The Kraken

I'm starting to think we may not see a return to genuine stripes just yet. Originally i thought we'd alternate between traditional red and white and other designs from one season to another, as we have done with the sash and this year's one. However, with yesterday's revelation that this year's kit has already outsold last season's total, it perhaps shows that while the stripes are popular from a fans viewpoint, they're less popular from a commercial sales point of view. So the old reverse Ajax is a definite possibility; I just hope that a classic old kit gets replicated properly if they're going to do it at all.

It's thoroughly unkind to tar Oldham with the same brush as the skates. Oldham are currently 18th, 3 places above the relegation zone. Pompey are in the bottom four and therefore in the drop zone, and that's before you take off the minus ten points that's coming their way. If we're being truly honest, their relegation rivals are Hartlepool who are marronned on the bottom on 8 points; the same amount of points that Pompey will have after the points penalty is enacted, and 11 points from safety.

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.