JackFrost

He must have had an inflated opinion of himself

Peter Storrie and Tal Ben Haim - what a combination

But if the creditors were to miss any cleverly worded small print in the CVA and agree to possibly receiving 0, and they then receive 0 would this happen? As Pompey wouldn't technically have broken the agreement in the first place I'm not convinced it would.

I don't know personally I'm only going on what's been said on here to be honest, but if it is the case that is how to rack up £130 million of debt, not have to pay a penny of it back and keep the business going. I can't help thinking that if they had any intention of paying the CVA, they wouldn't be continuing to follow the Peter Storrie guide to financial lunacy

LMAO at that article describing it as a "shock announcement" that he wants to continue to earn £36k a week for the next two years

I don't think they have any intention of servicing the CVA full stop. I believe Clapham Saint noticed a couple of lines in the small print that said something along the lines of "if there isn't enough money to service it you will be getting nothing". And as most of the creditors weren't wise enough to this and voted for the CVA I bet that Pompey will escape any punishment from not adhering to the CVA on this technicality. If they don't get bought out in the summer they'll be in trouble and if they do get bought out by the Russians no doubt further tens if not hundreds of millions of laundered money will be pumped through the club and the whole process will start again. As ESB pointed out no doubt they'll play the same sob story when the time comes saying they haven't got enough players for a squad and then they'll go and sign a load of PL rejects on £20k+ a week.

Showing Jimmy Case the door was one of the first things Branfoot did and it went downhill from there. Even if Case was in his mid 30s he was still one of the best midfielders in the league at that time. Then he signed Dixon and Speedie for £1m (hell of a lot back then) and were both of them released on frees within a year? Ken Monkou was the only signing he got right. It was also significant as this was a rare occasion when SISA got something right, I seem to remember they had a key role in starting the Branfoot protests that eventually ousted him

Can't be because all of Pompey's debt was all the PL's fault remember?

It is amazing isn't it, it's like Storrie never left. During his time there he must have written his own book on financial management, which they are currently following very closely

They'll poach Villas-Boas from Porto I suspect

Jeez Branfoot was 20 years ago? I am seriously getting old

Actually I didn't really blame Mann for ruling in Pompey's favour on that. I thought HMRC argued their case from completely the wrong angle and their QC did not come across well at all.

When I first saw that program I watched it with a family that actually believed in it. I didn't know whether to engage in hysterical laughter or express such sorrow for the people that were taken in by that Yvette Fielding going round screaming "OH MY GOD, SOMETHING JUST TOUCHED ME!!!!" whenever she walked past a curtain

I think the claims of ghosts etc. existing are entirely different to clairvoyants and psychics. Ghosts will always be the unknown where as clairvoyancy through the art of cold reading and making barnum statements such as "I sense that you are sometimes insecure, especially with people you don't know very well." that can be applied to pretty much anyone and everyone is a well known con if money is made from it.

Do I believe in spirits? Course I do, Vodka and gin amongst others have been proven to exist for centuries

A process of nature that Sir David Attenborough has yet to discover

When I saw the picture of the bloke, just for a split second I thought it was Richard O'Brien the harmonica playing host of the Crystal Maze

Oh this is heating up nicely just before the Storrie court case

Considering the extent of the racial prejudice that existed then within the force and even in general society I wouldn't be surprised. There was an episode of A Touch of Frost first broadcast in 1994, (made around the same time as Lawrence was murdered interestingly enough) where Frost gets a black DCI working with him and openly refers to him in derogatory racist terms throughout the episode. Back then they'd barely even started to condemn it after the dark days of the 80s. I couldn't believe they allowed the repeat to be shown on ITV3 a few weeks ago, it was a real eye opener as to how attitudes towards racism were so casual even as recently as 15-20 years ago. If they'd have made the episode even 10 years after they did they'd have been crucified by the press and society as a whole.

As Russell Howard would say, that has got to the point where it becomes self harm

The other factor to consider if this takeover drags on and on. Didn't Chainrai supposedly up his demands significantly about a month after the Russians first became interested, and it implied that the club was haemorraging £3 million a month?

That's what the local community said in 1993 when the police were given the same names by several independent sources within hours of the attack, and it took the Met 2 weeks to arrest them. I really hope justice is done, but they have must have pretty conclusive forensics to bring this to trial again after all these years

They do. Even if one of them has since been jailed for the attempted murder of a black plainclothed policeman, and is the son of a high profile drug dealer who they found out had been making large payments to someone high up in the Met at the time. They must have pretty conclusive forensic evidence to bring this to trial again. The murder itself was horrendous enough but the extent of the incompetence, racism and corruption within the Met in handing this case was what generated so much outcry.

You've gotta admire what the parents have done over the years, after losing their son in such a horrific way their tenacity and determination for justice in the face of a completely flawed investigation by a prejudiced and corrupt police force is unbelievable. They've revealed to us all just how racist parts of the Met were back then and there are elements probably still now. That's how to do a prolonged public campaign. I hope the criminals are convicted and jailed for the rest of their lives

I believe he is currently Finland's goalkeeping coach