Micky

I think the guy at Bournemouth did the same as LifeLongSaint was getting his 15 mins of fame - it's not a new one. Some would say 'better the devil you know', but in this particular case I dont think so...!

Ummm loony enough to think that Leeds would have any chance at OT as well. Now lets think - who's the loon...???

Extract from ITV Website : TV Guide Today on ITV1 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm FA Cup Live: West Ham v ArsenalITV1West Ham will relish the chance to take on Arsenal in this all-London, all-Premier League FA Cup third round clash. The clubs have already met once this season, with the Hammers fighting back from two goals down to rescue a point in a dramatic match at Upton Park. And with no silverware in recent years, Arsene Wenger's Gunners will be looking to take a firm step towards Wembley in May. Presented by Matt Smith, with commentary from Peter Drury. Following the match, there is live coverage of the draw for the fourth round. HTH.

Exactly. Tis all very well laughing our coks off at the Blue Few down the road - but look more closely at football in general. Pompey, West Ham, Hull, Watford, Cardiff plus others that I have probably missed - all in the shyte, to put it bluntly. Funny though it may be - you have to ask yourself, where will it all end - once Pompey have been erased from the footballing calender, who shall we bay for next, Bournemouth, then who, B&HA perhaps. More to the point - when will our time come, when do we cease to exist - will we all have a jolly good chuckle about that, what the hell, it was good while it lasted..! Dave Whelan was right when, a couple of years ago, he prophocised that an English Premier League club could cease to exist because of the dynamics of the PL - shouldn't be too long before he can say 'I told you so'. Phil is right - the bodies that oversee English football need to take a long hard look at the way in which it continues to run, largely on 'substainable debt' (never never) and now by 'faceless' owners. The problem as I see it is that the suits at the FAPL do 'very very well thank you' from the finances generated from the product - and so are not keen to rock the boat. Perhaps they are willing to let all small clubs go to the wall so long as the big four prop up thier investment. A bit like the superstores putting the 'family run' and 'market stalls' out of business - sad sad state of football today.

Stoke at home - winnable game with some old boys coming back too...!

I think they should be allowed to march through the streets. I think that the residents of WB should close up for the day and desert the streets. I think the media should totally ignore the protest and write / broadcast nothing.

Perhaps I should have just rested my case and let PES tell it how it is. But you obviously misread or misunderstood my original post. The point that I made was that the fans wouldn't particularly care about how success was achieved - they wouldn't have had thier eye on the Boardroom - they were enjoying Premiership football and winning the FA Cup. Thus - I think that we actually agree with each other..? If you're saying that we (or any other fans for that matter) would have been different in the same circumstances then I would totally disagree. Fans come to see success on the pitch and if that is delivered then they probably don't give two thoughts to what is happening in the Boardroom. Perhaps I am just a bad fan though or I have moral issues that I should address.

Worst commentator / summariser ever - Stuart Hall - talks total tosh should have stuck to IAKO. Worst radio presenter - Adrian Durham - tries desperately to be interesting, topical, funny, contraversial yet fails (daily) on all counts and just comes across as a total dickhead.

Glad you posted that coz I didn't have a clue what any of those 'facts' or figures meant either...? Anybody like to break down the analysis for the errr 'less educated' of us here please...???

You make a good point, but the fans can in some ways be excused for not caring or questioning where the funds were coming from. They (rightly or wrongly) expect those charged with running the club to do so prudently, and with good business principles and accumen. The FAPL should be the ones open to question about this whole sorry affair as they are the ones who should have been taking a 'business' eye view on procedings at Pompey and not a 'fans' eye view. They appear now to be taking 'an interest' once the iceburg has been hit - and we all know the outcome of that, don't we?

