Tamesaint Posted 13 May, 2015 Posted 13 May, 2015 A pity that Corp is no longer with us. (Perhaps his new job doesn't allow him to read the internet). He could tell us why Maradona turned the job down and they went for Cooky.
Gorgiesaint Posted 13 May, 2015 Posted 13 May, 2015 "An opportunity to manage this great club was something I didn't have to think twice about. He'll fit in well, thinking once is more than enough to put most sensible people off.
Waterside.saint Posted 13 May, 2015 Posted 13 May, 2015 Do not disrespect that table cloth, Tracy Emmin has given her time ,free of charge , to recreate her lovers named on a tent. She is to write all the people , businesses , and charities Pompey have F##### on it. The only difference being, that she will have to use both sides of the material not just one side
Jack Posted 13 May, 2015 Posted 13 May, 2015 15 AND 17,000?! Impressive stuff. I think he's talking about the occasional 17000 at home, and their average away following of about 15.
Golden Balls Posted 13 May, 2015 Posted 13 May, 2015 The base structure for Tesco is half done. It's massive, and once finished, you'll barely be able to see Fratton Park from the road when driving/walking past. Drove past it today. It's dwarfed little Fratton Park and completely boxed it in. Short term thinking at it's finest. Hilarious.
rallyboy Posted 14 May, 2015 Posted 14 May, 2015 The battle continues - we can't keep up with these guys... Portsmouth vies with Southampton for 1,000ft water slide party #notnews
dubai_phil Posted 14 May, 2015 Posted 14 May, 2015 I am concerned that nobody has commented on the sudden plummet of our moral standards as a club. How can any Saints fan not have noted all the references to "Having a Massage, going to get a massage and worst having a Chinese Takeaway" in our latest News article. Why, anyone would think there were insinuations in the direction of Hortons Heath? Actually, the standard of script writing was so sublime, the finger on the pulse of the club, it is now clear that only one person on the planet could have written that P1ss release. Nice work Rallyboy, now we know your day job
spyinthesky Posted 14 May, 2015 Posted 14 May, 2015 Understand that Portsea Island sits on seven flood zones and there is a tender out at the moment to shore up the embankment around one of the two main routes into the city (Eastern Approaches I think) to prevent future flooding There are also issues around the Western Approach (by Harry Pounds old scrapyard) as the Navy has regularly dumped loads of rubbish, including asbestos, paint, mercury and loads of other nasties and there is a plan to dump aggregate and soil to effectively bury the crap. I spoke to someone who's company had been approached to tender for part of the job. He said they weren't interested and would prefer to let Portsea Island sink!! And I am pretty sure he is not a Saints fan!!!!
SarniaSaint Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 Understand that Portsea Island sits on seven flood zones and there is a tender out at the moment to shore up the embankment around one of the two main routes into the city (Eastern Approaches I think) to prevent future flooding There are also issues around the Western Approach (by Harry Pounds old scrapyard) as the Navy has regularly dumped loads of rubbish, including asbestos, paint, mercury and loads of other nasties and there is a plan to dump aggregate and soil to effectively bury the crap. I spoke to someone who's company had been approached to tender for part of the job. He said they weren't interested and would prefer to let Portsea Island sink!! And I am pretty sure he is not a Saints fan!!!! LOL here's a link to what happened here and this was a site for some big concerts some names you might know in the UK...... KISS, Def Leopard. Iron Maiden Still closed off.................http://thesarniajournal.ca/centennial-park-fix-wont-come-cheap/
Golden Balls Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 5 years ago today the heroes became villains after a 1-0 thrashing in the FA cup final against Chelsea. Since that day it's been bloody hilarious.
alehouseboys Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 And they couldn't sell all their tickets. Chuckle.
stevegrant Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 "New manager Paul Cook expects Jed Wallace to leave the club." Not a great start, you'd imagine...
lifeintheslowlane Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 "New manager Paul Cook expects Jed Wallace to leave the club." Not a great start, you'd imagine... Hmmm...if the fee they get runs into four figures it could signal a whole new rebuilding programme...team and stadium.
View From The Top Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 "New manager Paul Cook expects Jed Wallace to leave the club." Not a great start, you'd imagine... There's your compensation money.
hutch Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 There's your compensation money. Should just about cover Cook and Awford, so they'll have to keep Waddock and the rest of his minions.
