pay up pompey, pompey pay up!!

[Buckquat]

come the end of our season how relevant might this admission be?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16706372.stm
Buy the fa cup lose your club!!

[muff licker]

come the end of our season how relevant might this admission be?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16706372.stm
Buy the fa cup lose your club!!

Out the clubs realms more than likely(Forest apparently will bid £1M+ for him) but Liam Lawrence has said he would love to play at DRFC one day. Underrated player at most clubs he has been at, but does the business.

[Buckquat]

muff did my link connect to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16706372.stm
'Portsmouth issued with HMRC winding-up petition'
??

[Buckquat]

think i've just been shown the blue goldfish!!

and rightly so.!

[muff licker]

muff did my link connect to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16706372.stm
'Portsmouth issued with HMRC winding-up petition'
??

Yes it did, however its also public knowledge that Pompey have said they may have to sell some of their star players (ie Kitson, Norris, Lawrence, Mullins etc) so thats why i put that.

[DearneValleyRover]

They've asked the FA for early payment of the parachute payment to wiggle their way out of the shit again. So tax bill paid and more signings they can't afford to come.

[DRFC-PERKINS]

I feel sorry for the pompey fans, however there are too many clubs taking the piss. If you don't have the money, don't pay obscene amounts of money to players, when you cannot afford to. It's simple if you go down then tough, that's what the smaller clubs have to do.

Lawrence would be a good signing, can remember when he played against us for Rotherham, added to a great game.

[Jenny]

He'd never played for Rotherham? Are you think of Mansfield?

[Buckquat]

It's the amount of times they seem to be getting into financial trouble. If I based my home budget on their model I'd be living on clock corner selling the big issue or my body. ( big issue methinks given the choice).
It would be interesting to know how many clubs in total have now been in administration or are running at an excessive loss. ( probably quicker to say how many run at a profit)

[ditch_drfc]

Shame to see Pompey in this situation. But I guess you don't spend what you don't have.

It would be really good to see Lawrence at Rovers. Local lad, so maybe it would swing him if the chance ever came up

[silent majority]

It's the amount of times they seem to be getting into financial trouble. If I based my home budget on their model I'd be living on clock corner selling the big issue or my body. ( big issue methinks given the choice).
It would be interesting to know how many clubs in total have now been in administration or are running at an excessive loss. ( probably quicker to say how many run at a profit)

Between 1986 and the summer of 2011 the total of English clubs seeking protection from its creditors totalled 81.

This is mainly because penalties are retrospective and there are no rewards for running clubs on a good financial footing.

[Dutch Uncle]

Were we one of those during the Richardson days, or even earlier?

[andysly]

I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for Portsmouth fans or indeed fans of most clubs in a similar position. The fans are always baying for more signings to buy some success in their case FA Cup, in others it's promotion, top 4 places, etc etc.
Fans want success, manager under pressure to win matches to keep job + chairman/board thinking of big pay day if things work = massive financial gamble. Sometimes it works, 90% of time it doesn't. Leeds, portsmouth, and the rest.

[DRFC-PERKINS]

He'd never played for Rotherham? Are you think of Mansfield?

Yes lol no idea why I said Rotherham, the game we won 4-2 at home is the game i'm thinking of.
Pretty sure Mcindoe and Greeny scored.

[scuzzer]

Also the 2-1 game away when Lawrence gave them the lead from the spot in the 1st half before Blundell got two in the second as Macca ripped them apart, will always be in my top 5 Rovers games as we were top 2 in the division at the time if i recall.

[benaldo]

When I read that article the thing that jumped into my mind first was \"Thank god we've got Willie Mckay, JR, DW and the rest.\"

And I think clubs like portsmouth shouldn't be protected just because they are football clubs either. Any business in another sector would be crucified by the taxman if they ended up in that state for so long.

Them going bust would send a message to other clubs to get their act together and might help lower players wages - ie \"I don't care how much you want, there are other players and we don't have the money to pay your ridiculous demands. Go and sit on a bench for the rest of your career!\".

[vaya]

The majority of football finances these days lie somewahere between plate-spinning and that moment when Wile E Coyote runs off the edge of the cliff into space and keeps going in mid-air.

If anyone actually stopped for a minute and tried to apply some rationale to it all, it'd end in disaster.

[hoolahoop]

When I read that article the thing that jumped into my mind first was \"Thank god we've got Willie Mckay, JR, DW and the rest.\"

And I think clubs like portsmouth shouldn't be protected just because they are football clubs either. Any business in another sector would be crucified by the taxman if they ended up in that state for so long.

Them going bust would send a message to other clubs to get their act together and might help lower players wages - ie \"I don't care how much you want, there are other players and we don't have the money to pay your ridiculous demands. Go and sit on a bench for the rest of your career!\".

Seems we haven't now benny old chap........god has deserted us!!

[The Red Baron]

Maybe no need to say any more on this subject as we may be in the same boat sooner or later after today's news.