Crazy Diamond Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Luton on the way up after a non-league nightmare whilst their opponents going the other way. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 One down to Luton But to be fair they can say, but for a Rooney goal they may have won!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 As rb has already pointed out, they're collecting a bit over £200 average per ST, and spending most of that before a ball is kicked in earnest in the league season. Their biggest problem is Fratton Park, a huge money pit in it's current state for a 4th division club to keep licensed. At the moment they're keeping their certificate by a combination of * Conscript labour free of charge from the Job Centre * Fans with hammers and paintbrushes * More investment from their directors, in exchange for shares If there's any money from Tesco it will disappear down this hole too. To stabilise their finances, even with their crowds, they either need to get promoted or get rid of FP. I don't see either happening any time soon, so another financial crisis looms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Another Cup Final where the little club upped their game to gain a point. Luton will have to get used to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 6 points off the relegation zone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Sounds like the local plod took a dislike to them today as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Well there is a change in fortune we draw with Chelsea one of the best teams in Europe and they get a draw at Luton. Says it all really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kirkup Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Over on POL the car park debate hots up tarmac like in the plans maybe, considering its a condition of them being allowed to build the store. That was an artist's impression and a lot of negotiating has gone into this deal since then. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that is pretty much finished for now as per the final agreement. Had a look at the car park today. Abysmal workmanship. Can't understand why they've used a close graded 20mm binder course instead of 10mm surface course for the asphalt surface. The tie ins are rough as f*ck and no way have they been saw cut. There are trip hazards along the entire length which could leave the club open to some hefty compensation claims should anyone trip over on them. Finally the gravel was badly rutting and looks like it's been laid too thick, probably as it's cheaper than sorting out the sub grade. If this was one of my sites I would have condemned it and forced the contractor to undertake extensive remedial works. (2/10 must try harder.) Tinpottest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Over on POL the car park debate hots up Tinpottest Seen the quotes on the snooze about how they're "still the best fans in the country"....They'll never get it that lines like that make them seem like a classless bunch of numpties...Even when they no longer have a club to support they'll be banging that drum :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Waiting to hear the outrage that spaces aren't big enough for caravans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Seen the quotes on the snooze about how they're "still the best fans in the country"....They'll never get it that lines like that make them seem like a classless bunch of numpties...Even when they no longer have a club to support they'll be banging that drum :s Tin drum. Tin bell. Tinpot. Thats almost a haiku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Over on POL the car park debate hots up ...... Tinpottest Well, laying tarmac is their 'specialist subject'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevvy Posted 28 December, 2014 Share Posted 28 December, 2014 Well, laying tarmac is their 'specialist subject'. The cheapest tarmac and gravel going by the sound on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 The cheapest tarmac and gravel going by the sound on it. 'hey I've got some Tarmac left over from building a motorway, I ll do your car park cheap' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 A couple of skates I know think Neil Warnock is going to be their next manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 A couple of skates I know think Neil Warnock is going to be their next manager And Tony Pulis too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 (edited) "Awford delight at Pompey steel" Hilarious Snooze headline and excellent nonsense on video from Comical Neil. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/awford-delight-at-pompey-steel-1-6493587#comments-area Edited 29 December, 2014 by TopGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 And equally funny that super Awford has let go the two right backs he got on loan... Fish and Wynter. Excellent decision making going on as ever at Nottarf Krap. