Micky

What, you mean they should have planned to a budget, and allowed a margin of operational loss or profit within that budget. So essentially - a budget that might change. Corp Ho will luv that one. So will Phil.

When you have to explain very basic and obvious racism trends it's fairly evident that we are not as far forward as we thought. Some of the reasoning on this thread is, frankly, quite worrying.

Exactly, but they have bought the one thing that they needed most right now - time. They will be hoping that by clearing some debts and staying in the Championship they will have a much better chance of finding a buyer. There wont be any toast this side of Christmas.

I'm surprised you're surprised. There was no way they were going to be allowed to go to the wall. I actually feel sorry for the clubs that get relegated this season - because they are struggling within their means - PFC on the other hand, have once again had to rely on means and resources that they just cannot afford. It is highly likely that the end result of this whole sorry saga will be a ten point deduction which will not hurt them at all, they loose a couple of grand by way of final league position, and are in the Championship next season.

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And in less than one line you probably have shown more understanding of this whole sorry saga then the whole of the blue few put togeather. They constantly blame the FA / FL for not being stronger when it come to their owners and the F&PPT - but not one of them seems to have yet grasped it. In the many instances where the club was 'available' to a new owner - how many 'takers' were there? How many people actually wanted to 'buy' or 'invest' in the club? You can see the FA / FL meeting now: Pompeys up for sale. "We have serious applications from 3 wealthy and internationally reknowned business owners and 1 seedy geezer from wherever..." "Yeah, no sweat - get rid of the 3 good guys and pass the seedy shyster...." FFS - do you really think the people running the leagues are that stupid. The fact of the matter is they have been unable to attract anybody with any credibility for years. Had the FA / FL not been so lenient with the F&PPT - where the hell would they be now? I don't want them to go bust - but they seem to think that it's everybody elses fault, and that they have been dealt a bum hand. If anything, they have been playing with an extra ace shoved up their sleeve for the last 10 years or so.

Real tragedy - a very talented lady who had it all, fame, fortune - but it all just seemed to go wrong - very, very sad. RIP Whitney Houston.

I don't actually understand any of the points that you are trying to make there. However, I dont agree that our coaching and infrastructure is that bad. It may not be as good as some continental sides, but I would have thought it's an awful long way from shocking.

Ummmm we need an English Manager, who shall we appoint? What a load of cobblers, while it's farcicle I don't think it matters too much really. Has anybody actually considered that perhaps the reason that England managers have all failed so dismally in the past is that we don't have as good players as, Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, Holland etc, etc, etc.

Ahhhh you understand the concept then.

I believe your players still have not been paid for their January work. Yet you used them, you could not afford to, but you did. All the other clubs had to pay for the resources they used - they did not cheat.

Oh ok then.

Where - go and look at the main board, the Adkins thread, the New Manager Available thread......!! When I say 'we appear to have gone into meltdown - I mean the posters here, not the team'. But go read the threads for yourself - many are hinting at drastic action. I tend to read now and not write - can't be assed to argue anymore. But for me the bottom line is looking at where we have come from and where we are currently - we require tweaking, but not overhauling.

Sorry mate - for what it's worth I actually agree with everything you said in your very first post on this thread. I'm struggling to actually want to debate such issues though because we appear to have gone into total meltdown and there are numerous threads full of the some rhetoric.

Well i'm not chillin out, I'm very, very nervous. I think we should sack the manager and get some decent loanees in to give us a fighting chance of getting back to the top of the table.

I've see much less farcicle threads locked a whole lot quicker.

Forget it, if it's that confusing, forget it. Good luck for the rest of the season - I feel for you.

So in amongst all of that theoretical baloney are we to beleive that the link between Storey and Redknapp never existed - did they never converse. Utter claptrap.

Really...!!!! Surely just the one odd nutjob though...???

I think that Alps is talking about the 'bigger picture'. Probably nobody here is too bothered about being out of the cup - but in terms of everything else football - tonight was a bad bad night for us, form, confidence, the lot - all took a big hit.

Depends what you want - if you want to stay in the league we have no problems, if you want to reach the play offs we have problems, if you want automatic promotion we have major problems.

If you want promotion then I think we need to stick to the top 2. Even if we made the play offs I really couldn't see us doing it from there - if it's not automatic, is nothing for me.

Don't think anybody is saying that. But just for good measure - check our our recent form. What you'll find, is that is is worrying, is giving cause for concern, is not very good, is making us drop away from the promotion places, is not indicative of instilling confidence in the players. There is a problem - if you fail to see it - tough.

Not quite so optimistic tbh. If this is still being classed as a blip I would hate to see a complete slump in form. The wheels are well and truely off, our form is shyte - worrying times if you were looking for promotion this year.

We is poo - our wheels are all off now...