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I don't know a huge amount about the Reading side as a whole but, to draw comparison, I assume them losing Roberts is akin to us losing Lambert?

Gordon Brown was quite adept at it too :-)

Good question. Would have to go away and number crunch for a while to come up with an accurate figure. Also, what do you count as "essential" outgoings? Would something like an optional critical illness insurance policy count as "essential" for example? Things like petrol fall in both the essential and non-essential camp. Anyway, I'm possibly thinking too hard about it so, my extremely rough top of head guess would be somewhere between £1k - £2k per month on "lifestyle" expenditure. (for a family of four).

Go for it.... :-) Report back soon with screen shots of the exchange of words.....

My personal favourite is the Sun front page.... :-)

Ok, perhaps raising it to 75% in one fowl swoop was a little hopeful on my part. I guess we need to introduce 'fairness' in stages. On reflection, i think they should have raised it to 55% this time around and then 5% per year until the end of this parliament. Surely this is the best way to squeeze more than 27% of the country's tax receipts from the top 1% of earners?

"Same old Pompey..." @pn_neil_allen: Emergency loan window ends today at 5pm. Appleton hopeful of no-one leaving #Pompey but some coming in. Let's see.......

Maybe they should have raised it to, say, 75% to be really fair to all those hard hit families...

Thanks for saving me the hassle of posting on this thread.

Some of us more than once... ;-)

I guess the key part of that statement is: "This obligation will be formalised" (note the future tense) And, the key question is, did AA uphold the words of the oldCo CVA when newCo was formed? Is that public domain information?

Yep, that's my recall too....but is that an AA crafted "agreement" (with the usual crafty caveats) or a legally binding agreement?

Some other thoughts on the accuracy of Harry Harrris's work.... http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/02/13/harry-harris-stirs-it-on-5-live/

All very well, but hasn't "the company" already closed....? I know this is an old chestnut of a question but is there anything that legally binds the CVA of 'oldCo' to 'newCo' ???

@pn_neil_allen: Appleton confident Joel Ward will remain at #Pompey despite Ipswich talks.

So, Birch reckons the club will be easier to sell with Chainrai's charge hanging over the ground than if it were owned by a benevolent council? Hmmm, interesting logic....

From the comments section on the printed article:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1038218/trevor-birch:-concerns-over-portsmouth-future-'over'?cc=5739

Re: Guly.... Solent tweeted after the game that it was a 'tight hamstring' so just a precautionary sub

I've just read the script: Sharp hattrick. You heard it here first.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9601646.Cherries__Echo_banned_by_football_club/

I agree that logic should dictate such an eventuality, but, as far as I've ever been able to deduce, the Football League have a points deduction rule for exiting administration without an agreed CVA but they don't appear to have a rule that covers the eventuality that said CVA is never honoured. If there's a loophole there to be exploited don't be surprised if Pompey do exactly that. Unless someone can show me in black and white the Football League rule that covers an unpaid CVA?

Can't say that didn't enter my head as I was concocting the above post. I guess I'm looking at it from a "who has impressed me most when set against my initial expectations?" point of view. Whilst Richard has surprised a few people with how easily he has stepped up a league it was something I can honestly say that I expected to happen. So, for me, Richard is doing what I expected him to do (bang in the goals) whereas Jos has exceeded my expectations. Depends on what one is measuring and from what perspective.