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There were also a significant number of duplicates.

Ah, yes, that rings a bell as the answer last time around. cheers

I don't think you're missing anything FC. Indeed, I posed the very same question on here in August when it became clear that "the club" had c.£4m sitting in its bank account. I'm as convinced as one can be that if this was any other company than a football club the administrator would've called time at that point.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/midfield-talent-could-stay-put-at-pompey-1-4359769

Link here for anyone who cares to comment on the article.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2216624/Rangers-join-European-super-league-says-Charles-Green.html

A good summary....some salient quotes from that article... "The troubled club faces what is likely to become a deadline for a takeover’s completion, since the players’ monthly contracts expire next Tuesday." Yay! Another deadline....anyone keeping count? "Pompey would not be able to gain access to Fratton Park under PST ownership. Chainrai holds a secured charge over the ground that has not been challenged during the administration" Really? Wasn't that one of Birch's first pledges when he was appointed administrator? That he would challenge Chainrai's charge on the ground...? "It is expected that Chainrai would prevent the club playing at the stadium under the Trust. Indeed, unless the courts force the charge to be released or force Chainrai to accept its valuation of the ground, it could lead to the club becoming homeless." Where's Holepuncture with his Moneyfields photograph when you need him....?

Latest parachute payment was made in August

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what date the PKF burn rate absorbs the remaining assets? (Incl parachute payments). Sometime next year I would guess? And would this date come before or after the maximum amount of time a court allows a company to be in administration? (18 months IIRC = August 2013)

@BBCRadioSolent: NEWS - A council decision on whether to ban lap-dancing clubs and sex establishments in #Portsmouth is expected today.

Doesn't it boil down to what penalty PKF would suffer (if any) if they conclude that Portpin do meet the FL's Owner and Director criteria only for the FL to subsequently come to a different conclusion when they 'formally' review the administrator's recommendation? In other words, what could / would the FL do if PKF say to themselves: "right...sod this for a game of soldiers, lets just go with Portpin and 'so what' if they end up failing the FL test - it's no skin off our nose as there's no penalty to pay if we get it wrong - it's only our interpretation vs the FL's afterall" Or is there a consequence or forfeit that the FL can enforce if PKF recommend a new owner who ends up being over-ruled by the FL? #confused

So...no news from today's Football League meeting then...?

@TonyHusbandBBC: RT @applabsscotland: @TonyHusbandBBC hi Tony, any news on Michael Appleton and the #bwfc job?' believe @solentsport have comments tmrw.

http://portus-eg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/portpin-hanging-on.html?m=1

Appy not exactly clamouring to rule himself out.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/appleton-i-ve-not-heard-from-bolton-1-4358794

And for the 'Rule 1' aficionados.... http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/portsmouths-finance-director-tanya-robins-before-the-fa-cup-news-photo/97486013?Language=en-GB

I'm ready when you are with the hilarious Groundhog Day photo Turkish. You post your amusing missive first and then I'll be straight in there with my witty visual retort.

Pompey's definition of 'competitive' is to be better than everyone else not equal to everyone else.

Facepalms at the ready folks.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/appy-believes-youngsters-are-wilting-under-pompey-expectations-1-4353121

I've just read that Newcastle manager Alan Pardew wants his players to forget all the talk about Wonga being their sponsor and get on the pitch and give 4217%

For the record....Questions for Portpin Part 8.... http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/portsmouth/fb_news.php?storyid=18364&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Pompey in 'off-loading another youngster* to make way for another higher league journeyman' alert.... http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/appy-wallace-loan-move-will-work-wonders-1-4353403 "Pompey’s squad-size restrictions have conspired to ensure he has been unable to be considered for first-team duty since." I really am lost for words.... *(Note: this 'youngster' is older than James Ward-Prowse)

I must say that I like the cut of Mr Jacob's jib.... http://www.football.co.uk/portsmouth/redundancy_baffles_jacob_306005.shtml "The club is in this financial crisis owing to years of excess. It isn't something that's happened overnight." - Mark Jacob, Former Pompey Director, March 2010 So....'cheating' in other words.... If someone from inside the higher echelons of the club can decree two and a half years ago that the club was living beyond its means (and had been "for years" before that) then why oh why does your average Pompey fan still cling onto the claim that they weren't cheating when they won the FA Cup et al? It's there in black and white FFS.

In recent times I had been leaning towards Trust ownership as the most nutjobbery fulfilling path for the club to take, but I'm now more convinced that Portpin ownership holds the most comedy cards. Decisions, decisions...

I agree. I was just wondering if you ( or I) would have a twinge of discomfort if they were to sponsor our shirts? It wouldn't 'feel' right to me but that's the mild irrationality that comes with being a human being - one quite often makes judgements on gut feel rather than pure logic...