rallyboy

even the referees are against poor plucky Pompey, that's the last two games they should have won. I think the FL should give them those six points at least, it really isn't fair. I feel sorry for them, oh hang on, I've got over it!

it's more about diff settings, and some amazing throttle control. Nice.

AA knows where the bodies are buried so Harry likes to keep him sweet so Spurs do favours for pompey - O'Hara, some quick cash for players, and the rather odd £1M loan via the Kaboul deal. BUT Harry has a chairman who wants a young player to sign a contract before he goes on loan, he also wants Harry to try and keep the club solvent (for a change), and most importantly, he wants his million quid back, and he doesn't want to pay the wages of a loan player to a club that owes him money. So I don't see this loan deal happening unless they cough up the money already owed, or AA delays the payment by agreeing to double the money they will owe for the loan as Spurs know under the football creditor rules they will get it eventually, whatever happens. How long before the parachute money runs out? Advanced Prem cash must be the only thing keeping them afloat, the little comfort blanket that's supposed to keep you warm for four seasons, not one.

mmmm, poorly supported club? You may want to think of a new topic a bit sharpish to change the subject, ask the bloke sat next to you at Fratton - you might need to shout though as you've got thirty empty seats between you. I see Brighton's new 22,000 stadium is getting there. Bournemouth's ground is okay, we're well sorted....dare I ask how the Harbour Superdome financed by World Cup money is going?....

he's got a point that as a town they haven't got the monopoly on racism but the best ever had to be when the Pompey father and son were racially abusing Hislop........their own goalkeeper!.......When they were 2-0 up! Every club has a minority of idiots but Pompey is definitely, in the style of the League of Gentleman, a club for 'local people'... Look at TCWTB - says it all, and he isn't a one off, there's a whole collection of them. You can ban his bell but he's still the face of the few.

that's a worrying indicator of where the finances are if they were happy to pay £12K a week to offload their 'star striker'.... They then take the odd decision to overpay two Prem rejects. We have been in a similar squad situation and the only answer is the clear the deadwood not add to it - Kanu?! And they must have at least eight players operating above their fantasy wagecap, a limit that the likes of Blackpool must be trying to run with Prem money coming in. Can we see the figures of how many Prem clubs are operating with a wagebill lower than Pompey's? I do hope Storrie is off the bonus structure by now, though on current form it won't be a great saving. The house of cards must be rocking again soon, and not in a good way.

you shouldn't knock them, it's a huge improvement on their start last season.....and they have got two goals now in six games. And that Palace side are going to be promotion contenders! As Dean Wilkins would say, perhaps they lost the game in both boxes, but mainly their own. Pompey can't be far off a good side, if Chanrai wants to wave goodbye to another £10M in the transfer market, and if they ever exit admin and file accounts, and avoid tax evasion charges and resultant penalties - they could be challengers! Come on Cotterill, spin that result into something positive!

The creditors gave him a big thumbs up (and a few extra fingers), he can do what he wants, idiots. I did say 500 pages back but it's worth repeating - as a businessman, if a random company ripped me off and owed me a few grand, then were forced into court and offered me a feeble 3p in the pound while living it up, I would consider the loss of a a couple of hundred quid as a bargain price for the pleasure of dancing on their filthy corporate graves and watching the crooked directors lose their jobs, cars, expenses and reputations. Sensible businessmen can see right through a dodgy CVA and would not accept such a deal that is so obviously unworkable. On a completely different case - any creditor who voted for the Pompey CVA deserves the shafting they are getting, so they had better not whinge when it goes awry. It was never viable.

could I just point out to anyone who will listen, I was offered this flat first and turned it down*. Mainly because I think the guy upstairs might be noisy and troublesome. I'm now returned to my little seaside bedsit and the neighbours think I'm some sort of hero as a result. *not verified as factual

I can see there being such a time gap between the offences and the potential tax evasion convictions that the FL will bottle it. They were quite happy to string Luton up a tree, crucify Leeds and keep Bournemouth under a ridiculous embargo yet I feel myself drifting into the Nick camp on this one - I reckon there will be convictions for tax evasion while at Pompey, but the club will escape unscathed. They've beaten so many charges already that they look untouchable. Mysteriously so.

not the glamorous appointment I was hoping for but he seems to be an educated man who has done very well thus far so I'm prepared to give him at least twenty minutes before ripping out my season ticket stubs and shouting abuse from beneath a pile of stewards. This whole escapade can be judged in May. Difficult to identify good managers from a CV - Tony Adams, Bryan Robson - two great leaders who learned the game under brilliant managers - whoops. I note that even as he announced the new manager Cortese made sure he reminded Bournemouth that their version of events looks shaky. The spin gives the overlooked Howe some street cred on his own patch, but not much elsewhere.

