benjii

There's a point of learning here folks: If someone ever shows you to be incontrovertibly wrong and made to look stupid, what you should do is acknowledge this and maybe offer a bit of humility. If you attempt to persist with the line that you were actually right you will only look like an ever bigger muppet than you already did. There endeth today's lesson.

Another classic.

@ Alpine again and again and again.... What a truly bizare person.

My tuppence worth... Here's a bit of a curveball - I think everyone, without exception, who I have ever met who has been to Buenos Aires reckons it's just about the best city they've been to. Not quite sure why but everylone loves it! Something I do know about is Europe. If you have less than a month and a fairly tight budget this is definitely your best bet IMO. Somewhere like South East Asia can be done very cheaply when you're there (and is brilliant!) but you might be looking at around £500+ in flights etc. If you can afford it, go but.. on the other hand you can usually book a one way flight to somewhere in Europe that you would want to go to and a flight back from somewhere else that you would want to go to for around £100 in total and then make the dots join! As others have said, Germany is a great bet. Friendly people, lovely weather in the south in the summer etc... From there you can head east to Czech / Poland / Bulgaria / Romania / Greece then loop round, you could head south through Austria, Hungary (Budapest is cool), Slovenia, Croatia... you should certainly aim to take in some of Italy and, in particular, Rome IMO. It is hot, touristy and the locals love to rip you off but is just an incredible place. You really want, IMO, a mix of city destinations, coastal destinations and some mountain/lake scenery. Something like Munich, Salzburg, Prague, Krakow (for Auschwitz), Budapest then down to the mediterranean coast stopping off at wherever takes your fancy (some beautiful lakes in Slovenia) then across to Italy (and southern France, Spain etc if you have time) could be done pretty comfortably in a month. Train travel round Europe is realiable and generally comfortable on the big intercity routes. Unsurprisingly it is also usually much cheaper than here. Hostels in Europe are usually clean, fun and good value and a geat way of meeting other travellers (keep an eye out for American, Dutch, German and Australilan girls, in particular ). You won't get luxury but you will rarely stay in somewhere that feels dirty or unpleasant provided you follow reccommendations on the main hostel websites. A decent hostel should cost around 15-20 Euro per night in Germany/Italy, maybe cheaper elsewhere. I also reccommend organised "beer tours" that run in most of the popular destination cities (typically by Australians/Americans) as some of the better bars are pretty hard to find in many European cities. A final point on travel in Europe - think carefully before shelling out upfront on an Interail pass. Often the savings will be minimal, if any, and you may lose some flexibility around where you can go. Sure, it's not as adventurous as China etc but if you're going to do something like that you will probably want to do it more time and justice. Europe gives you the flexibility to see a bunch of countries on a shorter timescale.

"'We had a chat and he told me the plans for the club. It sounded good and I want to be a part of it." Not the brightest though.

Very true, although we were lucky he was able to play the amount of minutes he did last season.

I have no idea what you mean.

I would go berserk if this happens. Well, maybe not but he would blow League One apart. Yeah, I probably would go berserk actually.

David "ambition is to beat a defender" Lee.

Yes, that is true. On that basis I think posts should be rationed according to games attended. That may have some unintended but pleasant consequences...

I would hope that the FL would look at it on the basis that there are two types of player to be released. There are the "stars" who need to be released to prevent the club from running out of money (er, again). Utaka, Ben Haim etc... if these are released out of necessity and it means Pompey don't have a squad of twenty then I think they should be allowed, under certain restrictions, to replace those players. However, releasing the reserve keeper and a couple of 18 year-olds just because the manager doesn't rate them should be viewed differently. They should not be allowed to replace those until they can demonstrate they are on a sound financial footing or that the replacements are on less £££.

I'm glad everyone on here is able to speak on behalf of our players. No longer will I listen to interviews to get a fell for how confident we are, I'll just log on here.

Played two, lost two certainly but against teams who are likely to me signifcantly better than 90% of League One. Let's pick the results up from here on in.

I'm not sure if they'd be up to it but I do know that Johnson, Terry, Upson and King aren't.

Sven was clueless when it came to tournament play. We would've beaten Portugal in 2006 if he'd had a bit more bottle.

No it wasn't. That's what I really don't understand and why Capello made a hash of it (although the players made as much if not more of a hash of it). When we were at our best we played with one striker and two wide men playing off him. For some reason Capello regressed to a completely unimaginative, preditcable and simplistic 4-4-2 for the World Cup.

If you instigate court proceedings that are totally without merit you will get punished heavily with costs orders against you. The only way PFC could sue HMRC for damages would be if HMRC's actions were in bad faith. For example, if there was material evidence which HMRC knew and which meant it had no case or if it mislead the court etc... That will not happen and even if you could establish the grounds for a counterclaim in this instance the damages would still have to pass the legal tests for damages (remoteness, causation etc...). Talk of compensation can be added to the list of "pieces of BS" that have come from down that way. As to the football creditors rule and HMRC winning - dunno. But they are also appealing with regards to the way the CVA voting was conducted and I would suggest they are pretty confident on that front. Handy Admin Andy also has "previous" here, lest we forget.

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I think Butterfield will do a good job too danny but we shall see! :vuvu:

I've never heard of the vast majority of their players, let alone have any idea whether they're any good or not, and I suspect they have a similar level of knowledge of our players so I couldn't really give a monkey's what any Sheffield Wednesday fans think.

Project financing is an innovative technique that has been used on many high-profile projects, including Euro Disneyland and the Eurotunnel under the English Canal. as expert as ever.

Indeed. And it is standard in all forms of litigation to use the time periods available to you. Unless there is some particular reason for urgency it makes sense to use the time given to prepare your case. HMRC will have other cases they are pursuing, so will their lawyers. Naturally you prioritise work in accordance with the court deadlines and in a large organisation with a big caseload this means you file papers towards the end of the period you are allowed. And further - if it is "brinksmanship", so what? This is litigation. It is adversarial. You take steps calculated to give you the best chance of success and your opponent the least chance. You also delay action if there is a prospect of negotiation succeeding in the interim or if it strengthens your tactical position. Just pointless bleating from AA. But don't worry, they will win easily in no time and then all their amazing loan players will join.

EXACTLY. If you sell to someone on deferred payment terms you are taking a risk against their creditworthiness; it's up to you to assess that risk and decide if the risk outweighs the potential reward or not. Clubs are currently excused from conducting this basic part of business by the football creditor rule.

This is spot on. Talk of recovering damages because a prospective purchaser walks away from the table is utterly ludicrous.

*Awaits Stu Benson Phillips replying saying that actually that is exactly what his post says but you are a bit stupid, asking for an internet link to disprove him and suggesting a visit to the pub. Or something.*