OldNick

it depends how tough the new FL chairman is compared to Mulwhinney. He was determined to clean the FL up but has now left, the new man may have a different view. I can see them getting a keeper but Sonko would be a decent player for the CCC and i got the impression he had been given the green light, although I havent seen anything in the press of him signing.

How many members are there now in the trust?

i think that is fair, but Bournemouth ,Luton Rotherham didn't seem to get any dispensation. In theory if Pompeys say they have got rid of Utaka on 30 pw and are signing someone else at 27k pw they could be seen as reducing the wage bill. I don't think they will but...

Hutch no doubt they do/have, but many were certain that the judge was about to finish them off, but gave them time. This enabled them to not only move into admin and perhaps get the debts gone for a pittance but also enabled them to sign more players and in so doing get the the FA cup final and all that brought. I feel the pendulem is starting to swing against them and VFTT may indeed be correct longterm, but until i see it happen I'm still cautious as they are still looking to be able to duck and dive against all the authorities. Dont forget many said that they were going to be playing at Havant in the BSL. Whatever happens, their fans have had a fantastic time on the back of all the wrongdoings and as the majority are JCL's they won't care if they end up in L1 and go back supporting Man u etc.

Lol, you just show yourself up as someone who can't put your hand up and apologise when you made a mistake. No shame in admitting a mistake you know. I think the majority on here would feel that the FL have been assisting Pompey more than they did other clubs. The way that Pompey have reduced their squad to below 20 seems to be an obvious dodge. I will be delighted when justice is properly served and they get their full penalty. Hutch made a post and listed things that no-one else had noticed, as far as i recall it was not lifted from any HMRC documents and so perhaps you should not be so confident that they are on the ball. Afterall this is not their only case and so resources may be less than we would like. I suggest you keep your frustrations to yourself and stop the abuse.

and you dont have the decency to apologise when you have got it wrong. You said something on the same lines yesterday and were corrected immediately, so who's deluded?????

Im sick of hearing about how hard done they have been. Is it all Pompey football managers who dont understand basic housekeeping. It says that Utaka and Moekwana are back to training. They are both top level players on massive wages. The FL are making a rod for their own back and it is a shame Malwhinney is not still there, as he would have told them to walk. The new chairman from Leicester was under MM's pay and no doubt still has his ear. I dont get the fact that they also say they only have youth players, well there has been a lot of clubs who have fielded youth players.In our relegation season from the PL Wigley had all our forwards injured and had to play 2 17 year old forwards, we got no help.

he's got the total love of a bloke with a bell

Hutch, if the assessment you are making is correct, then for the first time in a very long time I will agree they are toast, and be happy to admit to be wrong

well if these players wages are to be reduced by signing others, it opens the doors to practically any decent footballer outside the top 4 clubs, as their wages are above most

and yours is any better Lol

Thanks for the apology

I did and still would have been happy. Look how he has transformed Forest

what is it that makes Pompey be able to get around the rules others do not. Salisbury, Bournemouth Luton have been left to the dogs, wheras Pompey seem to get special dispensation. No doubt it will be Buffon, Ronaldo, and Messi to fill the spots.

Im flabbergasted that he said that about 1940!!!! The Mail will soon put him right

I don't think you should be plastering the HMRC's officers name on the internet. There are skates who come on here and he could be subject to a lot of abuse

Hutch a lot of work went into your post.Very interesting and I truly hope that the HMRC are doing as you say and not that you are a lot brighter than them and they don't realise the faults in AA's work. Top stuff

clubs that are solent and trading normally yes, but in Pompeys case they seem to be offloading players with the sole intention of getting their squad below 20 so they can then thwart the FL rules. In doing so they are making players redundant who may not normally be so, due to this stunt

any chance of a tsunami hitting Scotland and going down the east coast?

Defence costs have to be cut , period. Another case of massive wastage. The armed forces budget must be slashed. Again not in the frontline but the backroom staff.

so are the FL going to give them special dispensation to get a keeper in.What have the PFA said in all this.Pompey apparently allowing players to go and putting them on the dole so they can get better in.(I do realise that James was out of contract, but generally speaking about the offloading of players)

I fully expect to lose to Bournemouth in 1 of the games against us this season.Their fans desperately want to make us to think that they are our rivals. I do hope our fans don't let it happen. It will annoy them more if we don't respond.Job done

'Look into my eyes, not around my eyes' You're under

'I could do without being out here so I can ask a few questions and get to the bottom of a few things.' end quote Surely Cotterill is not alluding to the case that he may have been misled. First Avram and now him Lol