stevegrant

Saints still retain admin control over the system and their data (i.e. our data). The relationship between online ticket provider and the club is no different to how it was with AudienceView who provided the last system.

You have to ask why the PST feel the need to engage in dialogue with someone with the known reputation of Bassini. OK, they've got to speak to Chainrai for obvious reasons, but surely you'd want to avoid anyone with that sort of background if at all possible? Unless of course they have a substantial shortfall in funding and are looking for someone else to come in and bridge that gap...

Mark McAdam's trying to distance himself from the suggestion that Sky are whipping up a bit of a protesting frenzy down there

This'll be good...

Sorry, I failed Where to begin? £6m shortfall already based on the payout to players (budgeted £2m) 75% take-up of share pledges £750k raised through 5-figure "Associate Director" status "It should be noted that payments for 2013/14 season are estimates only, and are likely to be higher as a result of the new broadcasting deals signed" - er, no they're not. The amount you get from parachute payments is related to the broadcasting deal when relegated, not a subsequent one. Basing budgets on getting home draws in all cups (not that it matters as everything's split anyway) Ditching the academy in 2014/15 "Other than in calculating ticket prices, the forecast model does not take VAT into account" A sudden drop in costs between this season and next of more than £5m This will end well.

Absolute shambles

Have the PST actually published their bid/business plan?

You couldn't make it up

Neil Allen appears to be trying to set up an e-war on Twitter by asking whether any Pompey fans follow the likes of Adam Leitch or Gordon Simpson at the Echo. He's clearly missing the point - we follow him for comedic purposes, and to remind us that, despite the protestations of a minority, the Echo is outstanding compared to the Snooze.

Interesting to note that Bournemouth are picking up the entire tab for Barnard's wages during his loan spell (very unusual for a player dropping two divisions) - somewhere in the region of £13k a week

That away end holds 2000 - judging by the TV footage of the goals, there's not a cat in hell's chance that end was more than half full.

Looks as though fans of other teams are starting to get a little bit tired and fed up of the whole situation... this from the Football365 mailbox today:

Nicely played

£13 return on the train from Kings Cross as well, not too bad.

Loads of really tough games to call in the Championship tonight, I'll probably give it a miss. Pompey seem a ridiculously long 7/2 away at Colchester though

As Barry Davies said when Italy got beaten by South Korea in the 2002 World Cup... "they will not learn!"

The system did need re-establishing, though, as Graeme Souness impressively destroyed the whole lot (while Lawrie was director of football, let's not forget) in the space of a year.

I expect it includes the ability to change the displayed publish time, although this would usually be used for articles that are embargoed until a certain date/time, rather than backdating something that's been tardily released later than it should have been.

It seems a bit odd that we're relying on a club who were in non-league just over two years ago to sell tickets on our behalf.

What are the rules regarding over-age players?

That's me ****ed then

After much deliberation, I have appointed JustMike and skintsaint as the two new Moderators for the forum - both are long-standing members of SaintsWeb and its predecessors, so have plenty of experience of how the site functions. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone else who applied for the positions, the fact I've taken until this late in the day to make the decision is testament to the quality of the applicants, and I hope everyone will attempt to make Mike and Rob's "move upstairs" as smooth as possible

Might have been his choice, to be fair. Also, many players might not give a toss what number they're given, Davis might have asked for number 8, Cork said "yeah no worries, I'm not fussed"

Nothing particularly eye-opening other than perhaps Guly and Cork moving out of the 11 - wonder if that was their choice, especially as 10 is still available (but presumably reserved for Ramirez if things can be sorted there)