Pancake Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Just remembered I plopped a tenner on them to go up this season back in August. Ah well, it was only a tenner [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Just popped over here to enjoy the moment. In Neil Allen's article, link posted above, I read: "Guards of honour are entirely respectful, but hurt that touch more when staged at Fratton Park" Nope, I've got no idea either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Just popped over here to enjoy the moment. In Neil Allen's article, link posted above, I read: "Guards of honour are entirely respectful, but hurt that touch more when staged at Fratton Park" Nope, I've got no idea either. Didn't Northampton give them a guard of honour last week for finishing joint top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Some comparative facts Since the formation of the Premier League we have spent 7 seasons out of the top flight. They have spent 7 seasons in the top flight. Since the end of the 1958/9 season they have spent 8 seasons in the top flight. Next season will be their season will be their sixth in the bottom division over the same period They have had 4 administrations or insolvencies - we have had 1. They have spent 33 seasons in the top flight (25 of which were before 1959) - we have spent 39 seasons in the top flight all since 1966 Since 1966 (50 (FIFTY) years) we have been in the top flight for 78% of the seasons Over the same period they have been in the top flight for 16% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Some comparative facts Since the formation of the Premier League we have spent 7 seasons out of the top flight. They have spent 7 seasons in the top flight. Since the end of the 1958/9 season they have spent 8 seasons in the top flight. Next season will be their season will be their sixth in the bottom division over the same period They have had 4 administrations or insolvencies - we have had 1. They have spent 33 seasons in the top flight (25 of which were before 1959) - we have spent 39 seasons in the top flight all since 1966 Since 1966 (50 (FIFTY) years) we have been in the top flight for 78% of the seasons Over the same period they have been in the top flight for 16% of the time. Yeah but we just make up the numbers and always narrowly avoid relegation. They only ever go up to the top flight to win it. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 16 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2016 "The City that never quits" headline is truly vomit inducing. Neil Allen is an embarrassment to his profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Some comparative facts Since the formation of the Premier League we have spent 7 seasons out of the top flight. They have spent 7 seasons in the top flight. Since the end of the 1958/9 season they have spent 8 seasons in the top flight. Next season will be their season will be their sixth in the bottom division over the same period They have had 4 administrations or insolvencies - we have had 1. They have spent 33 seasons in the top flight (25 of which were before 1959) - we have spent 39 seasons in the top flight all since 1966 Since 1966 (50 (FIFTY) years) we have been in the top flight for 78% of the seasons Over the same period they have been in the top flight for 16% of the time. but they are the most passionate fans ever who never ever...EVER boo their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/plymouth-argyle/10283875/plymouth-score-injury-time-winner plymouth's goal. hahaha Check out the mural on the exit, near to where the Argyle players were celebrating. It featured the legend that is Paul Wotton. An extra cheer for him tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Wotton will be the only former Saint who will be fondly remembered at SMS, not for anything he did in a Saints shirt - just for the overly-aggressive manner in which he carried out his coaching role in a couple of Plymouth Argyle games in the bottom tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 I just wish we could see footage of the away fans when Plymouth scored. Just think in the time poopey have been in League 2, Bristol Rovers have been relegated to the conference, come back up again, and gone on to get promoted to League 1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Wotton will be the only former Saint who will be fondly remembered at SMS, not for anything he did in a Saints shirt - just for the overly-aggressive manner in which he carried out his coaching role in a couple of Plymouth Argyle games in the bottom tier. What about David Speedie, did nothing much in a Saints shirt. But I think I'm correct in saying, while on loan at wham scored the goal that took wham up, at the expense of poopey. The pompey fans still detest Leicester to this day for finishing sixth to poopies third that season, but seeing off poopey in the play offs. With their elephantine memories they sure don't like Leicester City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Check out the mural on the exit, near to where the Argyle players were celebrating. It featured the legend that is Paul Wotton. An extra cheer for him tomorrow night. That bit made me LLOL. Perfect place to celebrate, what with him having played for Plymouth and us for all but one season of his career and his sending off in the first leg. Oh and cheers to this thread for the retro lolz, I got a goal notification on 92 minutes and went around Coriander Lounge telling people in Saints shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Just remembered I plopped a tenner on them to go up this season back in August. Ah well, it was only a tenner [emoji23] Probably won't be far off a season ticket next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 