Clubs in trouble

[pdiddybaby]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

that is more fool them.

At Villa we know where exactly the money is coming from and how it was gained.

At Pompey Gaydamk's dad was wanted for Arms dealings and even though he claimed not to be funded from his dad there was no proof of independent income.

They enjoyed the cup win with players the fans, manager and owners knew they could not afford, this is the price they have to pay for that.

this will open up the PL clubs to even greater scrunity and you wonder about the funding arrangements at other clubs notably Blues.

It is something the PL can not ignore.

[Concrete John]

It is something the PL can not ignore.

Yes they can.  

And sadly I fear they will!

[pdiddybaby]

They've got a 7 day adjournment. Well done to them.

why ? they are insolvent, they have only funded wages with loans, that is the same as you paying the mortgage with credit cards

it only extends the inevitable last asset stripping to the Gaydamek's.

[pdiddybaby]

It is something the PL can not ignore.

Yes they can.  

And sadly I fear they will!

of course they will, they will bury their heads in the sand as to where the money comes from, all that matters is image to them.

Never mind that somehow the most profitable and debt free club in the  world now owes £700m and yet they have not spent large sums.

[Risso]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

What on earth is the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person" test?  Surely it should be the first line of defence against things like this happening?

I bet the test is as tricky as this:

Complete the following sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

Congratulations, you've been classed fit and proper to run a football club!

[dave.woodhall]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

that is more fool them.

As I've said before, to quote a Supporters Direct high-up, "I've been to many meetings where someone's come along with plans for a ground holding three times the current average gate and announced that in five years time the club will be doing well two divisions higher. And they're always believed."

Everyone thinks their club could be bigger and better.

[damon loves JT]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

well I think Balram Chainrai is a very naughty boy.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

well I think Balram Chainrai is a very naughty boy.

Fucking hell.
Sounds like the name of a haulage company, or an exotically named porn star.

[Concrete John]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

What on earth is the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person" test?  Surely it should be the first line of defence against things like this happening?

I bet the test is as tricky as this:

Complete the following sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

Congratulations, you've been classed fit and proper to run a football club!

I bet Sullivan struggles with that one.

[London Villan]

Would anyone take a FA Cup win only to be followed by a Portsmouth/Leeds collapse versus 10 years of mid-table finishes...

[pdiddybaby]

Would anyone take a FA Cup win only to be followed by a Portsmouth/Leeds collapse versus 10 years of mid-table finishes...

not me, I want to support a solvent club with a future, not temporary 'glory'

[Concrete John]

Would anyone take a FA Cup win only to be followed by a Portsmouth/Leeds collapse versus 10 years of mid-table finishes...

I wouldn't.

[damon loves JT]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

What on earth is the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person" test?  Surely it should be the first line of defence against things like this happening?

I bet the test is as tricky as this:

Complete the following sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

Congratulations, you've been classed fit and proper to run a football club!

I bet Sullivan struggles with that one.

`Since we bought the club we've been having a look at this sequence of numbers and they are frightening. I mean, unless the council gives us use of the number nine, ten, or eleven, then it's armageddon'

[BIGBADBOBSCLARET&BLUE]

Pompey fans have to look at this and wonder how this state came to be.

Football supporters always believe the new owner/chairman is the Messiah.

What on earth is the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person" test?  Surely it should be the first line of defence against things like this happening?

I bet the test is as tricky as this:

Complete the following sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

Congratulations, you've been classed fit and proper to run a football club!

I bet Sullivan struggles with that one.

Sullivan would answer 3, as it would obviously need to take a 25% reduction.

[pdiddybaby]

What on earth is the Premier League's "Fit and Proper Person" test?  Surely it should be the first line of defence against things like this happening?

Portsmouth fans had a meeting with the PL on this and Scudamore said that they do not intervene with how a club is funded, just whether the person owning it is

real
no recent convinctions (ones before 2002 do not count)

thats it

no financial scruntiny which is why Yeung  was able to take over Blues where the source of funding is very obscure as it is clear Yeung himself does not have the cash.