rallyboy

So the Wigan of the South has been outbid by the real Wigan...

Some complex terms to negotiate first! We want this, we want that!!.....er no, this is what I'll give you.

He's not going, he's just trying to get a pay rise - but pompey is rudderless at the moment so no one can offer it.

Is Cook running around the remains of the ground with his finger to his lips or has the booing stopped?

You mean plan ahead, don't overpay on players, and keep outgoings lower than income? I can't see that catching on.

Benali's latest fundraiser is in The Echo - win a car, buy tickets online, big dinner at SMS. A worthy cause and a top bloke.

Vote Mickey Mouse or there won't be many more seasons...

The most disturbing part of this whole sorry episode is the revelation that Sue is driving around Leigh Park late at night.

Their wagebill is £5m. (Burton Albion paid £3.6m to get into the Championship.) Rather than fixing the stadium, pompey have clearly chosen to give the money to players, many of whom are earning twice the average for the division. A neutral observer might suggest that they are repeating the mistakes of the past...

Despite putting in place rules that mean the club cannot be sold without 75% approval, the Trust's diminished shareholding means that 51% will now suffice, if they team up with the property developing members of the board. That could mean 49% of fans finding themselves in disagreement with any decision. It could be a funny old summer - and that's without Eisner looking at the fine detail...

Let's cut to the chase here - the fan-owned fantasy is over, it has failed. They cannot finance the ground repairs as the figures don't stack up so it's the end of the road for the Trust. It was a nice try, never mind, bring on more property developers...

Hold on, let's just back up a bit.... £4m to patch up the stadium? - with their annual income at £6m....with no profit to use for this purpose. That's the equivalent of us needing to spend £100m just to keep SMS open. If that figure is correct then it's the pluckiest, most passionate, bestest fan-owned serious problem in sporting history. The sort of problem that sees your ground half-closed in the summer, the sort of problem that desperately needs an urgent resolution, the sort of problem that leaves you accepting any offer on the table just to keep you trading. If this is true about the costs then this takeover HAS to happen. The Trust cannot negotiate or demand anything, they will have to accept any deal - and they need to accept it ASAP. I see trouble ahead....

He wasn't kissing the badge, he was wiping excess moisturiser off his stubbly face.

Lighten up, it'll still be funny! They've been telling us for five years how they don't want to be involved in bigger games, they are happiest owning their own club with proper football in the lower divisions - the complete opposite to Mr Disney's plan. Then we'll have the discovery that the sheets of A4 were donations, the Trust will be split over the takeover, they'll try to retain power, all set against the backdrop of a midtable League One season of mediocre disappointment - it'll be hilarious. Meanwhile they'll be needing approx £10m to get into the Championship and £50m+ to sort out the ground. It'll be interesting to see the look on Mr Eisner's face when he gets into the detail of the current business - he needs very deep pockets linked to low expectations. Once again you look at the owner and wonder what is in it for him? The last time I asked that question the answer proved to be money laundering and a dodgy property development.

A new low? That would be an achievement.

Are we going to see the Fratton End pluckily holding up signs that say it's his!

It'll end in toothless people shouting abuse at each other... Just like the majority of home games.

Someone has just taken the table cloth off the elephant that has been sat in the corner these last five years. They need external funding but they won't want to give anything away. So they need someone with £50m to spend who is happy to have no control over their own investment. This could go civil war fairly quickly, especially as we've been hearing for years how most of their fans hate the top two divisions and want proper football with cheap prices at small grounds - a dream not shared by any potential investor.

I'm going to have to hire in freelancers to cover night shifts on here - I can't cope with another couple of years of court cases.

It'll be interesting to see how much he offers the people of pompey for their shares..... This might be a wake up call for a few who may now finally realise that they paid £1000 for a sheet of A4. There may be trouble ahead.....

To put it into context, that was £5,000 a minute - to sit on a bench. It seems bizarre in the cold light of day but when your business model is to outbid everyone to employ players at any cost but not pay them, or anyone else, nothing seems unusual. That was a pretty standard pompey contract back then. And the pompey fans getting excited about promotion back towards big boy football now, are the same ones who blindly supported that suicidal policy back then - and still cherrypick history by celebrating the tarnished victories of the former business run from the same site.

I think they call that a nice height for the keeper....

I often find that a website written by an illiterate chimp tells you all you need to know about the brains behind the operation of a business - though in this case I think business might be too grand a word to use.

He was great for us. But at least **** Turpin was polite enough to wear a mask - Les Reed just thought of a price, trebled it, asked for the money and kept a straight face. It's now looking like a great bit of business.

The immobility that comes with an injury is one of the most frustrating things BUT you cannot rush the healing process, nor underestimate the energy that the body uses when healing. Take it easy on the recovery and it should remain strong. All the best with it.