Edited 24 February, 2012 by TopGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 For those interested, a little look at what some of Cheats FC's new relegation rivals have to say about their sudden and 'unexpected' signing spree. COVENTRY CITY: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/14897-Portsmouth-what-on-earth/page28 DONCASTER ROVERS: http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=999999&id=220207&limit=20&limitstart=40&Itemid=108 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30856&page=6 Hopefully more fans and media presences continue to take notice, putting pressure on the FL for a fair and just outcome for this disgusting little club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 You couldn't make it up, a peak at the wiki page of new signing Scott Allan reveals: "Allan was charged with assault on 4 November 2010 after an incident on Queen Street in Glasgow which left two men needing hospital treatment" He'll fit right in then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 For those interested, a little look at what some of Cheats FC's new relegation rivals have to say about their sudden and 'unexpected' signing spree. COVENTRY CITY: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/14897-Portsmouth-what-on-earth/page28 DONCASTER ROVERS: http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=999999&id=220207&limit=20&limitstart=40&Itemid=108 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30856&page=6 Hopefully more fans and media presences continue to take notice, putting pressure on the FL for a fair and just outcome for this disgusting little club. It does give me a warm glow to see everyone catching on and finally realising what is going on regards our fishy friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 @pn_neil_allen: Birch believes #Pompey have only enough cash to get through to the middle of April. Provided, of course, that they don't actually pay any wages. Ref. Grammar/spelling. President Woodrow Wilson could barely read and write. Thomas Edisons own mother could barely understand His letters home, they were that poorly written. The two Dodge brothers who started the car/lorry company could neither read or write. Richard Branson is severly dyslexic. Don't allow poor Written word to influence your opinion of somebody. You're right. I shouldn't let AA's appalling spelling and grammar influence my opinion of him being an arsehole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 @solentsport: Antonov defends Portsmouth record: Former Portsmouth owner Vladimir Antonov defends his time at Fratton Park, bl... http://t.co/dGmnF7RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllyd Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 @solentsport: Antonov defends Portsmouth record: Former Portsmouth owner Vladimir Antonov defends his time at Fratton Park, bl... http://t.co/dGmnF7RL Interesting article. Antonov's assertions about CSI being a healthy business until the seizure of Bankas Snoras' assets is nonsense of course - even if you were daft enough to accept his view that said asset seizure was illegal. One other comment, and not one from Antonov or anyone else involved but from the writer of the article, caught my eye: But it seems Pompey's senior management did try to run the club on a tight budget between leaving administration in October 2010 and Antonov taking over eight months later. Really? So bringing in players and paying them twice as much as your reported salary cap was running things on a tight budget, was it? I hate to think what profligacy would have looked like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 For those interested, a little look at what some of Cheats FC's new relegation rivals have to say about their sudden and 'unexpected' signing spree. COVENTRY CITY: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/14897-Portsmouth-what-on-earth/page28 DONCASTER ROVERS: http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=999999&id=220207&limit=20&limitstart=40&Itemid=108 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30856&page=6 Hopefully more fans and media presences continue to take notice, putting pressure on the FL for a fair and just outcome for this disgusting little club. They are rightly outraged and who can blame them !! Pennies seem to be dropping the length and breadth of the land now - And even on The Peoples Republic of Portsea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 For those interested, a little look at what some of Cheats FC's new relegation rivals have to say about their sudden and 'unexpected' signing spree. COVENTRY CITY: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/14897-Portsmouth-what-on-earth/page28 DONCASTER ROVERS: http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=999999&id=220207&limit=20&limitstart=40&Itemid=108 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30856&page=6 Hopefully more fans and media presences continue to take notice, putting pressure on the FL for a fair and just outcome for this disgusting little club. I assume they've got a link to here? (for some light bedtime reading) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 This one, on the Forest board, is a peach: One reason we appointed Cotterill was because he apparently did well on a budget at Pompey. Whereas in actual fact he did terribly and nearly bankrupt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 @pn_neil_allen: Appleton believes he had been kept in the dark by Lampitt over the extent of #Pompey transfer embargo. Made discovery after FL talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Seriously, even I didn't think they were THIS deluded!!!, from "theonlywayisup": "When stains were in this position, did the local politicians get involved? NO. Did