Spuds v Skates 28th March

[THINWHITEDUKE]

I was just wondering if any fans going up to London to stay the night before Paint pot trophy are going to take in an extra game at WHL on the Saturday?:smt077

[Arizona]

No. I think some people really are getting obsessed with Pompey.

[Glasgow_Saint]

Mentioning should now be infractionable imo

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

I thought the semi was now played at Wembley?

[S-Clarke]

haven't they got to beat Fulham yet?

[The9]

I thought the semi was now played at Wembley?

 

haven't they got to beat Fulham yet?

 

Both of these.

[dune]

I thought the semi was now played at Wembley?

 

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Portsmouth, 15:00

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Portsmouth, 15:00

 

Ahhh, fair!

[Arizona]

According to the AA it's a 30 minute drive from SMS to Fratton. From Wembley to WHL is a 33 minute drive. If you really want to go to a Pompey match, go to Fratton.

[Bucks Saint]

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Portsmouth, 15:00

 

Hate them both so would not be very popular there

[Secret Site Agent]

Mentioning should now be infractionable imo

 

Mentioning GLASGOW SAINT shouldn't be an infraction. We all love you really, in a Duncan Banatyne, grows on us like a fungus, way.

 

I'm also sure that the Pompey fans would agree.

[Legod Third Coming]

Oh FFS, they f u c k the pitch up for us!!!

[The9]

Oh FFS, they f u c k the pitch up for us!!!

 

Only if we're planning on playing the JPT Final at White Hart Lane.

 

The FA Cup Semis are at Wembley the week after we're there, bit early this year due to the World Cup.

 

...Which is in South Africa, in case you think that might mess the pitch up for us too ?

[Legod Third Coming]

Only if we're planning on playing the JPT Final at White Hart Lane.

 

The FA Cup Semis are at Wembley the week after we're there, bit early this year due to the World Cup.

 

...Which is in South Africa, in case you think that might mess the pitch up for us too ?

 

Ah... lol - got ahead of myself there...

[Saint Luke]

The AA are mad - 33 minutes from Wembley to WHL - they're having a laugh.

[Isabel Healey]

What I would like to know, is why P*mp*y haven't received the -9 yet ??

 

Is it due to them appealing ??

[100%Red&White]

I was just wondering if any fans going up to London to stay the night before Paint pot trophy are going to take in an extra game at WHL on the Saturday?:smt077

 

Why any Southampton fan would want to go and watch either of those sides unless we were playing them is a mystery. Even if you did you're very unlikely to get a ticket as WHL is always sold out to home fans and, as hard as it is to believe, even the blue-few could surely find a couple of thousand for such a close important fixture. There's also the 'King 'Arry/Judas' (depending how they feel that day) factor.

 

So, in short, no.

[Griffo]

I fancy it.

[The9]

What I would like to know, is why P*mp*y haven't received the -9 yet ??

 

Is it due to them appealing ??

 

No, it's due to the Premier League holding fire on their meeting to agree to the deduction.

 

That is because Chainrai was the one who put the Skates into Admin as a creditor, but he is also owner.

 

Until the issue is clarified about the legitimacy of this process, the PL have decided not to have the points deduction meeting. There is also a question whether the Skates' administrator is independent, having allegedly worked for Chainrai recently, which might also result in a change of administrator. There can be 3 main outcomes to the issues raised by HMRC :

 

1) Chainrai's position as a creditor and therefore able to put the club into admin is accepted, the PL meeting then goes ahead as they are in admin, whoever is the administrator.

 

2) Chainrai's position as a creditor is not accepted, so the administration he placed the Skates in is therefore illegitimate - then

a) The High court winds them up as they nearly did in Feb, and the PL is forced to expunge their results from the PL table

b) The High Court chooses not to wind them up but appoints an independent administrator, PL has their -9 meeting.

 

3) The administrator is deemed not independent, so the High Court appoints a new independent administrator, PL has their -9 meeting.

 

Why the Premier League didn't make "you're in admin, -9 deduction" a de facto deduction instead of having to have a discussion to ok it when it is clearly stated in their rules, God knows.

[VectisSaint]

What I would like to know, is why P*mp*y haven't received the -9 yet ??

 

Is it due to them appealing ??

I don't think the Skates are appealing. Most of them are ugly as ****

[Isabel Healey]

Thanks for that "The 9"

 

That is probably the most in depth analysis you could have got !

 

I agree with your last point also, but clearly if they do get "wound up" there is no point in point docking, so some logic to the process, I suppose !!

[yorkie]

How about all the Saints fans meeting at Covent Garden for a nice reunion on Saturday around midday - or maybe around 17.30?

 

I seem to remember a little incident in the smoke after a cup game in London in the 1980's atthe afore mentioned location...don't think the Metropolitan Police will have thought of both sides being in the capital on the same day as the matches are virtually 24-hours apart...except....I know plenty going up the day before because of travel problems.

 

I wouldn't go to that match if it was the last ever game of football - but I always like a skinny latte in Covent Garden!

 

Good job it's not Billings Gate - or else we would have to make it a Skate free zone!

[JRM]

How about all the Saints fans meeting at Covent Garden for a nice reunion on Saturday around midday - or maybe around 17.30?

 

I seem to remember a little incident in the smoke after a cup game in London in the 1980's atthe afore mentioned location...don't think the Metropolitan Police will have thought of both sides being in the capital on the same day as the matches are virtually 24-hours apart...except....I know plenty going up the day before because of travel problems.

 

I wouldn't go to that match if it was the last ever game of football - but I always like a skinny latte in Covent Garden!

 

Good job it's not Billings Gate - or else we would have to make it a Skate free zone!

 

 

it was 1990 Jan - 3rd round FA Cup day, Saints had 7000 at White Hart Lane for our 3-1 win to knock out spurs.

 

the skates had a similar number up that day playing Crystal Palace i think

 

and the events at Covent Garden made the national press

[yorkie]

it was 1990 Jan - 3rd round FA Cup day, Saints had 7000 at White Hart Lane for our 3-1 win to knock out spurs.

 

the skates had a similar number up that day playing Crystal Palace i think

 

and the events at Covent Garden made the national press

 

I remember all that - the Met didn't know what hit them!

 

By all accounts nor did the Skates...I think we won on both counts!

[Isabel Healey]

Remember it well !!

 

Also Waterloo Station, and it's surrounds looked like the original Battle of Waterloo !!

 

Carnage !!

[Grassmole]

What I would like to know, is why P*mp*y haven't received the -9 yet ??

 

Is it due to them appealing ??

 

Why do they get -9 and we got -10? Sorry if thats already been answered elsewhere.

[Matthew Le God]

Why do they get -9 and we got -10? Sorry if thats already been answered elsewhere.

 

Simple

 

For a start it is a punishment by two DIFFERENT governing bodies i.e. Premiership and Football League each have their own rules. Note the FA are not involved! So many confuse the FA, FL and PL.

 

Also...

 

Premiership has 38 games

 

Football League has 46 games

 

9 points in 38 games is actually a marginally harsher punishment than 10 points in 46 games.

 

- 9 point out of 38 games means you can only get 92.2% of the total

 

- 10 points out of 46 games means you can get 92.7% of the total

Edited 10 March, 2010 by Matthew Le God