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Will P*mpey last till the derby?


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Will the skates be around when they are due to play us? The winding-up petition is due a few days before and I notice that 2 other creditors have attached themselves to the winding-up petition.

 

This could well be the start of the end for the blue few, even their website has been taken offline due to non-payment. ( That's going to make their ticket selling mighty awkward )

 

Would you prefer them go bust before and we get a bye, get beat by us then go bust the next day or find a buyer and get beat by us?

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find a buyer and get beat by us. I dont want them to go bust, just suffer as slow, painful descent back to their natural position of being a league below us as possible. I want them to feel as much pain as possible, to really, really hurt but not to die. Just to keep stuttering on, in their **** little stadium, in their **** little city with their **** little fans.

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find a buyer and get beat by us. I dont want them to go bust, just suffer as slow, painful descent back to their natural position of being a league below us as possible. I want them to feel as much pain as possible, to really, really hurt but not to die. Just to keep stuttering on, in their **** little stadium, in their **** little city with their **** little fans.

Stop beating about the bush!! Say what you REALLY think!

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The more I look in to their situation, the more I think there is a real possibility that Portsmouth might not exist as a football club by the time we play them.

 

Oh well.

 

Who does everyone want in the 6th round? I would like an easy home draw, we are only one win away from Wembley, so we gotta start thinking about that.

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I don't understand this at all. has the website being down got anything to do with non-payment?

Who are the other creditors attached to the winding up order?

 

and how does this add up with them having the embargo lifted ?????

 

Are the next wages due tomorrow? Surely if these are not met the FA will have a lot to answer for , the embargo should still be in place.

surprised they have not sold more players so far.

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They are really in the deep and smelly - their website is no longer working either (just try it!)

 

http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/

 

GO ON, TRY IT!!!

 

It has been confirmed that they have failed to keep up with payments so it's been taken offline.

 

With at least 3 creditors now applying for them to be wound up, there is a very real chance they won't be in business by the time our fixture comes along.

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It has been confirmed that they have failed to keep up with payments so it's been taken offline.

 

With at least 3 creditors now applying for them to be wound up, there is a very real chance they won't be in business by the time our fixture comes along.

it depends if they find a buyer of course.

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it depends if they find a buyer of course.

 

Why on earth would anyone buy a business in that state with absolutely zero chance of running at a profit in the next 10 years. It won't happen.

 

I would say it's 50/50 whether they survive at the moment.

 

Their best and only hope will be one of the other creditors putting them into to administration, then they 'might' find a buyer.

 

They seem to have p!ssed quite a few creditors off going around buying players instead of paying bills, so expect more to jump in on the winding-up petition.

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I don't understand this at all. has the website being down got anything to do with non-payment?

Who are the other creditors attached to the winding up order?

 

and how does this add up with them having the embargo lifted ?????

 

Are the next wages due tomorrow? Surely if these are not met the FA will have a lot to answer for , the embargo should still be in place.

surprised they have not sold more players so far.

 

Same mate, got a bad feeling they're somehow not quite as f*****d as we hope/think!

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Why on earth would anyone buy a business in that state with absolutely zero chance of running at a profit in the next 10 years. It won't happen.

 

I would say it's 50/50 whether they survive at the moment.

 

Their best and only hope will be one of the other creditors putting them into to administration, then they 'might' find a buyer.

 

They seem to have p!ssed quite a few creditors off going around buying players instead of paying bills, so expect more to jump in on the winding-up petition.

 

 

I still dont understand this with the embargo being lifted, the FA must have some proof the wages are being paid on time this month?

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It has been confirmed that they have failed to keep up with payments so it's been taken offline.

 

With at least 3 creditors now applying for them to be wound up, there is a very real chance they won't be in business by the time our fixture comes along.

 

I dont understand how they can be so much in the crap and still not be in administration though. We were no-where near the state they are now in and the bank pulled the plug and we went into admin the same day.

 

Is it because they are in the prem and the FA are keeping the banks off there back as they dont want a prem club to fall? Or is there enough proof to suggest there is money tucked away somewhere by this arab market stall owner and its just a case of releasing it?

 

To answer the question though, I dont want them to go pop or if they do I would like them to come back as a new club some how. Just look at the excitement the FA cup draw has created to see how much derby matches mean to us. With them gone our derby match would be with bornmouth which doesnt carry the same level of interest.

 

Nice to see them suffer and will be much better when we are back on top but would be a shame to see them gone.

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I'm sorry, but until they actually get to court I refuse to believe they are actually going out of buisness.

