Lol at this from the factless;
Connolly, Bird, Adam Webster (Aldershot) and John Sullivan (Cambridge) are all out on loan at present.
Barker has revealed their exits, albeit temporarily, have created room in his playing budget to continue to recruit. In Connolly’s case, The News understands Oxford are paying a chunk of the wages of one of Pompey’s leading earners.
Does that mean then that they are still paying the full wages of Bird, Webster and Sullivan, and part of Connolly's? Yet apparently there moves have freed up wages for new players Skate logic strikes again!
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/barker-up-against-clock-for-weekend-recruit-1-5858538