OldNick

Nick H here not MrG, i agreed he wasn't on top of the world but he definitely changed when the interviewer mentioned the poor perfomance at wycombe and that the fans sung his name. he then went into 1 word answers. Rightly so IMO

I saw Dougal walking his dogs in Woodlands a few years back. 'dougal is our leader.' and 'bootsie is our leader' used to be sung, I dont think the 'Sammy Sammy you're a ...' would get off the ground this day and age, and rightly so. He was supposedly the main Spurs man

VFTT, roll back 2 weeks 2 months etc and see how, so many were confident they were toast . They had the close call when the lady gave them a week which turned into 3 weeks and now however long. I have seen them not only survive but been enabled to carry on trading even though it seems they were insolvent. The HMRC owed 18m for only them to put the club into admin with the distinct possibility that the majority of their debts wiped. Chanrai can own the club for no new investment but take on the player assets ,as well as owning the ground. He can see that the debts will all be paid with the parachute monies and the wage bill slashed to manageble levels, even in CCC. As a billionaire he can easily fund a few purchases to take a small gamble to get instant promotion and then again have a PL football club that he can sell on with the new riches of the tv revenues.IMO he is on a no lose situation. If heaven forbid they did get to the FA cup final his investment will become a great profit quickly as those revenue streams would IMO be into the new company. That is of course if he takes them on quickly, and the way it is set-up it looks to me he wil do so. I am happy to come back and say Im wrong and eat humble pie, if he does not buy it and they fold or get massive points penalties.

Oh sorry vi thought you meant Merrington..oops now who played for saints with Mick Channon and moved to Canada? I dont know but no doubt is one of my heroes. Perhaps somebody could PM me who so i dont slag him off in my 'all our yesterday, nostalgia' type threads lol

I bet Dennis Rofe is spitting mad...only kidding Dennis you were a star

I think what this thread has shown is that the people running Pompey know every dodge in the book and the posters on here are getting to their conclusions that they play by the rules. I think I have been consistant in my views that Pompey will survive and still come up smelling of roses. Today's reports sadly seem to show that. Chanrai and co has been given time by the judge to screw everybody and whilst we all felt that the SoA was a great result it seems to me at this time now it was worthless. How does that make decent working people who slog all week for meagre pay to support their teams then to see fooball club owners take the rip out of us and the revenue. That is all football fans. We in the main are oblivious to these things until we see it unfold so publicly. It is hard to tell youngsters that crime doesn't pay when they see apparent wrongdoings going on.

Derry I have been going since 1968 and di not know Merrington played for us!!! He couldnt have played many games surely, did he sign from Burnley?

It was the best half time entertainment when I was 10 watching the fighting stood at the front of the Archers. I remember one time the police threatening to empty the milton unless the fighting stopped. The fans and police always seemed to love the bother.

but the plus was we had been solid for the first 2 minutes,

that was horrid, but to me Ramsay nicked the ball away and shawcross had committed to his action

No you did the right thing as my daughter and myself both said his attitude changed when the interviewer made a couple odigs as though he was fighting for his job,,,add to that the Avram interview and I was spitting feathers at the cheek of Grant

why do when we play well and make the opposition look poor is it down to them being lame and the worst side around. We played football above our league standing and from the off terrified them even though they scored from their first attempt. We would beat any team in this league if we could sustain that level of football. Norwich and Walsall have been put to the sword by some very good football. Well done Saints. MoM Puncheon, he linked play and made the side look far more balanced than we have for a long time...ps well done Pardew

WC he did mention tuesday and said it something like the 'debacle tuesday'

Exactly, the interviewer said some things that got under his skin. The sarcastic comment about the fans singing his name was pathetic. The fans have been in the main behind him and I wish the solent interviewer was as niggly when interviewing Grant, who comes out with so much nonsense but they let him get away with it.

Mourinho V Ferguson if you please, Im the suave good looking one.

I listened to that interview and was incredulous. 'i believe in fairness, and that it should be decided on the pitch.Well he should look at the squad he should have been able to have and then see how fair it is. Again he said about that the PL stopped him having a full squad. No wonder they are in the state they are when this mentality rules

Danny Wallace had Hanson fouling him all the time, the ref let him get away with it. Only a weak backpass by Bond let Rush in to score and then it was game over. We were only likely to nick a win but while it was 0-0 there was always a chance

Now that is fantastic news for you. I dont wish to brag but I have won the lottery, got 3 numbers but fortunately I ticked the box no publicity , I didn't wan begging letters from FP

FF now you really cna buy him a drink with info like that coming out!!! Lets hope you persuade him to give us some more laughs

Why would severe wrist strain stop you walking?

No, but drop dead gorgeous.

Yet another who will be targetted in my extensive teamtalk. My centre halves are not very accurate, and so I might say take the right leg but they will almost certainly miss and take your left. Not following the managers instructions but I suppose that will be ok.

I wouldnt send it out too many times as that is an old un. Good to read that rehash again though.

Greg, if I stood back and looked at it from any other business standpoint I have encountered I would also say they were history....but for weeks on here we have had lots of very well people versed in these things saying that Pompey would not survive. They are still here and seeing how they have got away with so much in the last decade or so that has been obvious to lay men like myself, I feel they will get another large slice of luck. They are only 1 game from wembley semi final and 2 from the final. Just imagine the world coverage and the sypathetic media coverage and you never know some Chinese billionaire may come forward to save this quaint old football club.

I turned up on a fact finding mission, they looked rather useful, I think we had better man mark the shopping trolley as it looked better on its feet than the rest of that lot.