Pompey Takeover Saga

[Chez]

Just off the phone from my Wolves mate. O'Hara said no & Wolves simply laughed at the offer which involved no loan fee and Wolves paying 80% of the wages. The quote I've been told is "phone is back then you if you want to make a serious offer".

 

the skate news mentions that a high net worth board member was going to fund the wages outside of their existing budget. Wonder if he would have been paid back in shares?

[Hatch]

Next Permanent Portsmouth Manager

 

Steve Claridge 5/6

Andy Awford 9/4

Neil Warnock 4/1

Ronnie Jepson 8/1

Stuart Pearce 12/1

Chris Coleman 14/1

Steve Clarke 16/1

Gianfranco Zola 16/1

Dean Saunders 16/1

Michael Appleton 16/1

Alan Curbishley 20/1

Nigel Clough 20/1

Glen Hoddle 20/1

David James 25/1

Avram Grant 25/1

Harry Redknapp 25/1

Malky Mackay 28/1

Sol Campbell 33/1

Owen Coyle 33/1

N****wo Kanu 50/1

Hermann Hreidarsson 50/1

Tony Adams 50/1

Shaka Hislop 50/1

 

 

http://www.skybet.com/football/specials/manager-specials

 

 

Wonder what odds I can get that it wont be any of them?

[SNSUN]

Wonder what odds I can get on Graham Rix?

[krissyboy31]

Next Permanent Portsmouth Manager

 

Steve Claridge 5/6

Andy Awford 9/4

Neil Warnock 4/1

Ronnie Jepson 8/1

Stuart Pearce 12/1

Chris Coleman 14/1

Steve Clarke 16/1

Gianfranco Zola 16/1

Dean Saunders 16/1

Michael Appleton 16/1

Alan Curbishley 20/1

Nigel Clough 20/1

Glen Hoddle 20/1

David James 25/1

Avram Grant 25/1

Harry Redknapp 25/1

Malky Mackay 28/1

Sol Campbell 33/1

Owen Coyle 33/1

N****wo Kanu 50/1

Hermann Hreidarsson 50/1

Tony Adams 50/1

Shaka Hislop 50/1

 

 

http://www.skybet.com/football/specials/manager-specials

 

 

Wonder what odds I can get that it wont be any of them?

 

Neil Warnock 3rd favorite? Wtf would he turn down a lucrative position at Forest to manage at fat pipes for next to nowt?

[Gemmel]

LOL - Kanu at 50/ 1 ..... they may as well make that 5,000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 / 1

 

don't think he has much time for them these days..... he just wants his money

[farawaysaint]

There are some huge names on that list... Reach for the stars and all I guess

[krissyboy31]

the skate news mentions that a high net worth board member was going to fund the wages outside of their existing budget. Wonder if he would have been paid back in shares?

 

Wasn't that made illegal under FL rules?

[jjsaint]

Wonder what odds I can get that it wont be any of them?

 

I just hope they don't poach Mopo, he'd be crazy to turn down an offer to manage the bestest

[Saint_clark]

Appleton and Adams Oh, please...let it be one of them...

[krissyboy31]

not sure this thread needs another Portsmyth, but I noticed on their Wikipedia page that they claim the record for number of season tickets sold in League 2 (10,000), despite that fact Bradford sold over 12,000 season tickets in the 2007/8 season, all be it at a discounted price.

 

Can't wait for them to break the Conference record next season.

[trousers]

Wasn't that made illegal under FL rules?

 

And your point is...?

[The9]

Another nice little snub from Justin Edinburgh to the Skates prior to this weekend's Newport v Portsmouth match. Something along the lines of "if I didn't in January, I certainly wouldn't now".

[Marsdinho]

Not strictly Pompey Takeover Saga related....but anyone seen this.....

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/benefit-fraudster-is-fined-180-for-seven-years-of-false-claims-1-5965798

 

There's probably a few on here that would !!!

[rallyboy]

Would?

Have!

[Wirral saint]

Not strictly Pompey Takeover Saga related....but anyone seen this.....

