Danish Saint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Reports of Pompey on the verge of signing Norwegian winger/striker Erik Huseklepp tomorrow, pending a medical. Estimated transfer sum of £1.4 mill. Link in Norwegian: http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/engelsk/artikkel.php?artid=10081512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulSaint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Reports of Pompey on the verge of signing Norwegian winger/striker Erik Huseklepp tomorrow, pending a medical. Estimated transfer sum of £1.4 mill. Link in Norwegian: http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/engelsk/artikkel.php?artid=10081512 They can have him, we are more in the £4M-£5M bracket nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Good striker, another one to add to an already colossal wage bill. Disgusting club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 13k at nottarf krap tonight 13 K !!!! jesus christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Seems poor old Corpy gets upset when I point out useful things, such as There is a nice thread from Turkish asking for advice from owners of Saab Motors Mate of mine in Bompey has one. But of course it pales into insignificance alongside the beauty of the McLaren F1 poopey's new owner Oh and Twentytwentyvision - you have a choice. Take it. Poopey have a long way to go yet under their new stable regime. That's Stable, as in Door Bolted after. Mr Dubai you also have a choice....obssessed or what? Here we are winning our 3rd game in a row this season, is it 9 games in row (assuming we win this one) and what do you find to talk about.....teh Skates. Laughable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 pn_neil_allen Neil Allen #Pompey ticket pricing claims more casualties. 13,438 crowd for Reading match tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 13k at nottarf krap tonight 13 K !!!! jesus christ 2000 away fans in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Saint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 (edited) Found another article on the proposed Huseklepp transfer: http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/08/16/sport/fotball/championship/portsmouth/erik_huseklepp/17705560/ According to this, the transfer sum is estimated at no less than £1.7 mill, with a supposed weekly wage of about £21 grand. Edited 16 August, 2011 by Danish Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 13,000 @ Fratton Park tonight? Massive club. LMFAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 thanks for taking points off one of our promotion rivals, nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 ROFL at Pompey fans arguing with Saints fans on Facebook; "90% of all scum fans are Indians and pakastanis ! They built your stadium in mini asia, and even ur ticket office is on the corner to please the community. Oh and isnt ur top player an anagram of ALL ANAL just like the scummers like it ? Night scummers" Nice. "Well if the £130 million in debt is something, I can name at least 3 PL teams that have at least that, if not more. Attendances?? When doo the likes of us ever get to a midweek game anyway! Sliding down?? Well 43 games later lets have another look. Yep, pompey is the place with the bell ringer, sure is. Well done, you managed a word with 2 syllables. Lets try advanced, 3 of them - SCUMMER" They still don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 You delicate flower. ROFL at Pompey fans arguing with Saints fans on Facebook; "90% of all scum fans are Indians and pakastanis ! They built your stadium in mini asia, and even ur ticket office is on the corner to please the community. Oh and isnt ur top player an anagram of ALL ANAL just like the scummers like it ? Night scummers" Nice. "Well if the £130 million in debt is something, I can name at least 3 PL teams that have at least that, if not more. Attendances?? When doo the likes of us ever get to a midweek game anyway! Sliding down?? Well 43 games later lets have another look. Yep, pompey is the place with the bell ringer, sure is. Well done, you managed a word with 2 syllables. Lets try advanced, 3 of them - SCUMMER" They still don't get it. Let us hope and pray that they get relegated Oh how I will laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Let us hope and pray that they get relegated Oh how I will laugh With a little bit of luck, they will. I think if Clotts is in charge for the full season they have an excellent chance... then it'll be 8,000 average attendances at the arena... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 ROFL at Pompey fans arguing with Saints fans on Facebook; "90% of all scum fans are Indians and pakastanis ! They built your stadium in mini asia, and even ur ticket office is on the corner to please the community. Oh and isnt ur top player an anagram of ALL ANAL just like the scummers like it ? Night scummers" Nice. "Well if the £130 million in debt is something, I can name at least 3 PL teams that have at least that, if not more. Attendances?? When doo the likes of us ever get to a midweek game anyway! Sliding down?? Well 43 games later lets have another look. Yep, pompey is the place with the bell ringer, sure is. Well done, you managed a word with 2 syllables. Lets try advanced, 3 of them - SCUMMER" They still don't get it. Oh dear, well if the Saints fans managed a word with 2 syllables, it appears he couldn't manage to spell a word correctly with only two letters in it!! And did anyone bother to say that Scummer only has two syllables as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Oh dear, well if the Saints fans managed a word with 2 syllables, it appears he couldn't manage to spell a word correctly with only two letters in it!! And did anyone bother to say that Scummer only has two syllables as well.... Yep. Me. Couldn't resist. But he retorted; "SC-UM-MER" facepalm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Hardly worth bothering with, the more neanderthal of Pompey's fans. Although for the sake of objectivity, that applies to our own furthest brethren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 16 August, 2011 Share Posted 16 August, 2011 Cotterlol said something a bit odd in his post-match interview: "As bad as we were against Barnet, I thought we were equally as good today". That comes after beating Reading 1-0.