Matthew Le God

He is on loan at Burnley until 15th January 2012 so seems unlikely...

That makes little sense. The reason they are happy to listen to offers now is because he isn't going to sign a new contract and he is free to leave in the summer. The January window is all they have to recoup some money. The buying club has the advantage as the clock ticks to deadline day and Maynard's value is declining by the day.

You make this too easy... The 2009/10 accounts you are referring to are from when Markus Liebherr was still alive. You call it "losses", but you have no idea when or even if the money Liebherr gave to Saints in those accounts has to be paid back. At least his money came from a legitimate construction business and not stolen from the Lithanian/Lativan public and used to fund a summer transfer spree that David Lampitt can then boost about on the Pompey website, only for a few months later the club to admit they can't fund the rest of the season without further investment. "Inextricably linked" - I think so! What makes you think the Liebherr estate isn't funding Saints anymore? The revised Staplewood development was announced after his death. That isn't coming cheap! As for "how are you doing?", well Saints are top of the Championship and half a season away from the Premier League if you hadn't noticed, so the investment from the Liebherr's is working just fine!

His contract runs out in June, his value is dropping each day closer to 31st January.

I took it from another Saints forum. http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/109718-Points-total-needed-to-win-the-league In any case even if the average was slightly higher, it shows that Saints due to the points they have already amassed this season can afford to drop points in quite a few of the remaining 24 games and still do very well. I didn't expect the Shurlock inquisition...!

And you ignored it when I put to you that Southampton Leisure Holdings had a number of companies not connected to football. Many of the CSI companies have been setup suspiciously recently and/or have tiny turnovers. Mark Fry was never the administrator for the football club, by the wording of the Football League's rules at the time Saints shouldn't have been deducted points. It is however a members club and the openness of the rules in some areas means they can act to some extent as they wish. I would imagine pretty much every Football League club would want them to take a hard line on Pompey's second admin in a short space. Also £10.8m was invested in Pompey in the summer on player fees and wages! David Lampitt had the cheek a mere few months ago to boost the club was the second highest net spend in the Championship in an article on the Pompey website. Four months later with CSI in admin the administrator for CSI has said Pompey don't have the funds to support itself beyond Jan/Feb. I think that links them inextricably as one economic entity! Pompey were reliant on more funds to pay the bills that they increase the wage bill for by spending in the summer, this is no longer happening and the club is screwed even more. How can you claim they are not closely linked when the funding for bills has dried up midway through the season after been given £10.8m to spend on player transfers?

Take all the point totals for Championship winners in the last 5 seasons and divide by 5. 2010/2011 - QPR - 88 points 2009/2010 - Newcastle - 102 2008/2009 - Wolverhampton - 90 2007/2008 - West Brom - 81 2006/2007 - Sunderland - 88 Mean: 89.8 (90 if you what to be fussy and round up ) 24 games left, 44 points already in the bag 13 wins 6 draws 5 defeats Would see Saints on 89 points.

I'm not sure that rule was ever more than just a proposal. I think it could be a bigger deduction than a mere 10 points if they do find the link between the companies, due to multiple admins within a very short period.

6th in the Championship last season was Forest with 75 points. For Saints to get the 31 points to add to the 44 points already from the remaining 24 games it would need something like... Play 24 Win 8 Draw 7 Lose 7 As you say, it would need a massive downturn in form compared to the first 22 games of the season to not finish in the playoffs at the very least. Basically that is mid table form for the remainder of the season.

They would be underwhelming, as I don't know who three of them are. Do you?

24 games left 13 wins 6 draws 5 defeats Would see Saints on 89 points, which has been enough to win the league for the average season over the last 5 years.

It took 21 days from Southampton Leisure holdings going into administration on the 2nd April 2009 to the Football League confirming a points deduction for the football club on the 23rd April 2009. So far it has only been 20 days since CSI went into administration. So something could be imminent perhaps...?

Genetically speaking there is no such thing as "race". Everyone has a huge mixture of ancestors genes from all around the globe, all tracing back to the same common ancestors in Africa. It is impossible to draw a line where one so called "racial group" ends and another starts. With no "races" there can't really be racial abuse. Doesn't stop some people though, sadly.

He has already said he is retiring at the end of the season.

Surely they will be hit with more than 10 point for a second insolvency event so soon after the last? They have been using players this season they shouldn't have had. Norris, Varney, Huseklepp, Benjani, Futacs all signed in the summer for a large amount of cash that could have been used to pay off debts, play wages for their existing players whilst they use their youth team in first team matches. David Lampitt even had the cheek to make a statement on their website saying they were the second highest net spenders in the transfer market this summer in the Championship.

Well it was nearly "done" in the summer, a fee was agreed. Adkins confirmed this in an interview.

I think a rendition of "I'm forever blowing bubble (games)" is required!

It will definitely be on iPlayer later. All previous Championship games that the BBC have shown were put on iPlayer soon afterwards.

The thread starter is in Belgium. iPlayer only works in the UK. Dune's link should work.

Andrew Andronikou, joint administrator of CIS said: “Hopefully, next week we will have sold one of the companies owned by CSI to allow us to invest some capital into the club." http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Portsmouth-face-administration-and-points-deduction-again-article844184.html

Why do you keep peddling this? Yes, the other companies weren't huge, but Saints were not Southampton Leisure Holdings only asset. There were other companies not linked to football. Many of the CSI companies have been created suspiciously recently and/or are tiny with negligible incomes.

The full draw... Ties must be played by Saturday 21 January 2012. 1 Bolton Wanderers v Southampton 2 Charlton Athletic v Leicester City 3 Cardiff City v Stevenage or Tottenham Hotspur 4 Queens Park Rangers v Everton 5 Reading v West Bromwich Albion 6 Stoke City v Brentford 7 Burnley v Ipswich Town 8 Blackburn Rovers v Bristol Rovers or Coventry City 9 Swindon Town v Manchester City 10 Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic 11 Norwich City v Chelsea 12 Portsmouth v Swansea City 13 Manchester United v Derby County 14 Newcastle United v Watford 15 West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion 16 Peterborough United v Fulham

Are you suggesting the Mail doesn't deserve criticism? In any case that story states this... There is quite a leap between sending a scout to watch a match and "significant steps towards landing" him in a deal.

Could have been a lot worse. Bolton aren't exactly renowned for their youth system and are bottom of their academy league this season.

Draw was done today for the next round. Saints are away to Bolton Wanderers in the 4th round.