OldNick

' Reading between the lines and his 'talks' with the FL I feel he has had assurances about the -10.' Where do I say it is a fact? The wording 'I feel' is the clue. Nothing to do with stating it as a fact, but my opinion. Sorry if stating an opinion is classed as fact by you

Those 2 deals did not have the same saga IMO. If Everton wanted Jay and offered the same do you believe he still would have picked us? i dont believe so, and suspect the deal was delayed to see who else came in.

is this deal Toast or not then?

exactly, it always seemed convenient that their biggest potential income of the season happened to be their opening home game. Had it been Stevenage etc the crowd would have been 3-4k down on that. It will be interesti9ng to see their next couple of games attendances. f they had lost against Colchester that would also have had an impact.

'Make thing up' lol IMHO I have been correct in many things on this, the major one is that they were not toast and will not be. I get my hopes up and then am dashed by operators far more shrewd than those on here. We make the mistake that a football club is treated the same as any other business. The sentimental and community aspect is very powerful, add the fact that it gets treated differently in tax/debt conditions. BC will be taking them over for the reason to protect as much debt as possible. The scenario of renting the ground back to the trust may come to pass, but in the meanwhile they are not toast and are yet again limping on, with quite a decent team

you cant write him off after 1 game, but whilst a good game makes his value seem to jump it soon comes back into reality after a poor one.

I recall BC's terms a week or so ago where he stated that the -10 was a reason not to proceed. It is not making stuff up, it is from my viewpoint of the situation. I have been assured many many times on here they were toast and finished but every time BC and AA have been well ahead of the game. I accept I may have jumped to a conclusion but watching the FL since Mulwhinney and they have no fibre since his departure.

How many young 'star of the future keepers' have we seen disappear. I recall only a season or so ago Peterboros keeper was the new starlet. Their confidence can be broken too easily, bart being another example.

Long winded transfer deals never seem to be a success. Rudi and Kevin Phillips are 2 that spring to mind. If a player is not bursting to join us their hearts are not in it.

Wasn't there talk of some of Hughes etc putting in a claim? It could well have been them

I dont understand the celebration on here. BC has money and will keep PFC afloat. Reading between the lines and his 'talks' with the FL I feel he has had assurances about the -10. Yet again they limped on to the start of a season and knew once the first ball is kicked the FL will do anything to keep the club alive and not have their league messed up. Pompey have got away with it and watch them improve again. Never have they been properly punished, it is galling and whilst many Skates will not go to FP as soon as their results do an upturn they will go back.

he'll be at Man u next then!

Peter Storrie may have done the counting,using the same method of calculating as he did when they went to the High court

I would suggest that many clubs and the PFA are watching Pompey. Why bother handing out decent contracts for players, when you can hire and fire at little risk. Ok you may miss out on the odd transfer fee but you also do not have the summer wage bills. Pompey may well be the blueprint of the future. The PFA will not like the thought that the majority of their members who are average, not having lucrative contracts. If it comes to pass that the bloated wages for low quality comes to pass, then Pompey have done a decent thing for football. I accept that clubs will wish to sign up their gems on contract but the majority, i doubt it if they had the chance.

nothing can beat the celebration at FP in 84 after Morans goal

I will accept that you would know it better than us, (reading a later post it seems I was correct and the Pompey fan is seen about to attack the lino on the blind side.) So the fan was 'rewarded' with a lifetime ban, there is little deterrent there then

If a fan went onto the pitch and assaulted the linesman, what do you think a clubs punishment would be? The next game to be played behind closed doors perhaps, or some other punitive measure. A Pompey fan did so so years back and the club got away fairly scot free, it has been going on for years.

Winchester is on our doorstep and so it is no surprise they come to St Marys, you have the 'Petersfield set' that go to yours, you know the ones, they drag their knuckles along the ground whilst gripping hand bells , wear big hats and tattoos on there chests. So a lot of old faces have appeared , thank heavens for that or your attendance would have been even pporer/

and yesterdays post by PES'I genuinely really, really hate scummers, except the ones who are my mates or family and most of the ones I've met personally and the ones who work with my wife, oh! and that cyclist who got the gold medal for Team GB. But I won't be writing to HMRC or the media or the FL regarding any of your future misdemeanors and I can honestly say no Pompey fans I know have or would fire off 'Disgusted of Drayton' emails. It's not the Pompey way, just sneaky, snide, tell tale scummers do that, many frequenting this thread, some spunking off over your recent record signings.......' Will the real Pes please stand up Lol It seems you lot all have double personalities down there.

i had it on good authority Corp Ho was ahead of you in the list.

why do Pompey fans only have 30minute diner breaks at work, because they would need to be retrained if they had an hour

'we DON'T cry when we get relegated or lose a Cup final ' If only i could be bothered to get that picture of the Pompey fans after some play off defeat, the hoards of them after Leicester beat them in the play offs. You are not all hardened youth. You like the majority have slipped away from this forum when things looked dire, now you have all of a sudden got 10 players in and things are looking rosy you come back. I wonder how many tickets had been sold by wednesday before the import

You come across as the nice guy, but i think it was you told us your mate was the real deal Tony Lynham was going to save us. All the time laughing up your sleeve. Personally I dont hate people from Portsmouth, i hate the football club and all it has brought to football.....

'Portsmouth have been given special dispensation by the Football League to start the season on zero points despite being in administration.' Why? Luton must be seething at this. It seems that there is a chance they will not get any deduction at all. It is incredible, every time they say they are going to be wound up they get 'special dispensation'

perhaps football as a business is so ridden with corruption and dirty dealings nobody wants to really open the can of worms. After today I suspect there are a few more in the 'they have got away with it camp' Yes each time their position is eroded more, but hiw many times have we been told they were finished in this saga? it must be close to 20 times.