the players offer to take pay cuts? NO. Did the players refuse to leave the club to go to another? NO. Did off shore supporters offer to pay for local ones to go to a game? NO. Did supporters try to set up a scheme to buy the club? NO. Did it get mentioned by the Prime Minister? NO. Was there the same spirit as shown by Pompey staff, players and supporters? NO. Why??? Cos they were "A" football club but we are Portsmouth football club. No wonder they are so jealous." Portsmouth .....The best example ever of the results of generations of in-breeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channon's Sideburns Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Look at this..if I was Adkins I'd be on the phone to tell them to fook off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzie Saints Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Look at this..if I was Adkins I'd be on the phone to tell them to fook off... I think i'm gonna be sick, how f*ckin embarrasing for everyone connected with that ****hole, next stop beggin in the streets. No morals, No Dignity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Look at this..if I was Adkins I'd be on the phone to tell them to fook off... Recorded live from a Fratton Police Cell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/norris_closes_in_on_blues_return_1_3556106 Well surprise, surprise! Now that they've conned the FL into allowing them to sign a loan player to replace huseklepp, "because otherwise they haven't got 14 players", several of their injured players are suddenly fit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 (edited) And finally here we have it. THE reason that they are in such a mess? yes, it was all the fault of?????? THE DELUDED FANS mattslaterbbc Matt Slater Vladimir Antonov blames Lithuanian gov for #pompey problems http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17132993 & says he had to spend big to meet fans' demands Asked about this loan this week, Antonov told the BBC it was "simply impossible" for Portsmouth to stay within its means and "satisfy supporters' expectations". Edited 24 February, 2012 by dubai_phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/norris_closes_in_on_blues_return_1_3556106 Well surprise, surprise! Now that they've conned the FL into allowing them to sign a loan player to replace huseklepp, "because otherwise they haven't got 14 players", several of their injured players are suddenly fit again. They continue to stick up the middle finger to the FL and what's worse is that the FL just stand there like mugs and let it happen!!! They are being made to look like complete and utter wazzocks. If there are two things Pompey clearly are the best at, it's grovelling and bending the laws. Interesting quote from that article: "After carrying a hernia problem for several months, Blues boss Michael Appleton sanctioned the operation to get him back to full fitness after his three-match suspension" Do we assume that Norris paid for this operation? I wouldn't have made a point of it but since they couldn't afford to scan Lawrence's calf, surely that indicates they don't have any injury insurance or anything of the like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 (edited) There is a very simple adage that even you ought to understand. It is that if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Considering the distance that this club has progressed since he has been running things, I don't begrudge him a single penny. And the fact that you do, comes as no surprise to me at all. In fact, I'd be disappointed had you not loathed it. Unless your pompey of course where you pay a premium and still get monkeys........ Edited 24 February, 2012 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 One of the lads at work has just told me that Sky reported that they have only enough money to last three weeks can anyone confirm this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 (edited) Sniff, sniff... is that the smell of coffee over yonder....? @pn_neil_allen: Appleton criticises lack of #Pompey communication. Interesting stuff. http://t.co/HnfGB7z0 Michael Appleton believes he was left in the dark by Pompey after the full extent of their transfer embargo became clear. The Blues boss this week went to war with the Football League. Yet he emerged having learned administration has not been the sole reason for the current transfer embargo. The raging Fratton boss intended to speak his mind on the treatment of Pompey when he rang up the League on Tuesday. He was furious about having to operate a one-out, one-in policy, despite the club’s crippling injury list. Instead, he received a few home truths as the full extent of the situation was finally explained. Appleton was told the club have actually been under a long-term transfer embargo due to outstanding payments to other clubs. The likes of Wolves and Bristol City are just some owed money by Pompey. It was a situation he knew nothing of; the lack of communication within the club leaving him stunned. Former chief executive David Lampitt had been dealing with the Football League. And now Appleton finds himself agreeing with their tough stance. He said: "It would have been nice if somebody had told me before." "The Football League ignored my phone call a few times but I eventually got hold of them." "I am not sure he wanted to get hold of me!" "It clarified a lot of things and I can move on from it now because I know where I stand." "I know exactly what I can and can't do and get on with it." "I was fighting a losing battle, let's just say that. A losing battle that I didn't realise at the time." "What I wasn't fully aware was that the Football League are well within their rights under the circumstances." "They made me aware administration wasn't