I've not followed this in detail. Ignoring us for a second, what's the worst case scenario for Portsmouth themselves?
if it's a choice between us or them who are you going to choose??????Sorry but i can not agree with this. We all got up in arms when the so called Sunderland fans were relishing our demise. What is different to us prospering by another clubs problems and being happy about. I know the club has escaped a couple of times but that is not the fans fault and they like us are the real suffers.
Don't relish it, but purposefully not paying your tactics to gain an advantage on the field is cheating, that's why there's a points deduction. It's not unsportsmanlike, or unfair, it's downright cheating.
I'd hate to see them go out of business, but they deserve to lose 10 points as that's probably what they've gained by illegally keeping hold of players they can't afford.
We could have not payed £1,6m to HMRC and kept hold of Marlon King. We'd probably be at least 10 points better off.
I think it would be more than 10 points. Rather suspect though that they will find the money. Do what SISU do and sell players!
If they sell players I'd fancy our chances of catching them!!!! They only have 13 fit players according to BBC sport!!!!
At the end of the day it is a bit sad that we hope for a club to get a 10 point deduction so we can stay up.
End of the day we have been shit this year for the obvious reasons and currently deserve to go down.
13 fit senior players...the same amount we had in our squad on Saturday.
My apologies, but with our squad this season Im not sure what classes as a 'senior' player!!! My point being it would reduce them to at best 11 players. As we know they have refused bids for two players. It is now clear that these players need to be sold, however any future bids will I'm sure be for less than the original offers. Therefore I'm guessing at least 3 players will have to be sold.
I wouldn't wish the complete demise of the club on its fans and i dont think they will disappear entirely.
We are really only seeing the start of the problem for many clubs. Look at how long it has taken CCFC to sort out its financial issues following relegation from the prem. This will only get worse for teams that fail to get back into the promised land. Most clubs are running at a loss and are mainly reliant on the good will of their owners who continue to prop the clubs up with interest free loans. Given the current economic climate how long can this continue?
I dread to think what the combined overall debt of UK football clubs is but it must be pretty horrific.
Unless you are the bankrupt billionaire from Ireland.
A lot of very rich people are losing money and they hate that.
What gets me is that players get paid regardless of what other creditors are owed including the taxman! Why should footballers be different from anyone else. Any other business HMRC would be paid first and everyone else would get a much reduced amount and the staff would all be laid off. They are not solvent and need to go into adminstration until new owners are found. It is as a taxpayer morally wrong. PUSB
Sorry, the point I was making is that they should already be where we are. I feel no sympathy for a team that has to rely on youth players while cheating, when ours is in the same situation.
If only we could turn down bids of £1.6m for a couple of players.
If they have to sell everyone down to the U12s to pay their bills then they should. We do.
I wouldn't wish ill on any club just out of spite or for the sake of it but if it was the difference between us staying up and being relegated I would take it every time.As much as I want to stay up, I want to do itproperly and not because someone got a point deduction.
And how does wishing a points deduction on someone makes us any different to Sunderland fans?
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