trousers

http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1149-july-2012/8749-the-confessions-of-a-fairweather-fan

More appropriate for Pompey I reckon....especially the song "The Land of Make Believe"

In today's episode of "You Couldn't Make It Up".....10 minutes after Pompey announce they've employed a head of recruitment we get this..... Neil Allen ‏@pn_neil_allen #Pompey have been told there will no Football League change in stance over recruitment. Means club still cannot sign players.

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Dowling-Arrives-As-Head-Of-Recruitment-3505.aspx

Yeah, but they're all in collusion to back each other up. Their jobs depend on it. They'd have nothing to do if they didn't make up new stuff....vested interests abound....

RIP

Arthur C Clarke would have had a field day with this one.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703497

Just watching the live press conference where the scientists are trying to explain what they've found in layman's terms.....more convinced than ever they're making it up.

How do we know these scientists aren't making all this stuff up to justify their own existence? I mean, look at this b*****ks.... It's all made up ****

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/lawrence-still-angry-over-pompey-decline-1-4015913 I would have thought that was a bonus...?

Can someone draw a picture for me? (not of the sofa, I get that bit...)

Yep, just reading about the potential back peddling going on up there. I am duly poised to retract my 'integrity and justice' statement if they 'do a Pompey' and (largely) get away with it...

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe where integrity and justice still exists in the game of football.... @SkySports: Scottish Premier League clubs will meet for a scheduled vote on a newco Rangers application on Wednesday morning. http://t.co/HNApaE2m

Looks like Man Utd are going to pip Joseph Cala to the post in the race to float an English football club on the New York Stock Exchange... @danroan: Here's Man Utd's registration document signalling their intention to float on the NYSE to reduce debt. Worth a read. http://t.co/nZupmtV6 @danroan: United IPO prospectus: "Our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and competitive position..." @danroan: ..As of Mar 31 we had total indebtedness of £423.3m..increases risk that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay amounts due" @danroan: Man Utd IPO prospectus: "Net finance costs (interest repayments on club's£420m debt) for the 9 months ended March 31, 2012 were £35m..."

Ah, gotcha...cheers. No wonder they were so keen to get their hands on that £30k...

I wouldn't be too sure on that....they've bought players before they couldn't afford to pay in order to gain a competitive advantage, so why would they change now when they know they can wipe out the debt again in admin3...? They've already offered Fuctas a new contract that is "very good for League One" whilst still in administration...

I understood they were still deferring wages at the moment?

Madness

Ugh....one word: clutter

@pn_neil_allen: Please remember 1) You can't sack players 2) No point attempting compromises for players you can sell ie LL 3) No player exits = no #Pompey

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03/07/2012 7:39 PM BST Rate: (2 | 1) Denmead Dave It is bizarre. Once again the club cons the natives - If there are say 2000 empty seats, and the club cant sell them, they give them away to local school children. Meanwhile the club pockets the £30k to pay TBH, everyone's happy !!! 03/07/2012 7:35 PM BST Rate: (1 | 0) denmeadblue Ummmm so the money will end up in Chanrais hands then? 03/07/2012 7:34 PM BST Rate: (2 | 0) ant30 Agreed Europatin, seats which wouldn't have been used otherwise means it's effectively cash in the club's pocket 03/07/2012 7:03 PM BST Rate: (3 | 3) Europatin Mmmm, sounds a great gesture but giving away 'free' seats in a half empty stadium means that the £30k will be soaked up in the quagmire of debt and confusion that currently exists which I understood was NOT the intention of the competition !

A great story that cuts right through the petty debates we sometimes all engage in on here. This is what being a fan of football is all about.

I'll leave them in your capable hands sir... :-)

I would also add: "If the Portsmouth players were to write off a large percentage of what they are owed, doesn't that send out a wrong signal to other club owners to spend equally recklessly in the knowledge that they won't ever have to honour their player's contracts financially? What message does that send out to the rest of your membership? Surely it would be in the interests of the vast majority of your members for Pompey to be liquidated to send out a message to other clubs not to mistreat your members in the way Pompey did? You have a once in a lifetime opportunity to protect the livelihoods of the vast majority of your membership. Why let that opportunity slip through your hands in order to protect the short term interests of keeping an invested club alive?"