OldNick

How can you only get an adult caution for that?????? Surely it must come under an ABH offence.

Having a go at our fans because they are old and not 'lads' up for it is pathetic. Many of those 50-60 year olds were up for it when it really was tough to go to away games. Its ok now when you go to games and there are lots of police presence but go back to the 70's when the police had little experience of handling such things, and there was carnage. If going to a match means you can goad the oppo fans behind a lines of coppers but not in a bubble is more exciting then good on you. if you really want it out with Pompey fans, get in your car and stand outside FP today and give them some.You wont, because you wont have the security of Police dogs etc. The cameras panned around the ground and there was the same mix of fans in the Fratton end as there was in ours. Get over it.

Im probably like many tired of reading that their time has come, only for them to keep getting away with it. How many events have happened where it looks like they are finished only for people to work out they have sidestepped the hangman. The closest they got and will ever was the day in court when the lady lost her nerve to liquidate them, this was after PS seemed to inflate their asset value to ease her concerns. Then AA came on the scene and has played this as a chess game, always being 4 or 5 steps ahead of the authorities and others with their own views. Sadly Clapham has kept out of posting recently,his was true insight into the IP's position. I would have thought that DL's wording about the asset being in the administrators hands could be a major gaff. i hope the more legally minded will be able to work that out and send it on to the right people. As for his last words on the webchat 'we're waiting' was an interesting lick up to the fans and no doubt the 'we-re coming for you' song is being used to psyche up their squad.

Hey DT remember our little debates re KD?

i always find it amusing when posters go on about others being illiterate or foolish etc only to spell the word wrong. Lol Stupid Boy. As for turnover ratio etc you really are stupid, so in those terms Rochdale could go out and buy star players and use the same excuse. If you have 20k gates then you can only budget to those incomings, it is like having the income of a Robin Reliant that has failed the MOT and then go out and buy a Ferrari by deceiving an old lady/charity/local business to get it. I have no doubts that some would defend our club if we had done the same, but the decent fair minded fans would hold their hands up and 'Yep, fair play we did cheat, nothing I could really do about it, but i did have a good time. Sorry but we had people who played the system and won' As an aside , as i was typing this a Swindon fan walked in and we talked about Pompeys cheating, he said he was sick of hearing about poor old Pompey and what their fans have to put up with. 'that club could teach the Italian Mafia about corruption' were his words. Lol

AA and Chanrai always 3 or 4 steps ahead of the game. It would be funny if htis dodge came back and bit Hacker's by the Lith government seizing their assets

our away form is adding tremendous pressure to our home games. It said on Solent that 3of the next 4 are at home. Can we expect 9 points from those home games ? i think not especially if RL is not fit. The lack of back up for RL has been obvious for over a year or so, nobody at the club seems to have tried to rectify. Yes ther have been rumours that we are after forwards but we have failed to gett one in.The loss of Chaplow and RL is telling and fans at other clubs have been scoffed at when they have stated we woud falter hwen injuries took their toll. It is only a defeat but BC was bad enough to not learn the lessons of that game is a bit worrying

The main revenue stream from the game would have been the away support. I doubt there would have been that many from Coventry. The s/t money has already been used , so you can take that out of the 12k equation. As for Ronaldinho, I odubt he has played in many tight to the pitch stadia with a full house and the excitement of a european game and so on the night Im sure the atmosphere would have been great. As for Henry's name being sung Im sure he was flattered and showed his respect. It is delusional to think that you have the best fans, I hear the commentators go on about Stoke fans now, they like Pompey have loads of JCL's. Pompey were Wigan of the South, small fanbase being propped up by money from elsewhere,I think now it is a bit disrespectful to compare them with Wigan, perhpas Acrington may be more apt now

I wish you lot would stop saying Pompey were toast. You fail miserably everytime as Chanrai and AA are always 3 or 4steps ahead of you. The sign when i believe they are really in the mire is if Lampit resigns ,as he will not wish to lose total credibility. How Chanrai can just put the company on a mortgage a day before they go into admin is a farce but yet again with Pompey the rules always seem to there to be bent. Pompey yet again seem to have got away with it, and whilst my sympathy goes to Mero, Mack etc I wont miss the rivalry as it isnt that important to me in respect of seeing my team win. They have shown no shame recognition or concern about their success due to the cheating, so let them take their FA cup win and then spiral into the abyss. Sadly the FA FL etc have no balls and their concern in keeping the integrity of the league will mean they will do their darnedest to let them live Pompey toast......not a hope in hell

So who pays for the public sector pensions? It will be our children and childrens children. The money has to come form somewhere and if you pay £100 a week into your pension now and retire in 5years time expecting a return of say £300pw where does the growth come from to provide that. The pension companies cant promise returns like that , you cant get invested money with those returns.Please do not try and say you have been paying in for 35 years and so you have paid lots in. In that time any taxes you and I have paid have been eaten up by our use of the NHS, our childrens education caring for the elderly and sick, keeping us safe etc etc etc. The fact is that if you spend as a nation mare than you earn you are in trouble. It's not anti public sector (although i will admit a % of them do get on my nerves) it is a case of basic budgeting. The public sector pensions has been a timebomb that governments have all pushed into the future and sooner or later it has to be addressed. The growth of the public sector has made it nye impossible for the country to pay. I feel that there should be a timeline to when the new pension agreements come in, e.g if you have only 5 or less years to retirement then perhaps the terms should stay but only if they retire the same age as the private sector

no paid leave if you are self employed. In times gone by the public sector received less than the private sector as they had the good pension. Now it seems there is parity expectations as well as early retirement and a good pension. I cant see how modern society can survive at this rate. The gov has borrowed to build schools hospitals and for the armed forces, pensions, welfare etc etc . Where do you all think the money is coming from to pay for it? We are acting like the head in the sand Pompey fans and not thinking it through. We have for a decade spent more than we have earned as a nation and sooner or later we have to pay it back. Ok you can tax the banks a bit more, so they charge their customers a bit more, but that is not earning/saving the money we need to get back to some kind of sensible debt. I had hoped that there would be some real action taken on finding the waste (not necessarily cutting jobs)and eliminating that as a way forward. There are a few on here who have pointed out their own experience in working in the public sector and the waste they have seen. How about getting the grass roots to point out the inefficiencies that the managers just dont seem to? Im sure there are some who have sympathy for the public services but in these times it is hard to really fully support their campaign.

