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There has been enough in the media to suggest Cortese is "impatient" That is why comments were made in the press and on TV recently.

Here is a thought though. The Manager has to identify those who he sees as capable of Premier football. So far he has only named Lambert and Fonte as definates and Lallana as potential. We all know the squad has to be strengthened each time we enter a new division. Players who will not sign for us in Div 1 will as we move up the leagues. There is no doubt in my mind we were lucky to get someone of Pardews talent and experience in Div 1. Could it be, just as Pardew looks to step up for class players to get us to the Premier & keep us there and those who are talented Div 1 players but not Premier drop by the wayside, Cortese may have the same thoughts about the Management & Coaching staff. I would be very suprised if he is thinking of doing anything at the end of this season uless we go on a disasterous run but it may be at the back of his mind. He signed Pardew as a Premier manager but he clearly is having second thoughts.

Good post Frank. The comment I think is most important is "The question should be, not whether Pardew has done enough this season to get a shot at the next but whether he is the man to be at Saints for 10 years" Pardew has done a good job so far building a team with a winning mentality. He had to overcome the -10 and a team with a losing and fragile mentality. That job is done and the cup final win on Sunday was definately the icing on the cake for this season. Now he has to take that forward. Many say we are in division 1, not a side in the Premier but that is what we aspire to achieve. You need to be tactically aware, prepared to have a plan B & possibly plan C. I am a little concerned that Pardew is not capable of taking us all the way and keeping us there. For now I have seen enough to champion him staying next season to demonstrate he has the ability to take us to the next level. This season has been one of progress. Next season must be consistancy and adaptability coupled with tactical awareness. That, with this team and a few new signings will gain us promotion, I am convinced.

http://www.fansonline.net/pompey-fans/article.php?id=197 The penny is well and truly dropping

Good ref & assistants today, I thought

Looked good, played poor. Players on both sides seemed to find it difficult. Not like the pitch of old. 4 out of 10

Not going to comment on the game, most would have seen it at Wembley or on the TV. What I will say is that Harding was just about my man of the match with Fonte & Jaidi close behind. Wembley Stadium was fantastic. Sat in block 228 on level 2. Great view, seats that were padded and superb facilities. Well worth £58 plus £3 booking fee. Shame for Carlisle as they played well in passing distribution and possession, let down by lack of ideas (& Fonte/Jaidi/Harding's defending) in front of goal and in defending. So pleased for Pardew. He has been under immense pressure but now has "silver" as a reward. Not sure he has what it will take to get us into the Premier but a good manager and man none the less. Well done to our supporters for turning out in the 44,000's or more. Great to be part of such a great day after what we have gone through. Who would have expected this back in those dark close season days of 2009?

How perceptive FloridaMarlin

I am with Derry on this one. We have discussed it often enough with others and most seem to agree. Results prove it.

He would not dare. He has already been caught out by a Judge once trying that although he said it was "boll**s"

Why are posters so upset. They sell players and loan them back to complete their relegation. Then they go, weakening the side for next season. The money raised is to pay off creditors not for the advantage of PFC. A buyer coming in has no money from the sales, no decent players and no CVA because whatever they sell it will not give the unsecure creditors like HMRC the 100% they want. Smile...it is all going to plan

He was on cruches still last night!

Schneiderlin was taken off at half time with a slight hamstring problem. I suspect the starting line up on Sunday Davis Harding Fonte Jaidi Mills Waigo Schneiderlin Hammond Lallana Lambert Connolly If one of the injured from Schneiderlin, Lallana & Connolly do not play then Gillet will fit in. If 2 are injured expect Wotton to come in. Worst case Davis Harding Fonte Jaidi Mills Gillet Hammond Wotton Lallana Waigo Lambert

James is still carrying an injury but may be fit to play after he was given a late call to the bench last night. Lallana has a groin injury confirmed by a scan. Slightly inflamed but may be fit for Sunday. Jaidi is fit (rested last night as a precaution) No information on Schneiderlin.

Untrusted. ie I do not know where they got the information from and I am unaware they have any contact with the club. Suspect pub or terrace talk. Would love to know if Cortese was at the Tranmere game though.