None of their best players have left yet?

If their players are paid tomorrow and some come in I still think we are in trouble come the 13th.

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Kaboul is certain to go. Only need a couple more to leave and we have a goo chance.

 

On Tuesday night Storrie was saying that they hadn't rec'd any offers for any of their players .... mind you he is a lying ****ney wideboy and has probably had a few offers in plain brown envelopes that he doesn't want Mr Taxman to know about ;)

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Can't understand why any players would sign for them if they are not going to get paid!

 

Was thinking about this last night. If loan players were to be paid (either all or most of the monthly salary) by the lending club, ie the lending club were doing it for the benefit of the player to give them first team experience, then it's reasonable to expect any player who is not getting a regular start would go. However, if Portsmouth have to pay (most if not all the salary due to) the player (which I believe to be the norm) then the only reason that I can think of would be to put the player in the 'shop window' for next season.

 

It must be depressing being a skate right now!

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serious question - tickets for the cup game on the 13th, we've sent them 4k tickets at £28 a go which we are trusting them to sell to their fan base, at what point does Portsmouth Football club have to hand that cash over to Southampton football club for those sales? Do we also become a creditor?

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All this talk about us getting a bye if they go out of business- I was talking to some Sunderland fans on Monday and they claimed that if Pompey go bust' date=' Sunderland go through to the next round and therefore we have to play them instead.[/quote']

 

Far too short notice for that. Game is 3 days after court hearing.

 

Anyway...teams are only reinstated for things like fielding an illegible player. Pompey beat against Sunderland fair and square.

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I don't think for one minute that Pompey will be out of business before thr Cup match. They may be in administration but thats different. Even if the winding up order is agreed, there is an appeals process that will prolong the matter.

 

I don't wish even admin on anyone even Pompey, and I certainly don't wish going out of business on them.

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serious question - tickets for the cup game on the 13th, we've sent them 4k tickets at £28 a go which we are trusting them to sell to their fan base, at what point does Portsmouth Football club have to hand that cash over to Southampton football club for those sales? Do we also become a creditor?

 

In reality though we will owe them more money than that as we have to give them 40% of the gate receipts so not really an issue.

I am surprised more creditors have not attached themselves to this winding up order to be honest.

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All this talk about us getting a bye if they go out of business- I was talking to some Sunderland fans on Monday and they claimed that if Pompey go bust' date=' Sunderland go through to the next round and therefore we have to play them instead.[/quote']

 

Surely Coventry would have something to say about that?

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All this talk about us getting a bye if they go out of business- I was talking to some Sunderland fans on Monday and they claimed that if Pompey go bust' date=' Sunderland go through to the next round and therefore we have to play them instead.[/quote']

 

Well they're stupid, then.

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It's a joke, how were they able to sign Quincy Owusu-Abeyie on loan yesterday if they're not going to pay any of their staff tomorrow?

 

I know the embargo was down to them having not paid transfer installments due to other clubs, but surely if you can't pay your current players (or even the web administators!) then you shouldn't be allowed to add to that squad?

 

On a lighter note, what do you think they should build on the Fratton land when the inevitible happens? Flats? Tesco? STD Clinic? Family Planning Centre?

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On a lighter note, what do you think they should build on the Fratton land when the inevitible happens? Flats? Tesco? STD Clinic? Family Planning Centre?

 

A jail.

 

Or we could buy the land and build a huge shrine to MLT.

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It's difficult to say on the website cost thing. Someone mentioned that Pompey's ticket sales were done on another website, so if they didn't need secure servers to do things like process payments for tickets then it would cost less than if they did it themselves.

 

They may have employed a couple of members of staff to maintain their website. However, they wouldn't take their own website offline - even if they were in administration. It's more likely that they pay a company to host and maintain their website and due to non-payment, this hosting company has pulled the plug - and rightly so, clients not paying is a right pain in the Gary.

 

Pay up Pompey, Pompey pay up! :)

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Out if interest what sort of figure are we looking at for this website debt and who is it to? the web updaters team?

 

is it a six figure sum or more?

 

hmmmmm

No idea how much they're owed in backdated fees, but I'd be very surprised if they weren't paying upwards of £20-25k a month for the hosting, development and maintenance of the site.

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No idea how much they're owed in backdated fees, but I'd be very surprised if they weren't paying upwards of £20-25k a month for the hosting, development and maintenance of the site.

 

i bet anyone who was advertising on their site isn't that best pleased at the moment either ;)

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