rallyboy

there was no strike, an urban myth to be filed alongside the other 100 - Cortese is trying to sell the club, we don't own the ground, we are bankrupt, our owner was a tank driver, all that sort of rubbish that is paraded as fact in sh*tty Portsea pubs by cross-eyed, sister-fiddlers. Personally I was pretty indifferent until they came to our place and abused Ted Bates. That's when it changed for me. The acceptable face of rivalry was replaced by an underclass who couldn't even respect the dead. Their shallow apologies for that and everything since has just made it worse. Though it's different if you live in Soton and never see them, those of us who live on the front line have no choice but to dislike them. Two days until we have the chance to restore the natural order - for a generation or three. (normal generation, not a pompey 12 year one)

Crabby old boy, are you mischievously Ho-baiting?... When he comes back with one of his mind-numbingly pedantic and boring explanations for every point in that rant, it'll be your fault! And you left out the bit about the Arsenal game where they cheered the opposition once the game was lost, but prior to that had been dishing out homophobic and mental illness abuse to their future hero and unpaid cup final captain. Just another little rewrite of history and those songs can be forgotten. Nasty spurs fans should be locked up, yeah check out the Arsenal game a couple of years earlier before you get on your high horse about that one buddy. Pales into insignificance when you think that there is a cancer charity out there short of funds tonight yet Lampitt is counting up the cash from Havant and Waterlooville. How do they sleep. Anyway, I 4-1 am looking forward to us reclaiming our position above the few. We've been below them for about six years, I'm hoping we have to wait less than 70 hours for the return of sanity to the south coast. In fact, if Nicola steamrolls his masterplan through, these may be the last three days that pompey are above us for a generation. There's a thought.

I can see that pompey gave H and W the fixture, perhaps to save themselves from legal action, but surely the amount involved isn't worth bothering about? Requiring £2K from a non-league club may give an indication of the current state of their finances. Seems a bit pointless and another great PR opportunity missed - could have passed it straight to the cancer charity that still awaits the return of their stolen cash. Any small creditors impressed?....

I'm surprised they haven't bothered to add to their squad too much, I take it they have seen the fixture list and the start date?...... I really thought they would have brought in another 5 or 6 overpaid journeymen by now. Which begs the question, have the Russians got any money at all? And if they have, why are they not using it?....

could we cut down on the cheering as well, far too many people seem to be having fun, it's just not on. Polite applause IF deserved is a far more dignified way of displaying emotion, and that's only if we really have to get involved in that whole soppy side of things. I recall when Barnard scored the winner against MK Dons I just caught his eye and gave him a simple nod of my approval, though he was too busy walking over to the supplier of the cross for a sturdy handshake. This flag organised by the fans for the fans as a thank you that we were not able to give personally is the thin end of the wedge, I feel so strongly I may be overcome with rage and forced to hold my fist out with the thumb pointing downwards. You'll be telling me next that grown men shed tears when Matt scored against Arsenal.

Do explain how the current owners are the 'fire' in that baffling little cliche? Moving debt from several outside uncontrollable companies with a tendency to call administrators at the first sign of worry, to the owners taking it inhouse, is more like 'frying pan to middle shelf of the fridge after half an hour on the kitchen top'. We have owners who invested set up costs at what I believe to be a sensible level so they could grow the business towards self-sufficiency. Starting with a broken business it needed investment and that was likely to show in the first year accounts. It did. No problem. If the 2nd year accounts indicate that no progress has been made then that would be a problem. That hasn't happened. Instead the owners have created a business model that is working and could be sold to investors as a going concern, at a profit. So please explain why you think we are now in a worse state than we were pre-administration??

Despite the rules suggesting otherwise, I'd be surprised if they get hit as a result of the current tax cases (if there are convictions) - BUT what of the forensic investigation into the accounts - any sign of wrongdoing yet? After all that was included as a key element to the joke CVA and AA's involvement. The financial world is still watching - and awaiting explanations of AA's amazing increasing and decreasing debt mountain, as well as the whole insolvent trading issue. That could be a likelier source of trouble.

A valid post from Ho!.... And finally I think we all agree. Yes it does look like financial irregularities - bring on the hefty points deduction and the trip to Luton Town.

they lost their no claims bonus after Cotterill pranged a catering truck. Though they did seriously worry two school teams while they were over there, even scored against one of them I believe, the boss declared they were tired after that. Which bodes well.

I say, that's a bit harsh old chap, it's just a little rewriting of history to blur the issue.....doncha know. Anyway, that title was awarded to recognise lifetime achievement - and well deserved it was too.

jealous? fair and square? Ho you little tease. And your glorious captain that historic day had to take you to court for unpaid wages. A bit like your current squad, there is no defence - we all wondered how you had done it, then the accounts became public. See you in December.

