andysstuff Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Lots of laughs in this one: http://www.bognor.co.uk/sport/pompey-latest/first-look-at-pompey-training-ground-1-6314026 Thought it was all going to be funded by the Tifosy scheme? Hadn't realised the presidents were dipping into their pockets as well.
Danbert Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Thought it was all going to be funded by the Tifosy scheme? Hadn't realised the presidents were dipping into their pockets as well. It doesn't actually say their making a financial contribution.
Torres Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Thought it was all going to be funded by the Tifosy scheme? Hadn't realised the presidents were dipping into their pockets as well.
andysstuff Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 It doesn't actually say their making a financial contribution. That third para/sentence seems to say they did? Maybe it's just the way I read it.
Torres Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Didn't they reach their funding target quite suddenly at the last minute despite seeming to be quite a way short?
andysstuff Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Didn't they reach their funding target quite suddenly at the last minute despite seeming to be quite a way short? Yep, £50k appeared one afternoon.
TopGun Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Yep, £50k appeared one afternoon. Blimey, better be careful here. It could be construed that running short of making the Tifosy target, the HNWs pumped £50K through the system so that it made target and looked as though it was from the general fan base. While at the same time quietly increasing the loan value or their own ownership percentage. That would be against all that Tifosy stands for of course. It's all very quiet about the share ownership breakdown these last few months in this new era of transparency.
Torres Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 It's all very quiet about the share ownership breakdown these last few months in this new era of transparency. It's best to keep the wasp in the cup....
rallyboy Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 That looks like news to me, the property developers have a financial interest in the wholly fan-funded training ground? And as my learned colleagues have pointed out, it does explain the sudden mysterious appearance of that £50K. If so, that is a proper con even by their standards - triumphantly telling the fans that they have hit target when in fact the Trust's percentage of control has just been reduced. I see why they wanted to keep the postcard on that one. So I look forward to the fanbase quizzing the Trust about that little gem, especially as they are renowned for ruthlessly demanding answers rather than embracing the warm and fluffy version of events normally served up.
Joey-deacons-left-nut Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 The building has come from a school in Kent and, with a bit of TLC, will be a good facility once kitted out and placed in a different area of the site. hahahahhaha!
Danbert Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 hahahahhaha! I went to a school in Kent. Our portacabins sank of ****.
Hatch Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/porta-cabin-/221555856895?pt=UK_BOI_Containers_Pre_Fab_Buildings_ET&hash=item3395c215ff They've been had. Nice one here for 99 pence.
Gemmel Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Steady nut jobs...... Don't jump to any conclusions http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11115765/City-Diary-Tesco-mothballs-22m-Cambridgeshire-store-costing-250-jobs.html
St. Neil Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 I went to a school in Kent. Our portacabins sank of ****. Now they will stink of fish.
Ohio Saint Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 So, their traing ground will have "treatment areas"? That sounds like it could mean a fenced off area of the field that might have less dog crap on it.
Sevvy Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Now can anybody on here think of a reason why the tesco store will have any chance of being built there now. I think they are flogging a dead horse or fish now.
rallyboy Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 To mothball a store that has already been built is a massive decision. It smacks of a company that is sorting out senior management issues and not committing to anything. No doubt the Trust will make an immediate statement to allay the fears of....oh hang on, there are no fears, because no one in Portsea has noticed nor been informed. It's just Nutjob talk on the leading international news portal for all things blue and few. Jealous scummahs.
trousers Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Steady nut jobs...... Don't jump to any conclusions http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11115765/City-Diary-Tesco-mothballs-22m-Cambridgeshire-store-costing-250-jobs.html Awww.....spoilsport....not even an ickle lickle hop or skip of a conclusion...?
trousers Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 (edited) Birth year page... Now I'm really starting to feel old. Thanks a bunch! Edited 23 September, 2014 by trousers
igsey Posted 23 September, 2014 Posted 23 September, 2014 Now I'm really starting to feel old. Thanks a bunch! I'll see you in eleven pages, trousers
Gingeletiss Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 Now I'm really starting to feel old. Thanks a bunch! You should worry, mine was 29 pages ago!
Sevvy Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 You should worry, mine was 29 pages ago! Mine was 24 Pages ago, 10 years till retirement, unless i win the lottery that is
Danbert Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 I think this is the first of the plucky fan funders who has paid for the privilege of writing his own personal match report on the Pourtsmouth FC site. I just find the whole concept really weird... http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/fanfunders-wycombe-report-1933361.aspx?
TopGun Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 I think this is the first of the plucky fan funders who has paid for the privilege of writing his own personal match report on the Pourtsmouth FC site. I just find the whole concept really weird... http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/fanfunders-wycombe-report-1933361.aspx? But good enough to best Neil Allen at the News... that's a straight forward report without all the verbosity and propaganda that Allen and his henchman spout.
DS Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 Happy birth year thread to me. Thanks regular posters for the countless lols. And thanks to our fishy friends for being the best-est most passionate-est collection of ignorant, gullible, self hype believing, tax dodging morons in the whole of football. I truly am jealous of them.
The Cat Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 But good enough to best Neil Allen at the News... that's a straight forward report without all the verbosity and propaganda that Allen and his henchman spout. Completely agree. The bloke did a good job there. Taking my son to Scott Bevan's coaching session later, will see if I can find out what's going on with Connolly.
