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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2169730/Southampton-sign-Buttner-Alexander-Buttner.html

From the Buttner thread....

I don't wear pants but cheers for the news anyway....

Match point to Federer.... Game, set, match

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18742140

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2834191,00.html

I won't believe it until I see a grainy photo taken from behind a hotel curtain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18740055 Anyone know what's supposed to be happening next week for the embargo to be lifted?

I think something's awry with the FA's fixture computer.....the preliminary rounds of the FA Cup have been published today and I can't find Pompey for the life of me.... http://www.thefa.com/~/media/9B4FB515CADB4966AA695D436B410BBD.ashx

http://www.football-rankings.info/2012/07/fifa-ranking-august-2012-preview.html

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http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9802751.Spurs_mull_Butland_bid/?ref=twt&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I wonder if those eight people will be looking at the Scottish Premier League as their integrity barometer....?

So....let's re-cap....Pompey have the finances to employ a recruitment manager but no finances to recruit anyone else. Genius.

@pn_neil_allen: There has been a hitch in the arrival of Ashley Westwood as new #Pompey first team coach. Yet more bad news for Appleton. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/blues-boss-blocked-in-bid-for-right-hand-man-1-4026065

I've been thinking the same. It would definitely be up there with the Joseph Cala episode for the annual Pompey Takeover Saga 'Side Splitting Comedy Moment' Award.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appleton-closing-in-on-triallist-keeper-1-4026283

Ian Collins ‏@iancollinsuk Lyndon just got a smattering of applause for saying that the army are "good". Genius. I think Stephen Fry's job is safe.

While Pompey squabble over £30k prizes and worry about having a kit for next season....Saints are set to pocket £2m for their first 4 live TV games.... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9801835.Saints____2m_screen_test/?ref=twt&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter A sum of money that would keep Pompey alive for another season.....Not that I like to rub their noses in it or anything like that of course....

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9801835.Saints____2m_screen_test/?ref=twt&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I thought I'd stumbled back into the Pompey Takeover Saga thread for a split second when I saw that question....

When is deadline day?

Didn't it get reported somewhere that they (Birch?) had been in discussion with the Blue Square League to forge a contingency plan should they be liquidated? Or maybe I imagined it amongst the plethora of other chortle fodder?

Depends which league they end up playing in I guess....£13 per game sounds just about right for the Blue Square... Actually, in all seriousness, I wonder if there is any small print in the season ticket sales that excludes refunds if they end up in a lower league...?

@pn_neil_allen: Well, this Premier League loan keeper isn't Henderson or Daniels. Also Curanovic not expected on trial until Spain tour. More later. #Pompey