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Crab Lungs

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Just remembered.... I had a comment removed as 'unsuitable' after I wrote a piece of Steve Claridge's blast at the Skates and who is culpable a few weeks back. There were probably around 182 comments, the vast majority (85-90%) saying Steve Claridge was wrong, he shouldn't get involved and it was the Premier League's fault.

 

My comment was deemed... unsuitable.

 

Truth hurts, I suppose.

 

It's taken a while but they've finally seen the light. What an absolute cesspit..

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sidthesquid

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A quote from a Poopey News poster: The PL and the FA dont really have a genuinely valid reason why we shouldnt enter (the Europa League).....

They really are mentally retarded, aren't they? How about Andy Android's seventy page dossier for a start. Or the fact that they chose not to apply for a license, or... Oh what is the point - we understand, my dog has a better grasp of reality they most of them.

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Gorgiesaint

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Adrian Durham on Talksport talking to Stan Colleymore just mentioned the cancer charity issue, didn't make too much of it - but I get the feeling Stan will be picking it up in Call Colleymore later, and he ripped into Pompey earlier in the week saying they should be thrown out of the cup & not play another league game this season, something he has just repeated.

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dubai_phil

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Avram Grant speaking yesterday.

 

Words fail me.

 

Brainless person

According to the rules, Portsmouth need to be in Europe next season.

 

As far as I know, we couldn't register for our Uefa license because we were in administration.

 

Dear Mr Grant. You are without a doubt an idiot.

 

If you had so much as bothered to check you will have noted that the rules and the cut off date for completing a simple form to register to play in Europe were BEFORE you went into Administration.

As it was CLEARLY such an important and emotive issue for you might one ask WHY you did not deem it important enough FOR YOU TO HAVE CHECKED IT YOURSELF?

 

You are now not only spouting verbal garbage, but you also are either 1) Clearly Lying or 2) Showing yourself to be utterly incapable of being called a MANAGER of a large business.

 

"It wasn't me I didn't do it" is without a shadow of a doubt reserved for spoilt kids. Clearly you are now demonstrating the emotional maturity of a 6 year old pikey.

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saint lard

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There's more! not one, but two cancer charities!

 

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Cancer-charities-owed-thousands-by.6250652.jp

 

The money owed to Harbour Cancer Support Centre in Gosport was raised in a raffle and auction held at a Fratton Park function in March last year.

 

 

They seem to be trying to sort out all their creditors via 'justgiving'

first St Johns Ambulance,now this local charity...

 

http://www.justgiving.com/harbourcancer

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marc_saint

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lmfao...!!! "Portsmouth must have less than 100 fans here"

 

On Soccer Saturday (Sky Sports) they said that they've got decent support up there today and that the Skate fans have travelled in decent numbers considering that they're already relegated etc.

 

Hopefully the Bolton website will give the attendance with the away fans numbers listed seperatley

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blimey, you can find some interesting stuff on the net...

 

http://timesonline.typepad.com/fanzine_fanzone/2008/04/you-could-say-t.html

 

'Simon's comments are particularly accurate...'

 

Simon said...

Pompey don't deserve the success they've had this year - they're a small town club, and should be looking forward to another season in league 2 rather than the UEFA Cup.

The team is full of mercenary players that have come for the high wages they can get, and the whole thing is going to fall apart.

The chairman is clearly going to pull the plug any day now, leaving them £100 million or whatever in debt, and unless they get the next Abramovich in, the descent to the Conference will be a speedy one.

Nothing against the team, just think it's unfair on the other clubs who really try properly hard.

Reply April 17, 2008 at 04:30 PM

 

Look at the date. Wow!!! :smt038

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marc_saint

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From the Bolton Official website...

.......... much to the delight of the 400 or so supporters who had made the long journey up from the South Coast.

 

Still **** poor. I know we had some poor attendances up north for some night games, but i don't think we were ever that bad for a Saturday 3 o'clock kick off?

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Crab Lungs

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Classy guy on one of the Pompey boards about Hull.

 

 

After all they've been through, and they still think like that. That club is truly shameful.

 

There was a small shred of sympathy after their rallying for St.John's. Now there is none. They don't deserve a football club.

 

 

Die Portsmouth, die. Oh, and take your retarded, mongoloid fans with you.

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View From The Top

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speaking to a skate mate today he seemed convinced they would clear all debts for about 38mil, does this seem like a true figure ?

 

Most of them really don't know what's going on.

 

They don't understand that the EPL is going to withhold parachute payments to cover footballing debts and that Baloo is going to have the 1st £14mill of the cash from player sales.

 

The footballing debts have to be paid in full, end of.

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sidthesquid

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At least they are properly relegated today - no more whining on about 9 points because even without deductions they are still likely to finish bottom of the most pathetic Prem when 30 points would keep you up.

Cue Avram the Toad whinging that they should have had bonus points because none of it was their fault

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Gorgiesaint

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At least they are properly relegated today - no more whining on about 9 points because even without deductions they are still likely to finish bottom of the most pathetic Prem when 30 points would keep you up.

Cue Avram the Toad whinging that they should have had bonus points because none of it was their fault

 

Avram won't be moaning about that just yet - he's still whinging about them not getting into Europe.

 

Un-f***ing-believeable

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I think they might be chuckling to cover their obvious relief - having started the season aiming for a top ten finish two divisions above, along with us tipped for relegation because of the penalty, they suddenly found themselves staring down the barrel of a possible league fixture against us as soon as this August...

 

We knew it was a long shot, but they pooped their little pants at the prospect so tonight they will party like it's 1999 - which is funny because they were in administration then as well - it's like Spurs with the cup years, if the year starts with a 19 or 20, Pompey are likely to be in a financial crisis.