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/benefit-fraudster-is-fined-180-for-seven-years-of-false-claims-1-5965798

 

There's probably a few on here that would !!!

 

 

Not being funny but we are dealing with Skatesville - living with son / brother / husband / dad - is all the fecking same

[PaulSaint]

Wonder what odds I can get on Graham Rix?

 

Wont happen, he's been "inserted" into the Youth Squad

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Wonder what odds I can get on Graham Rix?

 

The paediatrician?

[Ohio Saint]

Personally, I'm still laughing about skates imagining that other teams will throw games for them to keep them in the league.

 

A while back, I doubted the wisdom of the folks on here that were happy they were not dissolved because of the future laughs Poopey could provide, but they were correct........This is hilarious!

[Gemmel]

I do still feel we are feeling the trickle of administration.

 

Yes awford you probably are

[hutch]

Personally, I'm still laughing about skates imagining that other teams will throw games for them to keep them in the league.

 

A while back, I doubted the wisdom of the folks on here that were happy they were not dissolved because of the future laughs Poopey could provide, but they were correct........This is hilarious!

And if they all say their prayers every night, and have loads of good luck going their way, they could even get to do it all again next year, with even worse players and less money.

[Ohio Saint]

[FloridaMarlin]

Not strictly Pompey Takeover Saga related....but anyone seen this.....

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/benefit-fraudster-is-fined-180-for-seven-years-of-false-claims-1-5965798

 

There's probably a few on here that would !!!

 

"Weldon, who has been unemployed for three years after the cafe she worked in closed down,"

 

Looking at her, I wonder why?

 

"Miss Watts added: ‘This is not a benefit fraud that has allowed her to live a lavish lifestyle. As a family they live hand to mouth.’

 

Miss Watts also said that Weldon had recently been caring for a sick aunt in Turkey'

 

How does this work?

[FloridaMarlin]

He's doing a half decent job at AFC Portchester. Pretty much his level, but p****y might still have trouble prising him away.

[Window Cleaner]

Mind you 2134£ is really chicken feed in the benefit fraud stakes.

[Panda]

"Weldon, who has been unemployed for three years after the cafe she worked in closed down,"

 

Looking at her, I wonder why?

 

"Miss Watts added: ‘This is not a benefit fraud that has allowed her to live a lavish lifestyle. As a family they live hand to mouth.’

 

Miss Watts also said that Weldon had recently been caring for a sick aunt in Turkey'

 

How does this work?

 

The reporter has obviously made a mistake here. It should read "caring for her aunt who is a turkey".

[so22saint]

having just seen a bunch of pompey lads behaving like ****s at Schipol (and getting threatened with arrest by gun toting policeman - that was amusing), it backed up my normal "let them rot in the conference" thoughts

[Waterside.saint]

 

I would take issue with any assertion that they won the FA Cup.

I'd say they stole it with players they couldn't afford using money they didn't have and could never repay

[johnnyboy]

The latest thoughts of Mark Catlin here

 

 

First of all apologies for the slight delay in writing this month's blog. Events over the past few days and weeks have taken up a huge amount of time as I am sure you can appreciate!

 

 

 

A manager leaving any business is always a stressful destabilising period. However the decision that Richie Barker would leave was agreed by all parties on the basis of achieving exactly the opposite. In consequence the club now has, I believe, stability for the remaining seven games this season.

 

There will be enough time to dwell on our 'on field' performances at the end of the season. Of course we can learn from the past, but at this moment in time we must look to the immediate future.

 

The key to achieving our short-term aim must be to unite behind Andy Awford and the team for our remaining fixtures. I honestly do not know why I need to write that, this is Portsmouth and its a 'given'.

 

When Colin Farmery suggested to me a few months ago that another part of our communication with fans should be for me to write a monthly blog, I immediately flagged up that it was potentially a banana skin for us.

 

It's great writing when things are going well, but when they are not going so well whatever you say sometimes just gets shot to pieces. You are damned if you do, and damned if you don't! Also, when things are not going so well, I can sympathise with some supporters who think that we need to just 'shut up' and get on with winning games of football!

