Ken Tone Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 Sickening sob story needs your comments: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/03/jamie-ashdown-tries-save-portsmouth Nice comment there already that sums it up: madeupname2 3 May 2012 3:04PM There's still a problem with understanding what it is and what's at stake. Sound like a pretty thick bunch. What's not to understand about: "your fat contract's bankrupting the club, please please pledge a token amount (don't worry it'll never come to anything) so we can save a bit of face." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 @TonyHusbandBBC: RT @KCobbolds: We may be down at the moment but we definately are not out.' Absolutely, Pompey victim of circumstances. Fans deserve better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/566470074?-11209 A good read. Ultimately, both these south coast clubs have enjoyed similar highs at different times in their recent history. The difference, perhaps, is that when they were rocked to their foundations, Southampton's building blocks proved sturdier. For Southampton in the 1980s and 1990s, read Portsmouth under Harry Redknapp in the 2000s. Fratton Park was the Dell of its era, Redknapp was the McMenemy-type figure. For Shilton and Keegan, Portsmouth had David James, Jermain Defoe and Sol Campbell, plus a host of world-class foreign players like Lassana Diarra. The difference is, we at the time, could afford those players, the cheats from the East couldn't, and still can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 Apparently Izale McCleod has signed a pre-contract agreement if they survive. Signing players, when they should be getting rid of them - have they got away with it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 Sickening sob story needs your comments: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/03/jamie-ashdown-tries-save-portsmouth Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckasaurus Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 The more i read and learn about portsmuff football club the more i f***ing hate them and wish they were liquidated. Their fans are so f***ing thick it beggars belief sometimes. IF, IF, IF, they had off loaded players January,last summer,January 2011 and didn't buy any players since the last admin they would have been religated to "Div3" but maybe would have had a better chance of survival as a club,ur um ur eh. So where you now you thick c**ts? They are still bleating about promotion NEXT SEASON. AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rant over (i just had to get that off my chest) God bless HMRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 To outsiders not interested it's just clubs in admin. But to compare PFC is a huge insult to every other club that's been in admin, even Leeds, who despite their ridiculous mistakes and overspending, did learn their lesson from admin and set about cutting costs asap. A little more insight and it might suggest PFC's swinging of the pendulum to the blue side of hampshire is exactly what has cost them their club, their future and their chance of getting there for real. Indeed. We went into admin because Lowe spent more money on infrastructure than players whereas Pompey went into admin (twice) for precisely the opposite reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 Done Hats off to you sir. Nice comment :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 @pn_neil_allen: Goodbye Jason Pearce. Top lad and worthy #Pompey player of the year. Low earner though so plenty more players to shift. http://t.co/3LZImMnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 The more i read and learn about portsmuff football club the more i f***ing hate them and wish they were liquidated. Their fans are so f***ing thick it beggars belief sometimes. IF, IF, IF, they had off loaded players January,last summer,January 2011 and didn't buy any players since the last admin they would have been religated to "Div3" but maybe would have had a better chance of survival as a club,ur um ur eh. So where you now you thick c**ts? They are still bleating about promotion NEXT SEASON. AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rant over (i just had to get that off my chest) God bless HMRC. Sigh! and we are meant to be the fick****ers, Porky Pie forced all the players to sine up to obscenely high and long contract wage deals,(takeatenpercentofme) so that when the brown smelly stuff hit the fan we could not give em away never mind (off load them),,,,,,You had one Albatross,(in Gorge we trust) We had a flock of the bastards hear, Oh and i hope you all had a f**ckin good headache on sundee, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 Oh and i hope you all had a f**ckin good headache on sundee, yes thanks think yours has been hanging around & getting a lot worse since your visit to Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 So Mr Husband. What an utter pile of garbage. Stop with the trying to be balanced and say what REALLY happened. Admin #1 approx 120million IN DEBT Admin #2 approx 50million IN DEBT That is 170 Million in 7 years. You idiots STOLE just short of 25 MILLION POUNDS A YEAR from Local Business, The Government, The Employees is a VAIN attempt to stay above us? And you know what? The only people we did not pay back IMMEDIATELY were Aviva, but hell after the Shareholder Vote today we don't even feel bad about THAT. (Not withstanding the fact that we actually VOLUNTARILY gave them a nice Promotion bonus of around 4 mil recently) 24.25 Million a year just to TRY and stay ahead of us. And it has ruined the reputation of your club and City for a generation. Well