just the reason for the transfer embargo." "We have got financial problems and I am guessing payments to other clubs would probably come into that." "If you are just in administration then I am sure they would be a little bit more at ease with us." "But there are things that have gone on in the past." "I empathise with the Football League now." "It doesn't make my life any easier; I am not going to feel sorry for them and I will never feel sorry for them; but I can understand where they are coming from and the protection they have to give to the other teams." "I can firmly put my tail between my legs and back off slightly and not put my foot in it" Lampitt was made redundant on Wednesday after 19 months with Pompey. Trevor Birch is now leading the club after all members of the board were let go in a cost-cutting bid. The administrator has chief executive experience with both Chelsea and Leeds, while he is a former professional footballer. And Appleton is delighted with the pair's communication so far. He added: "Communication is the most important thing." "You have to have communication with the people above and so far, so good between myself and Trevor." "Hopefully that will continue over the next few months." "Trevor is a football man. He has got a vast amount of experience." "I have been really impressed with the way he has dealt with me and given me the support I am going to need over the last couple of months of the season." "He is not exactly wet behind the ears when it comes to dealing with money issues and crises." "The courts would not have appointed him if they didn’t think he was the right person to try to sort the mess out that is Portsmouth at the minute." Edited 24 February, 2012 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 one of the lads at work has just told me that sky reported that they have only enough money to last three weeks can anyone confirm this. matt slater article above in a damning indictment of the situation he has found at the club, birch said: "to put it bluntly, portsmouth football club has a premier league cost base but only championship income. "this is not a sustainable situation and one that needs to be addressed urgently if the club is to continue to exist. As things stand, there is a serious risk the club could run out of cash within the next couple of months." hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Sniff, sniff... is that the smell of coffee over yonder....? @pn_neil_allen: Appleton criticises lack of #Pompey communication. Interesting stuff. http://t.co/HnfGB7z0 Cracking new facepalm for you there Trousers:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 One of the lads at work has just told me that Sky reported that they have only enough money to last three weeks can anyone confirm this. I'm onto the kit man's son as we speak. Will update people shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Sniff, sniff... is that the smell of coffee over yonder....? @pn_neil_allen: Appleton criticises lack of #Pompey communication. Interesting stuff. http://t.co/HnfGB7z0 Hahaha - FINALLY he finds out just why we have been ROFLING in disbelief at some of his statements http://t.co/HnfGB7z0 ‘I can firmly put my tail between my legs and back off slightly and not put my foot in it Actually, if he can put his tail between his legs AND put his foot in it, then he should be able to bend double and kiss his sweet arse goodbye Must be a good day to walk around poopey. Won't have to worry about any Pigeons krapping on you. They have all gone home to roost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Jim Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Look at this..if I was Adkins I'd be on the phone to tell them to fook off... They truely are an embarrassment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 And finally here we have it. THE reason that they are in such a mess? yes, it was all the fault of?????? THE DELUDED FANS If only there was a more rigorous 'Fit and Proper Fans Test' it would never have got to this point. I blame the FL, the FA, and every other abbreviation beginning with F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 I think i'm gonna be sick, how f*ckin embarrasing for everyone connected with that ****hole, next stop beggin in the streets. No morals, No Dignity. Thing is, if I was a Skate fan and saw one of the players whose wages had nearly bankrupted my club grovelling to the fan base to come along so he can continue to get paid, following the redundancy of 30-odd backroom staff who have to make ends meet with a real-world wage, I'm pretty sure embarrassment is not the emotion I would be feeling. It would probably be a combination of disbelief and resentment, followed by a period of rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 Look at this..if I was Adkins I'd be on the phone to tell them to fook off... I wonder how the backroom staff who have just been laid off to accommodate his wages feel watching this video??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 We have a couple of lads here at work who were ST holders at FP, they did not re-new a couple of years ago they have both said we will be armchair supporters till such a time that we get an owner who is not bent or dodgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 they did not re-new a couple of years ago they have both said we will be armchair supporters till such a time that we get an owner who is not bent or dodgy. I hope they bought decent quality armchairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 February, 2012 Share Posted 24 February, 2012 I hope they bought decent quality armchairs Teflon coated with a 10-year guarantee I would imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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