suewhistle

No, wait until we get to 20,000 posts. Shouldn't be long, so get him a drink whilst we get there... (Like waiting for opening time in an Irish pub)... I'm in from footie training and winding down with a beer and a good laugh. This is capital entertainment. For once StuRomsey is right!!

Judging by most of the internet evidence I;ve seen(being a bit far from UK TV) you can leave out the "acting" for almost all of them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/25/avram-grant-portsmouth-administration "Portsmouth to enter administration tomorrow as takeover talks continue This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 14.18 GMT on Thursday 25 February 2010. It was last modified at 17.25 GMT on Thursday 25 February 2010. "

If you look at the OP, it says "some people on this forum can be so negative about all things Saints so much of the time." I'm sure he wasn't thinking of you and criticism as a whole but the inevitability of some people's posts to be invariably saying the same thing, time and time and time again. Any reasonable points that are made just get lost in the wearisome reaction by others, conditioned to the attitude "Oh gawd, there they go again". You could actually take posts by some people, remove the names, and 90% on here could make a reasonable guess at the poster. Yep, we want "opinions, good or bad", it's just that from some people they don't occur.

Don't think anybody here is betting on anything. For myself I can't see WHY anybody would want to buy what is essentially a shell company (as there is pretty much FA else in terms of assets) with an historic name .

Sorry about the wrong board admins, the thought occurred whilst I was in the middle of something else. Why would we bother saying anything sensible or intelligent to _you_?

What happens if you put somebody on ignore and they start a thread. Do you not get to see the thread at all or just the contributions of the subsequent posters (assuming you haven't got them on ignore as well;-) )

But at least you're happier...

Nah, I meant since then! I used to be a systems analyst: can I have a detailed flowchart of what's been happening? Anyway, back to the Pinot Noir.. I mean football..

Gawd, not new news then?

Heh, heh, satire, abuse and schadenfreude.. I don't really want PFC to cease to exist, but I wouldn't mind PS in the clink, sharing a cell with die-hard P****y fans.. Great entertainment, but if somebody wrote it all as a novel you'd say 'how unrealistic, over-plotted and too many characters'..

Oh dear, go back to what you were doing earlier, and dont forget the tissues. I shan't be there as I'm saving up for the play off finals, but you should welcome new or occasional fans. Not sure you're intelligent enough to notice, but full grounds make watching any game far more involving and interesting.

Just got in from my evening out. Opened a bottle of Adnams bitter, and all is well with the world. A bird was singing its heart out from a road sign, I'm off to do some cross country skiing in the morning to help my lungs, and I'm glad I'm not spending my limited resources on the JPT final as I'm saving up for the playoffs..!! I so, so want to cross Italy, Switzerland, France and Belgium in my car covered in red and white....

Just a by the by. I had to wade through two pages of "yes"s before finding out it was Barnard, whilst I was madly scrolling down, shouting at the screen "BUT WHO SCORED?". Note to Dubai, shall shortly be off for my own lot of Italian red wine: bet it's cheaper here! If this finishes with a clean sheet might also get on to the sparkling..

Hmm, which way will it go now. A pacy wideman would be interesting...

It's not just Barnard who needed to score, so does our rampaging Morgan. Anyway. I went away before and they scored so I'm going to go away to tidy my dressing table. More excitement there as it's so messy i'm not sure what I'll find. Back later.

Come on guys, put those glasses down and type. Actually don't worry, I need to go and do things but I'll be back...

we never score from corners

You mean it's started??

I don't have a telly, but I'm sure this is like one of those reality programs where they carefully choose the participants on the basis that disaster is inevitable and everybody can tut tut and say, how stupid and misguided are they. Tut tut, they've chosen some right ones this time. Got to admit it's fascinating though, but must tear myself away to lesson prep..

Come on, come on. On this thread you have to post message numbers!:-)

Oh, I dunno. I'm sure some of the signs around the ground could be sold for more than twenty quid. Not that much more, admittedly, but I think you're being a leetle unfair..

Mention of Endeavor in The Grauniad: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/19/portsmouth-ownership-victor-cattermole Interesting that Telegraph report about an investment trust drip feeding in investors funds... sounds like a Ponzi scheme to me. Mind you, if they buy Pompey (and why on earth would they apart from an excuse for losing money from which they'd already skimmed off their generous commissions), they'd definitely be drip-feeding a moribund patient with little hope of a decent prognosis. Like all the previous owners: what's in it for them???????

ooh I'd love to play and would if I were in the UK - only 45 minutes mind, and I'd need to use the ref's changing rooms. Have you had any women playing before? As it's a charity match it doesn't matter that I'm over 12 (!!!) as mixed games are allowed.

Well, it sounds like our ticket office is not geared up to selling double the normal amount of tickets. Although I can't make it over from Italy due to cost reasons I'm at least pleased there are so many people scrabbling for tickets, and it's not even the FA cup! I suppose I might have to be fairly on the ball for the play-offs...