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How long before Pompey fans start cursing their bad luck in not waiting a another week to appoint their new manager...

Because its hilarious - surely I can't be the only one rolling around in stitches every time?

@BroadcastMoose: Rumours are TRUE - Queens Park Rangers to make an announcement on Harry Redknapp's future in the next 48 hours

Talking of dead certs, I see Ladbrokes have "some smart Alec on SWF posts; "Why are we interested in the Villa v Sunderland game when we're safe and heading for 10th place?" in the Villa vs Sunderland match thread this evening" as 2/9 odds-on

All Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals

They've already offered the entire squad new contracts.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/whittingham-i-want-them-all-to-stay-1-5042905

The new kit announcement has gone down well then.... callum barnes ‏@callumbarnes6 So many people ****ed off about sondico! Luke Edney ‏@lukeedney Gutted that Sondico have got their grubby mits on the new #Pompey kit. Brad Sked ‏@Brad_Sked Just seen the kits Sondico made for Torquay, I hope Pompey recieve 100% royalties for sales if we have to wear that crap! JackFurlong ‏@Jackfurlong123 I can deal with league two but one thing I can't deal with is a sondico kit JackFurlong ‏@Jackfurlong123 Sondico, I'm ****ing ashamed Will Codling ‏@willcodling **** off am I wearing a sondico pompey shirt next season Ciaran McGreal ‏@c_p_mcgreal @pompeytrust Sondico.... are you sure, what are we a sunday morning football team, these kits better not look what i imagine they will Tom Lewis ‏@tomtom_lewis Portsmouth sign shirt deal with Sondico... Safe to say i probably won't be buying a shirt next season then #tacky**** Bryn Barnard ‏@BrynBurger14 @matthewkelman @TMarron_17 Dear god pompey have only gone and got a new kit maker....Sondico !!!! Dear good #SportsDirect Samuel Hookey ‏@Samhookey Sondico are now making Pompey kits that's ****ing tragic Sean sievwright ‏@Buzz_sean96 Sondico is Sunday league kit sponser JamieBinyon ‏@JamieBinyon Pompey partnered with bloody sondico Bradley Saunders! ‏@BradSaundersPfc Are you ****ing joking #pompey nike, Adidas, Puma, Umbro and Fila all came in to make our shirts next year but we chose Sondico #poor Matthew Connell ‏@matthewconnell Wow so Pompey's new kit supplier is sunday morning kids in a park Sondico. Kit better be worth a tenner or this is worse than league 2 Mikey White ‏@Mikey_White_99 Sondico.................... Andrex would be better. #Pompey Dan Knowles ‏@dgkdanknowles Portsmouth have paired with Sondico....oh no Ricko!! ‏@slikrick101 “@jamiebrailsford: So #pompey have gone from one 90's chav brand in kappa to another sondico!! #PrayForPompey” it'll be Pony next! Andy McCallum Sorry to say it but an adult shirt price of £34.99 will most certainly NOT be "the cheapest replica shirt in English football". Given the reputation that precedes Sondico (poor-quality, tear-easy) i'm concerned it will be the cheapest LOOKING shirt in English Football. Why can't THE CLUB make the shirts and merchandise instead? Surely that would create local jobs and put US in charge of the designs instead. Sondico could quite possibly make not only a poor-quality kit but one that looks terrible, and if that happens then we're tied into a contract with them we can't get out from. I know we have fans all over the country but we won't sell too many shirts outside the Portsmouth area. Brian Curtis £34.99!! This company is the primark of the sporting world. Someone is making serious money, I only hope its the club. Or, maybe this is how they are paying for all the handouts/gifts/donations. Don't be fooled by the indian giver. Shame, I feel this is the first real mistake by the club. Pull up a chair Brian....it's only just begun....

Doubtful that Fox and Guly will end up at a League Two team next season IMO.

That assumes Adkins would have finished higher than 17th. If we'd stuck with Adkins and finished 18th then finishing 17th with Pochettino would be "good enough". Of course, we'll never know where we'd have finished under Adkins so it'll never be possible to compare the two.

Best odds for relegation are here: https://sports.spreadex.com/en-GB/spread-betting/Football---Long-Term-Domestic-Long-Term-Betting-Premier-League/p67927 200/1 Soften the blow with £2,000 from a £10 outlay...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/newcastle-apply-for-voluntary-relegation-2013042966984

Ah, cool - didn't realise. They usually say "U21s....blah blah....at Staplewood" when they play there. First time they've referred to it explicitly as "behind closed doors" IIRC. Oh well, it's not as if Messi would be able to get away from Barcelona for the game this week anyway...

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/cooper-questions-motivation-of-some-of-his-blues-team-mates-1-5042930

Portsea

@SouthamptonFC: Our Under-21s play their penultimate #BU21PL Elite Group game today as we host @SpursOfficial behind closed doors at 2.30pm. #saintsfcu21 Any ideas why it's a "behind closed doors" game....? Mystery trialist...?

Looks like Pompey are going to be taking the whole South East of England by storm next season... http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Partner-With-Sondico-4361.aspx

This week's lottery numbers when you've got a sec please kind sir

Assuming Shaw is out... Boruc Richardson - Fonte - Yoshida - Clyne Cork - Davis - Schneiderlin Puncheon - Rodriguez - Lallana Subs: Davis, Forren, JWP, Lambert, Mayuka, Seager, Targett

In my case is completely irrational reverse psychology. Yes, I know I can't influence the team but that's the irrationality aspect - I never win lots of money ergo Saints won't get relegated... 100% Bonkers!

I won c.£100 on WBA yesterday (£25 stake) so put the winnings on Saints to be relegated at 80/1 to go with another relegation bet at 33/1 a few weeks ago. I only dabble in gambling at the end of Saints season.... "Lost" a similar sum when we beat Coventry end of last season. It's my one irrational indulgence (or one of two if you count going to Chris de Burgh concerts)

I'll be £8,500 richer if we get relegated

Good job we're playing a top 10 team next week

Less refined human beings in shouting and singing louder in football stadiums shocker...

I'm on O2. It's fine until about half an hour before kick off when the stadium starts filling up. It's not a question of poor reception, it's that they can't handle the demand of x,xxx thousand people trying to access their network concurrently from the same transmitter. 21st century gadgets - 20th century infrastructure...

You always know there's a twist just around the corner when people call for the thread to be closed...