Clapham Saint Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 It's all about Al Faraj now, you know, with his 90% stake but not enough money to pay the players. Except that the quote is... "And in an outspoken interview, Pompey director Sulaiman Al-Fahim blames the club's ex-boss Redknapp and former owner Sacha Gaydamak for the club's desperate plight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 lol HARRY REDKNAPP was last night blamed for Portsmouth's spiral into a debt nightmare. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2768674/I-blame-Harry-for-this-mess.html Does this mean that the Pompey News will now withdraw their campaign to get Harold a knighthood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Except that the quote is... "And in an outspoken interview, Pompey director Sulaiman Al-Fahim blames the club's ex-boss Redknapp and former owner Sacha Gaydamak for the club's desperate plight." Yeah, but what I meant was that Al Fahim is nothing but a bit player now, compared to Al Faraj's 90% and his woeful running of the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO Wow, just, wow. Makes our 1,800 at Walsall looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durleyfos Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO I was listening to Talk Sport this morning, Mickey Quinn read out an email from a Sunderland fan - "I'd like to hello to all the P*mpey fans comming up to the Stadium of Light today. And the taxi driver bringing them"!! Proper lol moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO Just seen it on MOTD, I would be very suprised if there were 400odd there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 Just seen it on MOTD, I would be very suprised if there were 400odd there... Same, for the first 25 or so rows there were about 15 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 12 December, 2009 Share Posted 12 December, 2009 We're in the third tier and took more than that to Hartlepool on a Tuesday evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Does this mean that the Pompey News will now withdraw their campaign to get Harold a knighthood? Nice to see Spuds lost to Wolves at home though. I read in some paper elsewhere that Harold will have to sell in January to buy. Has he ever achieved success without a pot of someone else's debted gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 he he he. Dubai is working to put on a "Soccer 7's" event in March next year along the lines of Rugby 7's weekend. Got chatting last night to some of the organisers who are tied in with local FA and with "the Powers that be".... They are working to quietly "build a sustainable role for the development of football world wide" and are apparently fecking furious that Sultan Bin Trump keeps popping up and making a fool of himself and adding to the "everything about Dubai is cr*p" stuff that the Brit Media love running at the moment. The more vague comment was allegedly something along the lines of "does he really not understand that if he'd done all that stuff to make his "Fame & Fortune" in any other country in the world he'd be banged up for around 20 years by now? Why does he keep drawing attention to himself?" Set us off on a real lolage on the idea of a spread bet as to who would get banged up first - HspendalotR, Storyteller or Sultan Bin Trump. Tee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=lawyer-is-real-deal-at-pompey%26method=full%26objectid=21893717%26siteid=93463-name_page.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=lawyer-is-real-deal-at-pompey%26method=full%26objectid=21893717%26siteid=93463-name_page.html Al Faraj struggling for money :smt040 considering he never appears to have had any that MUST be the understatement of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=lawyer-is-real-deal-at-pompey%26method=full%26objectid=21893717%26siteid=93463-name_page.html You really wouldn't want your football club to fall into the ownership of a property company called, 'Reduce', would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO I remember the skates taking the **** about a mythical 520 that we took to Bolton. How they gloated about their mighty away support and how that would never happen with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Mighty Portsmouth took 480 odd to Sunderland today...LMAO Somebody on Pompey Online thinks it closer to 150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 looked like about twenty of them on the telly - that's not even a whole household. I still don't see that snatched point paying off a single debt, and that's where their real problem is. I did chuckle at the Wolves v Redknapp result though, it had everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=lawyer-is-real-deal-at-pompey%26method=full%26objectid=21893717%26siteid=93463-name_page.html "liquidation expert Azougy" Now why would they need one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 I did have to lol at Kaboul getting himself suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Some fans don't get it... lol http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60655467 and it would be so funny to see O'hara go to a relegation rival... PMSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 "liquidation expert Azougy" Now why would they need one of those? It looks a bit like the middle row on a French keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 "liquidation expert Azougy" Now why would they need one of those? Maybe they're launching there own brand of fresh fruit juices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Somebody on Pompey Online thinks it closer to 150. looked like about twenty of them on the telly - that's not even a whole household. In one of the 'Sundays' it mentioned how the skate's scorer celebrated in front of 2500 empty seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Spare a thought for the Darlington fans: Pity the 30 or so hardy souls (including Mr Blobby and Buzz Lightyear) from Darlington, bottom of the League, who made the 12-hour, 706-mile round trip from County Durham to Torquay - so few that the club didn't even run a supporters' coach - only to witness a 5-0 humiliation. