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Yes it was. Why do you think they even got that number??

No. Adkins does it as 5+ and 1 negative so that is what we should do.

Lets do this the Adkins way: 5 positives from the match: 1. The defence stood up very well to all the corners that Reading had. Must have been about 15 and we comfortably dealt with them all. 2. Chaplow's performance. I felt previously that he was inconsistent. One good performance would be followed by a poor one. He was my MOM against West Ham and I thought he was equally good today. 3.The spirit around the club is so good. The fans were fantastic - especially in comparison with the shockingly quiet Reading bunch. This spirit was reciprocated by the players. To come back when 1-0 down with 10 men is magnificent. The way that the players came to celebrate with the fans once SDR had scored was superb. 4. Our fitness. We may have started slowly but we finished the stronger team. The goal was coming for us ... and if SDR had slipped the ball to Caaplow in the last 5 minutes instead of taking one touch too many, we could easily have had the winner. 5. Hammond's suspension will only ( I guess) be for the League Cup game - for which he may well have been rested. The 1 negative: The way that we couldn't hold the ball up in the first half which meant that Reading seemed to always have possession.

I was taught that you have to say 7 positive things to one negative if you want the recipient to take the message on board in a positive manner. I will go back to my teacher and tell him that he is wrong. If Nigel does it 5:1 rather than 7:1, then five it is!!

I take your point .... but who says that the verdict is not guilty??? Corp Ho - and he is the most laughed at poster on this board. I would never believe a word he says. If Corporate Ho says that Storrie teller is not guilty, the only likely verdict is guilty. Ignore whatever he says. Laugh at it and move on. Nobody yet knows what the verdict will be - least of all Corp Ho.

Oh no. Not this old chestnut!! For reasons that defeat me this subject gets people going on here.How dare you suggest that SMS will be expanded. You will soon be subject to torrents of abuse and ridicule from Delldays and Turkish with Asda and climbing Everest being brought into the debate. I know that it is a sensible option but some people get very worked up on this subject!!

Its going to be like the poe vault world record which kept on being bettered by 1 cm. Each time there is a new record there is more publicity. there will probably be another 48 records between this attendance and 32,200!!

I am sorry - you do not know what you are talking about. Corp Ho says their attendances are increasing ... and he is never wrong is he ????

I once made damson gin but was a bit disappointed. It seemed a little "thin" and tasteless when compared to sloe gin. I don't think that the quality of the gin matters at all when making sloe gin. If you ever go to USA try and find a "Liquor store." THere you can buy bottles of locally produced gin (and vodka come to that) in 1.5 litre bottles for c £10. I have found this ideal for making sloe gin. Tax is already paid so you are not constrained by duty free limits - the only problem is the airline's weight allowance. Many states in the US do not have "Liquor Stores". The best one I have found was in Delaware. I have also found good ones in New Hampshire & Florida - but many states do not have them.

I think any cider would do. The gin from the sloes makes the sloe cider very potent so I do not think you would want a strong cider.

It is hilarious isn't it. Whenever Corp tries to do some maths it ends the same way. Mind you , he is probably a mathematical genius compared to the other dunderheads at Pompey.

Keep the sloes once you have decanted the gin. Keep them in your bottle / demijohn and then add cider to them. Leave for 3 weeks or so , shaking every day or so and what you have then is a pretty special brew. Its pretty powerful stuff - but certainly slips down nicely.

Well you did... but you didn't argue very well did you?? I suppose that it is difficult to argue that you are not financially fcked when 6 players get paid more than your gate receipts for a season. You did try to argue your case but you diidn't do very well. Ever since then you have come up with increasingly strange stories about Saints. I suppose that if you can keep your head in the sand , you will not notice how close you are to the precipice.

Has anyone else noticed how Corp's posts have changed - and I don't just mean that he is no longer telling us "if the rumour about where the money's coming from (and how much of it there is ready to be used on players and improving the club) are true you lot are going to be pig sick." (see post 143 on this thread written a long time ago but rather funny knowing what we know now). He seems to have given up trying to tell us that Pompey are not financially fcked and how they can break even on their crowds of 14k. Instead he seems to have turned his attention to Saints and telling us things that we never knew about our team - like Lambert threw a wobbly because he didn't go to Newcastle. That we do not own our training ground. That Barnard is on £25k a week. I daresay next week we will learn that Marcus Leibher was a Nazi tank driver or that Adkins is really a Pompey fan or some other such rubbish dreamed up in the pubs of Portsmouth. Its almost as if he wants to divert our attention from the mess at Pompey. My guess is that as December 18th draws closer, the number of Corp Ho's posts will reduce. He will probably go into hiding again making a brief appearance to tell us nonsense such as Richard Chaplow is David Armstrong's secret lovechild or that Cortese eats babies with his spaghetti and pizza. You never know , perhaps he now agrees with Fitzhugh Fella that Pompey are heading for the precipice and financial disaster!!