It's all gone a bit homo-erotic down the road....theyv'e been away from 'home comforts' too long... It’s a remarkable claim for a player whose sculptured frame and strapping physique comfortably sets him apart from the rest of Steve Cotterill’s squad. Yet such has been the effectiveness of his pre-season, Ashdown oozes confidence in his body.

not all pompey fans understand that they haven't dealt with the debt, some know, but don't care. Hardly any fans of other clubs realise that pompey have still not addressed their debt, and very few of those are aware of the blatant theft from cancer charities. I believe one has been paid back, but there has been mention of another still waiting. Paying back those debts along with the small creditors could be done today if the owners wanted to, the time for excuses is long gone. Lampitt should hang his head in shame, and fans should be demanding answers rather than signings. People can blur issues, dress up reasons or point fingers at the past - but it is a current disgrace being overseen by the current management and current owners. Chanrai sold them this business with debts to clear, but they haven't. Some clubs are easy to like, others implore you to dislike them. Pay up pompey.

good explanations there in the last couple of pages. If some people still cannot see the difference in the two businesses' failures then they are outside of reasonable debate. The CVA has not been defaulted on. But until it starts, it has not been serviced. Legally delaying the start of it while continuing to spend and declaring a profit (however achieved!) is technically okay. But morally it's a mighty punch in the face to local charities and Portsmouth businesses - massively damaging the club within it's own community. And anyone who attempts to defend the ongoing abuse of the local economy is beyond help. Most likely outcome? They ignore all creditors bar the Taxman and only cough up his 4p less expenses when forced to by a new court order, blaming all woes and crimes on previous owners, with a little rewrite of history.

The manager and the chief executive have a vision of how to make the club competitive in the Championship. They also have a carte blanche for transfers. When we bought the club, at the end of the season the team had only eight players with valid contracts. So, we will have at least ten new signings. Cotterill doesn't look like a bloke who has been given millions to spend on ten new signings - maybe he hasn't been told about the unlimited warchest... And on my specialist subject, the Russians won't be making millions from the World Rally Championship without major changes - and Saab won't be knocking them out a WRC car in a hurry unless the designers get paid their wages.

I'll go with Guns'n'Roses knocking on heaven's door and definitely Cash doing Hurt but Cat, I don't think so mate! - Lambchop should be gassed in a pit for doing that to the Sisters! I do like Bowie's Waterloo Sunset, Carter's Rent, The Sister's Emma originally by Hot Chocolate. And Kirsty doing Billy's New England.

just the usual spin, smoke, mirrors and column inches that rarely result in a signing and distract the dim from the ongoing crisis. As annoying for the few as it is for the rest of us by now I would imagine. Chatting to two pompey fans the other night, they reckon Brighton will do well and we will struggle, mainly based on a game they saw on the telly two years ago.... They also think our team is built around Chamberlain. I'd like to think they will be in for a shock - I expect us to top the south coast group of three. Saints 8th/10th, Brighton 12th, Pompey 14th? Sadly I don't think we will quite double their season ticket sales - according to the ticket office we have done 14,500 thus far.

the theft from the cancer charity and local businesses was outside of the fans control. Just a pity that most of the few stood alongside the bloke who was doing it and cheered when those crimes brought success. Really difficult to arrogantly celebrate victories bought by these crooks, and then attempt to distance yourself from the crimes that funded it. Good luck with that intricate move. We won the cup and beat the scummers, but we hate the man who funded it because he was a crook..... Ethics isn't a county where people drive souped up Fiestas and the girls are all hairdressers.

Mike Read getting a brickie to build a garage around Smiley Miley's car at Castle Field during the show - my how he didn't laugh! Steve Wright down there too. Simon Mayo with Travis was the last one I recall. Then I got a bit old and music went wrong.

our little three way competition didn't capture the imagination of the fans, similar to the Linvoy Primus game, so I see little difference. The test is games that matter, and the acid test is midweek away games. The figures show quite clearly who has the strongest fanbase in Hampshire. We may not be the bestest, but there are far more in red and white these days. The blue few dwindled as soon as the debts stacked up - when the going got tough, many left.

I'll be in there on monday and wednesday capturing the week for posterity. Saw the breakthrough in the digging, the walk through, and the emergency day in there, it really is quite a high tech tunnel with every safety measure you can imagine. And a VERY loud tannoy, though they can hack into your car radio and broadcast emergency instructions on that - which impressed me. The new road had better be an improvement, I'll miss the Hindhead lights, they were so much fun.

I will be the bloke leaving Brighton at home about ten mins from time so I can get to London for Carter USM at Brixton. And abandoning the family Christmas away to be back for Boxing Day. I think that makes me a bad person....

Advanced Maths the Storrie way. A pompey fan on The News site demonstrates the complex figure-juggling required to run a viable transfer policy and keep on top of budgets - Varney on the left, Lawerence on the right, and Norris making Runs from midfield. Sounds to me like a fairly good quartet

went to an event in Gosport this morning and the subject got onto football. It was asked of 50 people, mainly schoolkids, 'any saints fans here?'. Two or three of us made noise. Then we had the predictable rallying call 'Any pompey fans here?'..... Silence! Which scientifically proves beyond all doubt, Gosport has gone all red and white! Or perhaps just a worrying glimpse for the few into the future for a traditionally blue town. And on that theme, there are too many Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd shirts about everywhere.

don't worry about us Mack, we're a little sleepy giant that is just pleased to be back from Lg1. If we can stay up and maybe get a couple of draws against our superior neighbours, our modest and second bestest fanbase might consider that a good season. I just hope our limited squad can avoid relegation to reduce all those crippling debts that are mounting up... Yes, after six years in the wilderness we are just happy to be taking part. Your club has had all the fun and still looks far stronger, it will certainly be a while before we can claim bragging rights on the south coast again. Approx 18 days. Tick them off Mack, your time is nearly over.