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Hope Mark and his friends got in. There were tickets on the gate for late turn ups. I asked that was arranged

Gate was just over 7,000. It was up with club expectations. Fantastic success. Source - Club Directors and senior personnel.

Can I suggest you turn up just before the start. There is every chance that they will open gates. 8,000 allocated to public in 13,000 capacity as they have 5,000 members who could turn up. Prediction is a gate of about 7,000 - 8,000 although the weather might convince thjose with tickets to attend. Hight percentage of those claiming free tickets have never been to the Ageas Bowl (formerly Rose Bowl) before Source? Club Management. Will not disclose the two different source names.

This thread is the perfect example of "Wait until it is confirmed by SFC" The deal has ebbed and flowed on here all day. Too many have taken it as a fact he is signing today. Be patient and let's hope we are not disappointed.

Just ask him. http://hiowmasons.org/ http://www.ugle.org.uk/

Very often when I received Solicitor or Accountant Fees I negotiated a settlement below the fee earners booked hours. Chainrai is doing the same here but it seems in public. PKF will not be happy with his £200,000 reduction but I am certain they will reach a negotiated compromise on the total account. The fact that Chainrai has allegedly cut his budget for players proves what most were predicting. He will run the football club on a shoe string to get hold of the PP's. Forget the PP's going into Chainrai's pocket as none of the other Div 1 clubs have that benefit either. It means PFC will be run within their financial means after years of excess. Benefit to their supporters is that they have a club still competing in the Football League. I have many decent Pompey friends all who have been dismayed at how the club was being run financially and I am pleased for them. For us, not only do we have our old enemy but it's wings have been clipped. They will struggle in Div 1 and the -10 points might just be too much and Div 2 the following season looks likely.

Halford told Solent at the Aldershot friendly that 2 of the 3 players left have just about reached agreement to leave the club. He would not name the 2 but as Kanu is in dispute and not talking it must be the other 2! Looks like the end game is approaching and I doubt it will be liquidation. They will emerge as a severely wounded club with a -10 and a bunch of trialists who are prepared to play for a song. Relegation next season and I will be happy they got what they deserved.

That was the three named by Adkins. He said he wanted to give them an early opportunity to find another club. He played them in the development squad to keep them fit and ready for a move. Solent say he also rubbished reports of Chaplow to Crystal Palace.

Forte, Dickson and Barnard have been told they will not feature this season and are up for a move according to Solent Sport interview

Gold......

agree with this. 2008 was probably our best and the rest have indeed caught up a bit. Here we go.....

Got it in one.

This last week I have been close to telling a few posters exactly what I thought of them (swear filter might have been a problem though) so today I put all 5 on ignore. Tonight on one thread containing 21 posts at the time I key this 10 were from those on my ignore list. Bless Ignore

T20 Finals for the 3rd season in a row, second in the County Championship 2 and top of CB40 group at present. Not a bad season so far.

You would have to question his judgement under your analogy, would you not?

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11674/7928934/ Tal Ben Haim says he is prepared to help Portsmouth survive after administrator Trevor Birch said the player's wages were moving the club to the brink of extinction. The 30-year-old former Manchester City and Chelsea defender has one year remaining on his contract, but his salary, and that of a number of other high-earners, could see Pompey go into liquidation before the start of the coming season. Birch has imposed a salary cap, and an offer to buy the club by former owner Balu Chainrai is on condition that high earners like Ben Haim are off the wage bill. The Israel international spoke to Sky Sports News after Birch told the Independent that the player and his agent Pini Zahavi were "not helping" the situation at Fratton Park. Ben Haim said: "I've lost a lot of money, but it's not about the figures. It's over £2.5m net but I'm prepared to lose more, I'm prepared to help the club and lose more money. Fees "On the other hand, the administrator's fee is not less than what I earn. Nobody talks about that, so I prefer to lose more but he has to cut his fees as well. "I can say when it went to administration we sat with the administrator, and in five to 10 minutes we had a deal. "We agreed everything, Trevor spoke with us but then he disappeared for two months, so it's not our fault. "He forgot that you have to negotiate with the players and not with the press. The press are not going to sign a compromise, they have to sit with us and tell us the figures exactly." Greg Halford on Twitter this afternoon. I think the majority of Pompey fans know I'm willing to do anything I can to help the club and keep it living but for people who are asking me to tear up my contract need to know I am willing to do that but it leaves the club in a worse situation. The best thing for me to do for the club is is try and get a fee from another club for my services and pay off outstanding debts instead of making more debts for the club. Its the hardest thing I ever gone through and it kills me to see the club like this, but thats how it stands at the moment. I love this club and I want to see it survive

I have it on good authority that Walcott favours Liverpool. This comes from a friend who was speaking to a relation of Walcott a few weeks ago

One word INTEGRITY Well done Southampton Football Club, it's owners and Mr Cortese. The only advantage SFC seeks is honest advantage.

I am flattered by the support but as Ottery says I will survive. I was only answering another posters enquiry. Obvious I know, but he did ask! I keep away from controversial posts. It does no good engaging such people and only feeds their obsessions. Good signing when complete.

He is on his way to meet up and I assume he will then sign the contract. When that is complete Saints will announce it. Later tonight or tomorrow morning is favourite

Solent say premature. Likely they know but waiting for the official. Jordan Sibley says media team just arrived at the ground where we are playing this evening. I suspect announcement will be today

You forgot that from the moment the club went into Administration Chainrai lost the sezure option. All assets are protected in Administration. If the Trust offer to buy the assets for a reasonable sum, say £5m Birch will go to court and get it approved. That is all Chainrai will get. He has no power unless he buys the club on the terms he suggested (muddied now by the FL's requirements

Although the fee paid to Spurs was undisclosed it was known to be £1m although that fee was muddied by the transfer of Bale to Spurs. Forecast came through Spurs academy and it was his display for the under 18's which earned him promotion to the first team although he only benched 6 times. He was bought to Lowes attention by Lowe's Dutch adviser (cannot remember his name but he was always behind the scene) This advisor told Lowe that Forecast had a bright future hence the fee and the long 5 year contract. Soon after he joined our Goalkeeping Coach of the time allegedly told Lowe that Forecast would never be a goalkeeper. Soon after the Coach was put on garden leave!! Forecast must have had something in his early years or he would not have been training with Spurs first team. It seems he has failed to develop but it is strange that as a 17 year old he made such an impression in the youth cup run yet now he is supposed to be useless. Something must have happened!!

Royal Lochnagar single malt hits the spot. Jura single malt is my present tipple. Lagavulin or Laphroaig when I fancy something more peaty.

Using return icon top left of IE9 does not work. Locks into page with history showing what hutch saying. Seems the f connect is messing up.. I have to right click to get history and bypass.