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How big was that lorry travelling overnight from Poland with the special consignment ready for the launch, must have been a minivan.

 

Close...

 

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And Rodney is modelling the new training range there I see...

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while they still manage to generate a few laughs with deluded claims, pompey have become a little bit irrelevant.

 

They didn't even splash other people's cash yesterday to help them rip up League Two.

We could do with the next minor insolvency event, just to let us know they still exist.

Or perhaps another drink driving debacle, just to remind us of the quality of management they have in place.

Maybe Alfie's hot mother has more strong views on world events and will find another paper naive enough to give her a platform?

We can but dream.

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They are very pleased to have sold 350 shirts at £34.99. By my reckoning that is a whopping £10k revenue, just wow.

 

How many of our 125 year sash anniversary shirts did we sell, 20,000 odd (MLG to action please)?

 

That 10k revenue will pay for Connellys three match suspension wage, any shortfall can be made up by blagging some kids pocket money.

 

Does DCs heroic suspension kick in for cup games etc?

 

JPT round one tonight, away to Torquay for the skates. Will they get into the spirit of the competition or continue to mock it in spite of our successes when we were eligable?

 

I suspect the latter, if they were to progress to the final they would have to fill Wembley with the bestest which could be embarrassing. It would take a mighty river of hope to find 51k of southsea commons finest, with no corporates to sell all those plucky empty seats in the JPT!

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How many of our 125 year sash anniversary shirts did we sell, 20,000 odd (MLG to action please)?

 

No-one knows, but they did try blatantly bullsh111ting us about the volume of sales with the red pinstripe thing last season. "Fastest-selling kit in Saints history" my ar5e, almost everyone I know has a sash shirt, including people who don't own any other football shirts, about a third of them have last season's kit, and precisely two people I know have this season's.

 

I doubt we'd have sold 20,000 shirts in L1 though, even for our most popular shirt ever*. Difficult to say what sold of proportion of all fans buy replicas without the stats, but also it's highly unlikely given our method of selling shirts (no High Street or chain store sales and none outside Southampton) that we'll have shifted more simply due to being a Prem club than for a hugely popular shirt which went on sale only 3 months after 50,000+ Saints fans attended the JPT Final. The other thing worth remembering is that they ran out of stock in most sizes from August to November 2010 and you literally could not buy one even if you wanted to.

 

Even our crappo, hugely disliked current home kit seems reasonably popular in kids' sizes (notsomuch with adults though). You can't even buy that Skate third kit in kids' sizes.

 

*my words.

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How many of our 125 year sash anniversary shirts did we sell, 20,000 odd (MLG to action please)?

 

No-one knows, but they did try blatantly bullsh111ting us about the volume of sales with the red pinstripe thing last season. "Fastest-selling kit in Saints history" my ar5e, almost everyone I know has a sash shirt, including people who don't own any other football shirts, about a third of them have last season's kit, and precisely two people I know have this season's.

 

I doubt we'd have sold 20,000 shirts in L1 though, even for our most popular shirt ever*. Difficult to say what sold of proportion of all fans buy replicas without the stats, but also it's highly unlikely given our method of selling shirts (no High Street or chain store sales and none outside Southampton) that we'll have shifted more simply due to being a Prem club than for a hugely popular shirt which went on sale only 3 months after 50,000+ Saints fans attended the JPT Final. The other thing worth remembering is that they ran out of stock in most sizes from August to November 2010 and you literally could not buy one even if you wanted to.

 

Even our crappo, hugely disliked current home kit seems reasonably popular in kids' sizes (notsomuch with adults though). You can't even buy that Skate third kit in kids' sizes.

 

*my words.

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I must be alone in thinking that their 3rd kit isn't to bad. :scared:

 

Don't know why they got the downs bloke who cuts his own hair to model it though.

 

I think you may be alone, yes.

 

Though even with your dubious taste in maroon and pink away shirts you're still way ahead of the bloke I saw on Facebook saying it was "for fagits" or something similar. :mcinnes:

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No-one knows, but they did try blatantly bullsh111ting us about the volume of sales with the red pinstripe thing last season. "Fastest-selling kit in Saints history" my ar5e, almost everyone I know has a sash shirt, including people who don't own any other football shirts, about a third of them have last season's kit, and precisely two people I know have this season's.

 

I doubt we'd have sold 20,000 shirts in L1 though, even for our most popular shirt ever*. Difficult to say what sold of proportion of all fans buy replicas without the stats, but also it's highly unlikely given our method of selling shirts (no High Street or chain store sales and none outside Southampton) that we'll have shifted more simply due to being a Prem club than for a hugely popular shirt which went on sale only 3 months after 50,000+ Saints fans attended the JPT Final. The other thing worth remembering is that they ran out of stock in most sizes from August to November 2010 and you literally could not buy one even if you wanted to.

 

Even our crappo, hugely disliked current home kit seems reasonably popular in kids' sizes (notsomuch with adults though). You can't even buy that Skate third kit in kids' sizes.

 

*my words.

 

You can say that again

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Only one medical to report. A member of staff from kiosk 8 had to be treated for blisters to their hands.

 

Really? Too busy vvanking as he had no one to serve?