I don't think that it has too much to do with intellect to be honest. As you have rightly said there is probably not a lot of difference between the two sets of fans. You would probably find that there is not a lot of difference between the fans of the 96 clubs in the league if truth be known. We are no worse or better than one another - but individually we want different outcomes and there are those that are errr fanatical to say the least. Me personally - as I have stated many times here, I want you to survive. Whilst we can have some fun gloating at your current predicament, the bigger picture is bleak for smaller clubs, you are just the tip of the iceburg. Football is being driven to the wall - look at the Premier League and find a club that isn't in debt to some level. Some teams are in there for 100s of millions - it is not sustainable, as you have found out to your cost. If you go under and cease to exist than the Premier League has a lot to answer for. They should be monitoring clubs to ensure that they are operating within their limits. If they had done so in your case then they would not only have protected you - but they would have gone some way to protecting those clubs the you owe money to such as Watford. Don't get me wrong - I am not saying that Pompey are not responsible for the mess that they currently find themselves in - they are, but others should have taken action sooner. I think that the FA have a duty of care to thier members to advise them when they see spending at levels that are not appropriate to club size. You now have one almighty problem though - as many have recognised here, attracting an investor to the club with your current infrastructure is likely to be very very difficult. The level of investment needed to 'repair' Pompey is massive and the only real tangible asset is your current League status - if that goes, your chances of substantial investment nose dives. You only have to look at recent cases such as Darlington - recently invested in, brand new stadium, probably out of the league at the end of the season. There is still an outside chance that you could stay up this season, (I thought you would earlier in the season - but my optimism is waning a little now) but personally I think that would be a disaster for you. I think your best option is to try to stave off the administrators, offload as many as you can in the Jan window thus reducing the wage bill still further, effectively accept relegation this season. Take the parachute payments and give yourself a chance of sustaining yourself in the CCC as opposed to crashing through the leagues as we have done. Your situation has kept us amused now for many months, none of us could have written it better had we tried - but it's now becoming more of an embarassment as the days go by. Personally I hope that the 'end is nigh' for you very very soon - but I don't want that end to be terminal. Good luck and see you two leagues below us very soon..!

Whichever way you look at it, it does nothing to promote those that run the Premier League. They now have a member that is fast becoming a universal embarassment in the sporting arena yet whose (real) owners are happy to remain anonymous. They lurch from crisis to crisis, have winding up orders served by the nations tax collectors and fail to pay their staff. What does the governing body (FAPL) do - nothing. The only action that I have seen published from the PL is that they are 'following procedings closely' - WTF, they don't even know who owns the club. If this is indicative of how to run a professional sporting body then any set of clowns could do it. Perhaps I answered my own question there.

No problem - thats only a quarter of a mil per month, chickenfeed given the huge number of fans that they can attract. Damn good business, damn good.... ummmm second thoughts maybe not eh....! You do actually wonder, who the f u c k makes such cluster**** decissions dontcha...!

Gotta feel for the guy really - he has a right bag of bollux to sort out. That said - I can't for the life of me see why he took the job in the first place, surely he could see that it was a 'uckin' mess of a club. Perhaps when he was asked to go back to the Blue side he thought he was on his way back to Chelski...!

Only one club were stupid enough to convince the City Council that he deserved the Freedom of the City bestowed upon him though. Wonder if he ever uses the award to visit and see the 'fruits of his labour' down at FP these days?

I don't wish Delldays dead or any misfortune whatsoever - I just wish he would do longer & more frequent tours of duty...!

My two penneth. Was devestated to hear that the guy was executed - guilty or innocent. The crime did not warrant such radical punishment. There appears to me to be numerous issues that have gone against Akmal during this case. I agree with Barney Trouble, irrespective of his adult status - if his illness was 'that' severe, surely somebody in his family should have been watching out for him. It appears a little premature to cite these issues in defence when little was done to negate the gentleman from getting into difficult situations. A failing of the health authorities in this country, a failing of Akmals family and friends I don't know - but for my money somebody should have been watching his back. The Chinese justice system is well known for it's severity of sentence - it is not a country to start your criminal career. I believe that Akmal was indeed doped into the crime, and that he had little idea of the ramifications. Will any good come of this. For Akmals family probably no, but if it deters other 'would be' 'smugglers' from case carrying for a quick buck (which could lead to the death penalty) then perhaps all has not been in vain, and some positives might transpire from this barbaric act.

Did ok, nothing spectacular, helped Wolves to a 3 nil loss at home.

Go on - enlighten me...?

So to sum up, we got beat by a really shyte team, playing really shyte football, organised by a really shyte manager, watched by really shyte fans, in a really shyte stadium. So what does that make us then..?

Made me larf...!

Non starter - move on.

Happy Xmas to you all - hope you get all that you wish for in the New Year - Peace.

Or here if you want it in all it's glory - about 4 minutes in:

"Feedback". I ****in' hate the term "feedback". What does it mean? I'm going to expain how I wanted it done. I'm going to complain nicely. I'm going to comment on your work. I'm going to give you some advice. What the **** is "feedback"? The military do it right - "listen in guys" - I'm gonna tell you how it is "bollocking", you ****ed it up, "nice job", you did it right "Feedback" - People pussyfooting around, too scared to get to the point and say what they really think - cak...!