rallyboy

Even as the footballing gods spray us with sh!t, they pause briefly to present us with a little treat, for that we thank them. Tomorrow the sprayer goes back on - so let's quietly enjoy the moment.

It was a big night for that Chelsea youth team - if any of them make it in the game they will always fondly recall the one night that they experienced the best atmosphere in world football. And the plucky 3,113 people who packed the fortress and roared Jackett's battling troops to a gloriously narrow defeat, will never see those Chelsea players again.

sorry Mack, we are resting between league defeats so I thought I'd have a little pop at an easy target. It was fun and slightly nostalgic, all those references to how important it was, then you read the small print and realise it was aimed at easily-led simpletons...I couldn't resist.

A Charge Up the Leagues?? Wasn't that about four seasons to get out of the basement? #charge Stand back, the Hype Machine is firing up again and targeting simpletons across the island - next step, some dull loan signing accompanied by the traditional template interview. Massive club, great fans, sleeping giant, table tennis table, Tesco nearby, dock strike, SS tank driver, longest contract I've ever been offered on stupid wages, blah, blah, yawn, etc.

Could someone pick David Shepherd up, he seems to have fallen over.* *niche cricket joke for an audience of approx three.

I started spreading the Redknapp Return rumour on Portsea about ten days ago, just for my own amusement - please tell me it's gone viral!

The shrewd football fan chooses the correct time to laugh at others less fortunate, so I'll keep my powder dry for the mo.... But if anyone fears a closing of the gap, let's just remember that Eisner bought the entire club and its four year history for £5.6m. Compare that with £75m for one player and it puts everything into context. While we are clearly struggling in the Atlantic, the plucky minnows are currently flapping about in sixth - in a puddle.

I guess Penny's resignation moment will be when they discover that she historically defended tax-dodgers. My how they will laugh down at the Treasury.

Thanks for that - I don't get to read stuff like The Sun very often so it's nice to catch up on proper news.

How long before we hear that our new bloke was in charge of Tenko...

Where did it say that the Premier League had serious doubts about the Gao family? I've not seen that, and hopefully their solicitors haven't seen it either.

Unlucky. That Fulham u21 are quite a tough team to beat - pompey did well to take them to penalties.

Yes, and a radio station. And top class catering.... Then sort out the squad and the ground if there's any money left over.

Saints valued at £262m. pompey valued at £5.67m.

If you hold up your hands to block the path of the ball it's a penalty. When the commentator said it was ball to hands it just demonstrated that he hasn't read the rules since 1980 and needs to catch up. He was presumably equally shocked when the keepers didn't pick up back passes, and we had goalposts instead of jumpers. Two good penalty shouts - you'd expect to be awarded one of them, and probably miss it.

Not another ref who found the game was too big for him! Or is it Kenny Jackett who can't cope with managing a big club? Either way it'll be something about being the biggestest club - or some other old nonesense.

Mad talk.

Dodged us again.

I mean charges on the ground. I'd like to think they can find the £125k due.....unless of course they have defaulted on that as cash flow becomes an issue pre-takeover....

I've not seen anything that suggests Chanrai has any charges in 2017. It would be funny if true, but I'd be surprised if he managed to maintain anything through the changes of ownership.

Football fans are one tribe - we lost someone. RIP

I seem to recall earlier in the thread that someone mentioned that the club invested around £1.5-2m in the past three or four seasons on what I would call soft infrastructure projects such as a new PA system, CCTV, toilet refurbishment and lounge re-decoration - does anyone have a link? I can't be bothered to look back through.

Most normal businesses would have the ground open for their first games, perhaps they discovered more issues that needed sorting? This work is presumably part of the emergency upgrades that led to the takeover. It was either that or the Property Developing Trust coughing up £1m a summer for five years, which would have involved getting the begging buckets out again. Not any old buckets - the ones used by Moses to part the Red Sea.

That's not yoghurt, that's the milk that TCWTB just took out of his manky fridge and swigged.

If they want to do things like give us £20m for Lovren, the only polite thing to do is to bow to their experience and let them.