I just wish we could see footage of the away fans when Plymouth scored. Just think in the time poopey have been in League 2, Bristol Rovers have been relegated to the conference, come back up again, and gone on to get promoted to League 1!! Well, maybe. But lets not forget that brizzle: - aren't joint top - haven't got TCWTB - haven't got any fat in their pipes - haven't single-handedly kept L2 in business by turning up in redolent handfuls at away matches where they have charmed the locals with their folklorique turns of phrase, well-aimed missiles and courteous pushing and shoving - in other words they have massively and consistently under-performed compared with the bestestmostest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Another league we are ahead of them in..... http://www.insolvencynews.com/article/18317/corporate/swansea-and-southampton-top-premier-league-of-payments- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 16 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Some comparative facts Since the formation of the Premier League we have spent 7 seasons out of the top flight. They have spent 7 seasons in the top flight. Since the end of the 1958/9 season they have spent 8 seasons in the top flight. Next season will be their season will be their sixth in the bottom division over the same period They have had 4 administrations or insolvencies - we have had 1. They have spent 33 seasons in the top flight (25 of which were before 1959) - we have spent 39 seasons in the top flight all since 1966 Since 1966 (50 (FIFTY) years) we have been in the top flight for 78% of the seasons Over the same period they have been in the top flight for 16% of the time. Here's another one - we have qualified 10 times for European Cups (inc the one when English clubs were banned because of Heysel) while "the city that never quits" have qualified once after they "bought" the FA Cup with money they never actually had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 I wonder if this set back means they will double the efforts in expanding Fratton Park? priorities and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint si Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Given the problems they've had with refs being over-awed, surely they should be closing stands to try and get promotion? At least until they reach the championship and the floodlights come in to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 (edited) Wow-Is that for real? That is hysterical http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-s-pain-will-forever-remain-but-this-city-will-never-quit-1-7384392 Does this idiot gave any qualifications in English? Some of those travelling ended up stranded for 40 minutes on the return journey after their coach had ground to an untimely halt. Some of those travelling ended up stranded for 40 minutes on the return journey after their coach came grinding to an untimely halt. Ffs. I know it's only the local rag but does anyone check the shyte he comes out with? And that's without even getting into the utterly snivelling, cringeworthy drivel of the whole article written as if some epic saga has come to an untimely end. Is he some sort of specialised w*nker? Does the club pay him to grind out this bilge? Edited 16 May, 2016 by Mr Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Does this idiot gave any qualifications in English? Some of those travelling ended up stranded for 40 minutes on the return journey after their coach came grinding to an untimely halt. Ffs. I know it's only the local rag but does anyone check the ****e he cones out with? 'have' and 'comes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Still makes for better English than his choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Here's another one - we have qualified 10 times for European Cups (inc the one when English clubs were banned because of Heysel) while "the city that never quits" have qualified once after they "bought" the FA Cup with money they never actually had. Actually they've qualified twice, 2010 as well, but because they were in admin they forgot to do the paperwork to apply the second time. Though even if they had UEFA wouldn't have allowed them to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Simple (and still relevant)... Southampton is red, Portsmouth is blue. We're off to Europe, Have fun in League Two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 PS: I look forward to your informative tour information. I'll try and make a European away match next season after a (ahem) miscalculation last.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangermouth Posted 16 May, 2016 Share Posted 16 May, 2016 Does this idiot gave any qualifications in English? Some of those travelling ended up stranded for 40 minutes on the return journey after their coach came grinding to an untimely halt. Ffs. I know it's only the local rag but does anyone check the shyte he comes out with? And that's without even getting into the utterly snivelling, cringeworthy drivel of the whole article written as if some epic saga has come to an untimely end. Is he some sort of specialised w*nker? Does the club pay him to grind out this bilge? Might have wanted to proof-read your comment before criticising his lack of command of anything, including our once-glorious language As it's a past tense reference there is no reason at all to make it the continuous present. Making a pluperfect is a strange one but it is actually better than your version unless you want to describe events in the past as though you're recounting something in a particular way e.g. a memory as a story whereby you impliedly take you and the reader back to watch the past action as though it were in the present as you watched/experienced it. 