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Dear Snotrill. Please explain Quality over Quantity arguments again? Does that mean playing over the hill fading and didn't make it PL footballers just because you may have heard of them? Football is very easy - it is a TEAM game, not a name game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones91 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 They are signing Huseklepp for £1.5m??? where'd they get that from? http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11674_7107297,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 so the grubby skates mustered up 11k home support for a local derby (as BBC South Today billed it last night) only category A games are £30 (+booking fee), the rest are £25, excluding concessions.... Do they still give away 0000's of tickets to kids and navy merchants? I wonder if they can even cover TBHs wages on the gate receipts, let alone the rest of the top wage earners in the NPC... it genuinely ****es me off that they are the forth highest spenders in the NPC (according to skysports football league review), and I believe the rest of the footballing community is now starting to see the filthy cheating club that they really are... a massive laugh and a pat on the back to Corp and the gang for still trying to defend that horrible little club, that is one tall (impossible) task. it must feel highly undignified and degrading trying to defend owners such as dubov and vlad, especially after the last string of crooks... they must feel like they are the star of a very fierce bukakae session... with chinny getting the last go... YOU... DIRTY... LITTLE... SKATE........ the facebook comments are superb, and wholly representative of the supporter base (LOL)... dont forget, only 27% leave with 5x A-C GCSEs in the north half of pompey... so syllables is the least of their problems... it is also worth noting the skates unfortunate localised disabilities when looking at literary competence - imagine the skate chap counting scummers on his webbed hands, three webbed fingers, followed by two webbed fingers, followed by all five webbed fingers on the other hand... it must be three syllables (dont get them started on the webbed feet, ****ing nightmare)! you dirty skates, i laugh and mock you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 I genuinely doubt they'll have a full house when we destroy them at their dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporate Ho Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 13,000 @ Fratton Park tonight? Massive club. LMFAO. LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 I genuinely doubt they'll have a full house when we destroy them at their dump. I bet that game can't come quick enough for their owners. It must be their only A game and the best chance if a full house. Plus they won't have to depend on their own lot to fill the arena as we will be bringing a full allocation of away fans along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you Wasn't that the season where many saints fans were boycotting home match days due to the mixed bag of crap board members? I think you will find that on several occasions there were a number of people stood outside the ground in protest. When we are not happy with the club or how it's being run we make a point. I have not seen many reports of the stay away fans making a point to the club at their disgust of how your club is being run. In fact if their was a public knowledge of people staying away until small creditors and charities are paid in full you might get a bit more support on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 (edited) LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you Sure, this was the season of the civil war within the boardroom and thousands of fans were boycotting games every week. The protests against Lowe, Wilde and Crouch were making Sky Sports News never mind the local news. Granted, there were other factors as well like the fact we played our youth team to cut down our debt (unlike you) and were severely struggling both on and off the pitch which would lower attendances for any club. Now that we've both relatively recently had new owners and are in the same division, our attendance against Leeds was virtually double what you had against Reading last night. Edited 17 August, 2011 by JackFrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you Yeah, but luckily for you your first 2 games were 'local derbies', just think what you would have got against if it had been the Blackpools, Prestons, Doncasters or Covs of this world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you How is posting a list of games with higher attendances than Pompey helping your argument Corpy? For the record, this was during a period of the clubs history in which a lot of fans were boycotting....and the Sheffield United game only included 500 away fans, so there were still more Saints there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporate Ho Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Wasn't that the season where many saints fans were boycotting home match days due to the mixed bag of crap board members? I think you will find that on several occasions there were a number of people stood outside the ground in protest. When we are not happy with the club or how it's being run we make a point. I have not seen many reports of the stay away fans making a point to the club at their disgust of how your club is being