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Who's this Mark chap? Lots of Tweets slagging him off and bigging up Allen on Express FM

@TomCoull: Listening to Oxford v Bournemouth, 0-0 gone to Extra Time. Doesn't bode well for sticking 6 past Pompey on Saturday! Save some energy lads!

The intellect was all about the title though bearsy me ol' furry mucker. You know...snatch as in 'take' and snatch as in 'snatch'. You gotta admit there's humour to be had in a quality over quantity philosophy? But, you make a fair point, and I respect your status as mod of the Muppet Show, so I will try harders in futures. Please forgive me. :-(

Precisely :-)

@solentsport: #Pompey team v Plymouth: Eastwood; Webster, Westwood, Grant, Butler; Wallace, Magri, Colson, Higgins; Harris, Thompson @solentsport: #Pompey subs this evening: Whatmough, Tarbuck, Maloney

Yep, I wasn't 'slating' Claridge for what he said per se, rather how he came across as all surprised that administrators are leeches. As you say, that ought to be common and unsurprising knowledge from the offset. It's the typical "moan about it after the event" approach from our friends down the road. IMHO of course.

Damn. I had him down for the veal escalope

@officialsaints: Here's our match report on this afternoon's 3-3 draw between #SaintsFC Under 21s and their Brighton counterparts: http://t.co/myazYEWS

@bigadamsport: Appleton's babes have just arrived safely at Home Park #pompey How did they get there? By tricycle or something?

Totally agree. My retraction of my love for Claridge is more to do with the timing of his 'astonishment'. It appears he's only just realised how much administrators charge so not sure why he's acting all surprised about it now. Just jumping on the "who can we point the finger at now?" bandwagon IMO. Oh well, he's still worth a score-draw given his earlier "getting it" comments. :-)

Sounds superb FF. Count me in for a signed copy. I'm off on my hols on Friday so will get my order in when I get back.

I'd like to withdraw my earlier praise of Mr Claridge if that's ok with everyone?

We've never been seen in the same bubble bath together to be fair, so easy mistake to make.

It wouldn't surprise me if Birch actually slipped THEM a few bob from the parachute payments for that very reason, i.e. to offset against the potential expense elsewhere that you mention.

Btw, since when was 'Moderator' a proper noun?

West Ham having marginally less "luck" with bringing in new players than us then.... Ian Abrahams ‏@BroadcastMoose Spoke to Big Sam about transfer targets and he admitted West Ham had failed with 95% of their targets and he is trying to get 2 or 3 more in

There goes our need to sign a Prem class player :-)

@officialsaints: GOAL! SAINTS U21 3-3 BRIGHTON U21 (LEE 84) #saintsfc Leeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

It's still there if it's the one I think it is :-)

Neil Allen ‏@pn_neil_allen Looking forward to usual #Pompey half-time chat with @ExpressFM at Plymouth. Main topic has to be Portpin. Views definitely will be my own!

@officialsaints: #SaintsFC substitution: Tadanari Lee replaces Jonathan Forte for the final 20 minutes.

@officialsaints: Second half is off and running. #saintsfc @officialsaints: GOAL: SAINTS U21 2-3 BRIGHTON U21 #saintsfc

The -10 only applies when the club is bought out of administration. Whilst the club remains in administration the -10 is 'suspended'.