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Cant help thinking this is all part of a carefully choreographed dance arranged weeks or months ago.

I dont actually mind that much. Less of a waste of money than the London Birmingham high speed line - I will get as much use out of the Queens yacht as I will that train. The real cost isnt in buying the things though, its in crewing, running and maintaining them.

Awful in a neat and tidy but ordinary way then?

Because Rangers do, and Celtic are their blood brothers. Or something.

Weird to remember how big that was. Even Messi wasn't as big as him at the time if you go by the Balon d'Or awards.

Looks like it. But the only bits on the carcass worth picking would be the parachute payments. If Pompey is burning cash faster than the parachute money will come in why would Chinny put in the money needed to keep it alive .

I imagine we wouldnt have bid in the first place unless Hooper was interested. Of course that doesnt mean Celtic will play ball. Lennon is a bit of **** but he is right to only want to sell if he gets both a knockout offer and its soon enough to still have time to sign a replacement

Interesting, that would make more sense if true. I had £1.2 million in my head, not sure where that came from though.

Tristram aka Stanley / Dune

I think Fox is okay. It is curious that we paid far more for him than we did for players who I think are superior - Hooiveld and Cork.

If Cala truly is the front runner then they are definitely screwed.

West Ham and Saints 4 points clear atm

Thats what Im doing, better than the commentary that goes with the stream tho...

Oh noes, SNSUN has gone nuclear too early!! Needed to save her for desperate times in second half.....

goal has disappeared from live text now, back to 0-0

apparently cotterill has been playing 15 in the team recently

Thought James Ward-Prowse might be on the bench. Too soon after youth game I guess.

Woot!

Fair enough. We agree.

Saw that - odd that he complains about people having multiple log ins on the UI then. He also says only "mongs" post here - yet most people recall his endless posting as Dave Benson Philips. Sad collection of mid thirty somethings still trying to cling on to their early 20s lives.

IMO your post addresses exactly the wrong question - could the owner get his money back if he broke up the club and sold off the assets? - yes no doubt. Most people want to be sure that the club is run within its means so that it can survive intact if outside funding from the Liebherrs were ever withdrawn.

The OP is right in that we should never spend to the extent that if the Liebherr money was suddenly withdrawn the club would be in trouble. Pompey's owner Sacha Gaydamak was rich when he bought the club, he could afford the spending at the time he made it - it was only once Daddy got into trouble for arms dealing and tax evasion that the money dried up and the club began to spin into admin. Although the Liebherr's are a totally different propostion, unfortunate things can happen to anyone. Does everyone know for sure their entire fortune wasnt tied up in Snoras Bank, or in whichever is the next bank to go under? Of course if money is available from the Liebherr's we should take it with thanks- but structured in a way that we dont need it recurrently eg if they only made capital injections for the Staplewood upgrade or to buy big players, as long as the recurrent costs like wages could be funded from the revenue generated by the club.

tbf he probably hasnt seen a vegetable since hes been in Glasgow

You have corners on your head. wow. German blood?

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