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Quite right, one would expect that from a club with some integrity. So no chance then

Whoopee! I'm plugging the toaster in again

Right, they do seem to have an extended and consistent record of posturing and shouting the odds, before caving in without further comment. I can't help wondering what they hope to gain from this strategy? Perhaps they think its a case of 'There is no such thing as bad publicity', which of course was how Phineas T. Barnum (19th century American showman and circus owner) justified many of his less salubrious exploits. Not sure it works so well in the modern world though

They are desperate. Desperation leads to the utter abandoning of any residual moral scruples (not that they appear to have many left)

I know this must be the umpteenth time its been said, but what the hell -one more time with feeling: "You couldn't make it up"

"Time is of the essence as the fight goes on to save this great football club with 114 years of glorious history behind it." I wonder if he managed to keep a straight face whilst delivering that line? If so, he has a promising future in the acting profession.

AA to Police on his forthcoming arrest for accounting fraud: 'I'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky creditors!'

To be fair to other clubs, I think that should read 'How many players on Pompey salaries where Pompey have gazumped honest football clubs'

Oh bless, his hat's gone floppy. I wonder if his mum ever washes and starches it for him?

The toaster is still plugged in but the bread is getting stale. I have put the champagne back in the fridge

They are able, of course, to present hard evidence for the vailidity of this approach by quoting the example of Mr Micawber: "I have no doubt I shall, please Heaven, begin to be more beforehand with the world, and to live in a perfectly new manner, if -if, in short, anything turns up. - David Copperfield Ch.11

Skatemouth?

Pompey ‘dream’ over for Slovenian stopper http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/pompey-dream-over-for-slovenian-stopper-1-4059698 You've got wonder where they learned their PR skills and values - sows ear => silk purse comes to mind. One assumes there has to be a grain of truth in there somewhere amidst the spin and hype, but it must be a very small particle indeed

Oh for a quick look through their books - perhaps the greatest works of fiction since vows of fidelity were included in the French marriage service* *Apologies to Blackadder

Fact can truly be stranger than fiction. I know, I know, its all been said before - but its yet more evidence, if any more were really needed, that they are indeed 'special'

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

Courage, mes braves. Lets be honest about this, if they were to behave in a more rational way many of us would be disappointed. We've been called nutjobs, bed wetters and window lickers - but I strongly suspect we have a firmer grip on reality than most of our friends on Portsea Island

Interestingly, they're the only club Coral aren't quoting odds for. Make of that what you will

On one hand, you might think 'well they would say that, wouldn't they'. On the other hand, they're deluded.

Speaking of which, does anyone know if their sponsorship deal has been renewed?

Yes, and if my granny had wheels she'd be a pram

The only rational explanation is that they are exploiting a little-known anomaly in the fabric of spacetime that allows them to spend some of the millions they are going to make once they have returned to the Premier League

From the Snooze: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/pompey-leave-senior-players-behind-1-4059704 "adenuff , tell me why should you be ashamed if you are a supporter you have done nothing to be ashamed off . the players have done nothing to be ashamed of only a succession of dubious opwners and some ceo,s and managers . but not of them feel ashamed so why should you i guess if you lose all faith in your club then maybe you should be ashamed of that .....but then that is not the way of pompey supporters is it ????" Says it all.

Quite right- they did, but were significantly outbid by 'another football club' who's offer they coudn't hope to match: same old skate tactics - gazump other clubs for the best players and don't worry too much about how they'll be paid

Quite. If they're not effectively 'tradiing whilst insolvent' I'll eat my hat