Huffton Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 Hmmm...if the fee they get runs into four figures it could signal a whole new rebuilding programme...team and stadium. £19.99 isn't going to get them much even in league 2...
Danbert Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 The beeb are reporting that Champagne Ian may soon resign
Fowllyd Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 The beeb are reporting that Champagne Ian may soon resign Hardly surprising. The bastards are making him drink water.
Golden Balls Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 The beeb are reporting that Champagne Ian may soon resign Hope not.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 15 May, 2015 Posted 15 May, 2015 The beeb are reporting that Champagne Ian may soon resign http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32756238
Waterside.saint Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 The beeb are reporting that Champagne Ian may soon resign http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32756238 "This is one last hurrah now. Paddy Ashdown said if it doesn't work I'll eat my hat. I'm a seven and a half so it'll be a big hat but I will eat it if this guy doesn't get us out of this league." Sh!T or bust. Again
rallyboy Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 I'd like to oversee us winning promotion at all costs, and then step down before the accounts are released.
Sevvy Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 I'd like to oversee us winning promotion at all costs, and then step down before the accounts are released. Probably many a true word said in jest Rallyboy.
suewhistle Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 That's why this thread is so funny; no sooner does someone make a joke than it turns out to be true...
Doctoroncall Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 "This is one last hurrah now. Paddy Ashdown said if it doesn't work I'll eat my hat. I'm a seven and a half so it'll be a big hat but I will eat it if this guy doesn't get us out of this league." Sh!T or bust. Again He didn't put a timeframe on promotion. Only put pressure on the Manager to do it at some point in his tenure.
Chopper71 Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 He didn't put a timeframe on promotion. Only put pressure on the Manager to do it at some point in his tenure. If he has to do it in his tenure, does that mean by November? Tough ask...!
rallyboy Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 For those of you who weren't there, you'll be pleased to know that former hero/greedy villain David James got a special halftime welcome from the Northam/Kingsland corner where he was working for TV. The abuse was merciless, it's the first time I've seen a pundit helped away by security.
Weston Super Saint Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 He didn't put a timeframe on promotion. Only put pressure on the Manager to do it at some point in his tenure. To be fair, he didn't mention promotion. There are two ways out of the league....
Hatch Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 early odds for next season to be champs, they are clear favourites, no pressure then, Portsmouth 7/1 Leyton Orient 11/1 Plymouth 11/1 Luton 11/1 Notts County 12/1 Oxford 12/1 Northampton 14/1 Stevenage 14/1 Crawley 16/1 Yeovil 16/1 Newport 20/1 Hartlepool 20/1 Carlisle 22/1 York 25/1 Exeter 25/1 Barnet 25/1 Cambridge 33/1 AFC Wimbledon 40/1 Mansfield 40/1 Morecambe 50/1 Dagenham 66/1 Accrington 66/1
suewhistle Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 Think I'll put a quid on Newport, just so I can empathise more with The9..
Waterside.saint Posted 16 May, 2015 Posted 16 May, 2015 early odds for next season to be champs, they are clear favourites, no pressure then, Portsmouth 7/1 Leyton Orient 11/1 Plymouth 11/1 Luton 11/1 Notts County 12/1 Oxford 12/1 Northampton 14/1 Stevenage 14/1 Crawley 16/1 Yeovil 16/1 Newport 20/1 Hartlepool 20/1 Carlisle 22/1 York 25/1 Exeter 25/1 Barnet 25/1 Cambridge 33/1 AFC Wimbledon 40/1 Mansfield 40/1 Morecambe 50/1 Dagenham 66/1 Accrington 66/1 They've started as favourites at the start of every season in the bargain basement. And every season they have reliably delivered more schadenfreude and more outright hilarity than we have any right to expect. Gor' bless 'em!
rallyboy Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 Wave byebye to Waddock - another payoff to add to the bill.
Danbert Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 We we're wrong. It's not other team's cup final, it's a day out at the Fortress of Fat. ‘For instance, teams love coming to Fratton Park at the minute. Teams come out and think “it’s great to be here” and take photographs.' Link
Lord Duckhunter Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 We we're wrong. It's not other team's cup final, it's a day out at the Fortress of Fat. ‘For instance, teams love coming to Fratton Park at the minute. Teams come out and think “it’s great to be here” and take photographs.' Link ‘You have to be careful in football, geographically with Portsmouth you are required to pay more for the standard of living than other people." WTF!!!!!!!