Gemmel Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 Completely agree. The bloke did a good job there. Taking my son to Scott Bevan's coaching session later, will see if I can find out what's going on with Connolly. Just don't take the postcard off the glass with a wasp in it.
70's Mike Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 You should worry, mine was 29 pages ago! 1954 was a good year
The Cat Posted 24 September, 2014 Posted 24 September, 2014 Just don't take the postcard off the glass with a wasp in it. Sadly the wasp will have to stay in the glass for at least another week because there was a queue of people waiting to talk to him after and I couldn't be arsed to wait.
Bearsy Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 There's a tv show on BBC this morning called "Saints and Scroungers". I was so pumped to watch this! But it turns out nothing to do with south coast football
Waterside.saint Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 There's a tv show on BBC this morning called "Saints and Scroungers". I was so pumped to watch this! But it turns out nothing to do with south coast football
Gemmel Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=560147 We even get a mention :) :) So November the first eh? As robinson is building the store himself, he might need some fairly big cahoonahs to start splashing the cash given Tesco'c plight. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/government-gives-approval-to-tesco-at-fratton-park-1-6319348
Danbert Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 One of Neil's finest: http://www.bognor.co.uk/sport/pompey-latest/pompey-defender-keen-to-vacate-unwanted-seat-1-6318754 I can't believe this drivel makes it into print
TopGun Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 One of Neil's finest: http://www.bognor.co.uk/sport/pompey-latest/pompey-defender-keen-to-vacate-unwanted-seat-1-6318754 I can't believe this drivel makes it into print "Scrapping among the muck and bullets..." so OTT it's laughable. Comical Allen at his best.
TopGun Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=560147 We even get a mention :) :) So November the first eh? As robinson is building the store himself, he might need some fairly big cahoonahs to start splashing the cash given Tesco'c plight. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/government-gives-approval-to-tesco-at-fratton-park-1-6319348 Definitely a date to be added to my Pompey diary. This one has Gunwharf stadium written all over it.
hutch Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=560147 We even get a mention :) :) So November the first eh? As robinson is building the store himself, he might need some fairly big cahoonahs to start splashing the cash given Tesco'c plight. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/business/local-business/government-gives-approval-to-tesco-at-fratton-park-1-6319348 The significance of Tesco scrapping the Chatteris project three-quarters of the way through the construction of the store seems to have eluded them.
Big Bad Bob Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 The significance of Tesco scrapping the Chatteris project three-quarters of the way through the construction of the store seems to have eluded them. but, but PEL (Robininson) are building the store and Sainsbury are desperate to get a foothold in the city so they would come riding in on their white steed to rescue the pluckiest.. I mean who wouldn't want a superstore next to the best atmosphere in world football.
andysstuff Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-eyeing-fratton-capacity-boost-1-6318391 Not really sure there's a need for increased capacity at the moment, but I guess it's important to them.
rallyboy Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 Looking at that link to their board I guess we got it wrong - though it's nice that they come here for the information that is censored by the local media. Apparently the property developer just donated £50K out of love for the club to make the Tifosy scheme look successful asking nothing in return - and the Trust donations scheme seems to have been converted into a share scheme so all the fans now own a bit of the club rather that a virtual sheet of A4. I must have missed that change. Now that details are emerging I suppose they will be asking questions of the club. Like why did you loudly boast that the fans had hit the donations target when in fact it was a big-hearted property developer who came in last minute to save the Tifosy scheme from falling short? These property developers seem nearly as kind and generous as those loan sharks they got into bed with.
Danbert Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 "Scrapping among the muck and bullets..." so OTT it's laughable. Comical Allen at his best. And the endless non-paragraphs about where the guy sits
hutch Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-eyeing-fratton-capacity-boost-1-6318391 Not really sure there's a need for increased capacity at the moment, but I guess it's important to them. If I may translate that article into English: We commissioned a firm of experts to tell us what work would be required to get our capacity back up. We haven't done the work. But we did do a bit of it. We asked the Council to reinstate our capacity. They refused, so we've asked somebody else for a second opinion. In the meantime we got different experts to tell us what we need to do to get up to scratch with disabled access. We're not going to do that either.
Picard Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 From the BBC report of Harry's press conference Will (Redknapp) be joining Koeman on Twitter? "Not a chance. I don't know what it is. I don't remember Jimmy Greaves going on Twitter when he scored his 48th goal of the season! He's sticking to his story!
stevegrant Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 From the BBC report of Harry's press conference He's sticking to his story! Presumably he doesn't remember #AskHarry from around 18 months ago, then?
Lorne Malvo Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 From the BBC report of Harry's press conference He's sticking to his story! Then he started chatting about players using it even though their teams lost etc. Make your mind up 'arry!
mcjwills Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 Presumably he doesn't remember #AskHarry from around 18 months ago, then? Yeah had a mega lol that day ????
trousers Posted 25 September, 2014 Posted 25 September, 2014 Presumably he doesn't remember #AskHarry from around 18 months ago, then? He wasn't on trial today so could get away with making stuff up. He'd never get away with the same tactic in a court of law of course...
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