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well he Mustapha a good reason for going. I'll get my coat, and his.

I hope the dodgy arab disappears and they don't sell anyone, their wage bill will cripple them by October. I too would like the top four to be threatened, but not by a team supported by people who couldn't respect a minute's silence for Ted. From Rownhams it may not seem relevant but the abuse is very real further east.

Letissia - a sister at last for the triplets Rupert, Michael and Leon. Think I know which one will be the family favourite in years to come.

at the moment it is the crappest party ever. 20,000 people stood about with a plastic cup of squash each waiting for someone to find the record player, tumbleweed blowing through the village hall. Hopefully someone will get the party going soon......

Between the lines are they suggesting that the arab has already brought/bought a senior Prem league official on board to smooth the path of a dodgy takeover? I do hope the Sun keeps making waves and other media look deep into the deal until it all comes crashing down. If that is the case I reckon they won't be able to pay the wages by Christmas, and that would be very funny.

good nostalgic stuff. Anyone remember the Spurs reserves game at the Dell? There is only one worth mentioning. Now that was a crowd.

I was no fan but we might find that free of idiotic background interference and with players of some quality who care, Wotte might be a decent manager. He might not, but we don't really know, all we have established thus far is that he couldn't motivate the worst team in Saints' history. So if our club is saved and the saviour who has piled millions of pounds into Saints makes a decision, I for one am happy to go with it, it would be ungrateful not to!

That had me worried for a mo, when I saw that there was a desperate hunt to find 11 Saints fans I thought Rupert had just completed a buyout. It seems the old bill are as good at operating technology as they are at investigating crime. I hope their holiday snaps are better than those, I would imagine there are people who have better phone shots from the Northam.

sorry Miserableoldgit but pfc123 is correct on this one. Starkey did the editions up until the previous August, then Peter Snow and his son took over and it had a bit more of an edge too it, less text, more graphics.

isn't grammar the one they **** when their sister's not about?

Scaremongering rubbish. There is no news there, we all knew that no one would wave goodbye to half a million just to look at the books and we all know that Mark Fry is negotiating with no aces. We all know that a deal is complex, I have learned nothing that from that piece. Can I have five minutes of my life back please? Move along now, nothing to see here.......

when they move on I do hope the clean up isn't too unpleasant, and if the weather cools down a bit that new drive should be fine.

If you were the only chairman in a division who decided that enough was enough and you were going to trim your outgoings to make the company stable, you would finish bottom and the fans would go up the wall, demanding that you pay wages and buy players that the company couldn't sustain. Peer pressure has driven all clubs into this madness. It needs a directive from the leagues, wage-capping, transparent accounting, something to make everyone step into some sort of line. Good luck organising that!

My understanding is that the club has at no point been in administration and has not missed wage payments (delayed maybe, which is unprofessional and unacceptable but not insolvency), I don't believe we have missed paying other clubs, we may have delayed payment, but that is something that all businesses practice. The club may have sailed close to the wind but if it is sold soon I can't see that in black and white legal terms the league has any sort of case to support their personal view that the club was in administration, and to enforce a penalty. Not guilty, appeal upheld, Championship here we come - next case!

talking of finalising deals, I see that the arab down the road hasn't completed due diligence but says that he is buying Pompey because they don't have the big debts of some clubs... He also says that hasn't got the £100M required to buy Newcastle, though he is rumoured to be paying £60M up the road (before another £100M ish required to get them in shape). I think I know which one I would go for as a business investment, even with the Championship status - Newcastle has the fractionally worse dodgy wage bill than Fratton but with the ground and fanbase. I see problems ahead for the Pompey deal if he has been told initially that they don't have significant debts, even former Prem club-owning alleged torturers won't want to fund that.

Bearing in mind they have stretched their own rules in dealing with our holding company and dealt appallingly with Luton, I can't see there will be much progress for the rising number of clubs living on the brink. How many duck houses has he got?

well if they live in London that cuts the field down a bit... And I have a friend in London so he'll know who it is, Londoners are famed for getting to know their neighbours and their willingness to generate community spirit, leave it with me.

1. Do not talk about Fight Club. 2. Do not talk about Fight Club. 3. Ignore 98% of internet forum advice/rumours.

yeah, the first thing Matt wants to do after assisting in the salvation of 124 years of history is to bring an end to it. Nice try to wind people up though, a good study in how a rumour becomes fact as it evolves....

like it, and the fact that Rudi has rested the shirt for a while and kept it clean and sweat-free makes it a natural progression. Replica shirt sales would soar as I can't imagine there are many players' names in the current squad you would want on a shirt.

For those people who have run out of commas I have a few below you can use. They do break sentences up and aid breathing for those trying to read. ,,,,,,,, ,,,

saw Orient last year, he should concentrate more on knocking down their stand that looks like a tribute to football in the 30s or perhaps buying some decent players. They have a nice little ground, though it is more aimed at the people who live in it than football. Orient is half a football club and half a housing development. And I do recall him hanging out at Pompey with Terry Brady when their great Venables experiment was at it's peak.

Reflecting on my early days of going to the Dell, I can't help but think there must be a few more like me thinking, if my Dad was still about he would go up the wall at what has gone on here, in fact I am not even sure I could put up with how annoyed he would be!

I remember standing at Highbury and watching the Everton fans spill all over the pitch celebrating Heath's winner - Shilts stood with hands on hips, grubby scousers leaping about, that should have been our year... As for tracking our decline from afar Tim, let me tell you that in the last six months the fans have given far more support to the team than they deserved, while the players struggled hopelessly the support was at times magnificent - the spirit that celebrated life at the Dell is still there, keep the faith. Even if we are wound up, one day soon some poor footballing backwater in the conference will get a good beating from New Saints!! We have to believe that we will rise again, and don't be depressed by what is happening down the road, you can give some people a billion quid but they will still spend it on pegs, horse brass and caravans.

I see that the administrators have opened their new office in Portsmouth. Handy if the arab with ties to Manchester City and a guy up on torture charges proves to be involved with another club or for that matter, people who are up on torture charges. Scudamore didn't bother to look at their last two chairmen so I don't suppose he will look too hard at these characters either. But it would be funny if he is just a caravan wheel kicker, that would be an oasis of ****ing-your-pants humour in the current desert of despair!