[Archived] Time Up Pompey?

[only2garners]

The West Ham money can surely only be because there is a sniff of a business opportunity.

Losing 4 points is largely immaterial when most other club will be losing 3. And if they do survive, teams around them could end up with 6 points from Pompey's youth team.

Plus the points total to stay up could be as low as 34 points for a 36-fixture division. Give or take.

Not quite - West Ham will lose more than a few teams around them - Wigan and Wolves for instance who won't lose any.

You do make a good point about the matches Portsmouth play after any fire sale - this must give an advantage to any team still to play them (including Rovers).

[Plastic Head]

If Pompey are able to sell players to other clubs in the premier league then it could have a major impact on the title chase, European qualification and even relegation. If they sell a player to a club and this player scores a winning goal that decides the fate of other clubs then watch the uproar and legal challenges fly in.

If we were allowed to sell players outside the transfer window, I know who would be first to go on my list.

Might not bring much cash in though.

[LeChuck]

He's been in the Premier League five minutes and he's already running his mouth, another reason to hate the dingles:

"I would hate to think the Premier League would allow them such a ridiculous thing beyond the transfer window"

Burnley manager Brian Laws

[thenodrog]

It's just a big shame this is happening to a relatively decent club like Pompey, and not Man City or Chelsea.

Patience Mr E. Sooner or later their time will come.

[philipl]

Patience Mr E. Sooner or later their time will come.

Yikes, City and Chelsea have done exactly the same as Rovers have done- wiped out their debt by issuing loads of new shares. So when is our time coming then?

[Blue n White Rover]

Yikes, City and Chelsea have done exactly the same as Rovers have done- wiped out their debt by issuing loads of new shares. So when is our time coming then?

When we get relegated

[Steve Moss]

No permission to sell players outside the transfer window for Portsmouth and its debt position is more than originally thought.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/portsmouth/7273077/Portsmouths-debts-are-even-worse-than-previously-feared.html

[rovgers]

I found the last sentence sums up pompeys situation-

"Endeavour Plan, an investment fund run by New Zealand businessman Victor Cattermole linked with a takeover, has been investigated by financial regulators"

I would have thought he would be a perfect owner for pompey after their recent owners records!!

[philipl]

I found the last sentence sums up pompeys situation-

"Endeavour Plan, an investment fund run by New Zealand businessman Victor Cattermole linked with a takeover, has been investigated by financial regulators"

I would have thought he would be a perfect owner for pompey after their recent owners records!!

The funny, not funny, thing is that having been investigated would make them not "fit and proper" under PL rules unless they have been 100% cleared! Far better be totally dodgy from a country without financial regulators or, better still, be the regulator yourself (City's last two owners!).

Incidentally, what a surprise (not) that the investigating accountants have found that the debt is at least £10m more than Pompey are saying it is. The really shocking number is that the tax man is owed £18m and he has only gone to Court to recover £12m.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Sounds like Pompey is finished then. They can't sell players, can't afford to pay their tax bill (looks like the parachute payment wouldn't cover the £18 million tax bill if the telegraph is correct) and it's going to take a miracle to find an owner with the money to bail them out.

Feel for their fans but for the good of football its right that they face the consequences of their poor decisions and bad management.

[philipl]

There was a cheery BBC report saying Pompey are going to be bought by South Africans. However, the numbers are unrelentingly grim.

[1864roverite]

pompy doing us a favour and beating Stoke 1-0

[Majiball]

They are playing some nice stuff as well.

[Hughesy]

Knew they would win this one! Good results so far today...

[CrazyIvan]

Knew they would win this one! Good results so far today...

1 - 1 now

[Hughesy]

1 - 1 now

Knew it would happen after I posted it!

[brian_gallagher85]

You just know there is going to be only one winner now

[CrazyIvan]

Stoke down to 10 men.

[Stuart]

There was a cheery BBC report saying Pompey are going to be bought by South Africans. However, the numbers are unrelentingly grim.

Wonder if Storey has received one of those emails from some unfortunate guy who just needs £10,000 to facilitate the release a £60 million fortune?

Stoke have just scored the winner. I wouldn't get too excited just yet if I was them.

[Hughesy]

Regardless of their finances, they look certain to go down now after losing that game!

[yoda]

Sounds like Pompey is finished then. They can't sell players, can't afford to pay their tax bill (looks like the parachute payment wouldn't cover the £18 million tax bill if the telegraph is correct) and it's going to take a miracle to find an owner with the money to bail them out.

Feel for their fans but for the good of football its right that they face the consequences of their poor decisions and bad management.

If pompey are finished it could be the start of the domino effect

JW has been positioning the Rovers for the last few years in anticipation of the football implosion which is looming large on the horizon.

When it happens the Rovers will be better placed than most and will survive, and may even be at the real top table again for a while

[Seedstral]

If they do go bust good riddance!!! To pay players £50-£80000 a week as reported is obscene especially when they haven't got the ground capacity to subsidise 1 never mind numerous players which they did and sadly for them will ultimately lead to their downfall!! For me it just goes to show how well our club is run and long may it continue as 90% of the Rovers supporters would love a millionaire/billionaire to buy our beloved club but at what cost.Boom or bust is here and sadly will be for the foreseeable future so which postion would you rather have. A club with a renowned coach as in Avram Grant with a club going out of business or Big Sam who knows how to get the job done!! I know which corner i'm in and its not the pretty boys brigade!!

[philipl]

Avram Grant's physical reaction said everything that didn't need saying about how bad that defeat for them was on and off the pitch.

[Bobby G]

Fahim has said he is considering buying more shares despite his legal team advising him to resign.

I can tell you that its nothing more than a publicity shot. He doesnt have the clout to purchase a football club.

[1864roverite]

I think with an 18 points difference in Rovers favour it is so long Pompy after this weekends results.

For me they are gone and its a two horse race between Bolton, Burnley, Hull and Wolves who joins them.