OldNick

There was talk in the papers that under Mandaric. The club was in massive debt I think it was 50+m then. MM jumped ship while he could. Imo you should not be under the illusion the overspend was after him

I would think of going but just worry that it would turn into an anti Cortese night. That would ruin it for me

I don't do Facebook and wouldn't know how to start a campaign but it would be interesting to see if a let the crowd sing Abide with me would get big support. If it did it might make the FA think

I assume the kick off is for world wide coverage.

he hates Hoddle as well

Just listened to it on ITv and was ruined by the opera singers who drowned out the fans. It was nothing compared to when the crowd sung it without the singers. Oh for 1976.

it seems our fans are no different to others, we want to watch top players and invest in the infrastructure but wish for someone else to pay for it.

Benteke was see as a complete waste up until Xmas, he played enough games to get used to PL football. He would be a wantedplayer at most clubs now. IMO Gaston will do ok once he gets enough games

I notice that the word 'from' is there, perhaps it is like the 'Sale 70% off' and then in very small letters 'up to' we see in shop windows. Good idea, and the slogan is on the same grounds as 'Saints is for life not just the Premiership'

its perfectly sensible Phil, when there are quality players to be had you have to get them while they are going.........oh You never know they may be useful players or double up as groundsmen and painters during the summer

That could be a long list to choose from

at the time i thought the same. Mourinho was very humble on the night and so perhaps was laying the foundations of his arrival

I assume this morning all the anti MP and Adkin lovers who were coming out of the woodwork and making snipes of how wonderful the last regime was are snugly back in their holes.

Scott Allen, Thorne ,Mattock, I'm not sure if Hogg was from them. I've no idea of dates, I think there were a couple of others

you are correct with him but WBA did loan them a string of players,

what does it take to do the same re Hoddle

probably but more about the string of loaners they lent them. I think the player who scored their first goal against us last season was one.

Bad day at the office does not mean to me defeats but the way we played in those games. Personally we did well and did not get the rub of the green. I do not believe we have a divine right to beat the teams listed and are till a bottom 5or 6 team

Norwich look a bit precarious, Wigan have had a massive result, they still have to get 5 points to overtake us

Nothing like exaggeration is there. I will accept. QPR and WBA but the others lol , we might be glad of Borucs penalty save against Norwich

We have to get a result from the next 2. I'm starting to dislike WBA more and more. They played well last week and lost from 2 winning positions today add to that how they helped Pompey in the past...

there was good and bad news at the death of Henry Cooper, the bad news was that Henry Cooper had died but the good news was that Audley Harrison had gone up one place in the British heavyweight rankings

i think there would be more uproar if pork was being passed off as Hedgehog in Pompey

those stewardesses are stunning, it does seem a bit like the film Airplane.

of course the Champions league and PL clubs are full of players born in Pompey, it is such a hotbed of talent...Gary O'Neill lol