OldNick

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.

I wonder f the the worlds money men are slowly sniping each and every country. There must be big bucks to be made, the sad thing is if they push a little bit too far they lose everything as well as us

Politicians determined to keep the European dream on track, who have no idea about monetary issues will always mess up. It has a remarkable resemblance to Pompey being kept alive by the PL to keep the brands name. Brussels cannot sanction Greece going, as it would harm their image (although the rest of the world know the situation). In a realistic situation, run by economists not politicians Greece would never have been allowed in until it had sorted out its tax and pensions system. (im told that Greece only has a few citizens registered as millionaires!!!!) a society that like Italy that avoids tax to a mammoth degree. We are at the precipice and the developed world could fall into a black hole. it is a scary situation and could mean the end of a modern consumer society, and years of strife, even war.

good to have a the opposition leader doing so, if ever she was elected by your lot.If you are happy to have someone with those principles as the leader then Pompey is the club for you. BTW I think May should have gone, not that i know all the facts but it does look a mess, but the media do have a habit of showing it that way.

is that the one who flouted the law about using her mobile phone while driving, and then didnt wait for the police but drove off, as she was patently too important?

wow you picked up on a spelling mistake.Top marks to you. Trying to compare our shame of going into admin and the reckless way you did, twice Lol although the first time was understandable as you had been down swimming with the fish around the sewer pipe for decades, and so had an unsustainable business model ooooh

Yes teams like like Forest and Villa did win the league in those days, they also went on to win the European cup, those days only the winners of the leagues entered not like now. it was a time also when the English clubs dominated. As for your post saying that you were not in debt when you won the cup, you are having a complete laugh, under MM and Gaydamek the papers published the fact that you were in massive debt (50-£100m) and you came on and argued differently. We pointed out at the time that you did not have the crowds to finance it but of course you came back saying it was Gaydameks money, lol. Your club spent more than it earnt the day it took HR and PS the first time. You only have to look at any other club MM has owned since and you can see he has little money to pump in, that bunch were the first to spend spend spend, you were the Wigan of the South in footballing terms and Greece in financial terms. You spend to ife to the full but dont have the guts to take the medicine and go down the default route.

Pompey have won more than us, period. The majority of Pompey fans jumped aboard and jumped off again when things got tough. They dont care how the cup was won, and i dont think if the boot was on the other foot it would be any different with us. Iam irked because they never took the medicine they deserved, and still have a team that on paper could beat us. Nobody will ever take the experiences they got by the actions of their club. History will show they won the cup and people will never know how they came to do it. we may as well hold up our hands and accept they have the most major honours and whilst much was before the war, it still is on the cup. We have a bright future and they can wallow in the past