OldNick

I agree that this helped push house prices up. That was going to happen anyway as demand outstripped supply. What is wrong in people wishing to get a better home environment? Surely the betterment pushes us on to work harder and so achieve. If we could move back to Britain at the time and experienced the state we were in and then it could be accepted it was 'the time and place'. We were on a downward spiral and the voters in the main realised that something had to be done. Look at the companies that were destroyed due to the unions being too strong.The balance had to be adjusted, i have no pleasure seeing people going through hardship and the agony of unemployment, but that pain helped us regain some national pride and set the base for the following 20+ years of wealth. Margaret Thatcher had the balls to grasp the nettle, and if she had not, i dont think you would have had to worry about house prices. we were finished as a nation.

well it seems to me that the FL have already closed their eyes to the way that Pompey have strengthened their squad by getting loans in. They saw them send players out on loan to make way for big waged players to come in. I agree the FL do not have the money that the PL have to play with, but they will do their utmost 9under the guise of the football family. lol) to help them. As the Championship will be harmed if a club was liquidated, they dont care so much about the Chesters of the world.

have we not a couple of those?

did we ever find out who Leftback is?

For me has has shown endeavor and determination.His biggest problem is the language barrier. i still think he could be a powerful central midfielder in the Vierra mould.

the Poll tax was a very fair tax imo. Everybody pays for the services that are provided for us. Like the student grants it was not grasped /explained correctly and people were fearful of it. The rabble rousers came out on the streets and the rest is history. Of course the weak should be exempt from this tax, but houses with 2 or 3 + earners should each pay the same as an old lady living on her own. People call for fairness in society but when it comes to coughing up they always want someone else to pay.

we don't need bait when the fish are jumping into the boat Mack, your own manager has been warming us up in these cold days. If you have a few home games postponed due to bad weather, the money will run out pretty quickly. Can't see your revenue streams being much at present and BC is hoping for December to go quickly so he can get to January.

Lol, greedy human nature Fuengirola, not just down to politics. Saturday at half time there was a competition on the pitch to win a signed shirt. There was a middle aged man and a kid competing, I (a Tory) was hoping the man would intentionally lose to let the kid get the shirt. He didn't, he won and left the kid disappointed. i dont care about his politics but to me it was mean spirited.Would all socialists/Labour supporters have given the kid the shirt?

i dont think apprentices are cheap labour, they are green behind their ears and hardly contribute to a companies profits, in fact some of the time they would hinder the qualified worker. It must be galling to train them up and as soon as they are trained that they clear off to a better paid job. I'm not sure if there is legislation that makes them when qualified to have to stay at a company. I doubt in modern day Britain it would be allowed. No incentive for a business to train people if there is no reward. Of course the lefties will argue about the wages and rights to move on, but the company they move to can afford to pay more if they haven't apprentices holding them back

listening to Cotterill on solent saturday, he also said that Hriedarson woulod not be selected in Halfords place who is banned. I thought he has signed a new contract but i wonder if there is a similar reason why he won't be playing.

I was not thinking of PFI in my statement but you are correct that the Tories did start the PFI, that still does not make the scheme correct in my eyes. This makes interesting reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_finance_initiative Good old Brown has faith in the Public sector lol

Surely we should concentrate on getting the brightest kids to university. Spend the resources on the sciences, medicine and engineering then get the rest out to work, you can have as many ologies as you want but in the main they are worthless to an employer. There would be no need for grants as it could then be free as the wasters would be out at work earning tax to pay for their peers, who really do need to be at University. Yes it would mean lots of job losses, imagine all the student bars/clubs/pubs around the city having to close. Some of the less important courses could be run, but slimmed down. The 3-5 years a lot of the average students do is wasted when they could be getting a sprint on against the Uni students as they could show their experience in different professions and that would be a bonus.....as for gap years Lol, if the lazy sods worked in the gap year they could pay the grant off.

much of that is to my beliefs as well, but I'd still vote Tory as it stands at present. If the country is financially weak it is not strong enough to support the needy. I dislike the rich who like Phillip green do not pay into the kitty, but i dont resent those people who are driving the economy so that more tax is earned and so the government then gets revenue in to pay for schools and hospitals. I don't like the Labour way of getting the schools and hospitals, but then expecting my grandchildren pay for them.It is immoral, and all the people crying now who have overspent themselves and put the nation in massive debt, not then have the fibre to stand up and take the medicine.