done. WTFILN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 we've heard all the funded by sponsors stuff before. Last time the accounts later showed large hotel and travel costs for the US holiday so Birch will have find some cash from somewhere to make that happen. I just admire their optimism, planning for beyond next week. As for making it to July - It's good to have a dream. I wonder how the 1,000 pledges in 14 days is going - the only things moving slower must be due diligence by new owners, the sale of Ben Haim, and glaciation. But the thing is with glaciation, relative to geological time it actually happens at lightning speed... unfortunately for poor tsmouth they dont have geo time, merely a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ave-portsmouth It's gathering a few more comments: I wonder who dronskiuk is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ave-portsmouth It's gathering a few more comments: I wonder who dronskiuk is.... Look up the page at 61972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 So lets assume (insert giant leap of faith here) that their trust do attempt to take over pompey... Can we try and work back from that to the minimum timeline that reaches that result? I would guess that to get past the league meeting on the 2nd of June that the deal has to be done and dusted by that date. Q1) How many days before then do they need to take over? One assumes it must be several days at least? Q2) How long would the negotiations take between approaching the administrator and taking over? Q3) One assumes to take over they do need to pay which means they have to convert the £100's into £1000's? How long would it take them to put out the relevant documentation and get in the required share money? Q4) Would there be overlap between this and the negotiations or would they need all the money before they approached the administrator? The News article implies they need to get the pledges in within the next 2 weeks but that must be cutting it very fine if they intend to present a reasonable case to the league on the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 3 May, 2012 Share Posted 3 May, 2012 So lets assume (insert giant leap of faith here) that their trust do attempt to take over pompey... Can we try and work back from that to the minimum timeline that reaches that result? I would guess that to get past the league meeting on the 2nd of June that the deal has to be done and dusted by that date. Q1) How many days before then do they need to take over? One assumes it must be several days at least? Q2) How long would the negotiations take between approaching the administrator and taking over? Q3) One assumes to take over they do need to pay which means they have to convert the £100's into £1000's? How long would it take them to put out the relevant documentation and get in the required share money? Q4) Would there be overlap between this and the negotiations or would they need all the money before they approached the administrator? The News article implies they need to get the pledges in within the next 2 weeks but that must be cutting it very fine if they intend to present a reasonable case to the league on the 2nd. Think you have answered it yourself:p If you come in with millions and millions like Abramovic at chelsea, can be done and duste din about 4 days (which I think it was) - no need to do due diligence if you are in effect paying off all crdtors in full and have enough to cover and hidden extras that come out the woodwork... Even if 5000 fans had not only pledged but actually provided the additional £900 and 5 mil was sitting in the account, convincing the administrator that they ahve a business plan that will provide the best return to shareholders and being able to offer more than chanrai is a pipe dream. Never going to happen IMHO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 How can they justify spending money on a pre season trip to Spain..... http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Gibraltar-v-Pompey-3399.aspx? Doubt if they will make it to 20th July though. I take it that this must be a 5-a-side tournament. For kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The News article implies they need to get the pledges in within the next 2 weeks but that must be cutting it very fine if they intend to present a reasonable case to the league on the 2nd. Your assumption is that they will present FACTS about their financial position to the FL meeting on June 2nd. Not so sure their track record in that area is so reliable (Storrie at Southwark Crown Court springs to mind, how they were not trading insolvently and all that) So no problemo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Nice comment there already that sums it up: madeupname2 3 May 2012 3:04PM There's still a problem with understanding what it is and what's at stake. Sound like a pretty thick bunch. What's not to understand about: "your fat contract's bankrupting the club, please please pledge a token amount (don't worry it'll never come to anything) so we can save a bit of face." That was my one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 quick question about our administration. If , as has been said, we owe aviva £7m on promotion as a payment on the stadium debt, would can that be set against tax ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 quick question about our administration. If , as has been said, we owe aviva £7m on promotion as a payment on the stadium debt, would can that be set against tax ? I thought it was £4m? And, reading between the lines, my understanding is that we weren't legally bound to repay it...Aviva got what they were legally due via the administration process...but