The Kraken

What evidence is there of any new manager being able to do a better job than the previous one with those players?

Akos Buzsaky has decided he wants out. Following rumours that he refused to go on the bench last Saturday, he now apparently wants out. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-ready-to-let-buzsaky-depart-1-4505317 Still, if his rumoured enormous wages are anything to go by, this can only be a good thing for the fiscally-minded PDT. Right? Surely it is.

Yep. God forbid they should otherwise attract some curiosity to a multi-billion dollar project. Still, I'm no NASA scientist so I guess you know better.

That's what I've heard. Shame; they just use the same template for most of their kits. Hey ho; I only buy one to wear for 5 a side anyway.

Yep, God forbid they check the findings and double check them so as to completely verify their authenticity. My prediction is that this will be the stunning revelation that Mars could (millions of years ago) have had conditions that were capable of supporting life. Stunning.

Not adidas, thanks. Bland, generic cr*p. And for God's sake don't let Alpine design the new kit, that one is absolutely f*cking hideous, lack of stripes or otherwise. Nike would be good IMO. And, just please can we not have sponsors logo that are stuck on with a cheap looking bit of plastic?

Pah, you say that but I don't see any proof of such a claim....

Racist.

Chelsea spent around £70M or so last season on players, and RDM was given another £70M to spend this season. Were it not for winning the Champs League they'd have made (another) enormous financial loss last year; presumably, with a potential exit looming, those potential losses have come home ot roost. Looks like 'Arry could get his dream job....

Well, they booed their own player Izale McLeod as he was about to take a penalty for them. But that can't be right, can it? I mean, Pompey fans always tell us that they never boo their own. Ever. The bestest would never do that.

Brilliant. I've just about finished laughing. My mate has been down there scouting and has been relaying texts to me throughout the game; as a neutral, he says they were really poor (and that I would have loved it and should have gone with him!). So, the PDT takeover in full swing, feelgood factor on a high, and less than 10K packing the park. Shameful.

Swedish Dave

We've hit the big time now. Heating & Ventilation News have picked up on the story. http://www.hvnplus.co.uk/news/southampton-fc-ordered-to-pay-60k-to-solent/8638937.article?blocktitle=LATEST-NEWS&contentID=2339

Property Developers Trust. A more accurate name for them.

Highly probable. And given that they've exceeded last year's sales for the home kit already, and that the sash kit was woefully under-ordered so ran out in September for a few months, highly likely too.

Is that what the blog does then? I thought it just asks the question.

Wow, this is hard work. The adjudication happened in advance of the court case. The club ignored that independent ruling, which meant it then went to court. Well, one side did....

Once again; why have you failed to take into account the independent adjudication that found in favour of the contractor? Where any legitimate grievance would have been taken into account. Are you suggesting this was invalid, or inappropriate in any way? I'm not sure why we should disregard it otherwise.

I dunno. But to suggest otherwise leads to the only other conclusion; that the club are making up erroneous bullsh*t and using the OS as their own propaganda machine. I'm not sure if my agenda drives me that far, but who knows, I'm open minded.

Well apparently I don't have all of the information and it would be entirely reckless of me to make a snap decision either way for that particular case. Although, rather than assume the worst all the time, I should tend to assume the best; positivity and all that, and therefore I'd tend to align myself with the football club. Or something.