rallyboy

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but they do seem rather reluctant to settle debts. Despite the mighty power of the football authorities keeping pompey honest, I'm starting to wonder whether the hero-turned-villian-turned hero-again players will EVER get paid. As Faz says, their parachute payments are likely to go to property developers, leaving another gaping hole in the future projections. And those additional PPs are of course generated by the big clubs at the top of the game attracting further TV revenues and helping out the plucky little minnows who have fallen on hard times. But do we get a thank-you?

Who has a charge on Fatpipes? It's quicker to list those that don't! The council want their money back very soon so any income would be gratefully snatched by the Trust. Think of us when we had to write off millions on the Theo deal for short term gain, pompey must be desperate for any amount from the Tesco gig, but it has to happen soon. Has Robinson shuffled them into a corner where he can now say, tell you what, as you can't afford to pay back my loan next month, I'll call it a donation to your redevelopment fund and we are quits. Or I can always call in my security, thus frightening the council, before I chuck you debt-riddled ****ers out on the street? That is assuming that their cashflow is a little stretched by the slow take up of plucky season tickets by the 'faithful'. Though I like the new strategy. Unable to sell out your ground? Reduce the number of seats until you hit the number of people who can be bothered to attend - thus ensuring a sellout!

I'm not sure whether I should be flattered or worried. To avoid any doubt, the real Rallyboy doesn't linedance, he doesn't watch soap operas, he doesn't do ironing - and he certainly doesn't post on The News. Though RB is amused that those who dismiss this thread as the obsessive work of jealous Nutjobs have obviously spent much time on here themselves, have created a News identity, then gone to the trouble of eloquently posting in the traditional style of the average lucky heather-pedalling, truth-denying, sister-bothering, myth-spreading, terminally-deluded, fatty-handed, clock-stealing, fortress-abandoning pluckster, that we have all come to recognise. Yes, it is indeed envy that drives this ungainly beast of a thread. And for those visitors researching their next News post, personally I would like to see more of my hard-earned season ticket money spent on prostitutes and poor players, and a few more bank notes ripped from the little fingers of dying kids, in my name, while I stand alongside applauding, but you can't have everything. Unlike history, where you can ignore the debt but retain the spoils, and hope that no one has noticed. ...Nearly 90,000 posts would suggest that a few people have noticed. And that's what makes the webchat format so entertaining - history is rewritten, PR is spun, the easily-led are rounded up, facts are dodged, and the Trust glosses over difficult questions faster than a culturally-dim council jobsworth paints over a Banksy.

You make it sound dirty. They were not molesting it, the pretty little plaice was gagging for it! If it hadn't been provocatively strutting around in a pair of fishnets, the 'incident' wouldn't have happened.

Nice little hint on there that some of the returning few think that Brentford was just the start, and that pitch invasions and setting up meets with visiting firms of about 20 dinosaurs from Football Factory Past will be the norm this season. As for the map - that is looking like a tight space to squeeze any ground redevelopment into... In fact it looks tight to fit that Tesco in, so I'm wondering if the artist has been asked to give an impression that is slightly shy of accurate. In reality they could end up in the shadow of a massive store, but with some nice tarmac to park a burger van on. If Robinson's deal goes through they will have no room to move behind the fatty end, and while there would just be enough room to spin the pitch, there would be no room for sensible access to the new ground, so it would be unlikely to get planning permission - especially with the increased lorry and customer traffic of a Tesco next door! Good deal though. For Robinson.

It is still soon if we are talking glaciation timescales. Give them a chance you impatient nutjob! When you take over the biggest club in world football there are priorities. They had to secure the training ground, get the shop open, unfat the pipes, release the kit, pay for the clock, post out 15,000 season tickets, sign an exclusive multi-million pound deal with Tesco to tarmac a corner of wasteland, and get the bins emptied. And they've made incredible progress, probably the bestest progress ever, and now that the bins are sorted they can crack on with other pressing tasks. So they will as promised release the details of the deal in this new era of transparency, but there is a slight hold-up beyond their control - they just need to cross the t's and some need to uncross their eyes.

So the 'stadium development' is a new food kiosk and a bit of car park... While next door neighbour Mr Robinson has sold to Tesco. Nice deal.

why was the woman on the mobility scooter carrying a big painting under her arm?

so apart from trying to stitch up another creditor by playing the old 'nothing that happened before April 2013 has got anything to do with us, apart from the cup' card, and being unable to start pre-season training because of legal issues, and failing to open the doors to their sweatshop ropey kit emporium on time because of legal issues, it's been a pretty average day for the custodians of the club future. This club ownership gig is a piece of ******. Makes me jealous.

I still find it very difficult to grasp this new idea that they claim to have a wagecap, and the bombshell that they intend to adhere to it. It's like Jimmy Savile sternly warning young girls to be wary if they go backstage after Top of the Pops.

I think you'll find that the solitary piece of moulded aluminium discarded by a tear-faced but plucky child will in fact be recycled, reborn - and as the river of hope laps at the doors of the fatty fortress, a new dawn will warm heavy hearts and light the way for world football to follow. A small but glowing beacon of expectation shines through the darkness of football's greed culture. For it may be just a can, but as that proud child shrugs off the past (apart from the cup) and wipes the tears of criminality away with a blue scarf, a scarf frayed by seasons of torment, that simple can signals an opportunity. Like the coffers it is now empty. But that solitary can is now owned by fans - and those plucky few who never gave up will now see it recycled into something worthy. It is a little tin of optimism. And that's why the rest of football can only look on in envy as the mighty blue army drinks a toast to itself, with empty cans, fatty water lapping around their ankles, and hope in their hearts.

