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Oh my God - I find myself agreeing with Alpy. We are shot-shy at the moment & pass rather than shoot. It is partly a fear thing & we saw it a bit under Strachan. When we are passing it about nicely everyone is afraid to mess it up with a blaze into the crowd, and when it isn't going well, they are just afraid to take responsibility. It's a mental thing with the players that Nige has to sort. We wouldn't have scored tonight if Brum had put out eleven snowmen in blue shirts.

They can go into admin to avoid the WUP - it's what they did last time. What I don't understand is how a company can go back into admin when they haven't even begun to clear the CVA from the previous admin.

I'll take that. I've heard of playing for a draw but that was ridiculous. I don't think we actually had a shot worthy of the name in the whole game. But who cares - a bloody handy point.

Sadly I think the 'frozen pitch' scenario suits them best. No added costs, no emarrassing public shows of insolvency and no difficult decisions for players and staff about turning up. Lucky escape for the DCFSBs

Now the bearie-weirdie is chipping in, too. Cunning politician's phrasing I hope & not stupidity - ‘I would therefore be interested to hear what steps you would be willing to take to help save the club. With the prospect of liquidation looming any financial assistance you may be able to offer the club would be enormously helpful and universally welcomed. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/mp_asks_prime_minister_for_details_on_help_for_the_club_1_3487335

Intersting comments from Paul Jewell re the DFCSBs - particularly who is in charge there, players turning down personal terms (presumably because the offer was worse than what they were on) and that they actually turned a bid down for Pearce (ffs!) http://www.greenun24.co.uk/ipswich-town/paul_jewell_distances_himself_from_fresh_bid_for_pompey_players_1_1196973

I rather liked this comment from Handy Andy's assistant - Ms Mulgrew added: ‘We are very much looking for interested parties and it’s imperative anyone interested gets in contact with us.’ She doesn't sound quite as complacent as the great man himself, does she?

Yeah, I reckon

Just watched the highlights on i-player. Nigel must have walked under a ladder & run over a black cat this week. Lambert pen -nailed on. For their goal, Davis was clearly fouled and their guy's shot was mi**** and deflected. Lallana penalty - nailed on. Ok, the pen he did give was a bit soft, but more often given than not. Overall we did well, especially the second half, though our inability to convert pressure into decent shots on goal remains my main worry. (Hopefully Billy will sort that one out!)

Originally Posted by Pay Up Penny's Facebook page - I guess snivelling isn't the Pompey way. Wtf?? All they do is whine about how unfair it all is. (And sadly neither Lady Penelope nor Rupert and Tarquin in their designer DMs and braces have turned up at my address.)

Isn't that what they do - particularly the sister-mother-daughters

You're no fun (but sadly probably right)

Rather disturbingly I e-mailed Lady Penelope this afternoon to complain as a tax-payer for her support for the DFCSBs, and the only response I received was a request for my address. Either a) my eloquent prose stirred something in her ample bosom & I've pulled or b) I'm going to get a beating from a couple of posh bovver-boys when I go to put the bin out. If I'm not back on here by 9am either call the police or my wife.

Why does it always come back to that mysterious £17 million?

They really are defective on that island in the swamp, aren't they? Mentally & morally defective.

You are doing the boy down. He is better than that. Even against Leicester he did okay. One lapse was costly, but everyone in that team had at least one. I agree I wouldn't swap him for our first choice pairing, but you'd struggle to replace him for less than a decent fee.

He is the real deal from what I have seen. He needs to bulk out a bit, but he is strong, decent, if not outstanding, on the ball, good in the air and athletic. He got done for the Leicester goal, but it wasn't just his fault. IMO, from what I've seen he would get into most NPC teams we've played. He is still a young lad with barely a dozen league games under his belt, but personally I honestly believe he has what it takes to go all the way.

It's not just them, sadly. For some reason - possibly because it is a politically insighful city full of deep-thinkers, or more likely a swamp full of web-fingered inbreds only capable of putting randomly placed X's on a polling card - both Skateville's constituencies are among the most marginal in England, with all three main parties having a vested interest in keeping the mutants onside.

I feel reassured by Lampitt's words - The League are finalising their report on the club's position following the administration of CSI and we are expecting to receive the outcome shortly. However, we understand that the League may delay their decision until the club’s current ownership situation is closer to being resolved. I think, looking into the cesspit they feel inclined to 'give it a couple of weeks'. By which time the Mandyflaps trial will be over one way or the other & quite possibly the true extent of the Skate predicament will be out in the open. End of Jan is very significant - wages time, PAYE etc time & end of transfer window. They may even wait until 20th Feb for the WUP to go to court.

Or Tescos could undertake to build a nice little 12000 seater stadium at Moneyfields

I think I know what it feels like to be Alp today. A night of reflection and I still can't find a positive. Everything that has been wrong or a problem this season came to a head. Collectively we got outfought from the off- I don't think we won a challenge until we were two down. We were too slow moving forward, we managed one genuine effort on target and badly missed half a dozen clear chances, and we never controlled the game at any time. Individually, Guly was worse than even some of his recent displays, off the pace mentally & physically, Connolly got bullied out of it, as did Schneiderlin, the young lad Falque just looked lost, Cork is not a right winger nor Harding a right back. And Adkins got it tactically wrong from the off by keeping the team from the Forest game. The lack of attacking options needs to be addressed because without Lambert & Lallana we look a very ordinary side. Very disappointing from start to finish.

how about 20 Leagues under the Saints

Thinking of the man in question, I prefer For whom the bellend tolls

Claus must be up there as one of the best ever bargains. The only decent signing Souness made. And going back a bit Kevin Moore, too.

Totally agree with that. You'd hardly call Rooney an intellectual, but his brain seems to function best on a footy pitch. I think it is instinctive, not taught and I don't think Walcott will ever realise his potential because of it.