Matthew Le God

Well it is a short holiday for the chairmen/CEO's. Would you not try and do similar if you were them? Better to have a conference in Malta at a 5 star hotel like this... ...than a Holiday inn in Rochdale. Also the link says it is due to a commercial tie in with the Maltese tourism board.

The Football League annual meeting is in Malta 6th to 8th June. http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20100603/malta-partnership-announced_2245681_2063057 Some Pompey news may come out of it perhaps.

The Football League annual meeting is in Malta 6th to 8th June. Cortese will have gone and he won't be back in England until Tuesday at the earliest, probably Wednesday. He may want to be back in person for rubber stamping a player signing. http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20100603/malta-partnership-announced_2245681_2063057

I think it is unlikely a member of the playing staff would be privy to most of that information. Likely all be kept between coaching/scouting staff and Cortese.

The Football League annual meeting is in Malta 6th to 8th June. Cortese will have gone and he won't be back in England until Tuesday at the earliest. He may want to be present for any unveiling of kit especially if combined with a player signing. http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20100603/malta-partnership-announced_2245681_2063057

I don't know why that is. Likely to be more down to the game not interrupting the database correctly than the database itself. In any case for FM10 I had hardly seen him play. For FM11 he will be very different.

Such a shame Corporate Ho only has 3 posts per day and can't reply to everyone that responded to his last post. EDIT Actually he could just multi-quote and do it all at once.

He has already played in this league for Leeds and Colchester and didn't stand out, hence why he is signing for Brighton.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8723264.stm The interviewer failed to ask the two most important questions Lampitt should be asked. 1) Why has a CEO been appointed now, when a change of ownership may sling him out within weeks? He also isn't running the club as it is still under administration so has relatively little power as AA can overrule him.. 2) It seems odd that the FA's Head of Integrity has suddenly left his job to become CEO at the countries most troubled club. Was this appointment in anyway forced upon the club so the FA can have an inside man? - Surely Lampitt wouldn't lie and may own up if asked that At the FA he was in charge of the department responsible for enforcing transfer regulations as well as ensuring financial probity. He was consulted by police and Inland Revenue officials investigating the club's previous management on suspicion of fraud and tax evasion and has a detailed knowledge of the alleged offences committed and the extent of the investigations. Lampitt also oversaw the FA's investigation of three transfers involving Portsmouth highlighted by the Premier League's Quest inquiry, and the work of agent Willie McKay, who has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the police.

Lets take the last 50 years... Saints higher for roughly 45 years. Pompey on top for 5 years. Those five years of Pompey on top were unsustainable. The two cup finals used players funded by possible criminal means that may yet still force the club out of business. Does that not make it hollow? 7 years in the Premiership and all you have to show for it is a roof over the crappy away end. No training ground, an old decrepit stadium and huge debts which have ripped off the local community and charities. Am I jealous? Certainly not. As for the fans. An average of 18k in a 21k stadium in the top flight of the English League is poor. Pompey had 16k in a 21k stadium for some games last season in the Premiership. Also struggled to sell tickets for the cup semi final and final. Is that the sign of a large loyal fanbase? A bell, a drum and a few renditions of Play up Pompey - does not a fanbase make!

More interesting when you remove those not in League One next year...

Norwich have signed two central midfielders in the last few days - Andrew Crofts and David Fox. Maybe they missed out on Bailey and went with other options?

What will also help is Bailey is apparently good friends with Jason Puncheon.

Yes, but Glasgow Saint also contradicted himself.

Bailey is a central midfielder not a striker.

Bailey would be an excellent signing. Pardew signed him for Charlton which may help as he already knows him.

So have you watched Harte or any of the others regularly? You can't have watched that well as Harte was centre back for most of the season.

I think they reseed it pretty much every summer. It works aswell, given how many times The Dell and St Mary's pitch has won awards.

What bizarre logic! You can't use the results of a team to determine the ability of an individual like that.

So if Dickson plays LM, where are you suggesting Lallana plays?

I don't understand why it "seems" Gordon Simpson didn't contact the ticket office himself. Instead he says fans are reported to have had a reply from the ticket office.

27th May - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/8187932.Saints_in_line_for_cash_boost_from_defender_s_move/ 1st June - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/8195071.Van_Damme_deal_nets_Saints_a_cash_boost/ 2nd June - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/8196109.Wolves_signing_means_cash_for_Saints/ If I visited your office would I learn how to rehash "news" three times?

The Saints OS said yesterday...

I did wonder if the season tickets were announced on the OS at 11pm for that reason.

I think its more fun to let him work it out for himself, if he hasn't already. He really is very much like the Iraqi Information Minister.