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/awford-mulls-over-future-of-final-four-loanees-1-6493593 Apparently this frees up places for more signings in their admitted oversized squad. The article by Comical Neil fails to address the issue of how they intend to offload contracted players in January though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Credit where credit's due. 2 points from the last 15 is not to be sneezed at. They've clearly turned a corner under the firm grip of Awford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 And just for fun... "Confusion over ‘demoralised’ UKIP branch in Portsmouth" http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/confusion-over-demoralised-ukip-branch-in-portsmouth-1-6492614 Get McInnes in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Credit where credit's due. 2 points from the last 15 is not to be sneezed at. They've clearly turned a corner under the firm grip of Awford. Credit is what it is about. Hang on long enough and it will all go away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 They are still comparing themselves with Bournemouth ! They are in denial....why don't they look at the league tables and also have they not worked out that Bournemouth are well run solvent club on the way up. They should be comparing themselves with the Shots as they are more likely to be their new rivals, unless the Shots get promoted of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 From the fanfunder's report of the Wimbeldon game on the Portsmouth FC official site: "When the final whistle was blown, the stadium was filled with a chorus of deafening boos, from the Pompey fans, followed by the chant of ‘that was embarrassing’." Read more at http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/fanfunders-portsmouth-v-afc-wimbledon-report-2170679.aspx#WZHgXDJrGTVPcY3A.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 They are still comparing themselves with Bournemouth ! They are in denial....why don't they look at the league tables and also have they not worked out that Bournemouth are well run solvent club on the way up. Not sure about that part, tbf. They've spent way beyond their means in recent years but their Russian owner has been happy to write that money off, converting it to equity rather than debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Page 2015? Welcome to the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 They are still comparing themselves with Bournemouth ! They are in denial....why don't they look at the league tables and also have they not worked out that Bournemouth are well run solvent club on the way up. Why don't you apply the same to your endless stream of negative posts about Saints on the main forum? We are 4th after 19 games and you are still on about survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Why don't you apply the same to your endless stream of negative posts about Saints on the main forum? We are 4th after 19 games and you are still on about survival. Because he's a cuunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Because he's a cuunt. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 Not sure about that part, tbf. They've spent way beyond their means in recent years but their Russian owner has been happy to write that money off, converting it to equity rather than debt. Adam Blackmore said on Solent a while ago that Bournemouth owed the 25% cut from the Lallana deal to the fact that they passed their FFP test this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 From the fanfunder's report of the Wimbeldon game on the Portsmouth FC official site: "When the final whistle was blown, the stadium was filled with a chorus of deafening boos, from the Pompey fans, followed by the chant of ‘that was embarrassing’." Read more at http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/fanfunders-portsmouth-v-afc-wimbledon-report-2170679.aspx#WZHgXDJrGTVPcY3A.99 [snork]coughs tea through nose over tablet[/snork] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Halo* Posted 29 December, 2014 Share Posted 29 December, 2014 It's been a while since I last had time to contribute anything of note in our much loved nutjobs corner, but after reading through Jordan Cross's hilarious boxing day match report, I was inspired to fire up the long neglected editing software, and get to work. Fortunately I had some rare free time over the Chstmas period to start mocking something up, but have been back to work the last couple of days, and only just had time to finish it off tonight. It's not up to previous standards, but that can be blamed on shortness of time, and not having my old favourite go-to editor on my new system, so please excuse the 'unpolished' nature of the finished article. I'd have liked to have taken the time to go much more intricate with it, as there were so many golden oportunities with the screencap of JC's article, but I was very conscious already that the clock is ticking, another game has already passed since, and that if I didn't complete soon, publication might not have made it out before Pompey's accounts. They still haven't published them yet? What was I thinking!? So anyway, have yourself a merry little chuckle at the ever wonderful Jordan Cross first... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-crash-to-boxing-day-defeat-1-6492235 then come back for a game of 'spot the difference'. See how many you can find. I tried my best to keep to as short pompey-paragraphs as possible, but in the end, I just couldn't fit in everything I wanted, so had to resort to at least semi-literate 'journalism' in the end. Happy New Year my fellow nutjobs, and for our fishy friends down the road, let us hope that it is a most miserable and unprosperous one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 loving the clown shoes !