Weston Super Saint Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 I don't get this. Why is milking your fans for every penny, ****ing up big time and wasting the cash generated on dross and spending a fourth season in League 2 as a consequence a source of pride? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/catlin-s-pompey-budget-pride-1-7463569 Sounds more like a desperate plea to me. Perhaps the season ticket sales aren't going as well as expected so this is the final rallying call to squeeze as much money out of the fans as possible. ‘Being a fan-owned club, if we don’t get the fans we don’t have the budget'.... errr wrong! The HNWs are ready, eager and waiting to put more money in to the club, provided of course they get more shares.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 'The more money we get in, the more we can give the manager' 1) but I thought the squad they spent loads on last season was good enough for promotion 2) about as subtle a hint for more money from the fans as a brick to the back of the head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 Google translate: "We blew a lot of money last year in a desperate attempt to get out of league 2 and failed. This year we've had to cut right back so have less chance of promotion, but please keep sending the cheques". Catlin says "I don’t know how any club can know anyone else’s budgets. It’s private and confidential". So how does he know their budget is "competitive"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 Sounds more like a desperate plea to me. Perhaps the season ticket sales aren't going as well as expected so this is the final rallying call to squeeze as much money out of the fans as possible. That's the one. There's something in the back of my mind about season ticket sales coming to an end after this week. Maybe it's the end of the buy now pay later scheme. Anyway whatever it is, it looks like ticket sales down about 20%, and squad size still rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 After three years of league two football, you'd think they'd change their recruitment policy to help get promotion. But no, leave it to chance by having a bigger budget than the other clubs to spend in the hope of getting right combination of players in rather than identifying what to fix. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 06/07/2016 6:26 AM CUT Priory81 I predict that at some point in the future; maybe 5 years, perhaps 10, Mark Catlin, Iain McInnes and maybe others from the current administration will be declared "Hall of Fame" members. What these people have done, along with the PST shareholders is nothing short of miraculous. Just a few years ago I would get angry having to explain away the shame of Pompey's administrations. Nowadays, the renewed pride I feel in supporting a fan-owned club that has reinvented itself is immense. A great and successful season on the field will complete the fairy story. Read more: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/catlin-s-pompey-budget-pride-1-7463569#ixzz4DdUiIBK6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 6 July, 2016 Share Posted 6 July, 2016 06/07/2016 6:26 AM CUT Priory81 I predict that at some point in the future; maybe 5 years, perhaps 10, Mark Catlin, Iain McInnes and maybe others from the current administration will be declared "Hall of Fame" members. What these people have done, along with the PST shareholders is nothing short of miraculous. Just a few years ago I would get angry having to explain away the shame of Pompey's administrations. Nowadays, the renewed pride I feel in supporting a fan-owned club that has reinvented itself is immense. A great and successful season on the field will complete the fairy story. Read more: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/catlin-s-pompey-budget-pride-1-7463569#ixzz4DdUiIBK6 You have got to say that regularly selling between 9-11,000 season tickets each year is a decent effort However I guess this is partly due to the continued level of support Pompey enjoy (fair play to them for this) but also the low cost of the season ticket. Bradford City enjoyed the same arrangements before they finally escaped from League 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 You have got to say that regularly selling between 9-11,000 season tickets each year is a decent effort However I guess this is partly due to the continued level of support Pompey enjoy (fair play to them for this) but also the low cost of the season ticket. Bradford City enjoyed the same arrangements before they finally escaped from League 2 You do realise that it's because most skates have never been off the peninsula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 Match news - The south's pluckiest gave mighty Sligo Rovers a bloody nose! It was always going to be tough. Cook's battling troops ran their opponents ragged. He was pleased. 'I was pleased' he said. Despite conceding three late goals they hammered them 3-3. There were a lot of positives to take from the win. The travelling faithful were passionate. A new player was staggered by the support. It leaves pompey equal top in the Fantasy Friendly League. It's the first step towards winning the title. Again. Another new player looked promising. Cook was pleased a bit more. 'If anything we are too fit' he added, smiling. But his eyes looked sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 Shocking result against a bunch of pig farmers, obviously the new signings are crap, can't believe we threw away 3 points after being 3-0 up, what was Cook thinking about with them substitutions. Didn't even notice that Sligo had sneaked 12 players on at one stage, why didn't he chuck on another player to even it up??? was he even watching the game? Or just enjoying the Oirissh hospitality? I'm giving him until the end of July, if we ain't at least in the play-offs then I'm gonna personally hand back by season ticket to McInness in disgust The above quote is from a skate, but is parodying those who weren't happy with their plucky 3-3 win. According to POL, people were threatening not to buy season tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Neil Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 Not a real friendly according to this. "Over 50 players used in that game. Rotating subs. 20 changes at half time and sligo had 12 men on the pitch at one point. It was no more than a training exercise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 Not a real friendly according to this. "Over 50 players used in that game. Rotating subs. 20 changes at half time and sligo had 12 men on the pitch at one point. It was no more than a training exercise." So it was what, a kickabout? I can appreciate the need to ease yourself into preseason and all that, but still... they really don't come across as tip top professional, even for League 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 It was a testimonial for one of their players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 It was a kickabout for one of their players I fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 Not a real friendly according to this. "Over 50 players used in that game. Rotating subs. 20 changes at half time Is Arry their manager again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 7 July, 2016 Share Posted 7 July, 2016 They're kicking off about a friendly? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 8 July, 2016 Share Posted 8 July, 2016 They're kicking off about a friendly? Really? I suspect there was the Irish Cup to be won to add to the Asia Cup. Collecting geography cups is important to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 8 July, 2016 Share Posted 8 July, 2016 I suspect there was the Irish Cup to be won to add to the Asia Cup. Collecting geography cups is important to them. Surely that would be the pan-European Cup? Which in a couple of months would be shortened to just plain old European Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 9 July, 2016 Share Posted 9 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 9 July, 2016 Share Posted 9 July, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36754363 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 9 July, 2016 Share Posted 9 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 What. the. feck. has. he. been. smoking. this. time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 9 July, 2016 Share Posted 9 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 That reads like one of rallyboys mock posts on here. But it appears to be the real thing. Perhaps rallyboy IS Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 9 July, 2016 Share Posted 9 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 What the fck is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36754363 What the fck is that? That might be meaningless drivel to us, but to them this is probably 24-karat Pulitzer prize-winning journalism. Truly they are a parody of themselves Edited 10 July, 2016 by Waterside.saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 With that intro I had to read it... Borrowed off....ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 Any more updates from their pre season "European tour" Are they playing any other European giants like Sligo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 Any more updates from their pre season "European tour" Are they playing any other European giants like Sligo To be sure... a heroic 2-0 victory against Bohemians. It's not even really an Irish tour though, yet alone a European one, as, after one friendly and a testimonial that was a bit of a joke, they're on their way back to the sceptic isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 To be sure... a heroic 2-0 victory against Bohemians. It's not even really an Irish tour though, yet alone a European one, as, after two kickabouts that were a bit of a joke, they're on their way back to the sceptic isle. I fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996 Holy crap!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 10 July, 2016 Share Posted 10 July, 2016 On POL, one fan dares to challenge the myth of their world-famous atmosphere I have a memory of being a boy then young man with the hair's on the back of my neck standing on end as the whole of Fratton park rang out with the chimes, hearing all four sides challenging each other to who could sing it loudst and longest, hearing one chime ending as another was half way through even as another stand started a new one. Magical, intimidating and inspiring. Now we are lucky to get one chime at a corner or a goal, then back to the moronic drumming and Ner Ner with an anti scum song thrown in now and them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 Closet scummer obviously. Or maybe..... Just maybe the blue tinted spectacles are starting to slip letting a small sliver of reality in. After all they are about to start yet another season in League Two after having failed to get promotion. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 I blame the TV people. They keep showing games with crowds in them, and sometime soon one of the faithful is going to put two and two together and realise that their own atmosphere, against Cheltenham or Crawley, doesn't actually compare that well to proper big boy football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 Eight players in . How many have left? They already had a pretty big squad for a club at that level and seem to have a habit of handing out longish contracts! Surely they wouldn't be gambling with the finances and taking a massive punt on promotion or bust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/mcinnes-pompey-exits-needed-1-7470843 These three have been transfer listed since the end of last season, and obviously, there have been no takers who are prepared to match their current deals, and, strangely, they're not interested in moving. Under such circumstances, a normal club would just suck it up, or loan them out. But at Pompey, villains get hung out to dry (I'm sure we all remember the fully justified hate campaign directed at those unethical anti-Pompey players a few years back who wanted to actually receive a small portion of the money owing to them and didn't care about the passionate support and glorious history). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 So expect another four to join, but any outfield players will only now come in when the useless three end their money sapping days with the mighty Pompey. Not the best bargaining position for the club to take if they really want some cash for them. If they do depart and get replaced, a total of 12 new faces can experience the same process as the previous set of players last season and the season before that... Where is trousers and his Groundhog Day picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 If they do depart and get replaced, a total of 12 new faces can experience the same process as the previous set of players last season and the season before that On what planet does turning over nearly all the players every year actually work? Cook looks like he cant plan or manage so instead resorts trying to get lucky by changing the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/mcinnes-pompey-exits-needed-1-7470843 These three have been transfer listed since the end of last season, and obviously, there have been no takers who are prepared to match their current deals, and, strangely, they're not interested in moving. Under such circumstances, a normal club would just suck it up, or loan them out. But at Pompey, villains get hung out to dry (I'm sure we all remember the fully justified hate campaign directed at those unethical anti-Pompey players a few years back who wanted to actually receive a small portion of the money owing to them and didn't care about the passionate support and glorious history). 'My affection for Tubbsy is reasonably well-known and I feel sorry for the boy in the way his career seems to have dived. ‘I still think he is a guy who can do a job for somebody and hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later. ‘We have seen flashes of McGurk being the player people thought he was and Naismith looks like a kid with potential, so none of them are useless. That's the chairman of a professional football club, there. Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 11 July, 2016 Share Posted 11 July, 2016 There is a difference between a professional football club and a football club that happens to be professional. Evidence suggests they are the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 12 July, 2016 Share Posted 12 July, 2016 Holy crap!!! My reaction, and I only scanned the article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 12 July, 2016 Share Posted 12 July, 2016 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/mcinnes-pompey-exits-needed-1-7470843 These three have been transfer listed since the end of last season, and obviously, there have been no takers who are prepared to match their current deals, and, strangely, they're not interested in moving. Under such circumstances, a normal club would just suck it up, or loan them out. But at Pompey, villains get hung out to dry (I'm sure we all remember the fully justified hate campaign directed at those unethical anti-Pompey players a few years back who wanted to actually receive a small portion of the money owing to them and didn't care about the passionate support and glorious history). So they are trying to offload three high-earners and the best the chairman can come up with is "they are not useless". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 July, 2016 Share Posted 12 July, 2016 'My affection for Tubbsy is reasonably well-known and I feel sorry for the boy in the way his career seems to have dived. ‘I still think he is a guy who can do a job for somebody and hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later. ‘We have seen flashes of McGurk being the player people thought he was and Naismith looks like a kid with potential, so none of them are useless. That's the chairman of a professional football club, there. Jesus Christ. Unreal [emoji15] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 (edited) So they are trying to offload three high-earners and the best the chairman can come up with is "they are not useless". Portsmouth 'Community' FC, making overpaid bottom-tier footballers 'not useless' since 2012 Edited 13 July, 2016 by Waterside.saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 I was trying to access POL atm to see how they're feeling about the new season... When I search on google for it, the search results contain a note to say, "this site may be hacked", and when I try to access the site I get an internal server error... Is it offline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 I was trying to access POL atm to see how they're feeling about the new season... When I search on google for it, the search results contain a note to say, "this site may be hacked", and when I try to access the site I get an internal server error... Is it offline? The board is currently being upgraded. Please check back later. That's the message I get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 The board is currently being upgraded. Please check back later. That's the message I get The board is currently being deloused. Please check back later. Thats what I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 Have they opened POL to new members again yet? I tried to take a look (after the hilarity of some of the quotes copied to this site), a year or two ago but the site was locked from non-members and they didn't respond to new membership requests for fear of letting in a scummer. (Rightly in my case I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=645257 Nice to see them obsessing over season ticket sales. Because it's really really really important that you sell more season tickets than other clubs....... (Protip: it's what you do with the money that counts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 Just thinking... They raised a reported £750,000 from selling Alan Webster. That's a heck of a lot of money for a League 2 club. They don't really seem to have spent any of it though, and are now even looking to move on the deadwood before doing obvious things like signing a keeper. Could it be that that £750,000 is going to disappear into the black hole that was last season's failed promotion push? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 13 July, 2016 Share Posted 13 July, 2016 Just thinking... They raised a reported £750,000 from selling Alan Webster. That's a heck of a lot of money for a League 2 club. They don't really seem to have spent any of it though, and are now even looking to move on the deadwood before doing obvious things like signing a keeper. Could it be that that £750,000 is going to disappear into the black hole that was last season's failed promotion push? Or perhaps back into the pockets of those who loaned, rather than gifted, money to the club to cover necessary maintenance costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biscuits Posted 14 July, 2016 Share Posted 14 July, 2016 If they don't use that money to pay back their failed attempt to get out of league two (again) last season then they'll definitely be using it on these silly signings we're seeing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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