OldNick

Stu, on this occasion i think you have been proved wrong. There is no shame in that. In an economy with the uncertainty in the jobs market, high fuel prices , inflation starting to raise its head, etc etc it is a credit that we have indeed increased ticket sales. You will of course point to promotion certainties (I dont believe we are) but last season we had the new regime and a wonderful feeling of cleansing and that bolstered our sales then. If the club happened to make a decent signing that made us sit up then i can see us getting quite a few more fans get tickets.

Rock Hudson was married.

do you know how much the players are being charged? I think at one stage businesses were going to be charged more council tax if they had parking spaces.Im not sure if that went through though

have been away for a min break and so only back in today. Nugent sums it up when he says 'Nobody has come in for him he is going to sit on his big contract and then be a free agent next summer.Nothing about wanting to play for Pompey IMO. I notice that some seem still think Pompey have not got away with it. IMO unless they are wiped out they have.They have had 5 wembley appearances a trip to Europe and watched a team of internationals. if their penalty is -9 and an appeal for something a top administrator thinks will fail, and at the same time they can rebuild their squad by using a dodge I still believe they will/have got away with it. At this moment in time, they are still going along swimmingly. The FL seem to be as bending for them as the PL were, why? I agree that Sonko's deal has not as yet been rattified, but I would have thought it would be stopped immediately if the FL had shown any negative vibes. Look at the difference to how Salisbury ,Luton, Rotherham, Bounremouth have been treated and there seems to be a massive diference

I think there was a thread last season about staff losing their free parking at SMS and had to catch a bus etc. Any of the low paid staff i feel for but all the players on very high wages??? The salisbury hospital is charging the staff to park, now they are a different case IMO. If the players start to resent the chairman, that in turn upsets their mindset is not good i suppose, but it hardly is life changing for them.I assume Nc will have to pay as well

I think I read that NC was away and so was surprised we signed any player.I do agree to a degree that if the season starts with the same line up we have now i will be disappointed. We cannot rely on RL to score as many as last season and another mobile ball winning CM would be a top priority IMO. Watching Damned united last night seeing how Clough and Taylor transformed Derby with some shrewd signings. Whether those type of players are still around Im not sure but having an eye for a talented player in a poor side and buying them certainly worked for them.

i would think that NI has no reason to ever be in position to lecture on ripping people off after the Silverspoon event last season

I dont think in the current financial situation this country is in, that you can expect S/T sales to be higher. If the club get close to last years figures, that will be credit to them. Last season we had very low prices and a new hope with new owners with fans getting the feelgood factor again. The club seem to be running a system of keeping certain information in house. i dont see as a privately owned business why they need to give the info out. They are on a no win situation if they do

no problem she's not a relative or anything like that

should the HMRC be nudged and reminded that the date is tomorrow not friday just in case. it would be ironic if the HMRC missed the date.

I think it is Hingston not Hingson, bloody Yanks can't even get names right

he's not worth it and ovrrated IMo, he misses too many one on ones. Im glad we're keeping Rod Wallace and MLT

well i didnt call the ref a #### in the Forum game and was still sent off, Lol. Webb would have appreciated my in depth knowledge I was imparting to the ref on the night

I'm glad the last Labour governments women didnt do the same

If the HMRC dont appeal I would be surprised (although the way the Skates have been able to take the p###, why the surprise) This is not a case of a small business not paying 1500 but 30m. If they don't appeal then they have not only got away with it but in a bigger way than i had thought

a bit of a waste, surely they would prefer to meet straight blokes not sailor boys

Perhaps we should have some Dutch coaches, who know how the continental system works at clubs like Ajax.............Lol. I do hope Les Reed etc do know how to bring through players who are gifted at passing the ball, and comfortable with the ball at their feet. Bally used to revel in the 6 aside game with one touch. That is how kids should learn the game and not be so tied up with leagues until they are 14 or so. Learning to win a game would soon be learnt as they got older.

Reading the replies to the news article , shows that there is a large percentage of Pompey fans who are decent and understand the wrongdoing that has gone on. Fair play to those, unfortunately we get a large share of the mugs who have no shame, posting on here

I wonder if she was gagging for the Dutch to lose

astounding

It is fair about the L1 thing but forward planning is essential and perhaps the 5 year plan thing also comes into play.If we ever do make the PL again, I dont see us buying players in the 20m bracket or even 10m and so we need a supply from other areas

We managed to get some fine young players in the past against clubs like Chelsea Manu etc. If their parents believe they have more chance of progressing by joining us then they will be happy for them to sign up. I also think that a large swathe of our support bought in to the Dutch experiment and saw the sense in it. It is a way forward, but circumstance last time torpedoed it.

Im not necessarily blaming Webb but pointing out that IMo he is not consistant.Big games he seems to follow different rules. The commentator mentioned that in the league dup he should have sent Vidic off for his professional foul but just booked him.I suggest that in normal league games he would have followed the book. I don't get the , 'it will ruin the game' if a player is sent off. No if they had sent 1 of those Dutch players off in the first half, the game would not have been ruined by the Spanish being kicked out of the game. had Van Bommel De Jong or another scored the winner would have Webb done his job properly?

If a player should be sent off why should the ref keep a player on? In most league games there would have been at least 2 sendings off in the first half.Are the rules different for the final. I recall when England played Holland in the Euros and a Holland player ahould have been sent off for a professional foul, he went on to score the winner that knocked us out, is that correct just to keep the game as a spectacle?