that there was some kind of "gentleman's agreement" to pay back what aviva lost as a result of admin if/when we got back to the premier league. Don't know how much truth there is in that. Just a hunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 quick question about our administration. If , as has been said, we owe aviva £7m on promotion as a payment on the stadium debt, would can that be set against tax ? It is 4 million and yes, in some shape or form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Panda Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 quick question about our administration. If , as has been said, we owe aviva £7m on promotion as a payment on the stadium debt, would can that be set against tax ? A Company pays tax on its profits so by making a legitimate business payment you reduce your profit so you pay less tax. That assumes you made a profit in the first place of course. If we paid Aviva the £4m that was widely speculated and we made a profit before that in excess of £4m then the net 'outlay' would have been nearer £2.5m - still a lot of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Your assumption is that they will present FACTS about their financial position to the FL meeting on June 2nd. Not so sure their track record in that area is so reliable (Storrie at Southwark Crown Court springs to mind, how they were not trading insolvently and all that) So no problemo I suppose my point is that they have to go from a position middle of this month where they have pledges but have not started issuing shares to having taken over pompey and be in a position to persuade the league they can complete their fixtures by the 2nd of June. From that I would guess they only have a week to 10 days to issue their share document to all who have pledged and get the money in for the purchased shares. Depends I suppose on whether Birch will want to see cold hard cash before signing over the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Watch out Cala! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Pedg - I don't see how the Trust have a hope in hell of getting any deal done, or anywhere near being done, before June 2nd. The only way they'll have a buyer in place is if: - it's someone super-rich who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they can afford to pay whatever's required - it's someone super-stupid who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they're too stupid to care - it's someone already involved in the club who has a pretty good idea of the financial situtation. I can only think of 1 person who fits that bill. The only way the Trust could get involved is if they were to piggyback onto one of the deals above. The rich man doesn't need them and they won't deal with the man already involved. So they need someone wealthy and dim to appear, pronto, and there aren't too many like that around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Pedg - I don't see how the Trust have a hope in hell of getting any deal done, or anywhere near being done, before June 2nd. The only way they'll have a buyer in place is if: - it's someone super-rich who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they can afford to pay whatever's required - it's someone super-stupid who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they're too stupid to care - it's someone already involved in the club who has a pretty good idea of the financial situtation. I can only think of 1 person who fits that bill. Not sure TBH wants to own the club. He's happy taking their cash, but I'm not convinced he's owner material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 (edited) A Company pays tax on its profits so by making a legitimate business payment you reduce your profit so you pay less tax. That assumes you made a profit in the first place of course. If we paid Aviva the £4m that was widely speculated and we made a profit before that in excess of £4m then the net 'outlay' would have been nearer £2.5m - still a lot of money! Following on this train of thought maybe Cheatsmuff assumed the more LOSS they made the more TAX would be paid back to them ...... the stumbling block of course being they didn't pay any tax anyway!! Hey Ho Only 106 working Days till the season starts and they can get some match day revenue - unless the opening day fixture is away from home (if they survive that long!!) just to prolong the agony a little bit longer. HA HA WTFILN. Edited 4 May, 2012 by ericofarabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Pedg - I don't see how the Trust have a hope in hell of getting any deal done, or anywhere near being done, before June 2nd. The only way they'll have a buyer in place is if: - it's someone super-rich who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they can afford to pay whatever's required - it's someone super-stupid who doesn't give a toss about due diligence because they're too stupid to care - it's someone already involved in the club who has a pretty good idea of the financial situtation. I can only think of 1 person who fits that bill. The only way the Trust could get involved is if they were to piggyback onto one of the deals above. The rich man doesn't need them and they won't deal with the man already involved. So they need someone wealthy and dim to appear, pronto, and there aren't too many like that around. I believe their trust is currently doing due diligence at the moment so that they can put out a prospectus or whatever when they ask people to convert their 100 pound pledges into 1000 pounds shares. I do however agree that the timing may well be impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The Trust were never going to buy the