rallyboy

a 10pt deduction won't hurt, but combined with a little firesale it could break them. Doncaster are capable of getting some points in short bursts, ditto Bristol City, Forest can't play that badly forever - it could still be a long season for pompey. How long before Cotterill gets sacked? He's been unlucky so far, I believe they've dominated the last nine hours of football. Even though they haven't scored a solitary goal.

Guly's finishing and his increased commitment to defending was good to see today, though he still goes missing. De Ridder looked vastly improved, especially defensively. If that was 52% possession my name is Jan and I'm ready to play the kids and emulate Ajax from the 70s! Palace were never in the game and the first half was one of the most assured and dominant displays I've seen this season. The job was to take three points with the minimum of effort and to be ready to go again on Friday. 10 out of 10. I've enjoyed 2011.

To my fellow thread contributors I wish a merry christmas and another year of red and white dominance. regards RB flying the flag, highlighting criminality, and fighting for justice on the eastern front. A bit like Batman but without the nice motor.x

West Ham were on the brink when they were relegated, they have definitely done the pompey thing and gambled the whole club on an immediate return. If I was Sam I'd be more comfortable if I was 15 points clear and unbeaten at Christmas. Not that we look nailed on for promotion, but for a club that HAS to go up, West Ham look a bit fragile. As for his stuff about playing wonderful football, he would fit in at Fratton a treat - if you say stuff enough it might be true. Also like pompey, their owners sat down and made the decision to gamble everything, and shouldn't start moaning if it backfires. You don't hear pompey fans blaming anyone else.

no sign of any progress in the CSI asset sale, they are now damaging another sport and our best young driver. Kris Meeke looks like his career has hit the buffers as BMW have no confidence that the WRC will have a new image rights deal by the Monte Carlo...and this was Andronikou's little gem that would provide finance for CSI creditors, like Chanrai. If he doesn't sell that asap then both CSI and rallying are in big trouble, and there is little hope for other CSI companies. When BMW and Prodrive are concerned enough not to commit fully to the series then there is a problem, whatever AA tells everyone. “We haven’t put in an entry yet because we are liaising with the FIA about the situation regarding the contract with the promoter for next year. “It is very difficult with a big organisation like BMW to commit to a series where you are not sure where you stand.” The problems surrounding the World championship centre on North One Sport, who are the promoters and holders of the television rights. They are part of Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI), a holding company owned by Russian Vladimir Antonov who was arrested in London last month on fraud and money laundering charges totalling 1.6 billion dollars.

not sure that Lampitt has done anything wrong by charging the family of the last member of the championship winning team from a company vaguely related to one of the previous companies with a similar name. Having survived the war the greedy ba$tard player must have been on 30 shillings a week, if he didn't put anything by for these occasions that's his lookout. He presumably blew his fortune on coal, and bread. There must be a hundred better ways the club could have dealt with that - No.100 - Current player contribution - Not sure that Ben Haim should give up an hour's wages to support them, he's earned that. No.99 - Kill two birds with one stone - The disgraced club captain - why should his internal fine go to cover it? That money is needed to pay off charities.... No.98 - Spend £3 on Tesco bread and make the sandwiches, the bar makes the profit - not possible, Lampitt isn't allowed near sharp knives. No.97 - ask the PFA for support - no, that will alert the authorities to the fact that the club is insolvent again. etc etc

Is it just me that's starting to find Ho a little bit boring? Same old feeble arguments, walls of repetitive tiresome text, a dash of homophobia to desperately change the subject from the blatant criminality in his club, and no real substance. All that on the back of the horrific clangers he's consistently dropped in the past and you start to wonder if there is any hope for the future. I can forgive views I disagree with, I can even accept odd ways of debating, but to be boring is the worst forum offence of them all. Though in his defence, Ho must have lost every argument he's ever attempted, and yet he still returns. 1 out of 10 for content, 9 out of 10 for persistence. I guess we should remember that a Ho isn't just for Christmas, but if he was a puppy I could see him ending up on the doorstep at Stubbington Ark before the end of January - or in a canal with a bag of bricks.

we keep hearing that they are clearly a bigger club than us with their glorious cup wins and league triumphs. How ironic it was last weekend that they sang about Sol going up to collect the FA Cup..... He didn't get paid, and now the last member of the league team gets shafted by this 'great club'. Has a club ever abused it's own history so much? Time to stop defending the indefensible. The attendance debate is over, and now the trophy debate is on shaky ground - every administration takes the company one step further away from that ancient history, and Lampitt by this decision has now declared that he feels no connection to it. It's like a lesson in appalling PR. Again.

he posts on the left, he posts on the right....Corporate Ho makes Westwood look bright. But really, don't even go there with the comedy value thang, you just know we're going to see your 'best of' reel produced again and then we'll be talking for days about Saab, Maradona, billions of imminent investment, and your social meetings with the worst ITK mole ever. Forget it, your street cred is like the golden summer of 2008, but a distant memory.