 

The referee was happy and had nothing to report but five coins were found on the pitch at the Fratton end – stewards will be made aware of this at their next briefing.

 

And no doubt told to hand them all in to be paid into the bank on Monday morning...

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The referee was happy and had nothing to report but five coins were found on the pitch at the Fratton end – stewards will be made aware of this at their next briefing.

 

And no doubt told to hand them all in to be paid into the bank on Monday morning...

 

No doubt they will get a bollocking for not getting more than five coins.

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Pompey win 5-3 on penalties

 

That's a difficult one for them - struggling against the mighty Torquay but going through anyway. Can't now just say it's a Micky Mouse cup and they just want to concentrate on the League while at the same time knowing they'll be knocked out in a round or two.

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That's a difficult one for them - struggling against the mighty Torquay but going through anyway. Can't now just say it's a Micky Mouse cup and they just want to concentrate on the League while at the same time knowing they'll be knocked out in a round or two.

 

Well, we had to penalty shoot outs on our way.

One against......... The mighty Torquay

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http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=511047

 

Coffee over the keyboard moment - not only the excitement of Division 4 football but an in-depth analysis of lack of toilets :lol::lol:

 

We accommodated 379 home fans in the Milton end. It did mean that we had to divide the toilet and canteen facilities at this end which is not ideal when you have 900+ away fans using only one toilet and canteen facilities.

 

LOL, no its not particularly ideal!

 

I enjoy using the facilities at SMS and it always cheers me up when the hot water flows through the taps, fat in the pipes I think to myself.

 

One toilet to 900+ people. Unisex I assume, imagine the carnage if some bloke decides to sit down for an extended stay!

 

PMSL, literally, in the milton end!

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I think you may be alone, yes.

 

Though even with your dubious taste in maroon and pink away shirts you're still way ahead of the bloke I saw on Facebook saying it was "for fagits" or something similar. :mcinnes:

 

Just saw it in action against Torquay on SSNews and seemed OK. The model shots are atrocious though!

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If you re-read some of that you might think I am a witch or a clairvoyant. For all the laughs we have had on here, it still amazes how utterly predictable each and every admin has been and yet they just didn't get it or challenge a single part until the last one.

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with Barbie Boy posting so many gems there before his street cred was shot to bits, it's difficult to pick out the funniest, but I did stumble across this one from 2008.

It starts off with great hindsight, but tails off quite badly...

 

As for potential investors for our respective clubs, you (saints) need more than £10-£15m in players to get a squad to get you up. You need a whole new team, maybe even a whole new squad. The problem then is that you'd need another whole new team to have any chance of competing in the Prem. Let's say someone did buy you for, say, £15m. Then spent £25m to clear your debts. Then spent £20m to get a team that would challenge for promotion (but not guarantee it.) Then, if you did get promoted they'd need to spend another £30m to get a squad with even a realistic chance of staying up. I make that around £90m to gamble on a team currently in the championship basement.

Buy Pompey for £70m and pay £100m for a new stadium (a large chunk of which will be funded by supermarket chains), get a guaranteed £60m back a year from gates and TV (increasing when the new stadium's built) along with a squad good enough to guarantee staying up. If you were a wealthy investor, which one would you back as the winning horse?

 

By the way, our academy team is currently above yours in the league. Who's got the superior set up?

 

 

Top tips there from the expert, particularly on the academy!

I miss his input, though I also feel slightly guilty about laughing at people with obvious mental health issues.

 

Oh well, Christmas soon, busy time for toy shops, he'll be okay.

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Thanks Trousers, unfortunately close but no cigar! I had in my mind a thread that emerged just after they announced the harbour-dome which was hilariously unrealistic, not just because it was costing something like £900m (lolz!!!1!), and Ho maintained it was a real possibility.

 

Classis nostalgia nonetheless. I miss Ho. In fact he'll probably read this - Dear Ho, Please come back to our message board. We'll be nice to you I promise. Love ASIS xx

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with Barbie Boy posting so many gems there before his street cred was shot to bits, it's difficult to pick out the funniest, but I did stumble across this one from 2008.

It starts off with great hindsight, but tails off quite badly...

 

As for potential investors for our respective clubs, you (saints) need more than £10-£15m in players to get a squad to get you up. You need a whole new team, maybe even a whole new squad. The problem then is that you'd need another whole new team to have any chance of competing in the Prem. Let's say someone did buy you for, say, £15m. Then spent £25m to clear your debts. Then spent £20m to get a team that would challenge for promotion (but not guarantee it.) Then, if you did get promoted they'd need to spend another £30m to get a squad with even a realistic chance of staying up. I make that around £90m to gamble on a team currently in the championship basement.

Buy Pompey for £70m and pay £100m for a new stadium (a large chunk of which will be funded by supermarket chains), get a guaranteed £60m back a year from gates and TV (increasing when the new stadium's built) along with a squad good enough to guarantee staying up. If you were a wealthy investor, which one would you back as the winning horse?

 

By the way, our academy team is currently above yours in the league. Who's got the superior set up?

 

 

Top tips there from the expert, particularly on the academy!

I miss his input, though I also feel slightly guilty about laughing at people with obvious mental health issues.

 

Oh well, Christmas soon, busy time for toy shops, he'll be okay.

 

I'll drink to that.

 

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