Crab Lungs

Was he re-opening old wounds or was he specifically asked by the reporter? Still, don't let get in the way of any "Cortese is the devil" conspiracy theories you have...

Lol, uber-fans, wannabe on the board types. So true.

Quality player, shame he gets injured so much. If he was available more, he would have proved his talent to far more people by now.

FFS, I'm sick with this obsession of being in the Championship. Yes, at this moment in time we stand a good chance of winning more than we lose; yet, if we stand still and "consolidate" like some people want for us to do then we will lose Fonte, Lallana, Lambert and Cork. If we accept mediocrity than eventually that's what will get. Then stagnation follows - and that'll be mirrored throughout the team with the replacements we'd have to find for our better players. The disruption losing them will cause no-end of hassle. The sooner we go up, the better chance we have of keeping our best players. And if we do go up and get relegated, we go down with £60m in the bank - much more than if we'd sat around in the Championship for a couple of seasons making up the numbers. Even promotion and subsequent relegation would leave us in a far better position than Mid-table/mid-table. Besides, as fun as it's been sometimes, I think we've done our time in the lower leagues and most definitely learned some valuable lessons.

Any Premier League team at home, simply because I want to "feel" and remember what it was like to be playing a PL team again. Oh, and it'll be a decent yardstick if we both field competitive first elevens...

That just stinks of fish. Rotten, dirty, fish. And we all know what that means. The problem is, he reported it to the FA. The FA are protecting that club... so what's the point of that?

He'll score more than Ormerod. He has more an instinct for goals than Brett as well as a similar workrate.

LOL, surely he should factor in that we bif £5m for one of their players before the window closed... not sure we'd have done that if we were skint... Then again, it never stopped Pompey...

Superb post and your link just about sums it all up for me. I'm sure Corpy agrees.... rofl

Harrison has claimed to Sportsmail that one club are 'under the protection of the FA'. He insists the club use the same agent for all their deals and that there are kickbacks as a reward. Sportsmail has been unable to substantiate this allegation, but he has notified the FA of his concerns. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM........

Wow. Just wow.

Absolutely.

Quality player, great work ethic. Rather him than Rodriguez or Maynard as I think he'll suit our style/attitude better. That said, it's gone now.

I wonder if he's one of those players that gets passed around to make money.... then again, surely not?

Superb post

Great post as always lol And here's something for amusement, just to wrap up a superb weekend - one of the most hollow and amusing on-pitch announcements since Delia asked "Where are you?": http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8656390.stm "If anyone wants a lesson on passion, commitment and loyalty, Fratton Park is the place" Says Avram, at WHU one month later to the fans, who have unashamedly deserted the club in their droves since administration.

Pretty much every club we've played with the exception of Leeds have been behind us in the table, tbf...

Well she's well-endowed

Oh yeah, that's a good point - I mentioned how good the infrastructure is but didn't mention just how important it is to have a good manager. Porto are, of course, a much bigger club playing in, arguably, a less-competitive league. However, his achievements should not be underestimated either. To win the CL with Porto is an incredible feat

Well, what Cortese said about the Champions League... exciting, but I cannot see how we'd achieve it. Then again, one only has to look at Villarreal and other middling provincial clubs who have achieved that level of 'success' to see that it can be done. That said, our domestic league compared to others could be considered a far, far harder nut to crack. I'd be happy to consider Cortese a huge success if it meant coming from the bottom of L1 to regularly competing for Cups/PL football... though, as we all know, we've got a fair old way to go yet.

Reminds of people who are "too nice" to say anything critical to anyone and because of that, get themselves into worse situations That comment though... they cannot seriously have believed what they were saying

As I've said below, I still can't fathom the reaction to some mildly disappointing decisions he's made. On the whole, where it matters most, we're functioning almost perfectly and he has probably overseen one of the most exciting eras in modern times. That, and of course the fact he contributed heavily to our salvation. Not just that though, but having him/Markus is an incredible coup - and one we should be very, very thankful for. Imagine the alternatives.. Micky Fialka or that ex-York chairman A legend, for me, is someone who sticks around for a very, very long time and oversees a largely successful era. Cortese's not there yet, obviously, but even if we did get back to the Premier League and not win anything there whilst under his chairmanship, I'd still consider him something of a legend. Not a feet-kissing, worship-style one - but more in a forever appreciative kinda way.

Ha, just commented on your post funnily enough! I honestly cannot fathom the reaction to some, at best, mildly irritating decisions he's made. Why can't they look beyond a couple of quid extra instead of stomping around making a big fuss over nothing? They probably won't credit it, but it was Cortese who told Markus to buy us, y'know... he's been very good so far but if he'd only been average, he deserves a little more slack for that contribution alone.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

That's fair enough. I still think he should get far more credit than he's due though, despite his flaws. Or maybe not credit, but a bit more slack.