if you take Lawrence into consideration as well !(although leaving his wages off the list leaves a lee-way in case some of the other salaries are overinflated) I would have thought the main revenue they took on saturday came from the travelling support as the majority of the rest would have already been banked as S/t money and then a lot of kid and free tickets. Im not sure if they ow their club shop, but that must have sold items and then the catering. it really is scraping the bottom of the barrel. I feel as long as Lampit stays it would show a sign there is funds around, but I doubt he would want his integrity harmed and so would resign if it looks as if the club was about to go.

I tell what maybe cooking Mack, Pompey. Yet again though Pompey got away with it, as your top man got bail!!!! I notice in the report that they are trying the 'my family are settled here' angle and then the more subliminal message of 'i have a lot of ties here' perhaps a warning to some people in high places

that follows the trend when anyone Pomey goes to court. How can somebody be bailed on an extradition charge?

Lol too BIG a club to die. You are a small provincial club that has had some recent success on the back of bad debt and perhaps corruption. If you were a big club you would have the fanbase to show it in bad times.For decades you were wallowing around the lower leagues, only after your club took on wages and exes that you could not sustain did you float to the surface again. I do not say Saints are a big club, but have the fanbase and foundations from being established in the top league for decades, we are the bigger club with probably a larger fanbase due to our high profile for longer period of time.Neither can ever be classed as a big club IMO. Of course if we do go up to the PL and then florish and get a larger stadia that is filled my attitude may change on who is a big club. I believe your chance of being seen as a big club went when you ere on a crest of a wave and it looked like you may get a big stadium. Had you stayed up, had a new stadium and kept the team of world stars you would have been a big club, bigger than us, as you would have filled it and got a new influx of fans who are not as ingrained to either club as the diehards. If you do ever get an Afcp Iwould wish you well, but I doubt it would attain a high league status. Therefore you are stuffed if Chanrai does pull the plug, I have always said you will get away with it, but it is looking decidedly difficult if your owners are indeed financing the club. If Chanrai has to come back he will at least now have a club that is not leaking as much money and so he may bear that cost until the parchute money has been eaten up (Iassume you still have some to come) If you form

they are even bending the meaning of political asylum as most would see it. Fleeing from the arms of the law seems a little different to me, than fleeing from a foreign court in fear of your life due to political beliefs. Andrew Pomfrett at the FL should be put through FPPT as he has overseen and deflected any attempt by fans to get explanations of their actions, by allowing such people through their 'new FPPT'

Last week CSI released a statement saying: "In the light of the recent events at Snoras Bank, Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) would like to reassure its companies, staff, and the fans of its teams and events, that it remains very much business as usual. 'Very much business as usual' is that what they should be doing!!!

to me there is the self made business where the chairman/owner gets the fruit of his work and earns what he deserves and then the fatcat who gets parachuted in on a fantastic salary. The former deserves all he gets, the later should earn on results.

amazing how people are happy to jump on the medias grave. If it wasnt for the media would Grant indiscretions with the hooker ever come to light and Coogans drug and cheating habit? I am not hypocritcal in blasting the papers for their stories as i read them over the years.It would pretty crass now to complain. The problem i see is the overstepping of the mark, as in the Milly Dowler case. I still find it hard to believe that the majority of these people were using un-savoury techniques to gain info

I think may have sent a few e-mails out in reply exactly the same. Lol

is this last season or this seasons thread lol Looks like we may get close to selling out.

without a doubt, modern and new facilities will put extra bums on seats. To keep them there you need success and a decent team.As per Coventry the bright new stadia is still pretty empty and so paying for it becomes a burden. Pompey missed the boat when they were in the PL when they should have targeted the new ground ahead of 100k pw centre forwards. Ok the fans did get a tremendous time, but as time goes by the memories fade and the JCL's drift away again. As for the bank folding and Anatovs apparent problems how will the FL dress up their new rigorous FPPT?

whatever happens, it was a vile cowardly attack. From afar the accused look guilty as sin, but have never been found guilty. If the jury go with an open mind I dont think they can give a guilty verdict as the DNA evidence will be made to look doubtful. I hope the Lawrence family get justice and a sort of closure

Exactly, so are they going to refund the full s/t holders or put 2 fingers up to their loyal fan. As for Rallyboy quoting 500-700-m for the rebuild, surely tradition down there says that they get it built with all the trimmings and then default. If a lot of local businesses fold why would they care?

Of course he was the driving force behind WBA promotion, i assume he was the driving force behind their disastrous run in the PL for Di mattio to get the sack. I assume it was Di Mattio who was responsible for the defeats. i was talking to a Pompey fan last night, he was under the impression that you were paying back 60p in the £ !!!! Decent lad though, and freely admitted they had taken the p###. He said there was nothing he could have done, but just enjoyed it. He also said that the squad should be doing better, I agree with that. I do hope PFC doesnt see your spelling of fear ,as he may do a long-winded diatribe on a FERA, as some kind of furry animal i suspect. Funnily enough i'm not unhappy with the move either, it will be interesting how he deals with the high paid players who may well scoff and look down at him.