run. In fact if their was a public knowledge of people staying away until small creditors and charities are paid in full you might get a bit more support on here. Sure, this was the season of the civil war within the boardroom and thousands of fans were boycotting games every week. The protests against Lowe, Wilde and Crouch were making Sky Sports News never mind the local news. Granted, there were other factors as well like the fact we played our youth team to cut down our debt (unlike you) and were severely struggling both on and off the pitch which would lower attendances for any club. Now that we've both relatively recently had new owners and are in the same division, our attendance against Leeds was virtually double what you had against Reading last night. Yeah, but luckily for you your first 2 games were 'local derbies', just think what you would have got against if it had been the Blackpools, Prestons, Doncasters or Covs of this world? How is posting a list of games with higher attendances than Pompey helping your argument Corpy? For the record, this was during a period of the clubs history in which a lot of fans were boycotting....and the Sheffield United game only included 500 away fans, so there were still more Saints there. LOL. Who'd have thought it. The saints situation was obviously completely different from Pompey. The fact that Pompey fans were staying away last season because of Chainrai raping the club and that this season our new owners (nice to see you comparing them to your owners when it suits you) haven't even managed to build anything even approximating a squad yet is not seen as a valid reason by you for Pompey fans to be put off shelling out £30 a game. When it's saints getting crowds similar to Pompey's it's because of organised protests and high moral principles. When it's Pompey getting the same ballpark figures it's scorned. Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 I seem to remember loads of posts on Pompey forums how they would fill Fratton Park most weeks if they managed to get a takeover. The takeover happened but still fans don't turn up, the two home attendances this season for the blue few have been nothing short of LOLable. 16k vs Brighton - our fixture with Brighton managed 10,000 more with Brighton having very similar numbers at both games (3,000). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Who'd have thought it. The saints situation was obviously completely different from Pompey. The fact that Pompey fans were staying away last season because of Chainrai raping the club and that this season our new owners (nice to see you comparing them to your owners when it suits you) haven't even managed to build anything even approximating a squad yet is not seen as a valid reason by you for Pompey fans to be put off shelling out £30 a game. When it's saints getting crowds similar to Pompey's it's because of organised protests and high moral principles. When it's Pompey getting the same ballpark figures it's scorned. Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it. Sorry, are you saying that Pompey fans will only turn up to support if the owner spends millions of pounds on the team? How many millions does he need to spend before they'll turn up to watch? is it £10m, £20m, £50m, £130m? Whatever happened to all those PTID types? Perhaps they were all JCLs after all! Most of the posts on your new owner's facebook page were stating they were be happy if the club just survived, maybe they wanted mega bucks to be spent after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Who'd have thought it. The saints situation was obviously completely different from Pompey. The fact that Pompey fans were staying away last season because of Chainrai raping the club and that this season our new owners (nice to see you comparing them to your owners when it suits you) haven't even managed to build anything even approximating a squad yet is not seen as a valid reason by you for Pompey fans to be put off shelling out £30 a game. When it's saints getting crowds similar to Pompey's it's because of organised protests and high moral principles. When it's Pompey getting the same ballpark figures it's scorned. Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it. And LOLing back at ya – you say: “Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it.” The situations were reversed, back then we were going down and protesting at the board whereas you’re now under new ownership and, if you believe yer average skate, with troubles behind you, so hardly comparable. Anyway, take out 3,000 visiting fans, how many do you think you’d have got if it had been Doncaster and Preston instead of Brighton and Reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Who'd have thought it. The saints situation was obviously completely different from Pompey. The fact that Pompey fans were staying away last season because of Chainrai raping the club and that this season our new owners (nice to see you comparing them to your owners when it suits you) haven't even managed to build anything even approximating a squad yet is not seen as a valid reason by you for Pompey fans to be put off shelling out £30 a game. When it's saints getting crowds similar to Pompey's it's because of organised protests and high moral principles. When it's Pompey getting the same ballpark figures it's scorned. Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it. My post allowed for documented protest from either club. Look back at the season you mention and see how much protest there was. It was hitting local press and sky sports news and was all over the message boards. Your team is currently under new ownership, something like currently the 4th biggest spenders in the championship with one of the highest paid squads in the championship and there doesn't seem to be any large protest or boycott going on to back up your claim of reasons to stay away. To me it looks like you have a large share of plastic fans (every club has them) that follow your club and they will only show up when your team are doing exceptionally well with not much care or thought as to how success is reached. It's this attitude from many of the blue few that the better half of Hampshire sit high and pretty on the moral grounds of highness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Who'd have thought it. The saints situation was obviously completely different from Pompey. The fact that Pompey fans were staying away last season because of Chainrai raping the club and that this season our new owners (nice to see you comparing them to your owners when it suits you) haven't even managed to build anything even approximating a squad yet is not seen as a valid reason by you for Pompey fans to be put off shelling out £30 a game. When it's saints getting crowds similar to Pompey's it's because of organised protests and high moral principles. When it's Pompey getting the same ballpark figures it's scorned. Face it, if the situation were reversed your crowds would be no different to ours and the stats I posted prove it. You see Corp, what you've unwillingly proven with those figures is that we were getting similar attendances despite there being an organised boycott resulting in thousands and thousands of saints supporters not attending games when you were at the height of the Peter Storrie spending. The only protests I've seen from Pompey fans on the box were wailing about how all of Storrie's finacial lunacy was all the PL's fault You've also proven that your still getting lower attendances than the figures you've posted during our boycott despite having just had new owners and "everything being ok again" according to the majority of the Pompey fans. Another fact is that in the 09-10 season our average attendance in League 1 (20,108 to be exact) was higher than any of your PL seasons 2009-2010: 18,249 2008-2009: 19,694 2007-2008: 19,914 And this is all despite the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton having very similar general populations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Vlad the Impaler is going for gold. http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/08/02/antonov-and-gold-rush/#axzz1VIpHzUIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 You see Corp, what you've unwillingly proven with those figures is that we were getting similar attendances despite there being an organised boycott resulting in thousands and thousands of saints supporters not attending games when you were at the height of the Peter Storrie spending. The only protests I've seen from Pompey fans on the box were wailing about how all of Storrie's finacial lunacy was all the PL's fault You've also proven that your still getting lower attendances than the figures you've posted during our boycott despite having just had new owners and "everything being ok again" according to the majority of the Pompey fans. Another fact is that in the 09-10 season our average attendance in League 1 (20,108 to be exact) was higher than any of your PL seasons 2009-2010: 18,249 2008-2009: 19,694 2007-2008: 19,914 And this is all despite the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton having very similar general populations. As they say in Cricket "OWEZATT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Vlad the Impaler is going for gold. http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/08/02/antonov-and-gold-rush/#axzz1VIpHzUIs So just last week he get rejected for SAAB? Or is this an old news thing thats been re-hashed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 So a season in which 1000s (the 7 folk I go with included) boycotted SMS we still got higher gates than the skates who, I believe, are not boycotting their club? Simple, undeniable fact is that our supports ******es all over theirs. We know it, they know it, the whole of football knows it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporate Ho Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Last season we had an "owner" who invested nothing and was only interested in taking what he could from the club. He left just before this season started and the new owners have yet to speak to the fans or let them know anything bar the smallest detail about what they're planning. Quite how that's meant to be pulling in thousands of fans I'm not sure. As for "the majority" of Pompey fans thinking "everything is OK again" what percentage exactly do you gauge this great insight from. Your attendence stats about 2009/10 are when you'd been taken over by a billionaire who was spunking the cash on every player that moved to buy you out of L1. Our PL attendences were always hampered by lots of clubs not taking their full allocations and by segretaed areas. We averaged 96% sell out across the first 5 years we were in the PL. When it suits you (like now) we have a squad that should be walking the league. Any other time and it's post after post laughing at our lack of players. You somehow know that we're paying Norris and Benjani £30K a week (please tell me how you know this). You dropped out of the PL, your crowds fell by 50%. If it's the precious, morally upright saints it was a boycott. If it's Pompey it's because we're fickle. As for the owzat comment, here's one back at you to prove you're full of ****. If your attendences that season were because of a boycott, how come both home games around Xmas and the last three at the end of the season when you dropped prices and gave away loads of tickets were all 20,000+. That's some kind of selective boycott you've got there ladies. Night Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 (edited) Last season we had an "owner" who invested nothing and was only interested in taking what he could from the club. He left just before this season started and the new owners have yet to speak to the fans or let them know anything bar the smallest detail about what they're planning. Quite how