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Shame you're in the Home Team, my inside man could have got Paulo Maldini in as cover. Still I'm sure whoever comes in to replace you will be much better. (Than Paulo of course)

That becomes a LONG day as we'll have to get on the golf course at about 6:30 if we're to make the start of the Cricket.... But as we are Highly Tuned Athletes should be a piece of cake. But thanks for the Heads Up. Thanks to my ludicrous powers of Bullsh1t and winning a bunch of free BA tickets I can come in early for at least one day at cricket for "Business Meetings" More on this later. Main problem I have at the moment is outsourcing the whole You Tube Video joke, causing problems as my mates expect too much beer for it

Is it true that many fans only bought tickets for the Pompey game so they were guaranteed a ticket for the Leeds one?

Right, It's Friday night (well our version) The Boys have decided to annoy Eric (he's on shifts) and go off and have a few Ales at The Seaview with Rosie & her band to chew over this week's entertainment and celebrate the extra weeks' stay of Execution this thread was granted by Judge Norris. Live Long & Prosper Team

Unless someone has worked in a large Multi-National then the concept of Corporate Compliance is totally misunderstood. The cast of characters down the road have track records that make you wonder. As for this part of the world. well the best example I can give is one of the largest local banks CLOSING it's Corporate Compliance & Audit division 3 months after Lehman...... They didn't need Compliance so no wonder SBT didn't understand what he needed to do. Compliance isn't just a dig at allegations of brown bags and Money Laundering, it is the entire ,ethodolgy of operatiing a business profgessionally - I don't see it down there (or at many other clubs) although to be fair to Rupert, the OLD SLH did run that way) BUT this is what I think IS going to kill them. Professional Incompetence, nothing more or less will be the way they go down - sort of an Al Capone type scenario

Thanks. So the question remains even more Curious. They were officers of a Company. SURELY they must have produced monthly accounts SURELY they must have known the state of those Accounts SURELY they must have known that HMRC had threatened them with a WUO even before they went to court. So, for the Few who continue to seek someone to blame, the ANSWER lies in the timelines leading up to the issuance of the notice of the WUO back in (December was it?) The blame lies with The Officers (ie Storrie et al) or with the Owner Al Mirage. It comes back to the decision making skills, the grasp of reality and what was really going on with the multiple owners. The comments from AA about proof of funds even from the two groups he has spoken to, indicates that Storrie was - for the safety of the Football Club - Criminally Naive. It is clear he bet the future of the club on Black. It came up in the red. Oh, and if anyone ever needs any personal or professional legal advice I would suggest steering VERY clear of anyone who has ever worked with PCFC

We need a cooking forum

Rosti Potatoes Part Boil some spuds then grate them into slices, soften some sliced onions quickly in a pan, mix the two together in a bowl, press them into patties and then fry them off in a pan. No I never did that just saw it on Daily Cooks Challenge looked nice

A question for our Learned Counsels. Is there not a process whereby if a company is having financial difficulties and is intending to seek the protection of Administration, an owner of office can approach the Court and "Seek Protection"? There is I believe a number of days when this can be done. Did Bournemouth not take a similar route prior to their Admin? The protection stops the disposal of assets or cash being removed from the company. If such a process exists, would it not be a valid question to ask why PCFC or it's owners did not seek to go down this road? Was it ignorance, arrogance or something more "Curiouser and Curiouser" which may be laying like the London Road UXB in wait for their next Court visit? And a second question with regard to "Preffered Creditors". We know that Footballing Debts are scrosanct, so the Administrator is second in the list. So Should the PL use the TV & Parachute Money to pay off the existing Football Debt and players wages, this would place The Administrator second in the queue to gain any access to funds to pay his bills. That may be enough to deter some professional operations should the Court decide to appoint their own "Official Receiver"

Instead of the "for want of a nail the horse was lost" I think this moves towards the "for want of a piece of paper the fish were lost" Meanwhile, on a different subject - the Guardian article - seems we websters need to have words with thw Admins. If "Football Communities" are the way to go forwards and the US model is an example, this means that in 2017 this footballing community of TSW could be worth Billions. I vote we use the PCFC approach and ask for that money now. We can them use that so that The Muppet show buys Man Ure, the Lounge buy Liverpool, The Arts Thread buys Arsenal etc and then we can screw the lot over and read about it on the Saints Thread as we win the CL for the 3rd year in a row... Well, that logic is as sound as anything uttered from that end of the M27 this week

I did start a thread to save these on. If you find one save it for posterity sort of thing - nobody even bothered except for me...:mad:

Ah that's useful thx. Forget about the normal red bus station there

Well, it's sort of rectangular in shape, has some pretty white lines on it but I guess that's not important right now

