Ken Tone

Should be no problem. As it is I usually confine myself to a polite "Excuse me referee, are you absolutely certain that was the correct decision? Might you possibly reconsider ?" Honest

Surely that is only becaue the £1.2 million loan from robinson was to the PST, as was the council's £1.45 million loan, so ,with their own £1.4 million, they have more money than the HNWs are putting in .... But only because of the "no debt" !

Do we know that? how much?

Judd contradicts 'chief sports reporter' Allen! Careful Emma or he'll ban you !

A power cut? Did they not pay the leccy bill?

Thanks. Suppose I could have googled that myself! Sounds as if at least some of the details will remain clouded in secrecy then ....such as how much Chainrai will eventually get?

What did Emma Judd mean by her corrected tweet about Tomlin?

Pony and trap distance!! Is that a pompey pikey reference?

doing my best

So the hearing is now going ahead, even with an out of court deal imminent?

I don't really begrudge them their moment. After all, it will be pretty dismal from now on. The stark reality of L2 and no money will gradually sink in.

Somehow the word "plucky" isn't the first to come to mind

There is one for the Hillsborough anniversary already planned for the Reading v Liverpool game, which makes Madejski's comments even sillier. Does he want two separate silences? Or a combined one?!

Apparently 'the Cock and Bull' was already full of Trust members

Possibly. an expensive way of doing it though, to wait until the case is actually using up high court time. Those judges don't come cheap!

Meanwhile his News colleague Emma Judd has done just that .... "Mr Justice Peter Smith agreed to delay the start until 2pm amid indications that the parties involved in the High Court action were discussing a last-minute deal" http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/delayed-start-in-pompey-court-hearing-1-4981207

It's very unlikely now that the case will finish until tomorrow, and then there is a fair chance the judge will take a few days to 'reflect' and write up his decision. Maybe the dream (but unlikely) scenario for the FL is that he decides in favour of chainrai , but only makes his decision public just after their final league fixture, so they go out of business but all their results this season can stand. Personally my dream is still that they start next season in L2 on -10 and skint

Mordaunt will leave as soon as she's been in enough photos. It's all about publicity for her

As I said on the 'lounge' thread on this, I would not publicly celebrate anyone's death. She has a grieving family. Let's respect that. However, do not expect me to join in with this airbrushed version of history that is being pushed now. Thatcher did great and lasting harm to the structure of society in this country, encouraging self interest before that of others, and glorifying personal greed. Her "There's no such thing as society" quote sums it up. How Cameron squares that with his "big society" drivel is a quite a feat of 'doublespeak' even by politicians' standards. The Falklands war (supposedly her finest hour, and the only reason she was re-elected in 1983 after being way behind in the polls in 1981/2 because her economic policy was failing) only came about because her government had sent signals (and reputedly had even started secret talks) that Argentina interpreted as showing it was going soft on the issue of sovereignty -- and in particular, it was her government that removed the main Navy protection vessel from the Islands that many took to be the final spark that caused the invasion. Lord Carrington did the honourable thing and fell on his sword to protect her from blame. As to a minute's silence at football matches, you must be joking. She hated football, and tried to destroy it as a professional sport in this country. Wanted to ban attendance at matches unless you already had an ID card showing you to be a fan at a club near where you lived (no casual 'walk up' at all, so in effect no new fans ever and no supporting the club of your youth after you've moved away), talked of banning all away fans even with ID, and saw football fans as scum. She wasn't much better with other sports. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22085707 for example. She was an iconic figure in our history yes, but not one for good.

lol He really doesn't look like someone you'd welcome as a babysitter does he?

Norwich City?

It would be tough to blame her. Lots of people's kids go wrong.

Even as very much a non-fan of hers, I did enjoy some of her sound bites. My favourite is the story that , at one cabinet meeting everyone present had the complete oppposite view to her. They all thought her idea was a daft one. Instead of changing her mind like most people would do when faced with counter advice from around a dozen people they'd personally chosen to advise her, she reportedly said , "Gentlemen, we appear to be at an impasse"!

Interesting that she is apparently so popular amongst football fans given she virtually tried to destroy professional football in ths country at one point. Is there no one here old enough to remember her daft idea that ALL football fans would need to have ID cards showing them to fans of a specific club and that you wouldn't be able to have a card for a club more than 30 ( I think?) miles from your home address. No card, no admittance to any stadium. There was talk of banning all away fans and of course it was Thatcher who introduced the all-seater stadium rule that I note many of her fans on here are so against. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/face-saving-plan-on-id-cards-opposition-taunts-thatcher-over-climbdown-on-football-scheme-1.593402

I wouldn't celebrate anyone's death, and my sympathies are with her family.... .....but I am not looking forward to the fanciful eulogies we'll now be subjected to, many from people who weren't even adults when she was in power. In my opinion she did great harm to the structure of society in the Uk (cf her "there is no such thing" quote) and let's face it she would never have survived the mess she made of her first term as PM if it hadn't been for the Falklands war boosting her popularity for the second election in 1983.