that's meant to be pulling in thousands of fans I'm not sure. As for "the majority" of Pompey fans thinking "everything is OK again" what percentage exactly do you gauge this great insight from. Your attendence stats about 2009/10 are when you'd been taken over by a billionaire who was spunking the cash on every player that moved to buy you out of L1. Our PL attendences were always hampered by lots of clubs not taking their full allocations and by segretaed areas. We averaged 96% sell out across the first 5 years we were in the PL. When it suits you (like now) we have a squad that should be walking the league. Any other time and it's post after post laughing at our lack of players. You somehow know that we're paying Norris and Benjani £30K a week (please tell me how you know this). You dropped out of the PL, your crowds fell by 50%. If it's the precious, morally upright saints it was a boycott. If it's Pompey it's because we're fickle. As for the owzat comment, here's one back at you to prove you're full of ****. If your attendences that season were because of a boycott, how come both home games around Xmas and the last three at the end of the season when you dropped prices and gave away loads of tickets were all 20,000+. That's some kind of selective boycott you've got there ladies. Night Night Your attendances have fluctuated very little in comparison between your bad and good times. That's because most of your fans lap up the crap spouted by Storrie, Chainrai and whoever else owns your club. Apart from the "It's all the PL's fault" protest there has been no widespread protest or boycott by fans, none at all. As for our boycott it was called a boycott by us fans. It was called a boycott by the Echo, by the BBC, by Sky, by most broadcasting platforms that broadcast in this country. Hence why it was called a boycott. Conspiracy is it? Edited 17 August, 2011 by JackFrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you You could always try comparing like for like. Last time we played Reading in the Championship the attendance was 20,142. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Last season we had an "owner" who invested nothing and was only interested in taking what he could from the club. He left just before this season started and the new owners have yet to speak to the fans or let them know anything bar the smallest detail about what they're planning. Quite how that's meant to be pulling in thousands of fans I'm not sure. As for "the majority" of Pompey fans thinking "everything is OK again" what percentage exactly do you gauge this great insight from. Your attendence stats about 2009/10 are when you'd been taken over by a billionaire who was spunking the cash on every player that moved to buy you out of L1. Our PL attendences were always hampered by lots of clubs not taking their full allocations and by segretaed areas. We averaged 96% sell out across the first 5 years we were in the PL. When it suits you (like now) we have a squad that should be walking the league. Any other time and it's post after post laughing at our lack of players. You somehow know that we're paying Norris and Benjani £30K a week (please tell me how you know this). You dropped out of the PL, your crowds fell by 50%. If it's the precious, morally upright saints it was a boycott. If it's Pompey it's because we're fickle. As for the owzat comment, here's one back at you to prove you're full of ****. If your attendences that season were because of a boycott, how come both home games around Xmas and the last three at the end of the season when you dropped prices and gave away loads of tickets were all 20,000+. That's some kind of selective boycott you've got there ladies. Night Night Bless, you try so hard, you really do but you're just so rubbish at it. Never mind, the billionaire you told us all about will soon be there to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 I see no indication that the current poor pompey attendances are due to a boycott, I have seen no march calling for the Russians to step down. That makes the comparison irrelevant. I suspect they just have a small fanbase, and there is nothing wrong with that - lets dress it up as a quality* over quantity experiment. It is a simple commercial issue - they are now getting squeezed from west and east by progressive modern clubs with good facilities, and the fickle few do like shiny things, so no wonder their heads have been turned. It's over. *Sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Lots of waffle but fact is "best fans in the world" suddenly do not want to go to Fratton, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjay77 Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Last season we had an "owner" who invested nothing and was only interested in taking what he could from the club. He left just before this season started and the new owners have yet to speak to the fans or let them know anything bar the smallest detail about what they're planning. Quite how that's meant to be pulling in thousands of fans I'm not sure. As for "the majority" of Pompey fans thinking "everything is OK again" what percentage exactly do you gauge this great insight from. Your attendence stats about 2009/10 are when you'd been taken over by a billionaire who was spunking the cash on every player that moved to buy you out of L1. Our PL attendences were always hampered by lots of clubs not taking their full allocations and by segretaed areas. We averaged 96% sell out across the first 5 years we were in the PL. When it suits you (like now) we have a squad that should be walking the league. Any other time and it's post after post laughing at our lack of players. You somehow know that we're paying Norris and Benjani £30K a week (please tell me how you know this). You dropped out of the PL, your crowds fell by 50%. If it's the precious, morally upright saints it was a boycott. If it's Pompey it's because we're fickle. As for the owzat