Sorry mate. There is no way that game will be played at 3 pm on a saturday.

I agree with what you say about Mack (and Corpse). My response was to pfc 123

No. You have just imagined that you have read the last few hundred pages. What a thick, stupid skate.

Do you have any more information from your original source ??

No. the point of the matching bet is that the bookie also puts on £30 for you at the same odds. Its the kind of thing that bookies do to tempt you in and then for you to lose your money with them. The only thing that they won't do is give you the stake back for the "matching " bit of the bet. So therefore (unless you already have a Sky Bet account) you open up an account with them and put £30 on Pompey to get relegated. Sky then match your £30 with another £30 meaning that you have £60 on them to get relegated at 11/2. This will return £330 plus your original £30 making £360 in total.

The thing is that Pompey have been here before. However you present the numbers they are financially fcked (6 players between them costing over £1 million more than the season's gate receipts - and that is erring on the high side in revenue calculations !!!) . The only option is for Corp Ho and ourselves to at least make some money out of them. I did this 2 years ago when I got some incredible odds (c. 10/1) on them being bottom at Christmas and being relegated when they hit the financial buffers in the Premiership.. Just find a bookie offering odds on them being relegated this season. There are plenty on the internet offering 11/2 which I reckon is pretty good odds. If you go to Sky Bet and open up an account with them, they will match your first bet up to £30 - so £30 invested will return £360. Its got to be worth it. Go on Corp Ho. You know it makes sense. Bet on Pompey being relegated and you will be quids in.

I cannot really believe that you want to carry on with this particular debate. I thought that your absence from this board over the last few days was your tacit acknowledgment that you were wrong but clearly not. You want to continue this debate. I am not quite sure what you are trying to prove but I guess that you want to show that you are really, really currently living within your means. Lets look at a few facts - taking your numbers where we can: Lets suppose that your average attendance will be 14,500 this season. I think that this is unlikely. We will fill your stadium for you and that will increase your average but so far this season you have averaged 14,247. Your last attendance was 12,102 which looks ominous and must cast doubt on your average being 14,500 - but lets take your figure. You claim that the average revenue is £22. Others on this forum have cast doubt on it being this much but lets again take your figure. Taking your figures your gate receipts will be £6.1 million this season -after VAT: £ £ Revenue before VAT per match 319,000 Revenue before VAT per season 7,337,000 Deduct VAT at 20% -1,222,833 Revenue per season 6,114,167 Now lets look at some of your outgoings. You do not seem to dispute the posts on here that say that TBH is on £36k per week, Kitson and Lawrence on £20k per weeek and you say that Varney and "a couple of others" are on £15 k per week. I am not sure why there are only a "couple of others" on this much - Halford, Kanu and Moekana would all be on decent wedges whilst I am sure that Norris didn't leave Ipswich to be one of the lower paid players but lets take your figures and just assume that there are only a couple of others on £15k per w eek: TBH = £36 k per week =- 1,872,000 Kitson = £20k per week = 1,040,000 Lawrence = £20k per week = 1,040,000 "Varney and a couple of others"= £15k per week 2,340,000 Total wages for 6 players 6,292,000 National Insurance at 13.8% on 6 players wages 868,296 TOTAL WAGE COSTS FOR 6 PLAYERS 7,160,296 So in other words just 6 of your players will cost more than £1 million more than your gate receipts this season - and thats using your dodgy numbers!! Of course you have other sources of income. Like the Cups. I am sure that the proceeds from your League Cup run will go a long way to flling the gap. How many did you get watching your game against Barnet?? 4,464 wasn't it?? Your share of that would pay the wages of TBH for what, 3 days??? Of course I forgot the other sources of income. Like the hospitality boxes that all clubs have these days- oh I forgot about you. Never mind. I just hope for your sake that CSI have deep pockets because without them digging deep there is no way that you are going to get £13 million income... and you are going to need at least £ 13 million to keep going. In addition to the high earning 6 players you have another 15 (by your reckoning) to pay. And the Clot wants to be paid, As do the coaching staff. And Lumpitt. And the rest of the "business." Keeping a football club going is pretty expensive these days. Apparently your lot flew to Leeds the other day. Perhaps they should have hitch hiked!!

An instant classic!!

Now come on Corp. You know jolly well that you are not very good at numbers so why do you try?? This is one of the funniest posts you have written. You have forgotten VAT in your sums.You have forgotten that other people at the club like the Clot need to be paid. You have wildly overstated the price of a ticket (average £26 !!!) and even then your dodgy maths gets you to players wages = 125% of turnover - before owners's contributions. How about all the other costs of running a business?? Just admit it - you are financially fcked and it is going to end in tears ....again.

After his display at SMS I cannot see Ridgewell being on Adkins's shopping list.