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Nearly £4m according to Maskell....? "The Trust bid is fully funded and costed for the next 3 – 5 years. The money they plan to put into the club – much of it already in escrow – represents a fresh investment of equity to the tune of £4m"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/portsmouth/9618579/Portsmouth-Supporters-Trust-named-as-preferred-bidder-by-administrator-of-League-One-club.html

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=20864

The Trust seem to be suggesting that they have a choice as to whether to call in the Council loan or not. The fact is they don't have a choice....whilst there are other bids on the table (whether they have "preferred" status or not -i.e. Portpin) then the conditions of the council loan remain unsatisfied. That's why they've had to go down the property developer route - to plug the gaping hole that not being the sole bidder has created in their original proposal.

Yep, I declared I'd lost my marbles about 10 posts ago

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-boss-boosted-by-interest-1-4391893

There was a question asking what you thought of the various people that worked at SMS (catering staff, stewards, ticket office, etc) but, somewhat strangely, no questions about the geezer in charge

Not sure about this one... ..any clues?

Surely this page is of interest....

Actually, it's getting a bit more specific the nearer the end one gets.

Yep, I'm finding that out as I go through it now. Oh well....excitement over :-)

Yes, yes....I know we all prefer to moan on internet forums but the club have just sent this out to everyone on the ticket database...fill yer boots... edit: removed the link as I think it's got one's membership number in there!

@officialsaints: #saintsfc will be wearing yellow shirts at Upton Park on Saturday

Christ....cheer up Sam! http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/video/123079/?ref=rss

It's a tough old life being a journalist...printing stuff on the basis of probability... :-)

Saw this posted by an SNP activist on Facebook earlier....

You know that, we know that.....but just watch the media expand their ill-informed "Plucky Pompey" mantra over the coming weeks and months...

Yep Nope Delicious paradox, isn't it?

When I do team sheets on the build-up thread I tend to put out the team I'd like to see rather than what I think Adkins will go with. I'd like to see what Boruc has got to offer sooner rather than later although I suspect Adkins will try him out vs Leeds next week rather than at West Ham.

Ok. Just trying to be helpful. Never mind.

I was only a factor of 10 out....easily done when one's brain has been well and truely (un)washed by Pompey financial shenanigans over the years...

Which is why it suggested to me that it wasn't "as advertised"....i.e. why would they be surprised at what they got if it was clearly advertised what they were supposed to be getting for their money (it's also unlawful to misrepresent a product or service in the advertising for it). Either they got what they were led to believe they would get for their money or they didn't.

I'm a strange bloke. Why did they splash out for something that was described as "utterly pathetic for the money"? Not that seems "strange"...