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Braders

Braders

Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
Jul 15, 2003
29,224
Brighton, United Kingdom
How long before Pompey have only 24 hours to survive again?


I'm going with December
 


Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
55,454
Surrey
When are they going to take those ten points off this embarrassing outfit again?

I'll go for NEVER.
 






G

Geriatric Seagull

New member
Nov 10, 2009
979
Littlehampton
They should have been thrown out of the league last time they cheated-ilet alone this time. What's the betting they won't even be docked any points-and they say cheating doesn't pay!
 




Barnham Seagull

Barnham Seagull

Yapton Actually
Dec 28, 2005
2,353
Yapton
By Neil Allen
Published on Sunday 30 September 2012 21:08

So it has come to this.

The kingdom is set to be claimed by Portpin after an often-bitter battle.

They will be inheriting a barren land long ravaged by mismanagement and breath-taking incompetence.

A club scrambling around in the dark desperately seeking a solid crutch to drag itself up on.

And a fanbase reduced to civil war.

Forgive the dramatic description but the latter is precisely what Pompey supporters have been reduced to after more than three-and-a-half years of watching their club systematically ripped up and destroyed.

They have craved salvation, a guiding light to deliver them into a prosperous future, the answer to all their prayers.

Instead, the result will be the return of figures who have been involved in the club twice previously.

It’s a recurring Fratton Park tenancy from Portpin surely nobody can have enjoyed so far.

This time around they bring more promises and election-winning pledges. They speak of judging by actions rather than words.

They speak of no longer being ‘reluctant owners’, reformed and realigned they want to run the club for the long term, returning it to former ‘glories’.

And they wag an accusing finger at the Pompey Supporters’ Trust, proclaiming ‘in-fighting’ among their ranks and thereby rendering them an unstable alternative.

It is not without irony then that the only in-fighting at present is among the Fratton faithful.

A situation created by Balram Chainrai and Levi Kushnir and the prospect of their Pompey comeback which delights and disgusts so many.

No matter which side you have chosen to line up behind, there can be no ignoring the fractured atmosphere around the city at present when the issue of their third coming is raised.

These are times when a group of fans wanting to save the club they love receive vicious abuse on message boards and social media.

When Mark Mudie is leapt upon and savaged for reading out a Portpin statement sent to Express FM.

When we are seeing three generations of Pompey fans announcing at the Trust’s AGM on Thursday night they would not return to Fratton while Portpin are in charge.

When anyone asking questions about the Trust are labelled anti-Trust – and those answering them are described as bullies.

And when there are even confrontations among the media at the training ground on the press day this week.

With sad inevitability, those moments centred on Portpin.

This is Portsmouth Football Club fragmented, divided and torn apart by a procession of owners not fit to have served as its caretakers.

Sadly, that will remain entirely the case as long as Portpin are still hanging around.

The fact of the matter is that, irrespective of Portpin’s motives, they have been involved in this football club since October 2009.

It is an association which has coincided with the Blues’ plummet towards liquidation and dark, dark days.

Puzzling then that, in the opposite corner, the Trust continue to receive damnations from fellow Blues supporters who, instead, favour those who have twice been at the helm in recent times.

In two generations of boards, the Trust has started from scratch to rise and collect £3.5m in pledges and donations.

Such has been their impressive progress, back in July, Portsmouth City Council agreed to loan £1.45m if the Trust were the only chance of the club not being liquidated.

These Pompey fans – and every single one of them are – have dedicated their spare time to a crusade of trying to return the club to the supporters.

Their drive is motivated by the desire to remove the noose which remains around Pompey’s neck.

Yet there have been many fellow fans content to snipe and criticise from the sidelines, heaping scorn while unwilling to work towards a solution themselves.

Tom Dearie was the subject of vile accusations over the summer by two people in particular on Twitter.

It was claimed he had dipped into Trust funds to bankroll his trip to Gibraltar to watch Pompey play a pre-season game.

A disgusting and baseless denouncement from behind a keyboard under the cowardly guise of ‘free speech’. No proof has ever been offered, despite challenges.

Other Trust board members have also suffered abhorrent comments on Twitter.

Their dastardly crime? Caring and wanting to give the club a better life. No strings attached.

Unquestionably, funding a Trust takeover was always going to be a massive ask. Similarly, taking on Portpin, whose charge over the ground has seen off other interested parties.

For whatever reason, administrators PKF have decided Portpin are a better option for the creditors – but, my goodness, didn’t the Trust and those fans behind it fight hard.

What’s more, they will continue to on behalf of around 2,000 supporters who pledged and those in no position financially to follow suit.

Forget who is right and who is wrong in the long-running and fog-filled debate.

People like Portpin and those other previous owners have created this scenario.

And the real tragedy of it all is when they return, this battle among fans will get only more bloody.



They realy are a joke, when they tried to save their club half of them turned on the fans trying to wrestle control away from the foriegn leaches.

Admin next summer I would say.
 






Green Cross Code Man

Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
21,023
Eastbourne
Thank God Dick Knight and co didn't have to put up with opposition from our own fans. I dread to think what would have happened if that scenario had played out. I can't believe there are STILL so many deluded Pompey fans. The trust deserves credit. Those opposing it deserve where i think their club is going.
 










S

severnside gull

Well-known member
May 16, 2007
24,915
By the seaside in West Somerset
My understanding is that having priced himself out of a couple of permanent contracts he has gone to Portsmouth for a relatively modest sum of around 15K for a month to get fit before hopefully getting himself the sort of deal he wants elsewhere.
 










H

HawkTheSeagull

New member
Jan 31, 2012
9,122
Eastbourne
Perhaps Buzsaky is using Pompey to be put in the shop window - thats probably why he isnt getting wages if what they say is true.

But clubs like Brizzle City and Forest were looking at him - perhaps there is more to this.
 




K

Kaiser_Soze

Who is Kaiser Soze??
Apr 14, 2008
1,355
Maybe Brizzle City and Forest were only giving him a short term contract, say till January. If he wasnt confident he was going to get enough starts to earn a long term contract why not go and play at Pompey for a cheaper fee. If he went to Brizzle or Forest he would need to rent a house or pay hotel fees for 3 months and not be guaranteed anything long term. Safe option for him but also helping the club.......some might say win win.
 




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