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Oh dear, they just keep peddling these Portsmyths. Bottom of League 1 and we were still getting bigger crowds than Premier League portsmouth, when we were both in the Championship we were getting bigger crowds than portsmouth, when they had the bigger ground and we were in the old Dell we still had bigger crowds than portsmouth. We will always get bigger crowds than portsmouth.

Not sure why anyone should get compensation, isn't things like this why you get insurance? I would rather my money went to people in the 3rd world who actually need it not to re-carpet the house of some ass-hole who thought it was clever to buy a house next to a river. Actually, my back garden is a bit boggy, I fancy getting it paved - how do I apply for compo?

Not sure where the room for expansion is there? Tescos will always need space for their lorries at the back, the other two sides penned in by housing. The only scope is to eat into their already small car park and expand the stand on the left - that will have to be some f*ck-off great big stand to get anywhere St Marys capacity as they claim. They would be better off rejecting the Tescos deal, building the club up organically then, when they are at a decent level, hope someone rich is dumb enough to buy the club and land to develop it properly in a decade or two's time. This deal will just see them landlocked. An annoying eyesore eating up space in the corner of a successful superstore's carpark. I expect in an architects drawer somewhere there is a phase 2 plan which consists of a Tescos twice the size, a decent sized car park and no rotting shed top right.

Agree with this. I also wouldn't be surprised if it was all part of Cortese's plans, I've heard he had a stake in the club so would probably make a fair few quid out of the sale.

If the average view on the Pompey Takeover Thread lasted 5 mins then it has been viewed for a total of 70 years, 6 months and 27 days.

I expect being a copper is a hard job but that is no excuse for doing a bad job, and from my experiences there are plenty who are not up to scratch. IMO the problem, as ever, is lack of funding and resources. If someone feels overworked, underpaid or under-resourced they are not going to perform at their best. Also if the whole force is under pressure the plod are bound to stick together and cover up any failings. Some of the police do a great job but when some MET ***t pushes you for no reason saying "I f*cking hate football fans", it's hard to have any respect at all.

That's complete nonsense, there would be more people out than in 76, purely because there are more people in the City than there was then. How many on Southsea common were actually die hard pompey fans? Most would be casuals, neutrals or day trippers just enjoying watching the parade - something like that in a provincial town is a once in a life-time thing, and it's free.

I listened to the radio show about his and have to admit it did change my view on Facebook, it is a very useful tool to some people. I used to think it was pretty pointless and only of any use for attention seeking w@nkers. I go on there once in a blue moon just to see how old friends are getting on, very quickly get bored though. It does have it's negative aspects, I know two people who have been sacked because of stuff they said on facebook. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts, apparently many kids don't go near it because their parents are on it. I expect it will eventually die out and something else will take it's place.

Complete nonsense, it's our best chance for years. We are a good outside bet.

That's actually true, these people don't like the corruption being exposed. That's why the Panorama programme was met with such hostility instead of being welcomed.

So if it was proven that he was bullied at work surely the plod responsible for the bullying should be sacked without receiving any compensation?

The pensioner was a w@nker and deserved to get his windows smashed in but the compensation to both is just bonkers.

It is a joke, he is just propped up by FIFA reps of equally corrupt sh!t-hole countries who are all on the gravy train themselves. Things that are considered corrupt and a scandal over here are just the norm in many cultures.

Dunno for sure, lets pump 36,000,000,000 tons of it out into the atmosphere every year and find out what happens. What could possibly go wrong?

It doesn't matter what the people call themselves PCS or Police, fact is something is wrong when for decades they didn't think it was worth following up and all of a sudden it is because of the publicity of one high-profile case. You either have innocent people having their good name needlessly ruined by people with vendettas or real crimes being ignored for decades because the police didn't want to prosecute famous people - either way people have f*cked up and should pay the penalty. Any plod that didn't want to prosecute because the person was famous should end up behind bars because they have been complicit in the future crimes.

It was an obvious red, there is no way in a million years it will be overturned by anyone.

Wether Roache did it or not you have to question why the plod thought they had a case with such flimsy evidence. One woman had "no actual memory" of the offence, one couldn't even remember how old she was. It seems to me the police are just trying to cover up their own historical failings and bringing pointless cases to court. There needs to be an inquiry and the police who didn't act back then should be put behind bars. Nothing will happen though because the plod will just close ranks and protect their own as usual.

2001-2010 was the warmest decade on record.

I assumed he gave up designing stuff after the "Saints Go Wilde" t-shirt debacle.

I would go for; Hart Walker Cahill Jagielka Baines Gerrard Henderson Sturridge Chamberlain Lallana Rooney It's a shame Walcott got injured, he's one of the few players who could make the difference at that level. I think our hopes now rest with Sturridge, Chamberlain and Lallana.

Lallana and Lambert, but if Carroll starts playing well I can see Lambert being left behind. Unless there is an injury crisis there is no way they are going to throw any of the others in at this stage - way too late. you don't give youngsters their competitive debut in a World Cup finals unless you have to.

Maybe loaning out their top scorer wasn't such a great idea.

They all played well but Lallana was unplayable in the second half. Should walk into the England side playing like that.

What a performance!