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 It's been a while since I last had time to contribute anything of note in our much loved nutjobs corner, but after reading through Jordan Cross's hilarious boxing day match report, I was inspired to fire up the long neglected editing software, and get to work. Fortunately I had some rare free time over the Chstmas period to start mocking something up, but have been back to work the last couple of days, and only just had time to finish it off tonight. It's not up to previous standards, but that can be blamed on shortness of time, and not having my old favourite go-to editor on my new system, so please excuse the 'unpolished' nature of the finished article. I'd have liked to have taken the time to go much more intricate with it, as there were so many golden oportunities with the screencap of JC's article, but I was very conscious already that the clock is ticking, another game has already passed since, and that if I didn't complete soon, publication might not have made it out before Pompey's accounts. They still haven't published them yet? What was I thinking!? So anyway, have yourself a merry little chuckle at the ever wonderful Jordan Cross first... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-crash-to-boxing-day-defeat-1-6492235 then come back for a game of 'spot the difference'. See how many you can find. I tried my best to keep to as short pompey-paragraphs as possible, but in the end, I just couldn't fit in everything I wanted, so had to resort to at least semi-literate 'journalism' in the end. Happy New Year my fellow nutjobs, and for our fishy friends down the road, let us hope that it is a most miserable and unprosperous one. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 I am pretty certain that Chemical Ali was airbrushed out of the Sceptic Isle edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboy Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 http://www.pompeytrust.com/news/pst-appoint-new-chairman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 I tried my best to keep to as short pompey-paragraphs as possible, but in the end, I just couldn't fit in everything I wanted, so had to resort to at least semi-literate 'journalism' in the end. I was just about to write a complaint about that, but you've admitted it! I like the "Discover the Most..." and Jobs Today section too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 [video=youtube;-BP5lGo6sys] Just listen to the reaction after that second goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 Halo, that was very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 The state of that pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 The state of that pitch They used some of the leftover gravel from the car park, I notice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 Best fans in the country They're not even the best fans in Fratton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 The state of that pitch Oi, I'll have you know we often play on pitches like that in the bottom divisions of women's football; at the end of the season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey-deacons-left-nut Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 “@blueballoo2000: Disgraceful and idiotic decision to remove @AshBeen23 as chairman of @PompeyTrust - jealous mediocrities abound.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 “@blueballoo2000: Disgraceful and idiotic decision to remove @AshBeen23 as chairman of @PompeyTrust - jealous mediocrities abound.” So that's Micah Hall, parachuted into some way-above-his-pay-grade PR role at PFC by Williams and friends, complaining about what I assume has been a democratic process executed by the supporters trust. You couldn't make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 Best fans in the country They're not even the best fans in Fratton. genuine LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 So that's Micah Hall, parachuted into some way-above-his-pay-grade PR role at PFC by Williams and friends, complaining about what I assume has been a democratic process executed by the supporters trust. You couldn't make it up. He's stirring it up nicely on his Twitter account. Complaining that the motion for a new chairman was not on the Trust AGM agenda and demanding to know who proposed and seconded the motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 He's stirring it up nicely on his Twitter account. Complaining that the motion for a new chairman was not on the Trust AGM agenda and demanding to know who proposed and seconded the motion. It's not a completely unreasonable point, tbf. They had an AGM barely a month ago, and now all of a sudden the chairman's been replaced without a proper election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 (edited) Looks like the board chairman is elected in at the first board meeting after the AGM every year. All within their constitution according to @Pompeytrust. If so all looks above board and he's just ****e stirring. Edited 30 December, 2014 by andysstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 It's not a completely unreasonable point, tbf. They had an AGM barely a month ago, and now all of a sudden the chairman's been replaced without a proper election. I wonder if they're following their own Standing Orders? Most companies have strictly laid down rules about calling AGMs, Emergency GMs, deadlines for submitting emergency resolutions, quora etc. etc. But I bet they don't have Standing Orders - after all, they don't do anything else by the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevvy Posted 30 December, 2014 Share Posted 30 December, 2014 Transparent my arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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