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1235561/All-fizz-Coca-Cola-Football-League.html#ixzz0ZfetNqO5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Spare a thought for the Darlington fans: Pity the 30 or so hardy souls (including Mr Blobby and Buzz Lightyear) from Darlington, bottom of the League, who made the 12-hour, 706-mile round trip from County Durham to Torquay - so few that the club didn't even run a supporters' coach - only to witness a 5-0 humiliation. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1235561/All-fizz-Coca-Cola-Football-League.html#ixzz0ZfetNqO5 Never mind that! Did you see the bit where it states: 'Even the cash strapped Saints.....' Er, Cash strapped!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Never mind that! Did you see the bit where it states: 'Even the cash strapped Saints.....' Er, Cash strapped!?!? TBF, I think they were talking about me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Never mind that! Did you see the bit where it states: 'Even the cash strapped Saints.....' Er, Cash strapped!?!? The new captain off SS Titanic might have a large Purse, But! Will he open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Never mind that! Did you see the bit where it states: 'Even the cash strapped Saints.....' Er, Cash strapped!?!? Like a saddo I emailed the jurno and pointed out his error to which I received the following reply. Apologies. Next time I'll just refer to them as a club which cheated its creditors and fellow clubs by running up a debt it couldn't sustain, if you prefer! In this case, cash-strapped referred more to Southampton's position when they thought about signing Lambert. I trust the new owner is slightly better at managing money than Mr Lowe and company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 The new captain off SS Titanic might have a large Purse, But! Will he open it. Since we've already outspent the rest of the divison combined I would suggest the answer is yes, he will. Is yours still selling The Big Issue to raise capital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Like a saddo I emailed the jurno and pointed out his error to which I received the following reply. Anyone would think Lowe had connections to the Daily Mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Since we've already outspent the rest of the divison combined I would suggest the answer is yes, he will. Is yours still selling The Big Issue to raise capital? No the big cheeses down hear have a new novel way, When the next truck load of Barny Rubbles comes along some knut shouts Ostrich!,,,simples, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Apologies. Next time I'll just refer to them as a club which cheated its creditors and fellow clubs by running up a debt it couldn't sustain, if you prefer! In this case, cash-strapped referred more to Southampton's position when they thought about signing Lambert. I trust the new owner is slightly better at managing money than Mr Lowe and company.. I don't understand what that is supposed to mean?! Have I missed something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=lawyer-is-real-deal-at-pompey%26method=full%26objectid=21893717%26siteid=93463-name_page.html I presume that the Arab fellas haven't called him in, so does this mean that Gaydamak can't be paid by the Arabs so has sent his own man in to get his money? Not a good move for Pompey I dwouldn't have though. Gaydamak has been quite patient really - while no doubt Pompey think he is a bit of a ****, he did sell something that he owned and he hasn't been paid for it. I would want my money quick smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 BBC South Today have just reported that one of the Poopey 'fans' groups' have expressed 'no confidence' in the Board. Portsmouth FC have made no comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Saint Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 STATEMENT OF "NO CONFIDENCE" IN THE BOARD OF PFC The time has come for those who support Portsmouth Football Club to make their feelings known about the chaotic ownership and top level management of PFC. After almost three months under new ownership, we still have no clear idea about the state of the club other than that it is in a financial mess. Creditors, players and staff are being paid late and short term loans being raised in order to try to meet running costs. The club is seemingly rudderless with anonymous owners who refuse to communicate with the fans. There is great anxiety that the club is being carved up and being bled dry by people who seem not to care whether we have a stable playing environment or whether its fan base is so wounded by the parlous state of the club that their passion and support is being sorely tested. It must be made clear, however, that every single Pompey fan supports wholeheartedly the players, coaching staff and all the administrative staff who, on a daily basis and under what must be severely trying circumstances, keep this great club running. We salute their dedication. We have been told on several occasions this year by owners, prospective owners and executives that the club would be moved to new levels we would not believe. Sadly it is now obvious fans have been deceived and the very future of our great club is at stake. We make no demands, we simply want to see our Football Club run by people with openness, honesty and integrity. And on those three principles we say to the Board. "We have NO CONFIDENCE in you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Saint Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 We have been told on several occasions this year by owners, prospective owners and executives that the club would be moved to new levels we would not believe. The various parties involved with Pompey were not lying. The new level was downwards and into the Championship....YOU HAVE GOT TO BELIEVE IT We do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 We have been told on several occasions this year by owners, prospective owners and executives that the club would be moved to new levels we would not believe. To be fair I'd have though that part has happened. I would not have beleived what has happened was going to happen if someone had told me a year ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Weston Saint, you beat me to saying pretty much the same thing then. (mental note to self, must type faster!