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I feel you could be right. They've certainly come undone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17203259

13:23 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Ok folks - I've outstayed my welcome again by 20 minutes. Thanks for joining me and even if you were having a pop at me or us as a paper, I don't mind. i can handle it....what a hero. Until next time. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:20 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Babe Ruth I googled Stuart Marshall too. He's a dancer. [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD=class: chatmsgtime, bgcolor: #F6F6F6]13:20 [/TD] [TD=class: chatmsgtext altcaster_text, bgcolor: #FFFFFF][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: That's good! [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD=class: chatmsgtime, bgcolor: #F6F6F6]13:21 [/TD] [TD=class: chatmsgtext altcaster_text, bgcolor: #FFFFFF][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Maybe he can do half-time dances a bit like the Pompey Belles used to do... [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:19 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Marek I've heard from a good source that Pearce is the subject of serious interest from West Ham, have you heard anything about this ? 13:20 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: I have heard there are a queue of clubs waiting to take Pearce.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:19 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From PompeyWallasey Just looked up Stuart Marshall on google. Andrew Short has clearly just plucked the name out of thin air! [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:17 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Billy Bognor Makes me laugh some of these supporters. You guys at the News were hammered for printing Pompey hadn't paid the HMRC! Yet they keep banging on about wanting the truth. Now its your fault the club is in administration. Wish some people would get a grip. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:15 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Dominic I think a lot of the Pompey Knocking that has gone on over the last couple of weeks on talkspoort etc is mis-placed.How can you legistlate for an owner being knicked due to iffy financial deals?? Which inturn effects the companies he owns??.Surely nearly every other club in the land would be in the same boat with the same chain of events.No one is to blame for whats gone on this time around in my view other than the CSI guys[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 13:16 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: A very valid point. My only addition to that would be where was the safety net? Where was the contingency plan if the same thing happened again? Unfortunately, we didn't have one and now we find ourselves in this mess again. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

13:12 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Andrew Short I've heard businessman Stuart Marshall is interested in buying the club. Any truth in this?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 13:12 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: First time I have heard that name mentioned.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Stuart who....?

I see what 'they' did there....

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Tadanari Lee played the last 25 mins in Japan's 1-0 defeat to Uzbekistan

12:39 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Southsteve Steve - banter is fine - but we're not talking about banter - i challenge to sit and watch the threads for 24 hours then tell me if you think it's just banter. Used to be a great forum too. 12:40 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: It's hard to read through it - mainly because me, Neil and Jordan get hammered on a regular basis! So none of us bother any more unless we absolutely have to. But it's so hard to police - if you have Saints fans who want to waste their time, the best advice is to ignore them. They'd soon get bored if they don't get a reaction.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:41 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: But to be fair, some Saints fans actually watch Pompey when their team are away from home. This is a fact and some football fans like both teams - admittedly without the same kind of passion as most of you on here. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:37 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From ash1987 someone will buy this club. this is a massive club with a great history and lots of potential. In terms of trophies/finals this is one of the most successful english clubs outside the top 6/7 in the country. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

That may have been a statement from 'someone' on here....ahem.....

12:35 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From ash1987 steve why dont you ban the stripey ones. joker.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:36 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Then do we start banning a Pompey fan who has a different view on who should play up front? It's a slippery slope and soon enough you have only people who toe the party line and then it stops being a forum. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:34 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Midland Blue I travelled down to the game on Saturday to support the team and couldn't believe that we failed to sell out. The club needs us now more then ever and we couldn't even get a full house! Where has the support gone!? That surely can't be it.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:34 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: A lot of people have become disillusioned and let's face it - a lot of us are skint and struggling to make ends meet. It's not cheap any more. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:32 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Gosport Fairy Has no-one at the club suggested throwing a few games for money? £50k a point might be the difference between survival or not. Let's face it, we're going down anyway and if the league were going to throw us out they'd have done it by now so nothing to lose.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:33 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: It's an innovative idea...! I suggested to Appleton to play the entire youth team until he gets the first team back fully fit and then specifically target a certain number of winnable games. His response was based on the effect it would have on the young lads if they got humped 12-0. Fair point! [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:30 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Axel Foley To be fair Steve, our wage bill is effected by some oddities like Ben Haim, Kitson and Lawrence, without them our wage structure would be fair more palatable and easier to manage. No Championship player should be paid +£20k a week - the football just doesn't warrant those wages.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:32 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Agree with that. But Cotterill and Lampitt went for say one player on 20k per week, rather than four players at 5k per week. Whether the overall budget was too high in the first place is another question but people with full access to the books were making these decisions - not me. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:30 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Mrs Money Penny Hello all, sorry to talk about smaller issues but will we ever get hot water at Fratton? I recall the russian owners saying there was a problem with fat in the pipes (?). I know we have bigger fish to fry but its something that really bothers us pompey ladies! PUPP[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:30 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Hmmm. I'm sure that will get looked at....in about 2017....[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:29 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From On The Edge Blue Do you think the club are regretting not putting Sam on the bench now he's off to Liverpool and we can't sign cover because he was never a first-teamer?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:30 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: No I don't. Would you have dropped Pearce or Rocha to play him? An opportunity has come up for him and good luck to him. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:28 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From GLT Steve, as a fan, are you comfortable with the club not paying it's tax liabilities for a 'third' time in 13 years, whilst local amenities are being closed.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:29 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Of course not. If I was running the club, you would make sure that the bills got paid. But then we would probably have a team of young lads who were getting thumped every week, then you get dwindling crowds etc, etc. It's a tough balancing act and I don't pretend to have all the answers. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:26 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From southseasteve re the forum being ruined by a handful of abusive fans from down the road: i think it could be largley avoided if the threads were better policed. The moderating function for example seems totally random and not dependant on swearing on anything really? can't you hire a work experience Pompey lad to sit and monitor them?[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:26 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Would you want to not have banter with fans of other clubs? I think that's part of being a footy fan. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:23 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From denmead dan If it all goes t@ts up and we end up in the conference I must admit I would be tempted to support the stripey ones.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:24 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Ha ha - now I know you're an undercover operative. Your cover has been blown, soldier... [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

12:22 [TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Comment From Dockyard Pete Steve! do you think its wrong that we are sending off our young talent to fulham etc magri to pool etc when we are leaving the bench half empty? I would love to give some youngsters a go, gets the wage bill down too[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 12:23 [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Steve: Magri can't get in the side at the moment. If a club like Liverpool can afford to take punt on a player for two or three years down the line, it's a luxury that Pompey don't have at the moment. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]