warsash saint Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 “This is a fantastic opportunity for me,” he said. “I’m very excited to be at this club with its great history. “Everyone knows how passionate the people of Portsmouth are about their football club.”QUOTE] New manager - same myth being spouted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Reacting with "passion" just means "has no sense of proportion or perspective to the events which have occurred", which I'd say is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeintheslowlane Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 RICHIE BARKER!!! Wow, who saw that coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 RICHIE BARKER!!! Wow, who saw that coming? Presumably no-one outside their boardroom two weeks before Whittingham got sacked - I've been to Crawley this season and I didn't even know who their manager was at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 (edited) Bet the skates were gutted that the odds on Barker were so low, they could have put the parachute payments on and cleared their debt. Edited 9 December, 2013 by Marsdinho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 “This is a fantastic opportunity for me,” he said. “I’m very excited to be at this club with its great history. “Everyone knows how passionate the people of Portsmouth are about their football club.”QUOTE] New manager - same myth being spouted! Followed no doubt by the same old merry-go-round of events for another year or so until the cycle starts once more. Although I can't see Coppell getting too involved this time. He's not interested in any form of increased stress levels. Being unpaid one assumes he's just a sounding board for Barker to bounce ideas off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit2 Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 ok does anyone know how many league two clubs have a director of football? Be interested to see what wages Coppell is pulling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 ok does anyone know how many league two clubs have a director of football? Be interested to see what wages Coppell is pulling All I know is that when he was in charge of Reading he was on £300k a year. He must have spent it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Neil Allen @pn_neil_allen Impressive set up for the unveiling here at #Pompey. pic.twitter.com/fO9roLYqVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Ive always been impressed by a small table and four slightly grimy chairs - much more professional than one of those ostentatious big jobbies with enough room for them to all be able to sit behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Neil Allen @pn_neil_allen Impressive set up for the unveiling here at #Pompey. pic.twitter.com/fO9roLYqVR This is one of the funniest things factless has ever posted/tweeted. Its almost as if he wants to look small time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 (edited) A flag on a table, some name tags and scarf on some chairs impresses Neil Allen! At the other end of the M27 we have this at the training ground... and this at the stadium... Edited 9 December, 2013 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 (edited) Neil Allen @pn_neil_allen Impressive set up for the unveiling here at #Pompey. pic.twitter.com/fO9roLYqVR When I saw this, I genuinely assumed it was one of us taking the ****. What planet does that man live on? Edited 9 December, 2013 by Ken Tone Original typo said 'love' on, and I was afraid one of you might tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/barkers-fratton-memories-1225079.aspx http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/coppell-my-respect-for-fans-1224638.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Good to see their chairman has dressed for the occasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Steve Coppell...........and you even went to University and allegedly received a good education.. Where did it all go wrong:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Ive always been impressed by a small table and four slightly grimy chairs - much more professional than one of those ostentatious big jobbies with enough room for them to all be able to sit behind. got to laugh at that, but it's not as if the worlds media are on their way to Fratton park, i'm sure it will just be Neill sat there as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Good to see their chairman has dressed for the occasion That was my initial reaction as well. What a mess he looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Good to see their chairman has dressed for the occasion Ah the Professionalism. The uniformity of Body Language as the new Management team commit to the future. The excitement is etched on their faces at what the future will bring for this new dream team. I would be so buzzed and motivated by that if I was a skate. Still, on the plus side, this year, I have not needed to go Xmas shopping. I just send my family and friends links to this thread. Where else in the world, at this time of year could you find another gift that keeps giving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 9 December, 2013 Author Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Looks like the top table at a wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 What a motley amateurish bunch they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 So Mcinnes had a table to himself and everybody else sat wherever they could squeeze in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintlystu Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Is it me or does Mick Williams look like Mr Slugworth from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 (edited) Is it me or does Mick Williams look like Mr Slugworth from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Uncanny... Edited 9 December, 2013 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 I would love to see how many journos were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Who's the corpse propped up on the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 I would love to see how many journos were there. My guess is 5, including 2 from The News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 What a motley amateurish bunch they look. it's Portsmouth, what can you expect. A motley amateurish bunch from top to tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Help! The inmates are running the asylum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 I would love to see how many journos were there. Reverse angle view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 I would love to see how many journos were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Reverse angle view Are those the floorboards from the HMS Victory, gifted to the club by a direct descendent of vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson himself no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Sky bet - LOL, good day for any betting agency to be associated with them Just when I start to forget about them someone comes up with this bollix about 'passion' and 'best atmosphere in world football' etc and it brings the vomit to the back of the throat all over again. Utter small time Tw*ts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 That MUST be Sibley in the front row left wearing a Saints Scarf.