 

However I also appreciate that supporters have a right to express their views, but also to be kept informed and at times like this I personally believe that the worst thing any business or club can do is adopt a bunker mentality.

 

I know its an old cliché, but football really is a results based business. For years and years the club financially has got it so spectacularly wrong, and yet since we moved out of administration and into fan ownership, due the restructuring and work being done off the field, we have got it so right.

 

The infrastructure and building blocks for a successful PFC future has, through the hard work of so many people associated with the club - Chairman, Directors, PST, Presidents and most importantly the fans that come and watch us week in week out - enabled the club to outperform on almost all areas over the amount originally budgeted for.

 

As the club's debt continues to decline, our future power to turn our incredible support into a playing budget that befits a club of our size continues to increase.

 

We can continue to dwell forever about the errors of the past, we can continue to be positive about what we have achieved to ensure future growth and stability, BUT at this moment in time only one thing matters and that's EVERYONE pulling in the same direction over what is effectively a seven-game season for us.

 

Pompey fans consistently tell me that there is no better city or club that unites in the face of adversity and with its back against the wall. Having witnessed this myself, week in week out during last season, I have no doubt whatsoever that the 12th man will once again become an important part of what will undoubtedly become another key moment in the clubs' history.

 

Play up Pompey!

 

Mark Catlin

 

http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/article.php?id=2701

[LGTL]

Nauseating.

[Fitzhugh Fella]

The infrastructure and building blocks for a successful PFC future has, through the hard work of so many people associated with the club - Chairman, Directors, PST, Presidents and most importantly the fans that come and watch us week in week out - enabled the club to outperform on almost all areas over the amount originally budgeted for. - Catlin

 

When oh when are they going to stop bigging themselves up. How on earth can they boast they are "outperforming on almost all areas"? If I was a skate reading that I would be pretty angry but they seem to accept it with a whimper.

The self-delusion is doing them more harm than they realise.

[Kingsland Red]

Taken from a comment in The Snooze, this sums up the situation:

 

"Warnock's comments on talk sport says it all. A group of passionate yet amateur directors, lacking vision and funding, steering a catastrophic and sometimes comical charade into non league football."

[View From The Top]

Taken from a comment in The Snooze, this sums up the situation:

 

"Warnock's comments on talk sport says it all. A group of passionate yet amateur directors, lacking vision and funding, steering a catastrophic and sometimes comical charade into non league football."

 

Like.

[Sevvy]

Taken from a comment in The Snooze, this sums up the situation:

 

"Warnock's comments on talk sport says it all. A group of passionate yet amateur directors, lacking vision and funding, steering a catastrophic and sometimes comical charade into non league football."

 

So Warnock's off the managers list now then.

[Saint in Paradise]

http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/article.php?id=2701

 

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Oh dear, how sad, never mind!!!:lol:

[ottery st mary]

Mark Catlin..........PFC

 

states.....As the club's debt continues to decline.

 

Have I missed something OR have they managed to hide or write off more debt.....

 

I was under the impression that they had withdrawn from the Messi transfer due to lack of funds:D

 

 

 

Personally think the term....Economical with the truth...springs to mind:p

[buctootim]

The infrastructure and building blocks for a successful PFC future has, through the hard work of so many people associated with the club - Chairman, Directors, PST, Presidents and most importantly the fans that come and watch us week in week out - enabled the club to outperform on almost all areas over the amount originally budgeted for. - Catlin

 

When oh when are they going to stop bigging themselves up. How on earth can they boast they are "outperforming on almost all areas"? If I was a skate reading that I would be pretty angry but they seem to accept it with a whimper.

The self-delusion is doing them more harm than they realise.

 

I liked this quote much more!

 

"football really is a results based business. For years and years the club financially has got it so spectacularly wrong, and yet since we moved out of administration and into fan ownership, due the restructuring and work being done off the field, we have got it so right"

If you can call near relegation out the FL 'getting it so right in a results based business'. Personally I would associate 'getting it right' with having paid off debts, buying players and being near the top of the division.

