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@jordansibley: In other news, Barnsley's manager Keith Hill has not traveled to the game today due to a viral infection. #saintsfc

Because football fans are a fickle breed

Saw 4 Japanese lads at the pub earlier...decked out in Saints gear with Japanese/Saints banners. Quality :-)

@TonyHusbandBBC: #pompey Administrator Trevor Birch confirms GK Stephen Henderson is set to go out on loan. Player left out today.

Now at the ground. Getting warmer. Defo shirt sleeve weather

Cheers

Now sitting in the sun in 18 degree sunshine next to the BBQ at the King Alfred. Perfect day so far

Just watching my son's under 12's team play away at Sandhurst, Berkshire....not exactly a hot bed of Saints supporters...but two 5 - 6 year old kids playing kick-about on the touch line. One says to the other: "I'll be Lambert, you be Kelvin Davis." For a part of the country where 80-90% of the kids support man utd, Liverpool, Chelsea etc, that was a heart warming moment! :-) Just felt the need to share the love!

@jasonpunch: "@Nick_Pearce: So word on the street is @jasonpunch has fallen out with everyone again. #sortitout"total lies everything is fine.COYS

I did think it was an odd comment to make

Ask Guly

Done :-)

He wouldn't be the first Saints player to give Joe Public the 'wrong' information when asked. I would imagine they are under orders to do so

How many loans in is that now...?

^ That's an excellent brief for the photoshoppers amongst us....maybe using a certain photograph of Vinnie Jones and Paul Gasgoigne as the starting point....

Hmmm, so maybe my question wasn't as dumb as I first thought.....there again.... :-)

Hmmmm......I've posted a few times this week that, for some unknown reason, the 'Appointment of Administrators' notice was re-issued a couple of days ago in the 'London Gazette'....the two changes to the original notice (in February) were: - Trevor Birch removed as a named "joint administrator" (replaced by a PKF colleague) - and the line "(t/a Portsmouth FC)" has been added underneath the company name (i.e. "Portsmouth Football Club (2010) Ltd") The 't/a' abbreviation means "trading as".... The links to the original and new announcements are here and here. Also, just a reminder that a new company called "Portsmouth Football Club Ltd" was incorporated with Companies House a couple of weeks ago.... http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/0a26c62cba867191738c573ea50b5654/wcprodorder?ft=1 Could all this be subtle manouvering by Birch and the council to ensure that they don't lose control over the land and/or the ground upon the club being liquidated....????

Can I ask what is potentially one of my daftest question yet? (yes, I know, there's a shed load of candidates for that particular accolade...) IF PFC were to be liquidated, is there anything in the Football League rules that would prevent a deal being done whereby the 'phoenix' club that is then formed inherits the 'golden share' from the liquidated club via some kind of murky deal with the Football League? In other words, are there actually any written rules that stipulate a club that is liquidated can't reform and be given the golden share again in the football league? The more I write this the more I realise it's a dumb question but, if the Football League, Portsmouth politicians and Trevor Birch get to the point where they are all convincing each other that Pompey have been hard done by (in terms of their 'unfair' share of dodgy owners) then could they be trying to hatch a plan whereby they go into liquidation as a way of shaking off the likes of Chainrai and Gaydamark's hold over the club but come to a compromise arrangement whereby the 'punishment' is curtailed by ensuring that PFC2010 get relegated (via more points penalties if necessary) and the golden share is then handed over to the phoenix club. The reason for this hair-brained notion is I get the feeling that the people trying to save the club (FL, the council, Birch, etc) are starting to see liquidation as the solution rather than a barrier to a solution but want to cushion the effect of taking that route.

One of Lowe's better acquisitions...

@TonyHusbandBBC: #pompey Leader of Portsmouth City Council says council is negotiating to buy Fratton Park- but would only do a deal if club liquidated.

They also say "We want them to survive but that’s out of our hands" It's an article laced with mildly contradictory PR flannel IMO

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/football/get-behind-west-ham-pleads-abdoulaye-faye-7545401.html

They weren't exactly supportive and empathetic to Saints during our troubled times, for example: Yes, there was a different regime in place at the Football league at the time but it's still the same organisation. One regime showing a large degree of toughness, the other regime seemingly showing a large degree of leniency.