I wish you and Mackrill weren't so decent as I'd be pleased by this news!!! I cant see where your revenue streams are coming from. Even your mercnadise is now being sold by another and so the xmas club shop sales are not finding thier way to you. Personally I think you will be ok because like the PL the FL will be desperate for their league not lose its reputation by a club folding and so they will do anything to help. As soon as they let you kick the season off they were opening the can of worms.

i think the players pay for their own Xmas parties.

Kelvin is the current 'Marmite' player in the team. If a player was dropped after a howler then the team would be changed every week. Ox's missed header that he should have scored, Lallana not passing when that is the best option, the defenders who got in each others way all constitute match changing events. Should they be dropped on the back of that? i know KD's shortcomings but at present i would n't wish for us to risk changing the keeper. If it becomes a problem then lets try Bart, but at present he should have the gloves in the cup games so we can assess his quality, not in the important league games.

if he had been our keeper saturday, these critics would be on complaining about his kicking, or that is he only a good shot stopper lol

of course lol

same old problem , no energy or pace. Im all for playing 2 wide men, but Lallana is wasted out wide and was not able to get into the game. Ox looks to me to be an impact sub at present. MS just slows us down, and gives the opposition time to re-organise.KD made a howler, and Butterfield is not up to it. Can Harding play right back? We miss his overlapping runs. Why NA didn't put a sub on earlier was a madness IMO. No point picking the young players on the bench if you dont use them. Afterall he says they are not subs but impact players and so give them the chance to impact! The young forward may have pepped up the team, then take off MS and put Guly into midfield to add energy. Their keepr did make an outstanding save in the first minute that seemed to inspire Brentford.

Gomes did well yesterday, Green at WH is poor as well.I dont think KD is Pl standard, not now anyway. He did make a terrible mistake saturday. When their player shot i thought that it would be tricky.

i think Cotterill said a week or so ago that they can only have 1 more loan

Ho when you debate fairly you do yourself more favours than when you come on and give the ****y comments and so you get back a better response, therefore you are getting reasonable replies at present. As for your reply, it is interesting how you put the slant on Lampit. I suspect we all are wondering who/why he was parachuted in. In my opinion it was to clear up the mess for the PL,there are too many self interests for them not to make sure the trail runs dry.It astounded me that the fraud squad did not go in before AA and when he did he allowed PS to stick around watching. Add to that all the other people in this episode. I also believe there was a lot going on well before Gaydamek, and MM is not above being looked at. For all decent Pompey fans i care for the others!!

Ho, I had many tussles with you regarding the wages and debts you were running up at that time and well before that. I recall also when the papers came out and said you were 100m in debt and you came back and scoffed at it. As for saying Pompey did not owe 138m but only half !!!! For the club to have the debt they had to take it on. It is obvious when you are paying Crouchs of the world (as reported at the time 90k pw) but even if it was 50k and he was only 1 , you dont have to go long before you have massive debts. Saints were losing 500k a month with decent gates and average squad. We cant even say Sky money was that high in that period to offset yours. Add to that all the transfer fees and interest you were stacking up and at i suggest high rates and the debt soon becomes a mountain. As for blaming you as a fan for supporting the regime, i personally don't there is little i believe you could do to stop them, and anyway we all forget things during the good days. Under Lowe there were no protests as we went to Cardiff. I have as you know pulled you and your fans up for showing no remorse or shame that your club has stolen from small family businesses (twice) and you brushed that aside. This was before you went into Admin the 2nd time.

how about having emotions on every member who has infractions, a bit like the air aces did in WWII ? they could be yellow cards and red ones afterall it is a footballforum

Has Alpine been banned??