Parcelforce are Soooo unreliable these days.. I'm sure the address label said Nottarf Krap. Seems London Road is somewhat Krap as well

Because a Full Day has now been allocated for the next hearing. IF PCFC cannot provide the court with the requested answers THEN the last act of the Court on that day will be to issue the WUO. That part is very clear. It will be the presentations of evidence and the direction which that takes the hearing which will determine whether they have to reach that decision. Is the Admin "Legitimate" ie investigate the Chanrai position and money trail Are there funds to ensure that Creditors Liabilities do not INCREASE during an admin period? not according to the SoA and a "Letter" or "Proof of Funds" will not be acceptable Will any Administrator take on the project should the Court decide to appoint a different one from "that which is tainted by a Shadow"? Now, if I was Storrie, Chanrai and Android there are a few minor details and items I would have in my armoury for that meeting. The more I see public statements the less I think they are really working on getting those in place. I simply cannot believe for one minute that the Court would accept "I am going to meet the PL next week to allow us to sell players" as a defence. They have to have that in writing and confirmed by a PL lawyer (for example) When you hold a low hand at Poker you have to bluff. We are seeing Corporate Speak for Bluffing in the Media

ah crook, sorry krap :cool:

The care that everyone is taking to avoid making any allegation reminds me of Francis Urquhart in House of Cards. 'You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment' Vantis said it themselves in words of one syllable as eloquently as we have been trying to all week!

Interesting silence for the past few days from Balou and his spokesperson. Interesting absence from the scene of Jacobs As for the what could happen debate. Does anyone really think that the words "There is a Shadow...." simply mean the process of appointment of Hacker? Hutch's points list - 1) The process is a problem leads to PCFC asking the court to appoint an administrator - who is Hacker? Simply cannot see that. Hackers would have been shown to have not carried out full Due Dilligence of the situation - they took on an "improper" admin? Cannot see HMRC or the Court allowing them to continue, and that is without any of the perceived links between Chanrai & Hacker that we have spotted. It would need to be a new Court Appointed Adminstrator and the first question they will ask is How will I get paid? One of the reasons "Chanrai's links" got the job is because Chanrai had provided an "underwriting" ie a blank cheque guarantee (ie the paper and not the money. He was never going to PAY he simply put up the guarantee. The only way that a new Admin can happen is the EPL play ball. So again playing Billy Big Bollix and threatening the PL won't work, the deal would have to be agreed in advance. Admin #2 - "I need the cash up front" PL "Not until you STFU" Admin #2 - "yes sir no problem sir how can I help sir" And let's remember in all of this, PCFC presented evidence to Court about their finances that has ALSO been challenged

Good one Ron. The point I now sit and watch for is your point about mistakes. Have we learnt from them - both on the pitch & with AP. Eliminate the mistakes between now and the end of the season and we could get close. Ensure that we keep learning and improving next season and we will be very successful whichever league we finish in. As a Boss once said to me "I would NEVER employ someone who never makes a mistake, they are critical for learning and improving. But show me someone who makes the same mistake twice and I will show them the door"

Aed 283.82 has paypal'd itself across. Took me ages to remember how to use it! Still with the pound collapsing I've saved myself the cost of a pint

And The Android's fees will be covered by the Gate receipts of Saturday's match even if he does get kicked out.

Why am I not surprised at the "Positive Energies" coming out of PCFC. Is there a game at the weekend? How are ticket sales going for that?

Well of course not..... No tickets have been issued yet

Wow, that's freaky. I know we had Dune being infected by ghosts last night, but how the feck did Eric get into that photo?

If you can't find one from a mate then www.don'tworrytherewillbeplentyofinterestfromtickettouts.com While I don't condone "The Bloodsucking Parasites", all major sporting events have tickets available from "Executive Sports Travel" type companies, as well as the "Dodgy Geezers" near the ground. They will have noticed how fast we have sold out. Some of the larger companies (for example) have whole sections of Club Wembley seating and offer "inclusive packages". We've used them for "Corporate Events" in the past for Rugby West End Shows & Internationals and the like. It is a rip off but if you get completely stuck, really want to be there AND can afford it, there will be a way. Saints have done it quite well though with the 4 per ST holder so that their tickets will pretty much be sure to be passed around fellow fans and family members, as I will expect Carlisle will have done. Google helps to find them, but also (for example) Talk to a concierge at a 4 or 5 star hotel in London and they will have contact numbers for people. A different world for most of us these days but you can be sure that IF Saints could have sold 60,000 tickets then the leeches will have found tickets to make a profit from.