Cortese has turned this club around from a business point of view but he is not skilled in football but that can be said for a lot of Chairman. He is taking a hard nose approach towards Pardew and results. He has a target and he is not going to let others fail in that target being reached. There have been rumours (I have heard from two different untrusted sources) that Pardew may be giving up at the end of the season but one of my trusted sources says he has heard nothing but the pressure is immense. Forget what the press say when they are using material from third party interviews. Cortese is far from being a buffoon. The Echo tried to distract him and many more media outlets will try the same. I happen to think Pardew is not the man to take us all the way. There are to many flaws in his game plan but let us see where we are at the end of this season. The proof of the pudding is reaching the Premier within the planned time. Until that target in unreachable let's just enjoy the ride and ignore the praises and criticisms from the media. There is usually some bias feed behind most articles. As for the mail, would not use it to whipe but it is funny when they attack Pompey, and there have been many articles of late, we enjoy but when it attacks our own we are up in arms and call it crap journalism.

What makes anyone think it will be easy to sell any of the overpaid players if a special window is open? Why would any club give up money now to see the player loaned back to PFC for the rest of the season? What makes anyone think that a player would move for less money that he is already on or that any club would pay the inflated wages and bonuses they are on? Has anyone noticed it is a depressed transfer market out there?

Too narrow to start with and Hartlepool allowed to pass the ball around. No suprise when they scored. Pardew, who again seemed to be content to crowd the middle of the park realised his job was on the line and changed it. What happened....wide ball played in and goal after the original shot came off the bar. We then had a decent spell and our width shut down Hartlepool passing. They started to hoof. A mistake from their defence and Lambert slotted home cooly. You cannot give that man chances like that In the second half we were pretty dour for long periods but when we got the third following a great run from Puncheon (who had a very poor first half) it should have been all over BUT a great goal from them. Unstoppable but we should not have let him get in a shot and we started that old habit of defending deep and hoofing. Davis was his usual long kick, wasted ball, back to Hartlepool. Still, a satisfactory win. Let's hope Schneiderlin is ok for Sunday because Wotton just clogs up the midfield. . Lallana has a groin flair up but should be ok for Sunday.

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Wealth £200m - using the 10% rule (max risk of gambling money) that is £20m Not enough to cause anything but a continued stutter for the club.

Mike Hall on pompey-fans (extracts): On Saturday we had our second meeting with the administrators. Some of the more optimistic hopes we had built on recent media reports of progress in investigations and moves towards new ownership for the club were dashed. * Lets start with outstanding transfer fees. A BBC analysis showed Pompey would expect to receive £26m in outstanding transfer fees over the coming two years. - UHC Hacker Young put the figure at £0.5m... * The BBC claimed: buried in the subtext of Tuesday's deal between HMRC and Chainrai/Andronikou was some devilish detail: the taxman is reserving the right to challenge Chainrai's secured status ("that may have to be decided by a court at a later date", as Gregory Mitchell QC so expensively put it). - Kiely disputed this and said that HMRC had accepted the debenture in full. Who is right? * The News said [12 March]: Pompey's administrator is to investigate payments made between the club and a London law firm which employed former director Mark Jacob. Andrew Andronikou said he has two members of staff investigating transactions between Pompey and law firm Fuglers between October last year and January. He said the payments were 'unexplained' and that he was duty bound to investigate them. Asked why Fuglers transactions were being looked at, Mr Andronikou said: 'It's unexplained.' 'We're in the process now today of beginning our review of what has gone through that account (Fuglers). 'I have assigned two members of my staff to start reviewing transactions.' - So it came as a surprise to hear that no investigation has started, that there are no forensic accountants and Kiely was seemingly unaware the money was missing... * Meanwhile Mr Andronikou said [News, 10 March] 'more than a dozen' parties have expressed an interest in buying Pompey. Of those, two have provided proof of funds. However the administrators have asked for more information. So again it came as a surprise to hear Kiely say no-one had provided proof of funds.

Yes pulled down a couple of years ago. Used to pop in their on a Sunday Morning years ago for a pint

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