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Cue Guly goal

Reading will get a nosebleed soon. Just like Brum. We had ours. We're going up as Champions. Reading, West Ham & Brum will fight it out to join us. Even if we lose tonight at Leeds.

I had malaria, funnily enough in the year we lost the play off semi. Does that count?

Flash git. He should have stuck to the old fashioned instinctive reaction.

It's not like it was before, though, is it? Their most recent "White Knight" wouldn't even consider taking them for free. The most, most, most optimistic outcome for them if they do find a mug to buy them is that they will start next season in League 1 with a huge points deduction, staring League 2 in the face. Not much income there to service their unavoidable legacy debt. The oft-quoted strong negotiating position that TB has with Gaydamak, Chainrai & others: "Play ball with me and defer your payments, or I'll liquidate the club & you'll get nothing" doesn't really stand up. They've already deferred payment. And then deferred it again. And again. And again. So far they've got nothing, and they're being offered nothing again now. At the very least they will doubt that they'll actually get anything in future. So what TB is actually saying to them is: "I'm going to liquidate the club now & you'll get nothing, or you can forget about your debts and get nothing anyway, but the club you've fallen in love with can continue" That one's a bit confusing. They say they're owed £300k, but at the same time Lampitt's there to try to get information to see if they're entitled to anything from add-ons. Shouldn't be a problem, what with undisclosed fees and all. All he'll need is either a very co-operative contact at Genoa who'll give him all the details he wants, and a cheque, or an International Civil Court Disclosure Order of some sort. That shouldn't take too long to get, or cost too much of TB's "meagre" cash. Nope, as I see it there are only 2 outcomes. Liquidation, soon, or they're back in the hands of the gun-runner and the loan shark from Hong Kong.

After this, I might have to stop calling Colin Colin.

If you can believe what's written on here, the League rules only allow you to field a maximum of four traffic cones in your starting eleven.

I had a good look a few years ago for the Mrs. Narrowed it down to the Audi & the SAAB, then plumped for the SAAB, then chickened out. The SAAB is still the best looker of the 4 seaters IMO. I know there could be maintenance issues unless you can find a good independant, but you might get a good deal.

That's not what he said. What he actually said was: Talk of 20p of 20p, i.e. 4p in the pound, was a hypothetical example IF there is another CVA in the future.

I wouldn't be surprised if they have. They'll have to make their minds up soon, otherwise they'll pass the deadline where any more points deducted this season can be carried over to next season.

We've had one for a while. Ms. H got it as part of a free upgrade. In answer to your question it does run flash content, including SaintsPlayer. We don't use it much, and never tethered to a Blackberry phone. I use it occasionally on WiFi at home, mainly as a media streamer to listen to UK radio stations over the web (hooked up to my portable ipod speakers). It does that very well, and the 7" screen is an OK size to watch highlights from SaintsPlayer, or youtube. I have noticed that it's on-board WiFi isn't great, though. It loses the signal in places where our laptops carry on happily. I wouldn't pay money for one, though. Hutch jr. got a Galaxy Tab 10.1 at Christmas, and that is a much, much better tablet (a proper laptop replacement, at least for a teenager).

I blame the FL and their fecking useless Fit And Proper Pitch Test.

I must admit it was a bit of a rant. I find it all a bit distasteful, particularly celebrating admin. I'm old enough to remember when people would have been embarrassed to go bankrupt, rather than see it as a victory.

I know it's difficult, but just try to imagine a football club that has built up debts over the last few years of more than £180 million more than it had any intention or prospect of ever of paying back, and is routinely fielding teams of "premier league" players who regularly don't get paid, and which will still be relegated to the 3rd division at the end of the season. A club that has been bankrupt twice in less than two years. A club that has had six owners in the last five years, and four of those last six owners have been charged in Court on Fraud-related charges. If you believe that's possible then you're clearly deluded. After all, the football authorities would never allow one of their football clubs to urinate the equivalent of one third of the total annual income of the Portsmouth City Council down the drain. Football League Community Club of the Year? You bet they are. Unless, that is, you're old. Or young. Or unemployed. Or employed. Or a homeowner. Or a council tenant. Or disabled. Or at school. Or sick. Or a Council employee. But I don't give a toss about them, coz I live in a blue caravan, & work cash in hand. PUP PPU PFE PTID

Exactly. A fresh look at their situation is just what's needed. They're skint, obviously, so can't afford to run a big squad. Rather get a small core of really, really good players, to tap into that pot at the end of the rainbow. I'm liking his thinking already.

First game of the last 15. Have we been here before?

Would you like anybody else to score today?

They did. They were on 25 this morning, now they're on 36. Sky Sports Centre that is.

Is there really a website called whore-nuns.com, Ohio, or did you make it up?

I heard they had a punch up in the dressing room at HT when Nige told them he was moving Jos up to CF alongside Rickie & Sharpe to CB

If we go behind, could you go do some overtime?

Donny 1 up at Leeds - Skates in the bottom 3

Haven't you got a job to go to this afternoon Eric?

Only when you're sober?

I think that was Ohio. He's indisposed for 5 minutes