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Crisis-club-Portsmouth-hit-by-Fratton-Park-row-Exclusive-article255095.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 A STATEMENT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE BOARD OF PFC The time has come for those who support Southampton Football Club to make their feelings known about the chaotic ownership and top level management of PFC. After almost three months under new ownership, we still have no clear idea about the state of that club other than that it is in a financial mess. Creditors, players and staff are being paid late and short term loans being raised in order to try to meet running costs. The club is seemingly rudderless with anonymous owners who refuse to communicate with the fans. There is great anticipation that the club is being carved up and being bled dry by people who seem not to care whether they have a stable playing environment or whether its fan base is so wounded by the parlous state of the club that their passion and support is being sorely tested. It must be made clear, however, that every single Southampton fan supports wholeheartedly the board who, on a daily basis and under what must be severely trying circumstances, keep this great club running headlong toward the abyss. We salute their dedication. We have been told on several occasions this year by owners, prospective owners and executives that the club would be moved to new levels we would not believe. It is now obvious that Saints fans have had their implicit faith, in the boards and various owners, rewarded.We have not been deceived and the very future of Poopey is at stake. We make no demands, we simply want to see Poopey run by more of the same type of people with a style of honesty and integrity as previously displayed by previous boards. And on those three principles we say to the Board. "We Southampton fans place our CONFIDENCE in you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Crisis-club-Portsmouth-hit-by-Fratton-Park-row-Exclusive-article255095.html Now, Al Fahim is considering suing Al-Faraj because he is being held responsible for it not going through by Gaydamak, who in turn is considering suing him. It has also emerged that Hong Kong-based businessman Balram Chainrai, who has provided Pompey with £20m in the form of a loan, is becoming increasingly frustrated by the club’s failure to secure re-financing. :smt043 Gaymadman is about to sue the ice cream doctor, the ice cream doctor is about to sue the second fake sheik. Now all we need is the second fake sheik to sue Gaymadman and the circle is complete! :smt046 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Crisis-club-Portsmouth-hit-by-Fratton-Park-row-Exclusive-article255095.html Jesus, even funnier than that is the comment below by "P*mpey Chap" ROFL :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Crisis-club-Portsmouth-hit-by-Fratton-Park-row-Exclusive-article255095.html krissyboy31 Jesus, even funnier than that is the comment below by "P*mpey Chap" ROFL :lol: Today 08:20 PMBeat me to it, talk about burying your head in the sand. Oh its all the nasty press people's fault. See picture of Pompey Chap Below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 I don't understand what that is supposed to mean?! Have I missed something here? Probably had a nice juicy story lined up about Saints' fall from grace into oblivion, or supports a rival team and has a mouthful of sour grapes now that he's only just realised from that email that we're not in financial trouble any more. Never mind that the debts were related to infrastructure and we already had new owners and money when we thought about buying Lambert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Just seen this http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/dec/14/portsmouth-premierleague Seems the transfer embargo not to be lifted, Or is it just another nasty press Rumour LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Jesus, even funnier than that is the comment below by "P*mpey Chap" ROFL :lol: I know. Blind faith or just pure stupidity, what do you think...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 15 December, 2009 Share Posted 15 December, 2009 Looks like they're very much on borrowed time to me. It looks like the Prem will withold their Sky money to pay football creditors, esp. Watford and the ones that are in financial trouble. That leaves any other creditors that will have been promised some of the Sky money more than a bit peed off and one of them will more than likely try and pull the plug on them. Then it's just down to the administrators and whether they can make the creditors and any potential buyer agree on a price, or whether they're wound up and assets sold off to pay the creditors what they can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 15 December, 2009 Share Posted 15 December, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/portsmouth/article6956913.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 15 December, 2009 Share Posted 15 December, 2009 The Guardian report that they still owe Chelsea a "seven figure sum" for Glenn Johnson. Surely this is something the football authorities have to look at? Clubs, when trading players, should surely be obliged to pay off any outstanding debt on that player, before banking the transfer fee. What they've allowed Portsmouth to do here is akin to selling a house and banking the money without paying off the mortgage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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