Another player who has snubbed bigger wages to come to Fratton Yeah, as he hobbled out of the hospital a host of big clubs were queued up trying to sign him, but there was only one place he wanted to go - he shrugged off the massive offers from Burton and Gillingham and joined the best club side in world football, probably because of the mighty blue army that never gave up...apart from when they booed, or just didn't go to games. Previously they just blatantly lied about outbidding other sides, now they are fibbing about other sides outbidding them. Deluded. I just wish they would stop making stuff up, is that too much to ask?

The News is moving, lock, stock and Trust PR machine. Not seen those stickers before - they seem to be accusing the men who bought in heroes like Norris of being rapists. That's not right, those men financed the historic cup win and that glorious victory at St Mary's that denied the scummahs a return to the Premier League...those stickers suggest that the few are fickle, will rewrite history at the drop of a clown hat, and will briefly dedicate their life to the next person who shows them any affection. A bit like an aged, milky-eyed, manky dog at a last resort rescue centre. #victims

what a great actor, a sad loss at such an age. T was the ultimate bloke that you don't cross.

October 9th - the big North V South day! We are at Manchester United....they play Bury.

There's nothing quite as sobering as the fixture list to remind you of where you are in the world - reality sinks in when you see it in black and white. Especially when you're playing against teams that you didn't know existed two years ago. I recall being horrified seeing us in the same division as people like Dagenham - but you have to remind yourself that you are in that division on merit (or lack of it) and you can't look down on anyone, they've earned the right to be there just as much as we deserved to be there. The few need to realise that they are now on a par with Morecombe, Fleetwood etc - pompey community fc is not a big club - that was just a previous side with a similar name 65 years ago. They will need to adjust to the brave new spartan world of fan-funded ownership pretty quickly, and drop the delusion that they are as big as some Championship sides.

Purely based on history I'm not convinced that the football authorities really have them under control yet. The FL should have them in the sort of throttling grip you'd have on Nigella Lawson if you were playfully debating how long a boiled egg needs, but I suspect the only thing holding them back at the moment is their own sensible business plan. Previously they just flicked the Vs at any high court or restriction, let's wait and see if those days really are gone - business plan A could go out of the window the first time the few ask for a big signing.

They really could do without their new local derby that soon. Win and they are ready to take on Aldershot for local bragging rights, get thumped and suddenly the season looks less cheery than is currently being spun. I'm sure Guy's plucky troops will give the awesome bestest travelling army much to cheer in the game that Sky will be desperate to claim. It's the big one. Sort of.

you are right DM, everything is fantastic - getting relegated was the best move they ever made, the future really is bright in the 4th tier. In fact, if someone now offered them a higher place in the league structure they would say no, it's tremendous to be in League Two with fewer than 10k season ticket holders, and less TV income than the estate of Jimmy Savile. They've signed some waifs and strays, they've done a deal to have the bins emptied, the park is rocking, and the whole town is buzzing with expectancy. So they're in an amazingly strong position, it's a golden era for the blue army - and that might become true if you say it enough times.

They've buried/delayed the debts and chased the criminals out of the club. This is the brave new world, the dream scanario where every penny goes to the club, the stayaway blue army returns to the fortress, and the community stands proudly alongside the Trust. So why only 5,000 sales at this stage? With the discounts and the feelgood factor I honestly expected them to hit twice that fairly sharpish. Obviously that figure will increase - but if sales start to slow anytime soon they could be straight into cashflow problems before the season even starts.

yeah it was so difficult to predict - tiny income + huge wages, who could have seen that coming... I feel for the fans, they are as much victims as everyone else with their days out at Wembley that have never been paid for. Oh well, I hear the FA Vase is quite a day out, so the few may still be able to relive those heady days of turning a blind eye to theft and money-laundering.

massive. Just need a couple of extra phrases in there and I'd say it was someone from here taking the mick. But I fear it's from someone who actually believes all that drivel. Let's just hope that the refs are brave enough and big enough to handle League Two games at the semi-packed fortress of tumbleweed - and that they don't get more of those emails telling them not to give pompey throw-ins.

2nd most famous phrase in mountaineering, normally shouted rather than spoken - as we left the B and B three days ago I said to you, whatever you do, don't forget the effing flag...

Perhaps in Finland they are finished Suomi, but where I live they are still gobbing off every day. Give my regards to Ari Vatanen. I realise that with the recycling old waste deal they are now doing their own punchlines, but does The News really have to join in? Following months of blatant PR for The Trust and very selective reporting of major events concerning technical aspects of the takeover, we have this little gem - There are the PR gatekeepers, operating largely in the upper echelons of football, who often take it upon themselves to restrict the flow of information to fans. A neutral might observe that gatekeepers are operating in the very lower reaches too, where the flow of information has definitely been filtered to please the easily-led. Let's not forget the great scoops that carefully examined all opponents of the Trust, but none of it's board... As well as the above statement which is blatantly part of a forthcoming 'we don't want to be part of BIG football, we're much happier in League Two, you must be jealous' campaign, if the Trust's media poodle continues to peddle PR, the few will only be told what they want to hear. Which is good, as the dim and easily-fooled shouldn't be confused by the full picture, and certainly shouldn't be encouraged to make up their own minds, nor allowed to question anything. Keep calm and follow instructions from the gatekeeper, he has all the info you need, and will advise you what to think.

or go one step further and agree to pay £135M and not pay a penny. But spend the rest of your life boasting about how great you are and how much you enjoyed it.