SaintBobby

1 pint. No question.

Quite an amazing first set of results, all told.

Attendance 17,703 Lamentable

What chance this letter will be replied to? Any views on the value of the ground? Have heard estimates ranging from £2m to £7m (with Chanrai holding out for £18m?) http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/trust-appeals-to-chainrai-to-do-a-deal-over-pompey-1-4178978?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

It's been a long night. And I'm desperate.

Wished I heard that. That makes him Sherlock Holmes compared to some of the journos covering this. I think for me the sheer joy of them going pop will be because they just don't have much of a fanbase who care very much. And when they go pop it will be because they have to admit that. That moment will be immaculately sweet.

We'd chortle. Surely, that is enough?

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I think I love you.

Phil, sadist or serious? LOL!

We do. We exported it there. We have rights. Are these guys in Brazil?

Alright....who gets the rosette for winding them up on here.... http://www.facebook.com/groups/407893649268563/ ?

Btw, does anyone know who Sara Cunningham is? Heard she's launching a breakaway faction on phoenix project - and is rich (ish)

"The green screen behind me will be replaced by a photo of the only meaningful stadium in Hampshire tomorrow. I'm sorry.....I was wrong.....My life is over.......Here's Bill with the weather."

Alpine, ur a sarcastic bastard. But I think I love you :-)

Having spent too much time reading the various skate sites today, I'd say the fan base is pretty split between the Trust bid and liquidation/Phoenix.

Peter Allen on Radio 5 suggests to Colin Farmery from the Trust that they should liquidate, wipe slate clean and start again. "That is an option" says geezer from the trust.

Could this be the end? (I'll miss this thread!)

Can someone confirm, is their bid based on 75% or 90% conversion? Clearly, both are total fantasy. I'd say c.50%?

So, if the Trust's bid is really as much of a fantasy as the smart people on here say, that really is the end for them.

Curtains?

So, am I right that they have 11 hours to register a squad in time for the Plymouth cup game?

I'm happy with the pre-season fixtures. Okay, Bristol City are a few grades below what we'll be facing this season (other than in Cups), but overall, the rest of the teams are a pretty fair representation of the sort of quality we'll be up against in the Premier League. Seems to me that the overall level of performance was just about satisfactory (except perhaps v. Udinese) - but results a tad disappointing (would look a lot better if we'd beaten Ajax, which we probably deserved to). I'd much prefer we played Ajax, Anderlecht, Arsenal etc, than Eastleigh, Bournemouth etc. In preparing for a Premiership season, I'd also prefer us to play at home more than away. The screw-ups have been two-fold: 1. Pricing was ridiculous - you can charge £15 for a one-off pre-season friendly, but if you have 4, surely drop it to £5. 2. We have tried out a system on the pitch which doesn't really seem to work. So, rather than us all coo-ing about how great a 4-2-3-1 looks, most people seem to think we're best suited to 4-4-2. Still, that's all part of the learning process, I suppose.

We're nowhere near being a top half team or challenging for Europe or any of that guff. And won't be even if we sign 3 or 4 useful new players. The height of my ambition is to avoid relegation - and I think we're about 50-50 to do that. Don't much care about Man City, Man Utd etc. Question is are we better than 3 of Reading, Wigan, West Brom, West Ham, Swansea, Norwich et al over 38 games? Touch and go, I'd say. So, should be exciting. We probably need only about 35 points to stay up - something like W 9 D 8 L 21 . It amazes me that pundits talk of 40 points being needed for safety (very rarely true). I'm annoyed about the CB thing - but not worried. I'd be amazed if we don't sign one or two by end of the transfer window.

I'm only following this on twitter....but it doesn't sound as if we'd hold our own in the Champions League just yet...