suewhistle

I live about an hour from Turin, in the area where they shot some of The Italian Job: tell me more! Plus I was in Cagliari and Bologna for 90. I have my England flag ready just in case I need it this year. I don't think I will, but it'll be fun if I do!

Oh, for Christ sake. It takes something for a middle-aged woman to get upset about all the po-faced people posting here, but pleeeese. I accept the players aren't going to parade with their little kiddies with people on the pitch (and the piccie I saw with a player and toddler was just great), but any of you who thing that there is tremendous harm on going on a pitch after the last game of the season really need to get a grip. I presume you're the sort of people who can be sacked by a company without a murmur of complaint just because you were told off. Look, we're not advocating a riot and burning down banks, but a bit of good-humoured exuberance is surely something to be welcomed. It's all part of being a fan and enjoying the experience.. "You'll never stop the East Stand, you'll never stop the East Stand" :-)

That would be Swansea or Cardiff then?

Thanks TopGun, you must feel you're beating your head against a brick wall sometimes. FWIW I'm an ESI pensioner (electricity supply industry) and I remember when I joined all the propaganda about nuclear energy being "too cheap to meter". Hah! How come the governments of various hue have managed to sell off all the best bits of the industry but not the (unanswered question) nuclear reprocessing and storage part? Personally when I return to the UK I'm going to make an investment in PV panels and an inverter able to "island" my supply, so that even in the event of power outages I can still charge up my batteries or electric vehicle (on my budget probably an electric scooter or push-bike)! I just don't trust the sources of power available today. either politically (Russia etc.) or technologically (deep sourced oil a la Louisiana blow-out, Brazil, the falklands in the future..)

Could be! There's been a bad case of "wasserscheisse" [my best approximation of the problem in German]! over here on the continong.

I really don't believe ML wasn't there just because we weren't going up. He doesn't strike me as a "toys out of the pram" sort of person. (Unlike some residents on this board)...

Like Brett Ormerod?

It's my equivalent of a weather report: absolutely nothing at all! I think the intention is to stimulate action at the game and hence posting on here...

Drinking a glass of moscato, which has the advantage for afternoon drinking of only 5% alcohol: very refreshing.

It's up there now on the OS.

Brilliant! We can reduce their pay and conditions even more than I thought and they won't complain or go on strike!

I reckon they should reduce the pay and condition for squaddies. They're only public servants after all, and with the current government debt crisis we could save an awful lot of money. If they don't like their terms and conditions being reduced they can always get another job.

Oh, and an additional thought: the BBC blogger yesterday was talking about an investigation. I'm sure everyone agrees that one is necessary, but as things move ahead, CVAs are drafted and debt figures change I'm sure HMRC will be having fun looking at the books and disputing the original SOA. Don't forget the legal cases against Saggy, Mandaric and Storrie: all interconnected, and I bet some bright spark who wants to make a name for themselves is itching to dive into the fictional world of Pompey's accounts.

I reckon this is close to the truth. Much as we would like to know now, HMRC play the long game. As the Leeds example shows, they can be quite sneaky with last minute appeals. The FL will also be mindful of Leeds, Luton, Saints etc and I think it inconceivable they won't penalise Pompey. Finally the revenue of the new club is going to be pitiful. Parachute payments diverted directly to football creditors by the FA (and/or already borrowed against anyway?!), a little bit of CCC (or maybe L1) TV revenue and the ticket sales from what, even in the Premiership against top sides with big away followings were less than our L1 crowds.

Depends what comes out from this! "Full investigation will take place of old co."

So February £60m-£70m of debt, April £120m in debt, now (let's be specific - 6th May) £138m. Let's do a sweepstake of what it will be when the final creditor's meeting takes place. Can Android prove the validity of these figures? They seem to have gone up an awful lot on his watch....

It's also provided me with a tongue twister to use with my Italian students of English. They always have problems with "w"...

"Only the fans and the players have been punished." Avram, please... The players and yourself are part of the problem.

Any away fans at Fratton singing "We're all standing on a future block of flats, future block of flats, future blocks of flats"

So what did you say when we moved from The Dell (capacity 15000) to a stadium of over twice that capacity? FWIW, when the move took place they were budgeting for a 1/3 matches at around 18k, a 1/3 at 24k and around a third towards capacity (Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc.). We did a lot better than that, and I'm sure increased capacity would result in better crowds: particularly with Bundesliga type ticket prices. I watched a bit of the Wigan match yesterday on the 'net via P2p. How they survive on smaller crowds than we get in L1 shows the importance of TV money, but if that ever declines we are in a better position due to our fanbase.

Only went to Huddersfield.:-( Mind you, I was visiting friends locally and there was a food festival in the station square including stands for various breweries new to me!:-)

Haven't you ever noticed how quickly some of us can drink the stuff, when it's decent, that is. The first pint is a sniff, a little sip, a mouthful and then down it goes. When it's not quite right that doesn't happen, nor if it's a gassy Interbrew product. Not being fizzy I can drink a pint of ale in no time e.g. the 3 pints I had at The Platform Tavern before the Millwall match (12.45 K.O.) , when I was over last summer. Wouldn't have done that at The Dell mind, what with the queues for the ladies.

Perhaps I had. I don't remember posting that!

Actually, 5000 turning up earlier and having an average of 2 pints is a decent bit of turnover. Definitely worth a few barrels on stillage, I'd say!

Or Hop Back Brewery, or Cheriton, or... come on.. I don't live in the UK anymore... Does anyone at the club realise why people arrive at the ground so late? It's because we've sprinted from The Junction, Castle, Guide Dog, etc etc after having a final swift pint. The potential turnover with a decent pint is massive. Let me talk to Mr. Cortese: I speak Italian and French and will explain to him the full implications!