I guess all good things come to an end - the golden team that took a glorious home point is finally being broken up, George is needed by the people who pay his wages.... Or did Roy see it on the telly and immediately rescue the poor kid from the footballing wastelands? The club that time forgot. It means they can creep one player closer to splashing out in January to get to the magic 20 players again. Stop paying Ben Haim, ignore Hermann, knock off a few for injuries and I guess they'll be able to go on a spending spree with the full support of the authorities. Though, if a transfer embargo does pop up I reckon it could be different this time. Lampitt signalled the end of mad spending only a month ago by failing to land new coaching staff and the appointment of pay your own way Appyboy. It looks a bit like the coffers are absolutely sh$gged, so an embargo would be welcomed to take the pressure off whoever claims to be the owner. Love to spend, not allowed, sorry. Roll on April.

do I hear murmourings about another transfer embargo looming?....yes I do, it's just a matter of whether the rumour proves to be accurate... Not that it should matter to someone who has no money to buy players - especially as they totally ignored the last embargo.

its an indication that normal service has finally been resumed. The disappointment at outplaying them but not winning, combined with their celebration of a home point at the final whistle like it was a glorious victory - that smacks of a small club that knows its place. Being squeezed from both sides, a generation of occasional plucky giant-killing cup tie attempts now awaits...legal action aside. That was indded a short burst as the top south coast club. Six years in a lifetime? We have a forum thread that could outlast that. They have settled back into their traditional position as underdogs, even against a side fresh out of League One.

the police negotiated a news blackout on the Lawrence attack to avoid further hassle, all it did was saved him being heralded as a hero yesterday. From the way he played he might be better off staying sober and getting fit. Being there yesterday gave a better insight into the Skate fanbase, you can see where our own pet ones fit into the family. We have the cross-eyed, frothing at the mouth, 'grown man who should really take a long hard look at himself' sort, in the South Stand at the end. I saw a pound coin thrown! - I don't think I hate anyone that much - 10p perhaps. And behind the gang of simpletons who step on the pitch when they score, with no steward intervention, or throw the ball away when they are losing and constantly abuse players, risking a banning order, there are the more sensible ones who must be ashamed of what is done in their club name on national tv. The image isn't of a passionate fanbase, it's of inbred yokels who are out of control and only show up when a big club comes to town. So I think we need to give up this hatred thing, we can't compete, nor would I want to. Confession time - I don't really hate their players, it's the retards that follow them that I want to suffer. Look at them, really, they are subhuman. And before a pompey fan comes on attacking me for this - go on, admit it, there are some there who you are ashamed of. Your club looks unattractive on tv - which is 'cool' if you want to look hard to 14 year olds, but terminally damaging if you want investment from grown ups. As for 'Fortress Fratton' - all that abuse didn't bother players nor supporters one jot - the 12th man? - more like the 12th poodle, and it was cross-eyed. And had distemper. Their cup final is over, the next big challenge is to pay the January wagebill - that might be tougher. I think they could overcome a ten point deduction, but add in a minor firesale and things would look a little bit relegationy.

I thought the idea of selling off an asset was to pay CSI creditors, not to chuck it into a black hole? And on a personal note I do hope that rallying doesn't save them from a firesale! Anyway, talking of black holes, I'm off to Fratton, catch you later.

Mero, yes, anyone who thinks they can sit in an opposition part of the ground for this game is a bit bonkers. The only consolation to us if the result goes wrong tomorrow is the thought of your youth team coming to St Marys in April. You won't go bust, AA won't allow it, even if every sensible legal view in the land is that you are totally insolvent. Feel free to be ashamed should Lampitt sanction another spell of overspending in January - it's time for pfc2012 to be born - a club with a clean slate and a wish to compete on a level playing field at whatever level that means. Give the club back to the few and earn some street cred from the rest of football. In the meantime, let's hope the club that has cheated it's way through the last decade finds Karma knocking on the front door at 1pm tomorrow.

with no actual convictions it was difficult to fail the FaPPT BUT....the football authorities have clearly dropped a clanger. The league accepted the new owners as they had a guarantee - from a bank already refused UK trading by the FSA. Lampitt told the league that these people were fine, that may have helped. It's not the league's fault, but they could have taken action. Chanrai thought he had offloaded a rabid pup, but they paid him with half a bucket of sh!t - so no one has come out smelling of roses. The more I see of this latest low, the more Lampitt looks responsible. He and Cotterill spawned the great quality over quantity debacle, he welcomed the new owners, and he allowed overspending to continue with debt looming. He is Storrie's lovechild.

