Guided Missile

I think it may be worth providing another view of the circumstances that occured, that meant we couldn't pay our debts when they came due. Is it only me that thinks the unrational anti-Lowe brigade are completely forgetting the period when Lowe wasn't Chairman and that faction, were falling over themselves to support Wilde and his promises of investment. A "Wilde" spending spree to attempt an immediate return to the Premiership, taking the club from solvency, when the lunatic fringe got their way and believed his bull sh!t, to an insolvent hangover, which was worse than any that Burley had from and into which pit, for some unkown reason, Lowe jumped. Lowe's main mistake was to return and that was a purely ego driven misjudgement. Wilde and his motley crew of "local" businessmen caused the administration, end of...

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A bit quick off the mark, I think... ...the dream is alive...

You are talking out of your putrid skate @rse. Read these replies from our fans, when we learnt of our administration and 10 point penalty on this thread. We took it on the chin, you whiney pr !ck...

I must admit, we could be twins...

Wedding ceremony at the Green Man, honeymoon in the Championship. Simple really...

You see, I was thinking about that. The problem is that it is far worse to have some cr@ ppy trip booked for that weekend and miss the party than to plan for it and it not to happen. F**k, I want it so much...

...and with that in mind, I have already blocked the weekend off and have started to make preparations. Being on a Saturday, it'll be best to get settled in a (5 star) London hotel on the Friday night. Following the inevitable victory, staying the Saturday night will be a necessity. Brunch on Sunday and a lazy trip back, dreaming of a trip in 2010/2011 to Fratton to spank the cheating matelots and repeat it at St. Mary's for good measure. I have to be honest, I'm getting a hard on just thinking about it... ...good as the Johnson's Paint Trophy party was, I think this will be the time to go large...very large... ...and if not, an outright promotion the following season...

Nor did I...

The genius that Chanrai hired as an administrator has informed the Portsmouth Supporters Trust of the level of debts and I quote: 2. What is the size of the debt? Total debt now £100m, broken down as:- £22m Football Creditors, £32m Gaydamak Trust, £5m Suliman Al Fahim, £18m Al Faraj, £5m General eg local traders, £17-18m HMRC (although £9m of this is disputed vat payment), £16-17m Football Creditors, £14m approx Portpin, £8-9m Football Agents. Those economists amongst us may be able to spot the minor mathematical error, i.e. the above figures add up to around £138M. Read more from the Q & A session here. The guys a buffoon and the Pompey Trust lapped it up... ....seat on the board, anyone?

Although this thread has been diverting fun for those of us that sometimes have nothing better to do, does anyone else feel like I do? I have zero feelings for Portsmouth Football Club. They disappeared during my trip to Fratton Park at the time of the famous riot, when I could see first hand where mindless, misdirected passion takes you. From middle aged men keeping hold of the ball for throw-ins, whilst screaming obscenities at our players to 10 year old "fans" throwing stones at the police and trashing their own neighbourhood, it didn't take a genius to see how close to the middle ages a "civilised" group could get. Whether Portsmouth recover and rebound or sink and cease to exist, it will not affect in the slightest my life, with respect to football. Blind hatred usually takes you in one direction and not the direction that we find ourselves in. This thread is like a quick glance over to the other side of the M27, on the way out of Pompey, looking at a car crash. Morbidly interesting at first, but when arriving back in God's country, you find it involved a prison van full of peodophiles and any sympathy disappears, to be replaced by "Who gives a sh !t as long as no one else got badly hurt"...

I am a stupid ****... ...sorry about that. Thoughtless post whilst under the influence...

Let's see just how many Saints fans give a sh !t about this... ...10 years ago, you zeroes would have been forced the rely on a copy of the Pink, sent over by your Mum, for match highlights. You left for the money/weather. Live with the consequences...

It looks like a number of Pompey players will be taking an early summer break, according to this article. It is one of the most extraordinary and bizarre scenarios ever to confront an FA Cup semi-final team. Andronikou added: "This affects five or six players who will not be allowed to play after the semi-final, and one who might not be allowed to play in the semi-final. "This all revolves around clauses in their current contracts which mean that the semi-final triggers a set number of games that either means the player is entitled, automatically, to have his contract renewed for next season, or that it triggers a variety of cash payments ranging from £100,000 to £50,000. "So, if a player plays at Wembley he would trigger a new contract the club cannot afford, or if he reaches 20 or 25 games, it triggers cash payments, some of £100,000. These bullet payments means that they can play in the semi-final, but not play another game after it, unless they waiver those payments."

As has the RoE in the US military since that video was taken...

HTH

Rob Lloyd the proposed new owner of Portsmouth City Football Club has made his first television interview since his bid for the club was accepted by the administrator. Speaking to Sky Sports News, Mr. Lloyd was asked what his background is and who was behind his consortium. He told the programme... 'I was trained by Xerox, many many many years ago. I'm a business strategist, many people say I'm a photocopying salesman, which I always find quite amusing.' 'I actually have been in the past,been heavily involved in the fitting out of Southampton football club stadium. Obviously I have an IT background, sales background, but also I have had involvement at Southampton Academy and scouting for many, many years.' 'To give you an instance I was involved in the scouting of Adam Lallana from Bournemouth sadly, to Southampton.' 'I have many, many contacts in football, I have many contacts abroad as well, in American MLS football as well as in Dubai.' 'So it's a mixture of many many things, all put together with a vision for a football club and we are going to drop the blueprint into here, but all will be revealed.' When asked if it was his money he was investing in Portsmouth City Football Club, Lloyd smiled and said... 'It is a consortium' When pushed on who is in the consortium, he added... 'That is, something that really and honestly will never be answered properly and completely, but the truth of the matter is, there will be answers to that to an extent in tomorrow's (Wednesday) press conference.' :smt043

I really don't find the video that surprising, in the circumstances in Iraq back in 2007. Neither do I find it surprising that there is a simultaneous outpouring of anti-American, anti-war, anti-military and self righteous indignation on this site. When terrorism hit our capital in 2005, our metropolitan police force had a shoot to kill practice which led to the Jean Charles de Menezes killing. The US hardly has a monopoly on trigger happy killing of innocent civilians. Sh !t happens...

...was nearly a year ago, IMO. This article pins down the date that a group of nonentities, led by a Liverpool supporting dreamer, successfully damaged the reputation of a Saints legend, extracted £500K out of Lymington businessman and delayed the real takeover, so that the club had little time to prepare for the season ahead. So....if you're looking for a scapegoat, start in Locks Heath. PS, Mute your PC speakers, prior to opening the link.

You won't get an answer. He's out shopping with the missus...

...or in the case of Wotton, donkeys...

Sorry for that mistake, Fritz. Obviously the name "Connolly" is Austrian German for "Waigo and Barnard". I shall be more careful in the future, on the rare occassions I read your depressing and obviously desparate cries for Anglo-Saxon discourse, that are your posts.

Obviously when you questioned the fact that Pardew didn't have a choice in who he selected, in particular, Connolly. You really should practice your native language more, Fritz...

HTH

The joke was that our former chairman had a few pints with some anoraks, ignoring the customary pre-match socialising with his Derby County counterpart....classy....