Batman Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 It would be an absolute disaster for them NOT to get promoted next season. This is it, all lined up for them, the manager from above the chicken bones have fallen for them.... be funny as fuk if they blow it
suewhistle Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 ‘You have to be careful in football, geographically with Portsmouth you are required to pay more for the standard of living than other people." WTF!!!!!!! I can see his point in a way; if you're some not so good player coming from Doncaster or Chesterfield where you can probably get a semi-detached for £150k , it would make you think twice before moving to Portsmouth. Let's face it, they'll already have thought twice about moving to Portsmouth (will they pay me, why haven't they got a training ground, the ground's a bigger dump than Doncaster etc.)
Lambert1979 Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 I like this guy Cook already.....basically saying that Liverpool have bought a load of crap for big money
stevegrant Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 ‘You have to be careful in football, geographically with Portsmouth you are required to pay more for the standard of living than other people." WTF!!!!!!! I'm guessing the average house price in Portsmouth is significantly higher than that in Chesterfield, for example. I think his point is that while their wage bill is ****ing massive, they have to pay more because the players would have to pay more to live in the area. While that may be true, is that really the difference between a £1.5m wage bill and a £3.8m one? I'm not convinced. Essentially, Pompey's wage bill is massive because they have made a correlation between paying big wages and getting good players. While that largely rings true in the top flight (put the PL clubs in order of wage bill and, barring a few obvious examples, that's generally the order they finish in), it becomes less true the further down the pyramid you go. There are loads of clubs who manage to squeeze out more than the sum of the team's parts in Leagues One and Two - just look at Wycombe, stayed in the Football League on goal difference last season, going to Wembley for the playoff final this season having spent very little. Older players looking for a last big payday skew things, they're generally not as motivated or as fit as they once were, and there are certain clubs in each division of the FL who everybody knows they'll get an extra wedge of money from (Nottingham Forest in the Championship, Bristol City in League One - assuming Wigan will take that one on next season - Pompey in League Two) so those clubs get lumbered with a whole host of overpaid mercenaries who couldn't give a ****. It worked for Bristol City this season, most clubs don't get that reward at the end of it.
eurosaint Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 ‘You have to be careful in football, geographically with Portsmouth you are required to pay more for the standard of living than other people." WTF!!!!!!! Surely they can just park their caravans where they like ?
Chez Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 oh joy, the Skate News will have reignited the MENSA sponsored `Wallace release clause' debate again with this article http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-braced-for-wallace-release-clause-interest-1-6748825
Chez Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 and if you have frequented **** park this year you might want to remark on how the Tesco has ruined the view and whether a clock of hot water is the next thing to spend the Wallace money. You get to see the results at the end. Milton End was my preferred stand of course. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/the-great-pompey-survey-match-day-experience-1-6749563
igsey Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 They've just released eight of their players. A lot of people on Twitter not too pleased about releasing the 'best LB in the league'.
rallyboy Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 A big clear out is the most sensible thing they've done in ages. Our only hope now is that their recruitment policy will be as bonkers as usual - and tied in to the annual free holiday that mysteriously doesn't cost anyone anything.
Gruffalo Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 It appears the company that provided credit facilities for the PDT 'shareholders' to pay on tick has just gone into administration. The island dwellers truly do have the gift of the reverse Midas Touch.. http://ebcu.co.uk/
Lets B Avenue Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 ‘You have to be careful in football, geographically with Portsmouth you are required to pay more for the standard of living than other people." WTF!!!!!!! Its part of London. Innit? A big clear out is the most sensible thing they've done in ages. Our only hope now is that their recruitment policy will be as bonkers as usual - and tied in to the annual free holiday that mysteriously doesn't cost anyone anything. Solent reported that they had also sacked the Recruitment Manager. Wasn't he the great acquisition last summer? Did a great job, as far as I can see.
rallyboy Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 The credit supplier for the trust donations has gone into administration? It's contagious.
Hockey_saint Posted 18 May, 2015 Posted 18 May, 2015 For those of you who weren't there, you'll be pleased to know that former hero/greedy villain David James got a special halftime welcome from the Northam/Kingsland corner where he was working for TV. The abuse was merciless, it's the first time I've seen a pundit helped away by security. I heard about that today....what type of an idiot thought that would be a good idea?
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