comment, here's one back at you to prove you're full of ****. If your attendences that season were because of a boycott, how come both home games around Xmas and the last three at the end of the season when you dropped prices and gave away loads of tickets were all 20,000+. That's some kind of selective boycott you've got there ladies. Night Night If your comparing our season that we got taken over with the same season you last got taken over then your on a losing battle. Yes our owner spunked loads of cash on new players because we had a team made up of loans and youth due to the attempt to live within our small means at the time. You are in almost a similar position in that your club spent it's (cough) available cash on a small squad and loans and your new owners have to spend cash to build up your ranks. So year 1 of a take over by rich owners and both owners have to spend. Unless your denying being in the top 4 big spenders of the championship this year? As for one of the most expensive squads in the championship I think that statement is fairly accurate. TBH alone takes a big share of the wages and you haven't shed many of the high earners from the season before so while your squad is small it's still fairly pricey and IMO up there with the most expensive in the championship. I didn't say your squad was world beaters or ready to walk the league but the money that's been spent on transfers and wages, that puts your club amongst the big spenders of the league and still no-where near a promotion push has got to be worrying yet the fewer don't seem to be questioning things too much so it must be ok right? The gates fluctuated throughout the season based on a number of factors. Lowe in or out, Wilde in or out, Paul Allen's dingy in the Solent and despite everything the will for the team to survive. You have picked up on one of the most unstable seasons of our history where many changes throughout the season effected gates and feeling. The boycotts (as documented in the press) were mainly to get rid if Lowe, once gone the boycotter's returned only to go again when Lowe and Wilde came to save the day. It's pretty difficult to seriously compare the 2 clubs cause one of them is a sh*t pit and saints is a well run club so we will probably never agree. It is head scratching seeing how hard you try to defend the indefendable at times. Re-wrighting history where it suits trying to make it fit with your views. There are a few of the blue few on here that show their support for their club in a way that draws respect from even us. No BS or history changing. Just a bit of banter as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 (edited) Going off tangent, it seems from this that brown paper bags COULD POSSIBLY travel in both directions! http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/harry_can_build_seafront_flats_without_affordable_housing_1_2972427 Edited 17 August, 2011 by bridge too far Don't want to get sued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 I seem to remember loads of posts on Pompey forums how they would fill Fratton Park most weeks if they managed to get a takeover. The takeover happened but still fans don't turn up, the two home attendances this season for the blue few have been nothing short of LOLable. 16k vs Brighton - our fixture with Brighton managed 10,000 more with Brighton having very similar numbers at both games (3,000). Ah, that must be the next one. You know, the one just around the corner that doesn't involve mobsters, money launderers, child maimers, loan sharks, non-existent sheiks, or ice-cream doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Two reasons to be thankful Corpse Whore isn't a fully paid up member of Saintsweb: 1) We only get a maximum of 3 posts of her drivel per day; 2) I dread to think what her avatar would look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 Just out of interest have the blue few paid us back the money they owe us for the last time we played them yet? If not i reckon we should only offer them back 4p in the pound on tickets for the december game (and pass that saving on to the fans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 17 August, 2011 Share Posted 17 August, 2011 So many eloquent posts attacking Corpy. Guys if you want to upset him just type 4 letters in the right order. Works every time BAAS if you need a hint as to which ones to pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 18 August, 2011 Share Posted 18 August, 2011 LOL. Because last time you were in this division you had 30,000 for every game, didn't you. Might be a different story this season now you've (maybe) got a dead billionaire's money backing you but last time your average crowd was a massive 17,800 and that was skewed by a massive free ticket giveaway for the last few games of the season. If you're laughing at our paltry 13,600 last nigth I assume you'll find these attendences from from your 2008/9 campaign at the St mary's enormodome truly side splitting. 30th Aug vs Blackpool – 15,629 17th Sep vs Ipswich – 14,916 20th Sep vs Barnsley – 14,836 30th Sep vs Norwich – 14,480 28th Oct vs Coventry – 14,226 8th Nov vs Bristol City – 14,535 6th Dec vs Sheff Weds – 15,440 17th Jan vs Doncaster – 15,837 3rd Feb vs Sheff Utd – 13,257 21st Feb vs Preston – 14,790 Laugh at Pompey, your support was at the same level. Go on, tell me how different it was for you 18925 H Birmingham City 17454 H Watford 17812 H Wolverhampton Wdrs 26580 H Nottingham Forest 20142 H Reading 17623 H Swansea City 18526 H Cardiff City 17567 H Derby County 18691 H Queens Park Rangers 27228 H Charlton Athletic 23220 H Crystal Palace 23927 H Burnley Also from the same season, you tw0t. Second home game against a local team bringing good support and you just beat our worst ever gate at SMS for a league game. That is how it is at a different level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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