Ken Tone

It's having all-seater stadiums.

What I have never been able to understand is why Chainrai got involved in the first place. He must be reasonably bright ,or he would not have buolt up the business he has. So why lend money to a sinking business in which he has no interest? I have a vague idea that it was somehow tied into his dispute with Gaydamak, but can't see the logic even so. Is anyone able to explain it, preferably in no more than 20,000 words,and without committing libel?

These Kevs in Portmouth seem brighter than the rest 64 [h=3]kev the second[/h]Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 01:35 PM @47 The ground could be sold to developers. They might have a minor struggle to get planning, but when the council were putting their oar in a few weeks ago, they sounded weak in their assurances, with what sounded like get-out clauses. I am sure it would go to appeal, out of local hands, it would be easy to show it's not viable as a football ground, as the company keeps going belly up. It might take a couple of years, but there is no hurry once you've stopped losing millions a month. The threat of development is very real IMHO. There are rumours of planning applications being prepared!

One of the few finally gets it [h=3]Patio Kev[/h]Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:37 PM Pompey will not go bust, BC will not let us go bust as otherwise he will lose the income from the remainder of the next 2 years of parachute payments. Instead he will take over and continue to harvest us for the next 2 years. Then we will go bust.

Ys bit that's not really the issue for creditors is it? More for fans. Most creditors want their money , not a live football club.

No. Yes.

Neil Allen‏@pn_neil_allen Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details Problems with microphones and hearing people on the floor in the Victory Lounge! #Pompey #pcm2012 Fat in the wires?

Not sure what hs motive would be for saying this if he didn't mean it?

Apparently the cheque was in the post.

It's like someone telling you the score before you watch a recording of a match -- ruined the day for me

Quite. He was moved to a part-time contract earlier apparenly, but why was he needed at all? He seems a decent bloke, but let's face it the post was really only a retirement present. Unless by keeping him as an employee they made it impossible for him to complain about his charity not getting the money PFC took on its behalf and did not pass on?

Nicky Roberts‏@lege20 @pn_neil_allen Paid for a wall of fame plaque in Dec10 for South Stand no sign of it! Can't get any answers-only £50 but was a pressie #( Blimey! Is there no end to their abuse of trust? Even fans paying for a plaque were cheated!

Wow! Am seriously impressed. It was worth my £5 just to learn that. PS. Is there an English word for uquivalent too?

But he has two faces to choose from surely? I'm sure I've heard someone say something about him being 2 faced.

how?

I see the blue few are now excited over Norris and Ward pledging to the trust. That's 3 players so far from, their plucky squad. Wow! Of course, it takes Norris ... oooh, errrm, maybe as much as 45 mins, even if you include nights in the calculation, to 'earn' £100, so he really is making a big sacrifice isn't he? And they even seem pleased that he wants to stay at the club next season. On £15k a week! Of course he is keen to stay. No one else will pay him that much. That's why he signed for them in the first place. They just don't understand do they? The average L1 player is on £2k or £3k a week.

Shine on mate.

I see the Pompey Trust are still onlyclaiming nearly £1 million pledged. So really, they've only raised less than £100,000 from perhaps 8 or 900 people? How many of those will melt away and take their £97.50 back if they have to find the other £900? Is there anything legally binding about their pledge? Yet the News is saying that the trust 'bid' is probably the furthest advanced of the interested parties. Blimey! They really are in the **** aren't they? Meanwhile the Trust is apparently encouraging people to borrow £900, paying back over £1100 after interest, so they can make the £1000. Have they no shame? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/loan-share-scheme-will-help-pompey-fans-find-cash-1-3765844

It WAS May who decided to make the announcement, in spite of the warnings that she was wrong. And as Home Secretary she is in charge of, and is responsible for, what the home office does. But I give up! You must be related to her or something!

It's complicated. Our goal difference is 3 better than theirs but we have only scored 2 more than them. So if they win by 3 goals they equal the gd , and if we don't score, they also then beat our goals scored, and they go up. If however we get a score draw we improve our goals scored, so a 1-1 draw and they win 3 nil and we are equal on all counts. In that case it goes to how we did against each other. We did better than them ,so we go up. The message is we need to score!

I don't see there is any question personally, but I agree that our opinions don't matter. So we can agree to diasagree. What matters if you are appealing to a court of law is what that court thinks.. not what Theresa May thinks. Which is why May has made TWO almighty cock ups, by first making a silly error and then secondly, by ignoring warnings from the Sunday Times that she was wrong -- warnings that the Sunday Times says it gave before she made her incorrect announcement, and that she chose to ignore, apparently not even checking with the court herself.

What sort of owl? TPHARTK. (The public has a right to know.)

It was within 3 months 'from' a fixed date ... hence my previous posts trying to explain this to you! What is more the Sunday Times had a story saying that their reporter checked with the European Court before the deadline , and warned the Home Office that their interpretation was wrong, but Theresa May went ahead with her premature announcement regardless. May initially claimed she had been reassured by the court about the date, but later, when challenged over this, failed to produce any evidence that she'd even asked. So a) throw him out anyway, but b) sack May for being stupid and ignoring warnings that she was being stupid, and quite possibly also lying to cover this up. If I say 'within one day from today', it clearly does not mean midnight tonight, but this is basically what May's interpretation equated to.

Never mind the players, surely as soonn as the playing season ends , for them, (forget the play-offs) Birch ought to sack most/all of the backroom staff that work woth the team? How can he justify paying Appleton, let alone all the others such as the famously overpaid kitman, when they have no games to play? If/when they get a buyer, then the new owner can employ a new manager to start buying replacement players. Till then, Appleton etc are just a drain on the creditors' money. Certainly if I were a creditor, I'd query this.

Ben Haim seriously will be earning around 10-12 times the average wage in L1, so it really is possible that one of the smaller clubs will put out an entire team against PFC next year (maybe even including subs) that will be costing less than Ben Haim on his own.