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint 76er Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Looks like Claude Greengrass has got himself involved in more dodgy dealings, going by this picture ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 I like the way they've installed mirrors to give the illusion there are loads of journos there. A little like their finances, an illusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 you made me chuckle there Bob. Yes those floorboards are indeed the original poop deck from HMS Victory, and the tablecloth is the main sail that was later used at Trafalgar to wrap Nelson's body - commonly known as the shroud of Tipner. Both are valued by Storrie Antiques at £700M. The glasses are the original ones used by Churchill and the Beverley Sisters to toast Victory in Europe, while the fat tramp in the open-necked shirt is just a competition winner. He came up with the best PR plan to explain away the coincidental Crawley departure of Mr Barker, and won himself a no-expenses ever paid night out with three very serious men sat around a table that is too small for purpose, surrounded by adverts encouraging people to bet on football matches. Mr Barker went on to praise the passion and loyalty of the fans, something he observed first hand as he waited in the wings watching his predecessor being hounded out. But it was the bestest booing there has ever been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Barker actually looks embarrassed by it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 He was just following the party line: "We'll pretend to be a big club, and you pretend to be a good manager. Got it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 There would have been a few journos there. The Snooze would have gone mob-handed, two or three of them. BBC South, Meridian and Sky Sports, who would turn up at the opening of an envelope, as long as it's got the word 'Football' printed on it. Then there would have been BBC Radio Solent, and the local radio stations. The locals all have around three or four 'journos' who are little more than fans with mics. The event would not register sufficiently on the radar of national newspapers for them to send staffers, so a local agency would cover it for them. Add in the curious, and the fans off the street who wander in and you have the appearance of a packed press conference, befitting a big club. If I was the guy sat on the left of that picture I would be a bit worried, along with the one third on the left. That shaft of light thing looks spookily like those photographer Keith Jennings find on prints in The Omen. The guy on the left will probably be speared by a rotting flagpole, falling from the roof of Krap Nottarf while the guy sitting next to him will lose both legs mid-thigh from a sheet of light metal fabric flying through the air having been ripped from one of the stands recently given a dodgy safety certificate, by little more than a light breeze. And is that Steve McClaren on the extreme right, sipping a cup of tea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertySFC Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Thing is - if they had any real confidence in him - he'd be having a 2/3 year deal like some of their non performing players - but has it sounds like the same as Guy a rolling yearly contract .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertySFC Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Looks like he's just rolled out of the pub - what an embarrassment of a corporate image that send outs .. Where as I prefer the more professional business approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 @SonnyBradley91: I thought it was a harmless photo, obviously a lot of People don't feel the same way, and if you was offended I apologise ? @davesargent: @SonnyBradley91 mate, so long as u give 100% on the pitch you can fraternise with the pony fiddling, diving scummer bastard if u want ? @whcallum: @SonnyBradley91 you clearly don't understand the rivalry between the clubs. Shows lack of respect to the club and fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hatch Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Thing is - if they had any real confidence in him - he'd be having a 2/3 year deal like some of their non performing players - but has it sounds like the same as Guy a rolling yearly contract .. probably not even a year, 6 months wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 That Bradley incident has been the saddest advert for their club since they moved on from money-laundering, theft and prostitution, to match-fixing. Two fellow professionals (sort of) run into each other, the lesser-known one asks for a photo and is chuffed enough to Tweet it. Is that a crime? Apparently so - he is vilified and abused by cross-eyed, toothless, sister-bothering heather-flogging simpletons, who on Saturday will sing the name of a man who scored goals for us, and who unlike all of his colleagues, has never put his name to their media template no.3 - the one that praises the bestest fans in world sport. So having your picture taken with an England international makes you a disloyal **** who doesn't understand the rivalry, but cheering on the bloke who scored goals in red and white is okay. They are dim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 Is that Shhhttteeeevvvveeee Mclaren or 'Arry 'Rosie' Redknapp on the right hand side, waiting in the wings, sipping some tepid [fetid?] coffee? Also, PMSFLMFAO at the other picture with the flag and the rather dodgy stains on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 9 December, 2013 Share Posted 9 December, 2013 The blokes on the extreme left and Catlin look like they could pass as a pair of undertakers, probably have more fun at an undertakers convention. Looks like Claude Greengrass has got himself involved in more dodgy dealings, going by this picture ... Looks like an aging Terry Venables. Every bit as trustworthy I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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