OldNick

That comment was used about MLT the other day on TV

Pes you are right they did. It is good that you do concede you are Wigan of the south.

i would be happy with Curtis Davies but all the posts bandying about with wages of 30k plus is madness. These wages have to be found plus the ad ons of tax and NI etc

watching the PL so far I see that there are quite a few teams who will be in the relegation mix. For me we played Wigan too early before we had got our feet in this league. If we strengthen in the next coupe of days, that will give the club a massive lift, especially if we add some much needed pace up front/wings. We need a player who can run away from a defence not slower than the centre backs. I expect us to be in the dogfight at the end and hope after 4 games we are not too far away from the pack.

it is disappointing, but the economy and opposition may have a bearing.

thats odd as i thought that they were free agents!!!!

Phil must have taken the Dubai rights when he came over here for a few days

why?

yep, standing at the front wall of the Archers as a kid and trying to breathe as you waited for the crush of fans pressing against you before they got back to their original place after a surge. Remember how the wall collapsed at Orient when we gained promotion. It was lucky nobody was badly injured. As for Sheff Wed away in the cup when the Saints were packed in so tight, it could easily been a disaster before the Liverpool Hillsborough

To watch Sky the footballers football show made me sick to the core. Appleton sayig that the non contract players had other offers but choose Pompey, making out that it was down to joining them not the terms! There was Reid and Mick McCarthy fawning themselves over Pompey and Appleton, never mentioning how the club had defaulted but just about the greatness of everything. Professional football is so morally corrupt, i wish i never followed the game.

Lol, every day they are still breathing they will have got away with it. This is my opinion

I feel this is correct. That is not me making it up and claiming it is fact of course Lol

lol,nice one

' 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!