Hacker will get their fees up near a million by the time they get out - loads of all nighters preparing paperwork for european campaigns, transfer meetings in Greece and the US, detailed forensic accounting, pens for signing autographs, it's all going to stack up bigtime - plus the special bonus from the mystery new owner, whoever that turns out to be.... The only thing controlling the admin fees will be that they have to get it approved by, er, AA. Mmmm. Have they scored a second goal yet? I reckon they could have four by Christmas.

yeah I recall all the skate facts about the bloke who was a tank driver three years before he was born who had bought the club on borrowing, not cleared any debt, didn't own the ground, only wanted a crane contract (?) and was just after a quick buck. Desperate. Presumably the Cortese sinsister plans myth is a spin off from those original works of fiction, along with the legendary dock strike that no one can quite pin down and the shirt under the pitch fairytale that is dragged out whenever a new ground is built anywhere in the world. With Storrie teller on board it has always been a bit Brothers Grimm down there, these days it's just grim.

they also introduced rules on clubs having to file accounts to avoid penalties and embargoes. Pompey have historically steered clear of that whole side of things, and I certainly don't see AA committing all his stunts to paper where people can analyse it. I guess that unlike the high court, the FL weren't impressed with the grubby shoebox of reciepts.

any of you been back to the site of the Dell recently? I went the other week as I was nearby and realised that it was my first time there since the Arsenal game. It was great walking through the archway, down what would have been the Milton terrace and onto the pitch, looking left and right remembering the stands. Worth a trip if you haven't been, and the impression of hundreds of football boots on the concrete around the grassed area is a really clever touch. I enjoyed the experience, it wasn't sad, just nostalgic in a good way, there can't be many housing estates that hold such great memories - go have a walk down memory lane. This is in contrast to the first time I went past the old Goldstone ground and saw Dixons and SofaWorld - there's something vulgar about desecrating a sports ground for cheap toasters and buy now pay in 2014 furnishings.

FL can't be impressed by a CVA that sneaked through the court but has failed on the two key areas before it even gets to them - income and wage reduction. Tis unworkable I tell you! Then again if you were stupid enough to vote for it you deserve to get 4p in the pound less expenses. I think what has really struck a nerve down the road is that we are in talks with a former physio to become our next manager yet he still has a better CV than Cotterill. And if the length of the thread really rankles, stop extending it by posting little rants.

All aboard!! The train crash is back on and AA is getting up some steam!! 'Gone are the days when extraordinary pay packets put this club in financial trouble. 'Nowadays we are looking at a budget of £13-15m this season and around £10m for next season if we retain our Championship status. 'However, in the cases of Kitson and Lawrence, we have had to push the boat out a little. 'Their wages are £19,000s and £20,000s but it is something we are comfortable with. The madness continues. They are still outbidding some Prem clubs like Blackpool, Wolves and Wigan. There has been a very half-hearted attempt at reducing wages, they have maybe six players who are earning Prem figures, the business forecasts are now flawed, the CVA is unworkable, the attempt to return to the Prem on someone else's money continues.... I think Lampitt and the FL has some questions to answer, not a good announcement for AA to make in the build up to a big meeting - by paying these huge amounts it's obvious they intend to launch a promotion bid, this isn't a club stabilising - without the income or new investment it looks a little bit like cheating.

I think it was Leeds. I did the photos, four in a frame, it was presented to her on the programme. City Photographic gave us a frame and the artwork in the corner was done by one of Dave Puckett's brothers.....Julian I think. That must have been one of the earliest mascots before the Junior Saints started doing it regularly, and before big clubs started charging massive amounts. Apart from that, I don't remember it!

they would do better avoiding future transfer windows, it sounds like chaos. How can Lampitt not be capable of completing a simple transfer? And how can he allow third parties to make phantom bids on behalf of the business he's meant to be running? And the one we've been asking for a while - Why is a company in administration that appears to be trading insolvently, looking to increase it's overheads? You knew where you were with Storrie, he might have paid three times the commercial value for players signed under odd circumstances and he made tax 'errors', but at least he grasped the concept of time.

Gemmel, how very polite of you to refer to Storrie's tax 'issues' as errors! You see the best in everyone. Does that plan mean Chanrai will be able to ignore the CVA debt under a toothless agreement post-liquidation, or is the FL likely to impose all manner of conditions to accompany the golden share transfer? I'm not sure that AA's little club will be 'out of their clutches' for a while, nice language to use about a governing body that is historically happy to impose penalties as it makes them up. He needs to stop prodding the beast with a stick.

presumably the mistake on timing saves the league having to address the embargo-breaking issue with regard to this particular player - how this affects the Wilson and Smith deals we have yet to find out. one might suggest that AA is looking a little foolish today. He's attacking the authorities that have the power to cause him great grief. He's admitted that they have signed a player without doing a medical - an idiotic thing to do. He's also ignorant of the rules over loans. He needs to stick to his specialist areas, fooling judges, dancing to Chanrai's clicking fingers, signing autographs, and shafting charities.

it seems that the self-proclaimed owner wants his pound back, plus an ironic 20p in every pound on top. He must love the club to be helping it that much.

hello AA, what's that ,you want to park in the HMRC pay and display for the match?..... No problem, just park in a marked bay and put your £30M in the machine.

ssshhhhhhhh...... as it's so quiet at the moment I can just hear the sound of a CVA remaining unpaid..... Let's get our own little 'issue' sorted, then we'll be back, so don't get liquidated while we're gone! I'd hate to miss it.

I've heard some funny stuff on here but 'Puncheon played well yesterday'?...... Yeah, everyone was saying that as they left the ground....that and the fact that Lambert looked really sharp and that Wilkins is a tactical genius.