Matthew Le God

That is a bit unfair as FA cup final and semi final allocations are much smaller.

It doesn't just apply to incoming players on loans and transfers. James, Rocha and HH etc can't sign new deals when their old ones expire on 30th June. Out of contract players, free transfers and loans are unlikely to hang around for Pompey, many will be snapped up by other clubs. I doubt many agents will advise a player to wait for Pompey until the 15th for a possible contract when they could goto another club and sign today. If players did wait for Pompey they may miss the first two weeks of pre-season training. I'm not sure if an unregistered player would be covered by insurance to train. It may mean they look elsewhere for a club rather than be in limbo for the next 3 weeks or more. Also it is 15th July at the earliest, if someone appeals the CVA then the embargo wouldn't be lifted for weeks (possibly months) until it is resolved in court. The players will be in limbo.

I can't see them meeting the roughly £15m required in the CVA. I wonder what happens if they don't? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/World-Cup-buzz-sparks-interest.6380928.jp

East Cowes Vic play in red and white stripes and are also celebrating their 125th year anniversary having been formed in 1885. http://www.eastcowesvics.co.uk/ I'd guess this is a Southampton XI match and will be youth and reserve players.

He has got louder with age! Any Brian Blessed thread isn't complete unless this classic line is posted!

The holding company was set up 7 YEARS BEFORE the Football League insolvency rules! You can't really be cheating a rule that doesn't exist until 7 years in the FUTURE. It is common business practice to have a holding company. The Football League messed up by not noticing this potential loophole when they wrote the rules and tighten them up so no problems arose.

Chainrai paid it out of his own pocket and is legal to do if those involved wipe off the debt I believe. It wouldn't have made much of a difference % wise as would be a relatively small amount.

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Not his decision if he is first or second choice. But it was Dickson's decision if he moved to Saints or not. He would have met with Pardew who outlined his plans and would I think he'd let him know he would be getting games at Saints. Dickson was apparently attracting interest from the Championship, he was probably Brentford's best player last season looking at their forums, he wouldn't accept a deal knowing he'd be second fiddle to Harding in League One when he could go to the Championship or stay at Brentford.

Those trying to accommodate Harding into the team are likely to be wrong I feel. I think it will be Dickson at left back, 442, Lallana on the left of midfield, Puncheon on the right of midfield and a new right back signed. Dickson won't be coming here as cover. Lallana is the left midfielder and scored 20 goals from that position last season and the balance worked well. Harding is certainly not a centre back. Pardew won't change from his tried and tested formations/tactics to play 3 centre backs just to accommodate Harding and play him out of position as a centre back.

No one actually knows how much Liebherr paid do they? It is extremely unlikely he paid 100% and was likely much less. However the circa £30 million mortgage with Aviva was until 2026. Aviva didn't need to accept a smaller amount just for it to be paid off. I'm sure if they wanted they could just say "lets keep it until 2026". It was the £5 million overdraft with Barclays that was called in that needed paying sharpish.

This is what makes Liebherr different from the many recent Pompey owners. Do some research on the Liebherr dynasty going back to when Markus' dad Hans Liebherr started 60 years ago his consruction company and you will see it is a policy of theirs to not accrue any debt. The takeover wiped out all debt on the stadium, which was the burden around the clubs neck and is no longer there. Liebherr is also investing heavily in a massive training ground & academy upgrade. http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/129047_1.pdf Also the concourses are being reworked in the summer, corporates facilities being updated and the changing rooms have already been redone. Not the actions of someone in it for the short term!

Follow up to creditors meeting... http://www.uhy-uk.com/media/download/turnaround-and-recovery/17.06%20Creditors%20meeting.pdf

Common sense overload... **StuRomseySaint's head explodes**

When you find some information that Liebherr's wealth is not based on the construction and rail industry, but instead based on amassing debt, money laundering, gun running, tax evasion and selling landmines I'll start to worry.

Stu says alot of things that are rubbish and if he disagrees with you he flings around petty insults and starts PM'ing asking to meet face to face. So be careful Nick!

Lallana on the left and Puncheon on the right was very effective last season. They swap over occasionally as well during games.

But the banner has a man with a cool mustache!

It is going to be a long hard season at Charlton. Looks like they are desperately trying to avoid administration. http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=36204&newstype=n

Cortese saves lives! http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/8229760.Elvis_quits_cigarettes___to_see_Saints_play/

Same thing tbf

Saints have no debt on the stadium. Liebherr is also funding a new training ground complex in the New Forest(which has now got planning permission), academy upgrade and is looking in the future to expand St Mary's or relocate to a new stadium. - Saints were bottom half of League One for a large part of last season and averaged 21k playing Yeovil, Exeter and Wycombe etc. - Pompey in the Premiership averaged 18k playing Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal etc. And had 3,000 empty seats and sometimes as many as 5,000 empty in an already small stadium in the best League in the world. Saints should be challenging for promotion next season in League One and I predict an average circa 23/24k. In the Championship if challenging for promotion it will be circa 27/28k.

North Korean players won't move to Western Europe.

He has admitted he knows one of the guilty, so he isn't exactly impartial.

I'm not in jail for events on 13th February 2010. Why is that? After the final whistle I was disappointed to lose to our rivals but I walked out of the Kingsland stand and walked home. Didn't even watch events unfold. It really wasn't hard to do.