'Ground' on its own would be better as it tells the story as a past, concluded action and his actually does push it further back into the past and make it a concrete event. Anyway, I'm sure you knew all this being good at English n'all and you can at least make a paragraph which I think is anathema to The News' typesetting machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzie Saints Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 Couldnt help myself, as i recorded it, just watched the last 5 mins again. I Hartley enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "As they have demonstrated by uniting to save their club and fighting off the people who contributed to driving it to the brink of liquidation,Pompey fans are not quitters". Pity the last club didn't do the same for the small businesses and charity then. “Late payment threatens a small business’ ability to grow and sometimes even survive. When Portsmouth FC faced financial difficulties a few years ago, there were many small businesses in the area that ended up not getting paid." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "As they have demonstrated by uniting to save their club and fighting off the people who contributed to driving it to the brink of liquidation,Pompey fans are not quitters". Pity the last club didn't do the same for the small businesses and charity then. “Late payment threatens a small business’ ability to grow and sometimes even survive. When Portsmouth FC faced financial difficulties a few years ago, there were many small businesses in the area that ended up not getting paid." The only one they "fought off" was Balram Chainrai. Chainrai actually saved the club from certain liquidation, although his motives were questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 True. They welcomed criminals and their money with open arms and then tried to blame the league for not stopping them. They thrived on laundered cash from criminal activity and didn't complain when things were going well. But as predicted at the time, if you swim with sharks there will only be one outcome. The savaged and rotting torso still washes up on a League Two beach every May - this summer it was in Plymouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 Historical revisionism at its finest every time he posts an article. Goebbels would be proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/cook-sets-about-pompey-recruitment-drive-1-7385387 Cook believes the last campaign has shown up the need for players with the strength of character to be able to represent Pompey. And he knows having men who are capable of doing that will come at a premium - meaning the call is for quality over quantity. ‘Last Thursday night, when you break it down, it’s a League Two play-off. But when you are sitting there watching it, it is a Champions League game and our fans have got to have a level of player,’ added Cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 Did he just say that the battle of the League Two heavyweights, the big hitters of the 4th tier, the teams that in reality finished 5th and 6th, was in fact a Champions' League game? I could grasp being joint top when you are 4th, but this is a step too far, even for me. And he clearly just attempted quality over quantity and he ran out of players. Does he intend to repeat that mistake but outspend the others even more? Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 One of the more amusing Tinpot TV productions.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-talk-plymouth-1-7385467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "As they have demonstrated by uniting to save their club and fighting off the people who contributed to driving it to the brink of liquidation,Pompey fans are not quitters". Pity the last club didn't do the same for the small businesses and charity then. “Late payment threatens a small business’ ability to grow and sometimes even survive. When Portsmouth FC faced financial difficulties a few years ago, there were many small businesses in the area that ended up not getting paid." Who will ever forget the massed ranks of rancid Skates chanting "one peter Storrie, there's only one Peter Storrie" ? Oh yes, they 'fought off' the people who contributed to driving them to the brink ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 I see Pompey social media is awash with celebrations of the 8th anniversary of their cup 'win' in 2008. Why they would want to commemorate a moment in time that set the wheels in motion on their downfall is beyond me. (actually, I tell a lie, it's not beyond me at all. Their sub-intellectuality is obviously there for all to see) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 FOR HIRE For Tour of Portsmouth, Un-Expectantly cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 On POL they have a 'reasons to be cheerful thread' We have a youth system to be proud of. TEN kids born within an hour of Fratton Park made first team appearances this year. Amongst them, Connor Chaplin was our joint-top scorer with 11 goals and was knocking them in at a rate of one every 89 minutes. Next season he'll be a year older and will doubtless feature more. If this year was his breakthrough season, then perhaps next year's could be Adam May's, who people at the club rate very highly? Lots to look forward to. We are debt free and own our own club FFS! Dilly-ding dilly-dong! No more crooks and shysters! We get a minimum of 2 more chances to win the Paint Pot cup or whatever its called, to shove that one up the Scummer noses along with our other trophies. Reason to be positive... In not and never will Be a scummer and for that I will forever be thankful. the flourishing academy, the finances, Portsmouth people running