 

 

Sadly I fear we will replace them a year from now without the chance of a derby, unless the authorities have a good look at the books in the next few weeks and we might see them next season after all.

Or Salisbury might.

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They seem to be trying to sort out all their creditors via 'justgiving'

first St Johns Ambulance,now this local charity...

 

http://www.justgiving.com/harbourcancer

 

 

That's quite decent of them actually imho, decent fans exist in every club.

 

However one cannot help but note that those donating have in ther main ticked the 'Gift Aid' box. This begs the question as to whether the fiddling arseholes at the club have also pocketed the original 'Gift Aid' tax exemption?

 

They should be hung drawn and quartered if they have the disgusting, despicable excuses for huiman beings. I would like to stress that I am of this opinion re any fiddling of charity monies.

 

Dear Mr Taxman, you should be investigating this.

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That's quite decent of them actually imho, decent fans exist in every club.

 

However one cannot help but note that those donating have in ther main ticked the 'Gift Aid' box. This begs the question as to whether the fiddling arseholes at the club have also pocketed the original 'Gift Aid' tax exemption?

 

They should be hung drawn and quartered if they have the disgusting, despicable excuses for huiman beings. I would like to stress that I am of this opinion re any fiddling of charity monies.

 

Dear Mr Taxman, you should be investigating this.

 

Actually, yes apart from the obvious theft - another criminal offence may have been committed here in relation to their tax. There are tax breaks for charitable giving - dontaing money from shirt sales whould have been this - have they claimed tax relief for it & hence committed an offence in that way.

 

Either way HMRC should be made aware - as should the charities commission who I will be contacting in the morning.

 

Has anyone contacted Hampshire Constabulary yet or know a friendly policeman sho can check this is being investigated?

 

Sorry to the fans who contributed towards getting St Johns Ambulance paid - that was a decent gesture - but to the remaining pitiful fans & those others associated with this cesspit of a club - they need to be f****d over.

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Marvellous. 490+ pages summarised in about 700 words.

 

 

Another way of saying "This Thread told you so"

 

Although they did forget the "Doing business with Unlicenced Agents" which will likely be another 5 or 10 point penalty. (They may not have PAID them but they clearly used their services and SHOULD have paid them)

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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but one thing I don't understand:

 

If they are liquidated, I though the PFC would be no more, and that a new club (with no history) would need to start at the lowest level, like Aldershot did. This article suggests that they would somehow remain in the Championship and carry on more or less as before.

 

Could anyone explain?

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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but one thing I don't understand:

 

If they are liquidated, I though the PFC would be no more, and that a new club (with no history) would need to start at the lowest level, like Aldershot did. This article suggests that they would somehow remain in the Championship and carry on more or less as before.

 

Could anyone explain?

 

I think that depends on whether anyone wants to build flats on Fratton Park.

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Looks like it's all falling apart.

 

They have been in the papers so much about this now, I wonder if they have some sort of royalties or image rights to claim whenever their name is mentioned?

 

One hell of an image though!

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Pompey's now a tarnished brand and most sensible fans must be ashamed of what's been done in their club's name.

 

The problem is, can their fans distance themselves from the management that stole from charities yet support the management that brought in O'Hara etc via illegal paperwork?

 

The cast that has guided the club back to wembley are the same ones that stole from charities so it's going to be difficult to be selective when taking a moral stand.

 

It might be nice if the overpaid players cleared the charity debts immediately, I have no doubt that if this had happened at St Marys a year ago someone like Leon Crouch would have stepped in before it even hit the press.

Then again even in financial meltdown we showed a bit of class - Rupert was an idiot but he was a gentleman.

Sort of.

We might have crashed but it wasn't ugly.

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I was with a prominent south coast businessman yesterday, who when conversation turned to football, expressed surprise that "such a low profile administrator " had been appointed down the road.

Apparently few of the creditors, who he should be representing, have any confidence in him and believe he is way out of his depth with the extent of the debt.

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I was with a prominent south coast businessman yesterday, who when conversation turned to football, expressed surprise that "such a low profile administrator " had been appointed down the road.

Apparently few of the creditors, who he should be representing, have any confidence in him and believe he is way out of his depth with the extent of the debt.

I tend to feel that is the reason he was chosen

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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but one thing I don't understand:

 

If they are liquidated, I though the PFC would be no more, and that a new club (with no history) would need to start at the lowest level, like Aldershot did. This article suggests that they would somehow remain in the Championship and carry on more or less as before.

 

Could anyone explain?

 

There are two scenarios:

 

Somebody buys club and has to sort out the debt and is likely to get points for some reason (no agreed CVA or financial irregularities).

 

Club gets wound up with any money from selling assets to creditors. Any new club starts way down the football pyramid.

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I was with a prominent south coast businessman yesterday, who when conversation turned to football, expressed surprise that "such a low profile administrator " had been appointed down the road.

Apparently few of the creditors, who he should be representing, have any confidence in him and believe he is way out of his depth with the extent of the debt.

 

Why was he surprised? Android was probably chosen precisely because he was a lightweight in that industry, somebody who has been proven to have little moral or ethical fibre. That much was clear from his handling of a couple of other administrations, where he was censured because of his unethical handling of them. The people who have run the club over the past few years are hardly model citizens, so if there have been any fraudulent transactions, they are hardly likely to appoint somebody squeaky clean and of high professional integrity to investigate them.

 

As it is, there are already huge question marks over how a respected financial institution like Vantis can do a Statement of Affairs of the financial position of the club to place before the High Court and the Android somehow manages to double the debt total.

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