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Soton City Council Leader, Royston Smith, said publically on Tues that the City will support a Saints World Cup bid 1. Too late? 2. If not would you, as a Soton ratepayer, be happy to spend £200k out of taxes on a support document as Liverpool have done for what should be a nailed on application in their case?

Similarities? 2009/10 Pimpey, a club with significant financial problems and a deluded chairman, sign a 27yr old with no Prem and very limited lower league experience for a reported £3m 2008/9 Saints, a club with significant financial problems and a deluded chairman, sign a young untried French player with limited experience for £1m, a 4th choice Spurs 'keeper with no 1st team experience on a 5yr contract, a 25 yr old with virtually no 1st team experience with several nondescript lower league teams on a 3 yr deal, and an ageing Plymouth player who is offered twice the contract term and 50% more wages than his previous club. Must be the air on the South Coast!!

Bookies stopped taking bets on him leaving Pimpey. Couple of scenarios: 1. He's going back to his 'spiritual home' as part of a Storrie- Tellers consortium 2. He is featured in an expose in the NOW on Sunday. If this is related to Football finance, could Pimpey be implicated Place your bets now

Does he still go to SMS? He was high profile for the Ajax game but seems to have gone to ground since Some suggestion he and Lawrie were upset at being asked to pay for tickets. Can't honestly see this upsetting Crouch as he appears to have supported the club big style in the past. Understand the 'new broom' concept but, for all his sins, the bloke was a keen Saints supporter and was always willing to put his hand in his pocket

Combination of factors, mainly sport related. Regular physio since then. Have tried to exercise cautiously to strengthen back and maintain posture. Sure all this has helped but mattress has been part of the recovery process it seems

I have a bad back Tried firm mattresses but no good. Bought a memory foam mattress. Kids have them too Works for me and Mrs Spy and young Spy's

Do you think that good looking and erudite Mr Westwood has a girlfriend? Someone has kindly commented that it is long overdue Mr Westwood being strung up on display

Worth considering that both Ted Bates and Lawrie Mac had their bad times when supporters were v unhappy However they were generally far more patient then and there was no Saints Forum etc. V disappointed (and concerned) about our current position but continuity and stability is v important

See his chiselled good looks are to go on tour of the UK as a prime example of Portsmouth manhood. Understand he has been spending time in London, with a dictionary, having his various tattoos spelled correctly In an Art Gallery near you soon chums!!

Was due to front up a meet with 150 Local Business Execs last night but was called away for an urgent business meet (I believe with Marcus Liebherr) Andy Oldknow deputised Don't suppose anyone has any idea what it was all about? Probably told him that more investment required after the game!! Mind you looking at Rovers team last night bet they have spent v little on transfers and their wage bill is less than ours,as is the case with most of our competitors this season!!

Richard Wright was immense for us the season before last Wasnt impressed with him v Newcastle on Saturday but better than the 3 we have in reserve

Messrs Cortese and Oldknow are hosting a meet with local business interests at the Bristol Rovs game on Tuesday. Good initiative to forge closer links between businesses (and casczading down to their employees) and SFC I doubt the Dark Lord could ever arrange this (in fact I heard about a top man at a major local company introducing himself to Mr Lowe at an away game 2 yrs ago and got blanked!!) Unfortunately the business man would have nothing to do with SFC after that

Is the 'Welcome to Pommpey' banner still on the flyover in Havant, or wherever? PUP (Pay up Pompey) However moral high ground does change quickly.Pompey to draw/win v Everton. We struggle against Carlisle and, for the moment, things change Unlikely that we could better their arrest total in Carlisle tho (thankfully)

Think CHo may have been over in Spain with the new owner watching an International Chess match Apparently Mr Al Fahim was once rated No 5 Chess player in the whole wide world!!

Just watched a programme on Stadium disasters and it featured the new stadium being built in Valencia 73,000 capacity. Central city location How are they financing this? What about congestion? Any one have any info. Separately notice the Nou Camp is increasing capacity to 110,000!!

According to The News. 1,000 tickets for the Everton game to be given away free to well behaved children in Portsmouth. Bless.....

Pompey have sold 430 for tonights game. Reasonabl total I'd say

What's the general view on here. Should illegal drugs be made legal and available thro controlled outlets with profits going to back into the community rather than drug barons? Would this lead to more usage or would some people move onto more bizarre drugs just because they weren't controlled?

I'm so thankful that I have never had to nerve, or the will, to take anything but alcohol (in moderation) but then I was lucky to be brought up at a more gentle time and within a stable family group. I wonder how many people taking certain illegal drugs ever think about the wider ramifications eg drug wars at home and abroad, incl Afganistan? Not being moralistic here, just interested.

They have been there for some time. Most of them look scrappers to me. One of them had a boulder chucked thro the windscreen which was new damage but you would have had to look close to notice

According to the Portsmouth News over 6,000 turned up at a book signing by the global super star Peter Andre. Some ladies actually queued up overnight to meet their hero. Shows that class acts can attract big crowds down Pompey way.

where they parked off road and had bodywork damage too?

Welcome back!!

Dear old Corps hasn't posted for a while but still keeps up to date viewing the site. Any one know what our favourite poster is up to? Could it be anything to do with Ramadan or perhaps he is busy spawning?

Steve There is a link on another thread which gives a full breakdown of Storrie-Tellers meet weith the Pompey Supporters Groups where this anecdote was mentioned