Portsmouth Football Club, debt having been paid up, training in the city, the still staunch support, the great history,potential and catchment area of a sleeping giant. we got our mojo back as a fanbase in that first leg playoff game - best atmosphere since AC Milan If we sold another 10,000 ST's that would pay the wages of a decent player at this level who could potentially get us promoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 nice to see them not clutching at straws at all. Quite amused by the 'we have to win the paint pot' comment - that's never going to happen, they'll come up against a bigger club from League One and lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 On POL they have a 'reasons to be cheerful thread' debt having been paid up Well a very small portion it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 On POL they have a 'reasons to be cheerful thread' "If we sold another 10,000 ST's that would pay the wages of a decent player at this level who could potentially get us promoted" Seriously How much is a Fishy Folk ST? got to be at least £300 even in Lg2. Who do they think they are going to get who is worth £3m - £60,000 pw in league 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 On POL they have a 'reasons to be cheerful thread' Surprised not to see: "The football club currently playing at Fratton Park has only been in existence for 4 years so we don't have the recent historical baggage of the previous incumbents hanging around our necks. You know, stuff like the local businesses they shafted, the tax they didn't pay, the debt they watered down to a dribble, the FA Cup they cheated their way to 'winning', the players they never fully paid, etc, etc. I'm so glad we started again from scratch." in the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 Surprised not to see: "The football club currently playing at Fratton Park has only been in existence for 4 years so we don't have the recent historical baggage of the previous incumbents hanging around our necks. You know, stuff like the local businesses they shafted, the tax they didn't pay, the debt they watered down to a dribble, the FA Cup they cheated their way to 'winning', the players they never fully paid, etc, etc. I'm so glad we started again from scratch." in the list. They're very good at this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "Amongst them, Connor Chaplin was our joint-top scorer ...... Next season he'll be a year older" Fair play. They are clearly getting the hang of counting and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 They really are beyond parody. #tinpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "If we sold another 10,000 ST's that would pay the wages of a decent player at this level who could potentially get us promoted" Seriously How much is a Fishy Folk ST? got to be at least £300 even in Lg2. Who do they think they are going to get who is worth £3m - £60,000 pw in league 2 That particular quote was from our old friend Corporate Ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 On POL they have a 'reasons to be cheerful thread' :mcinnes: mcinnes: PMSL, this is absolutely killing them. That has cheered me up no end, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 Might have wanted to proof-read your comment before criticising his lack of command of anything, including our once-glorious language As it's a past tense reference there is no reason at all to make it the continuous present. Making a pluperfect is a strange one but it is actually better than your version unless you want to describe events in the past as though you're recounting something in a particular way e.g. a memory as a story whereby you impliedly take you and the reader back to watch the past action as though it were in the present as you watched/experienced it. 'Ground' on its own would be better as it tells the story as a past, concluded action and his actually does push it further back into the past and make it a concrete event. Anyway, I'm sure you knew all this being good at English n'all and you can at least make a paragraph which I think is anathema to The News' typesetting machine. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 "If we sold another 10,000 ST's that would pay the wages of a decent player at this level who could potentially get us promoted" Seriously How much is a Fishy Folk ST? got to be at least £300 even in Lg2. Who do they think they are going to get who is worth £3m - £60,000 pw in league 2 Apart from anything, they've now proven for at least the last 2 years that their player recruitment model is hugely flawed - they keep signing established players on decent wages, usually from the league above, and all that happens is they take the money, enjoy the relatively big crowd for that level at first, and gradually slip into complacency. By the time the crowd gets narky they've already forgotten all about motivation and the kind of enthusiasm and effort you need to put in and they're in bad habits that players at that level can't afford to have. They ARE the Chelsea of League 2 in relative terms - except of course they've never won anything, unlike their legitimately (as opposed to relatively) rich equivalents. So basically they need to start recruiting younger, hungry players, and stop signing average League 1 players and paying them too much. And then hope they don't get sucked into the circus and start believing their own hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 17 May, 2016 Share Posted 17 May, 2016 That particular quote was from our old friend Corporate HoHe only wants them to spend big so that he can come on here to brag about it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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