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And so the infighting reaches a new, and more public level of hatred. Up until now, like any other middle-aged couple trapped in a loveless marriage, TB & Chinny were forced to at least be verbally civil to each other, at least for the sake of the 'children' i.e Pompey Pravda and the deluded phew - 'pas devant les enfants, ma cherie'. Now the increasingly acrimonious disputes are beginning to boil over into the media, the figleaf is shredded and their sordid grubby dealings are being exposed to public scrutuny. Yippee!

Hissy fit from Pompey Pravda's finest wordsmith oh how funny

New name for Chinny coined by one of the phew on their Pompey Pravda pages: Hong Kong Phony

Good old Hoover

Looking at it objectively, one might say that their much-heralded 'Pompey Dream' is a thing of illusion, smoke and mirrors. It is built of nothing more substantial than hype and spin, and can be reliably expected to collapse all over again very shortly. If I cared about them in the slightest, it would be galling and frustrating. Indeed, I might be turning incandescent with baffled rage. As it is, its just hilarious and as time goes on they will lose more and more of any remaining goodwill that might have been out there in the world at large, as they become a by-word for self-delusion and financial recklessness. I can hardly wait for the next instalment of this long-running farce

Yes. P.10 of the council officers' report- "* Share scheme – PST are assuming that on average each pledge amounts to £100 and therefore 1,670 pledges have been made. NB - to secure the £1.5m a 90% conversion rate of pledges to shares of £1,000 would need to be achieved.

who knows, perhaps they'll go for that tried & tested 'quality not quantity' approach, that worked well for them

+1. Saintbrutal is probably not a professional writer (unlike that bastion of journalistic integrity Neil Allen of the Pompey Pravda) but he has nevertheless done a good job in pointing out the handbag they're all dancing around, i.e. their unaffordable, unsustainable, immoral overspending - over a number of years - which coupled with their overdeveloped sense of entitlement has got them where they are today. Good on yer!

I'm waiting now for the explosions of baffled outrage from the deluded phew as it slowly sinks in that they are screwed for a generation

What a charmer

Quite right. According to Wikipedia: "[sagas]...are usually realistic... They are sometimes romanticised and fantastic, but always dealing with human beings one can understand." Of course, in this context one might take issue with the bit about about 'dealing with human beings one can understand'

L: "The fans have suffered. They are frightening people with their support." I read that as: 'This is the Island of Dr Moreau, some of the natives scare even me, keep them sweet or f*£% knows what they'll do to you'

The Pompey Pravda spellchecker strikes again: "Appy to make late call on Sailsbury team"

Get the beer & popcorn in, the hilarity is about to begin in ernest

Classic, that image will stay with me for weeks

This. They can't dodge bullets forever

Of course the term 'Legend' can be applied in different senses according to the sophistication of one's viewpoint

It would be nice to think, should Chinny indeed bottle it, that the mutual recriminations will include that aspect

+1 totally

perhaps the most interesting aspect of all this is what they're *not* saying e.g. - why the FL won't let them sign anyone - why Trevor Birch's deadlines keep slipping away - why AA is now advising TBH One presumes that one day in the future at least one blockbuster book will be published exposing at least some of the sordid goings-on down there :suspicious: :suspicious:

I see what you did there

Are they toast yet?

I'd love to know how Westwood plans to explain those awful tattoos after they've been wound up: -Hey what's that mess you've got all over you? -Oh I had a bizzarre accident with a bottle of ink and a rabid porcupine

Onwards & upwards to 100 000 - then the sky's the limit

Trevor Birch is on record as saying the decision had to be made mid-week, which presumably means tomorrow (Wednesday) if not today. But there again, he has cried Wolf a couple of times now so the novelty is wearing off