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No way will we be playing them next season .... unless we get relegated and I do not think that is likely. They are going to be relegated this season as they are clearly not good enough for the Premiership. Their ex Chairman, chief executive and ex manager will all end up in prison for tax evasion & these misdemeanours will cause the Football league to sling them out into the Blue Square before they are reinstated to Division 2 on appeal. It happened before to Swindon. I do not think it is unlikely to happen again. Consider the punishment meted out to Luton for offenses nowhere as serious as those that Mad and Rich, Storrie teller and Saggychops are all facing. They are going down .... and I do not just mean Saggy and his chums.

I don't disagree with you. My point was that they do not even seem to have paid some of their contractual obligations to their players.

No they didn't pay more for winning the FA Cup. They promised to pay more but never came up with the cash. Ask Sol about his win bonus for the FA Cup.

Brilliant!!

+1. Something must have gone horribly wrong somewhere in the past for him to have ended up as one of the blue few.

+1.

You may well be right ... it means that the team we will watch at Wembley in the FA Cup will be different from the team that we watch at Wembley in the JPT and the play offs. :-) :-) :-)

He played last Saturday in the FA Cup (as did Danns :-) ) ..... but I am sure he is not tied for the Johnstone's Paint!!

But everyone knows that its true. Pompey fans are amazing. Thierry Henry said so. Similarly 'arry is just a lovable ****ney chap who has done a triffic job wherever he has gone. As Chapel end Charlie wrote last night, expect the gushing obituaries from every Tom, **** and Harriet in the press once the blue few capsize.

Its the Harriets in the sports media that get up my nose .... or more specifically Sue Mott who often crops up on 5 Live and who,I believe, writes for the Telegraph. She will be in her element cooing over Pompey. She normally bases her football opinions on the comings and goings at Arsenal ("do you know" she once said on 5 Live "players in Theo Walcott's team before he came to Arsenal used to fight the opposition on the pitch") but I am sure that she will be able to manage a coo at the plight of plucky little Pompey.

The Sky money is £7m. They owe other English clubs £10m. (according to the Guardian - see post 5691). Lens are also owed £4 million. So the TV money does not clear their footballing debts. The TV money however had already been promised to the people who lent them the money for previous loans. Rest assured. They are well and truly stuffed.

No. They can only extend the loans when they pay the wages and the debts owed to other clubs on transfers.

Selling Kaboul to pay the wages will not help them avoid the drop. If they cannot extend O'Hara's loan, their problems will get even worse.

So the question is .... Have they been paid today?????

He was born in Oxford and his relatives live in Thame.

Fantastic memories. Thanks for those. Wasn't Moran good at the start of his career?? The way with which he celebrated his goals was so infectious.

Couldn't agree more. It was good to see him in such health.

and to resurrect an old idea... Why not get some decent beer in?? Newbury races used to do great pints from the HogBack Brewery. Why can't we??? The lager and cider currently on offer are enough to make you teetotal!

Who wrote that ?? The tooth fairy?? Naming rights - I am sure that in this time of global recession , multi mationals will be fighting amongst each other to get their name associated with the Fratton Park toilet bowl. New kit supplier - presumably they are tied in till at least the end of this season with their current shirt supplier so don't expect too much revenue from that source this side of the summer. Future season ticket revenue securitisation - well I suppose all their TV money is tied up paying back loans so season tickets are the only source open to them.... and exactly how many times can you mortgage Fratton Park??? The owners have paid tax arrears - well they haven't done a very good job so far. HMRCE are clearly not very happy. Rest assured. Pompey are not going to escape from this. The longer they try to defy gravity, the worse the fall will be. The CCC will be far too high a league for them next season with all the penalties that will eventually come thier way. Enjoy watching the car crash whilst it is still going on.

When Fry took us over I remember that he said that he was amazed how bad things were and that he was surprised not to have been called in earlier. Weston Saint also revealed on here that it had been a difficult job to get an administrator to take us on. Only Begbies would do it. The other firms were convinced that we were a goner. But compare us then with Pompey now. No winding up orders had been presented on us. Prior to our administration we had always paid our staff. Lowe delayed our administration in a desperate bid to stave off the 10 point deduction that would have led to relegation. Pompey are doing the same now but they cannot deny gravity for ever. Administration is coming their way and when it comes it will be a knockout blow. If Fry was surprised at how long we had survived pre administration, I am sure that if he was to be brought in at Pompey, he would be amazed at how long it has taken them to accept the inevitable.

What page will this thread be on when Pompey's administration is announced?? My guess is 131. It may not be very far away but if today's rate of posting is maintained we will reach 131 by sometime next week.

February 21 st - its the missus's birthday and that would be such a good present that I would not need to buy her anything else.

Whenever I see one of their vans I think about deliberately scratching it. But that would not be fair on Oliver would it ??

Do you rate any of our players???

Evening ???? I cannot make a pint last all evening!! The offer is still there.