Micky

I would actually hope that most Pompey fans will also see that this is the wrong decission. If they have any decency within them, they must be able to see that what has happened today is nothing short of an injustice. From one administration (only 10 years ago..?) to over 130 million pounds of debt today, nationally recognised by thier fellow professionals as cheats - really is that anything to stand and applaud?

Good old Stan - he knows the score - shame he wasn't a judge...!

Damn.... eeerrrrr, I take it 54 is a little late to be taking up this riding malarky then....???

A little, being the operative there Duncan, but stay with me while I too play DA for a while. I actually agree with you that, if true, the club has been a little remiss towards Eastleigh. If this game was one of the terms of the transfer contract then it should have been upheld, it effectively is a revenue earner for Eastleigh and therefore constitutes part of the payment due for the player. So in that respect they have every right to feel agrieved. However that said - airing such grievances in a local newspaper is probably not the best way to 'state your case' so to speak, and is really not going to solve anything. However, my real point would be that this game was not arranged overnight, nobody phoned them and said 'right we're coming up tomorrow, get your lads ready...!' Eastleigh would have had to agree to the date of the game, and it is at this point that any debate over the timing of the game should have been raised. Therefore, they would have had time to refer to the contract for the Aaron Martin deal and point to the clause which dictates the game must be played on a Saturday. If that clause was not met and Eastleigh wish to pursue the complaint it should be done through the FL not the Echo. As I say - if true, then Eastleigh have a right to feel hard done by - but thier airring of the issue has probably not been done in the correct forum.

Hypothetically speaking, if the contributors to this thread all met in a pub to discuss this particulary issue, how long would it take for one to punch the other, and who would hit who..? Ohhh and FWIW - I think that the validity of this thread is total and utter bollix

Not really - this is how I find most fans as well. The only people that I ever hear talking about the politics of the club are on this forum, and rarely are the comments positive. However, those fans that I know who don't post here have absolutely no interest in the off field goings on within the club. Like your mate - they only want to talk about the games, players and goals. Thinking about it now - I actually feel quite jealous of them, I need to get off of here and get a life...!

What, clubs or chicks...???

What a load of bollux, nobody would be stupid enough to believe that Lallana's girlfriend is going to play for Hull City...!

But that's the point - did he? How do you know? We (you) have heard one side of the argument and made that assumption. It's a bit like a judge hearing the prosecutions side of the case and, without further ado, hanging the defendant (a bit like I want the PFC case to go!) - why bother with a fair hearing eh.

Errr no, we just want to hear both sides of the story. If it leaves you unimpressed that you don't have any facts from the clubs side of the argument, but are willing to judge, how you can then come to the conclusion that it is nothing but a convienient argument for people defending the indefensible. Remember, with the facts that we have so far, this could be just an administrative error. Indefensible?

Don't blame you for not wanting to read the whole thread - there is some cringeworthy stuff in there. But you're more than welcome into the simpleton club that is TDD and I.

Which actually gave the book a larg(er) media coverage than it would have got - thus generating much better advertising and gaining much higher sales. Perhaps NC is currently penning his first business book and is looking for a 'hook'. Watch out for the Nicola Cortese bestseller, including chapter 5, 'I was wrong to ban NI from SMS' story soon folks...!

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo - welcome to the fast (well relatively slow actually) expanding TDD & Micky club....!!!

Agree and disagree - if that is possible. If it gives people a chance to kick NC in the bollux, people will oblige it would appear.

Shame, I just wanted to be around on the day DBP lost a balloon debate. I live in hope I guess..!

Whhhhhaaaatttttttt.... you don't know the facts...??? And yet you still display the temerity to post on this thread - shocking...!

I might have asked you this one before Stu - but is there anything that you don't know?

Who knows? But I'm thinking that as he goes to SMS every other week, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he could make the ticket office. I have to admit - like many on here, with many of the 'points raised' I am errr speculating - but it's a decent shout...!

Re-read my post. I am suggesting that he goes to see a human being at the ticket office in order to speak to them about the situation, as opposed to using electronic means over the ethernet. That way there is no interface required - he will get some sort of reaction or response. Your response is interesting though, you posted 13 words in which you both, thought and assumed - that is exactly the reason that this thread is now as long as it is.

That in itself is silly. How do you know that the owner doesn't already know what's going on. You (we) are assuming that he doesn't - perhaps he does know, perhaps it is he that is directing Nicola, perhaps he is calling the shots, perhaps we should be directing all of this vitriol towards our new owner as opposed to NC.

I have to say, I share this same view. After some 9 pages of what appears to be mostly speculation, some people even claiming that he has been banned, why doesn't he do just as you say. Surely, a quick trip to the ticket office, explain who he is, what has happened and ask for; a. A ST or b. an explanation as to why his money has been returned. Perhaps i'm not seeing the wood for the trees, but it does appear to be that simple to me. Perhaps TDD and I are just simpletons!

Thank you - exactly. As most other things might well be as well. I would love to hear the other side of the argument - that is the crux of the matter - we haven't. You are basing all of your posts on one side of the argument - NI's, which as many others have stated, might well, *be embellished/not contain all the facts/be biased towards one party/be the truth/be lies. FWIW, having never met NI, I hope he gets a ST. But I am not about to come out in support of him based on one side of the story. Likewise I am not about to vilify NC based on pure conjecture, speculation and guess work. *Delete, ignore or champion - whatever your agenda.

What....???? I have no idea what you are talking about, but Stu, do you honestly believe that, honestly...? What was the wifes role, what did she do....? Why was she oh so vital to the operation of SFC that she had to come back early...? Sometimes I think that you are more than a little gullible, but then again it could just be that it fits with an agenda - who knows... ? If you want to believe such things - crack on mate. You seem quite content to hear one side of the argument, climb aboard your trusty charger and carry the fight. Problem is - it appears that your happy to do so, so long as it is NC on the receiving end.

With all due respect, I personally don't think he ever threatened any of his staff.

Even so, you're saying that staff have been threatened with instant dismissal for disclosure of information, or 'talking out of turn' - I find that very difficult to believe. Highly, very highly unlikely in this day and age.