no way the WRC image rights are worth the money Antonov paid, then again it wasn't his cash so the purchase price was irrelevant - so Chanrai ain't gonna see his money back from that little sale. You have to admire Vlad's cheek though, cruising the world buying shedloads of stuff using a bank guarantee that he's printed himself in the back bedroom. How does the league feel about being conned in this way by the owner of one of their own clubs? You'd think it might annoy them that Lampitt welcomed these people into their world, approved the sale and declared them as fit and proper to run a league club. Rangers and Bournemouth must be ****ing themselves laughing - and so they should be!

spoke to a skate tonight, he doesn't see how they can be running at a loss. I told him to go away with a calculator and see for himself. I would take Lampitt's reference to a possible ten point deduction as pompey's opening salvo in a negotiation with the league - set a level and hope they accept it... Because if they re-enter administration without having exited the last one correctly then they'll be facing some serious sanctions that will make minus ten points look like a picnic. The noose does seem to be tightening this time, I think the term 'perilous' would cover their situation now. Players being told they might not get paid, potential investors being made aware of 'obligations', AA saying everything is clean - it's worrying times down that way. The last thing they need is a home defeat at the weekend. Or their owner in court.

thanks Hutch - well that sounds better - I thought AA was only removed from investigating himself, I thought he would still be responsible for any complications to his partially completed admin exit. If AA's role in the CVA is over then pompey-Newco has a real problem, you would like to think Baker Tilley can't do business in the same style as AA. The deadline will have to be met....I hear a little timebomb.....tickety tickety tick tick tick...

I told you it was going to kick off! Pity I've been out and missed the webchat. Bearing in mind AA will obviously attempt to launch a further delay to the CVA pretty soon, how does his position as CSI administrator sit alongside him coming back in to deal with pompey's incompleted administration exit? He is now in charge of PFC as an asset and in that role has a duty of care to CSI creditors like poor Mr Chanrai, yet he also has a duty of care to the unpaid PFC creditors who have been stitched up by AA, as guided by Chanrai. AA will have to chase himself up for payment of the CSI loan first...and he can charge two lots of fees as he discusses it with himself. How can he be operating in these two conflicting roles? Yes the businesses are connected, but the administrator for the two companies has different priorities. And as for Lampitt giving his blunt view on the small businesses owed money by his club - dismissing those small creditors as not his problem wasill-advised at best. He needs Nige to go over and give him some PR lessons. As FrankC and several of us have been saying for flipping ages, why didn't they put the money towards debt, why continue spending when you are already in DEEP water? The gaining of sporting advantage through overspending money you don't have, is called cheating. To repeat the offence is not only cheating, it may well have terminally damaged the business as well.

....Whoops, clumsy rallyboy with his big sausage fingers pressing the wrong button - added a bit of dramatic effect though....for no reason! And then found he had hit his three in 24 hours, hence the pointless delay...so as I was saying - When pushed I thought this adminstrator I met today might be going to tell me that AA is highly respected, but no, far from it. AA is as popular in the trade as he is on here, this bloke was scathing about him. And this expert was also astonished that the court didn't put the poor club down when they had the chance - he said the inflated debt gag was the oldest in the book, doesn't know how the taxman let them get away with it. So as we thought really, but now with the support of experts. All quiet on the pitch, other than the News rallying the troops by shouting out the fact that the woeful Lawrence looks set for a recall at the weekend, right up there with us getting excited if Davis isn't fit. And of course 3-4,000 of the home fans will be wondering where David James and Harry Redknapp are. If you want to fill a ground you need a big club to come down. Also I believe that the few's local paper may be running something very soon about the dodgy state of the CVA and small creditors - and how a £1M plus needs to be plucked out of the air from somewhere a bit sharpish.

just had a chat with an administrator..

more bad news for the few - OWNERS of caravans and trailers have been barred from keeping them on the side of the road in an effort to tackle parking congestion. Portsmouth City Council has ruled that leaving non-motorised vehicles parked on roads for long periods of time is an ‘unreasonable use of the public highway’. The council has identified 50 caravans, boats, horseboxes and trailers whose owners will now be issued notices letting them know they must be moved within 28 days. 50 caravans? That's their entire travelling support since Dale Farm was cleared.

when we were flying the only worry was that a derby game is far removed from current form - as it is now, that idea will do us nicely. Nige will prepare the guys well, cool demeanour, let pompey dive in with reckless abandon and don't get involved, the yellow cards will flow and they might even lose a player. Rickie will sort them out and Guly is so detached from reality that he won't even notice the abuse and will saunter around like he owns the place....and will write his name into Saints history. Or we'll lose 1-0.

you gonna change your name to anothersaintinsouthseawhohastocatchabustosotonandbackagainjusttogettofratton? Big week for pompey, isn't the owner back in court on Friday? Difficult to keep up with all the court cases, must be another tax evasion one coming up soon as well.