club. They know that, and Birch knows that. For them, it's either: Plan A½ - hand over the money they've personally borrowed to Chainrai in exchange for a share of the debt, or Plan B - use their million or so to establish a re-formed club after liquidation Recent reports about firing Birch point to the general realisation that it's Plan B he's working on, and some of the influential creditors don't like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Following on this train of thought maybe Cheatsmuff assumed the more LOSS they made the more TAX would be paid back to them ...... the stumbling block of course being they didn't pay any tax anyway!! Are you Cala in disguise this morning, Eric? The only "asset" he had was tax losses. Millions & millions of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckasaurus Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The poopey trust thingy is a total waste of time.The people involved have to move so fast they will need a time machine,then all those £1000 promises will need to be kept Alot of people are willing to save the club but i would guess 25%--40% of fans will bottle it.It is alot of money to loose for many people.That money would be much better spent on a "plan B" I believe Trevor Birch is not doing his job properly,as a "football man" there is too much sentiment involved. Plucky fans,great club,history,part of the city,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc. All this is totally irrelavent. Trevor Birch is letting this club limp along when he should be putting a bolt to the side of the head. If chinny is to save the club then he will only do it when Trev cocks the trigger and not before. Nobody else is going to buy the club so from last Saturday the creditors are loosing money EVERY DAY. Most other clubs are also going to wait before trying to sign players. Could get a bargain if they play their cards right. I wonder how much more money Trevor Birch earns by not liquidating the club after the last game ? (he is paid alot of money and it is not in HIS interest to "rap it up early") If i was a creditor i would not be a happy bunny. God bless HMRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 one of the Gosport wards had a turnout of 13% last night. If people won't go out and vote for free, and they won't pay £25 to pack the park, how are you going to get 70 people to pledge £1000 everyday for a fortnight? The Trust is becoming a bit of a distraction, a Plan B perhaps, but I can't see that they are actually assisting Plan A, people think they are the answer, they aren't. Chanrai must be the only game in town, and he's going to split the remains of the few, and I can't see why he would spend anymore money. If Birch doesn't strip out all of the high earners, I can't see why Chanrai would dive back in. But I have found a positive in West Ham's win last night... Lawrence will be back on Tuesday! The cost of paying him until August would wipe out a third of the Trust's current warchest. I reckon the figures might be starting to stack up. Then again I am off my face on a cocktail of horse tranquilisers and tomato feed and really shouldn't be operating heavy machinery, let alone doing due diligence with the intention of chucking £10M down a big black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The poopey trust thingy is a total waste of time.The people involved have to move so fast they will need a time machine,then all those £1000 promises will need to be kept Alot of people are willing to save the club but i would guess 25%--40% of fans will bottle it.It is alot of money to loose for many people.That money would be much better spent on a "plan B" I believe Trevor Birch is not doing his job properly,as a "football man" there is too much sentiment involved. Plucky fans,great club,history,part of the city,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc. All this is totally irrelavent. Trevor Birch is letting this club limp along when he should be putting a bolt to the side of the head. If chinny is to save the club then he will only do it when Trev cocks the trigger and not before. Nobody else is going to buy the club so from last Saturday the creditors are loosing money EVERY DAY. Most other clubs are also going to wait before trying to sign players. Could get a bargain if they play their cards right. I wonder how much more money Trevor Birch earns by not liquidating the club after the last game ? (he is paid alot of money and it is not in HIS interest to "rap it up early") If i was a creditor i would not be a happy bunny. God bless HMRC. ^^^ This ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The poopey trust thingy is a total waste of time.The people involved have to move so fast they will need a time machine,then all those £1000 promises will need to be kept Alot of people are willing to save the club but i would guess 25%--40% of fans will bottle it.It is alot of money to loose for many people.That money would be much better spent on a "plan B" I believe Trevor Birch is not doing his job properly,as a "football man" there is too much sentiment involved. Plucky fans,great club,history,part of the city,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc. All this is totally irrelavent. Trevor Birch is letting this club limp along when he should be putting a bolt to the side of the head. If chinny is to save the club then he will only do it when Trev cocks the trigger and not before. Nobody else is going to buy the club so from last Saturday the creditors are loosing money EVERY DAY. Most other clubs are also going to wait before trying to sign players. Could get a bargain if they play their cards right. I wonder how much more money Trevor Birch earns by not liquidating the club after the last game ? (he is paid alot of money and it is not in HIS interest to "rap it up early") If i was a creditor i would not be a happy bunny. God bless HMRC. There comes a point, though, that the administrator becomes responsible for debts incvurred unnecessarily that damage rather than enhance the possibility of the creditors size (or even possibility) of payout. At that point the administrator becomes liable for the ongoing amount (as I understand it) and I'm guessing that point is pretty close now..I still think liquidation is a possibility (subject to Chanrai's interest if proven). