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It said "sold out" on the ticket purchase page when I looked earlier (after you log into the system)

Have just t w a t t e d, sorry, tweeted them....

Nice idea in theory......but that would only work if they could be arsed to respond to the THREE emails I have already sent to them over the last week on this very matter!

@pn_neil_allen: The wage legacy issues which keep on destroying #Pompey (taken from the Sports Mail). http://t.co/l9OAjuAE

Cool - cheers for that pap.

I can probably get down there on Friday as it's a bank holiday and I'm off work but it's a 100 mile round trip! But that's not the point....I phoned up and they said they were available for collection on the day. They will be getting an invoice for the petrol if they've cocked up in their prior communication.

I'm gonna kick up one big stink if they go back on what they said when I called them the other day.

Not what I was told! That link doesn't work btw....

Source?

Damn....I had a tenner on Bridge Too Far being the first to pour scorn on my indepth and insightful research....

I admire your optimism sir!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17583544 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17593655 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17594682 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/9182687/UK-online-advertising-spend-jumps-14pc-to-4.8bn.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9179577/UK-business-optimism-rises-as-fears-of-double-dip-recession-and-a-eurozone-break-up-fade.html

I'm coming around to thinking (gut feel) that his injury is more serious than Adkins is letting on and that he won't be in the squad on Saturday. No information to base this on, just a hunch....

Yep....the Daily Star are offering their usual insightful and indepth analysis of the situation.... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/243902/Rickie-Lambert-major-doubt-for-Portsmouth-derby/

Indeed. Although stretching things out until the last minute seems to be all the rage.....Admin Andy held the same meeting for CSI one day before the 10 week deadline.....make of that what you will....

Another deadline that is fast approaching for Birch is the legal requirement to hold an initial creditors meeting "within 10 weeks" of the administrator being appointed (ref: paragraph 51 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986) As a reminder, Birch was appointed administrator on Friday 17th February, ergo the 10 weeks is up on Friday 27th April....a little over 3 weeks time...16 working days and counting.... Don't you think he ought to be getting his skates on (pun intended) and announce a date for said statutory meeting? Unless Birch has no intention of avoiding liquidation before the end of the month of course..... edit: looking closer at that paragraph of the Insolvency Act (above) the bit in blue about varying the time frame is covered in paragraph 105, which states: So, on reflection, it would seem that there might be some 'wriggle room' for Birch here....which is a little annoying for those of us that like to see justice done in a timely fashion.....assuming he has a valid reason for deferring the initial creditors meeting of course....

I was going to reply "unbelievable isn't it?" but then realised it's totally and utterly believable!

Meanwhile...it's business as usual as far as Appleton is concerned... @pn_neil_allen: Appleton recruitment drive firmly underway as he looks to #Pompey future. http://t.co/yqpwOFsV

In which case, Birch would be lying and/or jumping the gun when he announced a few weeks ago that the original CVA was dead....kaput....no more.... The 'exact set of circumstance' hadn't happened before in our admin scenario either (trying to protect the football club by putting the parent company into administration) but they came up with a new interpretation of existing rules for that one fast enough... Whichever way it's spun, it's quite clear that Pompey are receiving special treatment here. IMO of course

Thinking like me? I'm very worried for you... ;-))

Depends if you look at the 'cause' or the 'effect'....given the end result is the same (I.e. no CVA) there is a precedent for the 'effect' side of the equation... If the Football League don't give a further points penalty for writing off a previously agreed CVA then they are announcing to the football world that you don't have to honour a CVA....just come out of admin with a CVA....any old CVA.....spend loads more again....go into admin again....forget about the original CVA. Quite why the Football League would choose to endorse such unscrupulous behaviour is beyond me... And, perhaps more importantly, why hasn't a single journalist quizzed the Football League on this very specific matter...?

Was there training today?

Doesn't Barnard have his much delayed trial this month? (or was it deferred until after the season?)

I told people those Boris Bikes were dangerous FFS...

Yep....Pompey are effectively now in exactly the same position they would have been in had they not got a CVA agreed last time....except for one thing...further points deduction.... Same fiscal outcome....different number of points deducted....go figure...