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He did us proud over many seasons and left with dignity. Him and Luke will probably be alright long term - not sure about the rest of them.

When their great property-developing adventure started I'm sure they were aiming to be playing us in the Championship this season, having ripped up two divisions of little clubs. How did that work out for them?

This league is small but the Championship is a long way away.... #fatherted

Is little Bournemouth too far for them to travel? I'm sure the Dorset outfit would appreciate any help or business tips from the mighty portsmouth. Ditto Brighton, currently languishing in the Championship promotion race, they would like some extra income as they vainly thrash about in the shadow of their massive Division Four neighbour.

They are clearly preparing for another begging session. The academy is to be funded by members rather than club income and they are looking for more donations. They also admit that the business model is flawed for a higher level where investment is required. I would suggest that the old problem of attracting outside finance but not giving anything away is a huge stumbling block to progress. Fans can be conned into 'shares', consortiums won't be so easily fooled and their inevitable demands for control would leave the Trust toothless and irrelevant. They look a bit landlocked and stuck up a financial cul-de-sac of their own making.

No, that's Hardy's kagool - he put it on this chair from HMS Victory when Nelson was bleeding out. You can also see the shroud of Turin, Cleopatra's jugs, the original blue radiator off Apollo 9, and the projector screen that Churchill used on D-Day.

Summary of the Trust meeting appears to be, Fatpipes is falling down, shall we rebuild or relocate? No great mention of funding.....I spy with my little eye something that begins with B, and ends with egging bowl....

There's a Trust meeting tonight, with an agenda that includes a strategic plan for next season. I suspect it will be the same plan as the last few with the target being to rip up League One/Two.

Do they save money by using the same horses as centre backs?

Mounted police brought in to break up rival fans in flared trousers and big collars swapping punches in the street, sideburns and racist taunts at ten paces. Was that 1970? Maybe 1971? Good guess, but it was today.

Oliver did well tonight, that was not an easy game to control. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Costa sent off, he is a disgrace, his antics have no place in the sport. I noticed that he spat on the ground in the direction of the ref when he was first booked, and his final assault on Barry could well have been a straight red. He even makes John Terry look pleasant.

Calling The9....please report to the PTS thread with a match report... He must still be typing.

What's it going to be Mack me old mucker, claim the history and admit to all of the criminality that should have seen the business liquidated, or stick with the cherry-picking approach favoured by so many? The nasty league made us have criminal owners who stole from charities, pensioners and killed children for cash...but I'd like to keep the cup.

Those play-offs look a worrying prospect....especially if you have turned inconsistency into an art form.

I was also at Highbury for the Adrian Heath moment and it was the end of a cup run that should have gone all the way. Not sure I hate him, just the occasion. And Kevin Friend when he was playing for Liverpool.

Virgil is a Rolls Royce, Toby is a Merc and Lovren is a 1982 Transit.

Appalling inconsistency all round at the moment. It can't all be about shepherding Chelsea and Liverpool up the table, there must be genuine mistakes going on too. The most obvious decision of the weekend was a second yellow card against a Spurs player. How did he stay on the pitch? The guys who train refs have many questions to answer as following a decent start to the season with sensible officiating, their members' mistakes are now overshadowing games every week.

I'm sure the few celebrated our result last night. Until it dawned on them that even Bournemouth are securing another year of being three divisions above them with the accompanying £100m+ TV money.

When you have a dismal evening, pompey can still make you feel better.

I just hope this doesn't become as legendary as the Kevin Friend performance that actually cost us places last year. If Chelsea finish three points above us and we lose out on European qualification then Mr Atkinson can take his place among the elite of crap referees. I'd rather he or Kevin went and knackered Leicester's title challenge - it is well within their range of incompetence to achieve that. And to the swings and roundabouts brigade - I cannot recall a game where we have benefited to the extent that we have lost out on these two occasions. Winning the odd dodgy throw-in does not make up for denied penalties or goals unfairly conceded. They do not even out.

1. If a defender fouls the striker AND places his arm out to block the path of the ball, that is a penalty - it's also a red card. 2. The Chelsea defender kicked out petulantly and the linesman flagged - possible red card there too. We were beaten by a better side - who had their own ref.

I wouldn't want Costa anywhere near our side. He is a cheat and has no place in a game that even in this modern era should try to retain some shred of sportsmanship. We didn't lose because he was cheating or because of his tactical aggression, we lost because we failed to deal with a corner that their player judged better than ours - Costa was irrelevant to that. All his antics just dragged Chelsea's name through the gutter - again.

There's that tramp again - mocking diners as they enter The Ritz because he's just found a dead rat for his tea.

I'm jealous.

Like-minded people having fun? Leaving the safety of the computer? Getting fitter while sharing an interest in football? Sounds rubbish.