Portsmouth- what on earth (3 Viewers)

[MusicDating]

I think chiefdave sums it up well. The only reason the FL haven't thrown them is that they don't want to be seen as the ones to blame.

I can't see how the Trust can come up with enough money and in time. Surely the players won't accept 75% less than the agreed payoffs? Chainrai will go to court to get as much as he can back?

Blame game to begin soon methinks...

 

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[Sky Blues]

I think the league are having to work round the rules as they don't really have anything in place for this kind of situation.

Thanks for the answer chief. This line above just about sums it up for me. The league always seem to be working around their rules for Pompey and that's the main reason why this thread is nearing 1,000 post mark. I think any other team in this division, including us, that was in Pompey's predicament would have been told yesterday "we doubt you can fulfil your fixtures this year, so you can't have your golden share". Maybe the trust can pull it off, and fair play if they can do it without repeating the spiral into administration seen under previous regimes, but looking at those figures you provided, it doesn't look good.

 

[ccfcway]

cant afford to pay outstanding debts

cant afford to pay current bills

beings sued by ex players

yet sign 10 players !!

absolute joke that local businesses are getting 2p in the £1

 

[chiefdave]

absolute joke that local businesses are getting 2p in the £1

they're the well off ones, the businesses from the first CVA who haven't had a penny yet are in line for 0.4p in the £1.

 

[ccfcway]

1-0 up .

 

[ccfcway]

oh, just another 5 signings today !

 

[ccfcway]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19294388

more time for them then !

 

[oldskyblue58]

If the supporters trust pull it off then fair play to them ........... but the budgets seem to be made on some sweeping assumptions and dont seem to include a big chunk of cost. Doesnt appear to add up to me

 

[Grendel]

If the supporters trust pull it off then fair play to them ........... but the budgets seem to be made on some sweeping assumptions and dont seem to include a big chunk of cost. Doesnt appear to add up to me

Agreed. It's a mess. The Football League have made a huge problem for themselves now. Having let them start the season they have to run with it but the finances are such a mess I can see no way out. They should have been liquidated and allowed a Blue Square slot. Now they are like a time bomb which is likely to blow up and create havoc with the fixture list.

 

[chiefdave]

Appleton's at it again. He got given a budget to build a squad of 20 players, blew it on 15 and is now moaning that the administrator won't give him more and asking local businesses to give him the money. Would that be the same businesses who lost money every time they went into admin?

He's trying the same trick as last year, refusing to use youth players and then claiming the squad is below the minimum level required by the football league.

 

[Nick]

Why don't the FA just force him to use Youth players?

 

[rswxite]

The whole thing is a joke, they will probably end up being promoted and back in the championship next year!! Personally I hope they get relegated or worse! Joke of a club!

 

[blueflint]

yeah its a joke why are we bothered

 

[chiefdave]

Appleton has already said he wants a squad that can 'rip up League One', no talk of just taking a season or two to stabilise or get a takeover done. Not sure what they have on the league but I’m sure if we were in this position the treatment we’d get would be a lot different.

 

[scroobiustom]

3/1 for the win tonight, just saying....

 

[Sick Boy]

Appleton has already said he wants a squad that can 'rip up League One', no talk of just taking a season or two to stabilise or get a takeover done. Not sure what they have on the league but I’m sure if we were in this position the treatment we’d get would be a lot different.

Are you a Scouser? Poor, poor us.

 

[ccfcway]

i think they will make the play offs !

 

[sky blue zam]

This is an utter joke, the FA hould hang their head in shame and take off the pompey glasses, they have let down the 23 other teams by giving them skates special dispensation, :jerkit:

i think maybe luton have a case to sue the fa now for losses for over the top points deductions leading to relegations

 

[mark82]

Chanrai hoping to complete takeover within 2 weeks according to SSN.

 

[ccfcway]

Chanrai hoping to complete takeover within 2 weeks according to SSN.

he's back,

what a mess

 

[skybluedaze]

i think maybe luton have a case to sue the fa now for losses for over the top points deductions leading to relegations

I agree. Luton were properly screwed. It's almost like it was some sort of conspiracy to get them out the football league. It's one rule for one. The fa can't suck pompey off enough. Their financial mismanagement was far worse than Lutons, yet because they're deemed to be a so called bigger club, they get special treatment. I don't wish for any club to go out of business, but i do believe in justice, and if Luton deserved to be forced into the Blue Square Premier, Pompey deserve to be a step 7 club.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

I reckon Appleton has a stash of incriminating photographs of the football league and FA officials

 

[ccfcway]

meanwhile Birch and his mob continue to take more out of a pot thats empty !

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Anyone see Appleton on SS1 now? Drumming up more sympathy...

 

[chiefdave]

Anyone see Appleton on SS1 now? Drumming up more sympathy...

The guy may actually have mental health issues. He's started talking about himself in the third person and now seems to think it should be up to him who gets to takeover the club!

 

[ccfcway]

ha, like Adams ?

 

[ccfcway]

must be bad, they are lower than us !

 

[sw88]

No longer in minus and only one point behind us. Now that's depressing

 

[ccfcway]

they havent had their 10 points taken off yet, as they arent out of administration !

 

[sw88]

they havent had their 10 points taken off yet, as they arent out of administration !

They started on -10 though didn't they?

 

[wingy]

Does'nt the maths suggest that as we've taken 3 points ,and they certainly lost yesterday ,at best they would have taken 9 ,therefore be 4 behind us:thinking about::facepalm:

 

[ccfc92]

I still dont get how they are allowed to sign a whole squad? why do they have special treatment?

 

[sw88]

Does'nt the maths suggest that as we've taken 3 points ,and they certainly lost yesterday ,at best they would have taken 9 ,therefore be 4 behind us:thinking about::facepalm:

I haven't really taken notice of their results tbf. Just checked the table. And I'm sure the original table at the start of the season had 'Portsmouth -10*' then a little line at the bottom to explain the *

So no, I haven't done the maths

 

[MusicDating]

All their signings are on short-term contracts of a month as that's all they're allowed to do.

Birch has given Portpin and the Trust an extra 2 weeks to finalise their bids.

What happens next is anyone's guess (particularly as the FL are making it up as they go along)...

 

[ccfcway]

herman to the rescue playing for free