[Tamesaint]

Next Permanent Portsmouth Manager

 

Steve Claridge 5/6

Andy Awford 9/4

Neil Warnock 4/1

Ronnie Jepson 8/1

Stuart Pearce 12/1

Chris Coleman 14/1

Steve Clarke 16/1

Gianfranco Zola 16/1

Dean Saunders 16/1

Michael Appleton 16/1

Alan Curbishley 20/1

Nigel Clough 20/1

Glen Hoddle 20/1

David James 25/1

Avram Grant 25/1

Harry Redknapp 25/1

Malky Mackay 28/1

Sol Campbell 33/1

Owen Coyle 33/1

N****wo Kanu 50/1

Hermann Hreidarsson 50/1

Tony Adams 50/1

Shaka Hislop 50/1

 

 

http://www.skybet.com/football/specials/manager-specials

 

 

Wonder what odds I can get that it wont be any of them?

 

What a brilliant list. A few ex international managers along with a smattering of ex Premier League managers.... hmmm very likely for a team which is very possibly going to be non league next year.

 

There will be no recovery, no march up the leagues for Pompey until there is an acceptance that they are in League 2 because they are c rap and that League 2 or even non league football is their appropriate level. Until they respect the league they are in, they will not start to move upwards. Managers like Hoddle , Zola and Mckay wouldn't be seen dead at a club where the natives get restless at a 0 - 0 draw and the last 2 mangers have lasted no more than 20 games.

 

Mind you , I am loving it. Let them live in their fantasy world. I think their current plight is hilarious. I am loving every minute of it.

[Dark Munster]

The tubby geeky four-eyed one in the middle, next to Herman Munster?

Ah, so that was who was standing next to me. He kept on waffling on about going somewhere warm to play golf.

[Dark Munster]

What happens when you get to the very lowest level, and get relegated again? Do you have to take up netball?

[Dark Munster]

 

Richie and the board come to an amicable agreement that he will leave by mutual consent.

[Fowllyd]

Has anyone posted this link yet?

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-failed-in-warnock-bid-to-become-barker-successor-1-5965714?WT.mc_id=Outbrain_text&obref=obinsite

 

Sometimes I just don't know whether to laugh or cringe...

[TwoPints]

http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/article.php?id=2701

 

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Oh dear, how sad, never mind!!!:lol:

 

LOL.. 1 star after 44 votes now.

 

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[TwoPints]

Has anyone posted this link yet?

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-failed-in-warnock-bid-to-become-barker-successor-1-5965714?WT.mc_id=Outbrain_text&obref=obinsite

 

Sometimes I just don't know whether to laugh or cringe...

 

Unbelievable. They are so deluded it's frightening. Warnock nor any of the others would touch P****y with a barge pole. The reason Andy Awful is doing it is because no-one else would go anywhere near the place.

 

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[waggy]

http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/article.php?id=2701

 

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Oh dear, how sad, never mind!!!:lol:

 

the beauty of it is that you can register more than one vote..... fill yer boots.

[aintforever]

Warnock, like he would go there!

 

What a complete and utter shambles that club is, just a mention of the word "portsmouth" on the radio now has me laughing.

 

It's like watching a slow motion car crash and I get the feeling we are approaching the part when the crash test dummie's ass goes through his face and into the windscreen.

 

[Viking Warrior]

Sad to see the bestest fans in the uk arguing with each other .

 

I was always optimistic this thread would reach 100k threads . We are so close . I say we should reach that within the next Stevan weeks if not sooner

[TwoPints]

Sad to see the bestest fans in the uk arguing with each other .

 

I was always optimistic this thread would reach 100k threads . We are so close . I say we should reach that within the next Stevan weeks if not sooner

 

Who's going to be the 100000th though?

 

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[Dalek2003]

Nauseating.

 

Agreed. Delusional, they need to have their noses rubbed in it and go down.

[SNSUN]

Who's going to be the 100000th though?

 

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Whoever spams the most. My money's on Glasgow popping up... :-)

[suewhistle]

 

The difference being that I have respect for players and managers and supporters of teams like that, who play for the joy of playing, and not shafting exploiting all around them.