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 There comes a point, though, that the administrator becomes responsible for debts incvurred unnecessarily that damage rather than enhance the possibility of the creditors size (or even possibility) of payout. At that point the administrator becomes liable for the ongoing amount (as I understand it) and I'm guessing that point is pretty close now..I still think liquidation is a possibility (subject to Chanrai's interest if proven). I suspect that is the end of May.... there is no way Birch wil want to become liable for any additional debt... and he seems pretty clear that this is the cut off. Then you have the FL meeting on the 2nd June. I think Chanrai will keep it going - but with just enough to avoid liquidation... A new CVA will be passed (as he in effect controls it), but never paid - as they will wangle some 2017 clause - the final two parrachute payments will .... ... and then he will look to sell it for a quid with the CVA still looming as a L2 club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 (edited) @solentsport: #AFCB will receive a sell-on fee from #Pompey's sale of Jason Pearce to Leeds - thought to be a nominal five-figure sum That's a shame....would've covered TBH's wages for another week or so.., Edited 4 May, 2012 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 @solentsport: BREAKING: #Pompey defender Jason Pearce has signed for Leeds on a four-year deal - fee undisclosed #lufc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Fee undisclosed? Fee not very much, more like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 The GFA have confirmed that they will face professional English side Portsmouth FC on Friday 20th July, with an 8pm kick off. The friendly comes 3 weeks after Gibraltar hold the International Challenge Shield, and forms a big part of Gibraltar’s summer of football. The GFA are covering the costs of Portsmouth to come over, as they have done for previous English sides such as Bury and Rochdale. Hope the GFA has a Plan B in place.. http://footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindaloo73 Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-we-ve-not-become-a-joke-club-1-3805796 He has to be joking!!!! If he expects to see 15,000 crowds at Farton Park, he's losing it!!! They couldn't get that in their 'Pack the Park' campaign!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-we-ve-not-become-a-joke-club-1-3805796 He has to be joking!!!! If he expects to see 15,000 crowds at Farton Park, he's losing it!!! They couldn't get that in their 'Pack the Park' campaign!!! Maybe, but don't forget at least 5,000 of them will be sitting in the Director's box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-we-ve-not-become-a-joke-club-1-3805796 He has to be joking!!!! If he expects to see 15,000 crowds at Farton Park, he's losing it!!! They couldn't get that in their 'Pack the Park' campaign!!! How the hell can he talk to players about coming to Pompey and that he has a 'budget'. Where the feck does that come from? Surely they need a new owner or they're off to hell in a handcart? The blokes a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 I love this quote.... ‘The way I see it, we are going to be one of the big fish, if not the big fish in League One next year.’ Yes, you certainly are, but not in the sense you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 "The GFA are covering the costs of Portsmouth to come over, as they have done for previous English sides such as Bury and Rochdale." So now we know how the GFA see pompey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 sell Pearce in January for a million, or accept half of that while paying him a further £200K in wages, and not change the outcome of the season in any way? That mistake, or the plucky battling hero's refusal to abandon his wages cost pompey about £700K in four months. Birch's decision making is coming over all Peter Storrie. Which is funnily enough very similar to what a gurning Uncle Avram did on a memorable club outing to Horton Heath - paid for by sponsors.... At least they now have a few hundred grand to redirect to creditors, how much of that income will sort out the British Legion? It won't cover Ben Haim through the summer. Appy claims we are not a joke club. The fact that you have to say that, confirms that you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRichmond Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 Hope the GFA has a Plan B in place.. http://footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/ As it's Gibraltar, could be they are taking the monkey out of the Seabed Dredgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channon's Windmill Posted 4 May, 2012 Share Posted 4 May, 2012 This article from Football365.com sounds very familiar! For Darlo, read Pompey??? http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7727105/Saved-Fan-Group-Completes-Late-Darlo-Takeover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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