Clubs in trouble

[cdbearsfan]

Chester being bought out by Danish consortium, they might not go bust after all, which is good. I hope Wigan go bust and all points against them are declared void.

[Dave Cooper please]

Chester being bought out by Danish consortium, they might not go bust after all, which is good.

Not as good as it sounds considering this consortium apparently have no business plan, no strategy of how to run a football club and nowhere near enough funds to cover the debt!

[Chipsticks]

What will happen to the league?

will there only be 19 teams?

Won't this by incredibly unfair on the relegation battling teams, as it will make their survival effort one place harder?

[Dave]

What will happen to the league?

will there only be 19 teams?

Won't this by incredibly unfair on the relegation battling teams, as it will make their survival effort one place harder?

Very good news for Wolves, Hull and Burnley who have all lost to Portsmouth. Bad news for all the others, who will lose the points that they gained.

[peter w]

I doubt the Prem league will allow it to happen though. They will expect administration before meltdown. It is going to the wire because Portsmouth want to try and avoid the 10 point deduction, for obvious reasons.

[Chipsticks]

So would the premier league become a 19-team league, or will an extra team get promoted or something?

Is it just me or is this a perfect opportunity to get Rangers/celtic into the Prem. (As much as I hate that thought)

[Dave Cooper please]

What will happen to the league?

will there only be 19 teams?

Won't this by incredibly unfair on the relegation battling teams, as it will make their survival effort one place harder?

No. Portsmouth will be deemed to have been relegated leaving only two more relegation places.

 If they go altogether it will also benefit The Championship, as only two clubs go down only two will be relegated from the Championship to League One (and so on down the leagues I assume until you get to the utter chaos and mayhen that is non-league where they just make the rules up as they go along).

[Chipsticks]

I see.

I reckon they should put all the football league teams in a hat and the one they pull out gets premier league!

Acrington Stanley VS Villa coming soon....

[Leighton]

How the table would look if Pompey go. 22nd Feb

.......GD....PTS
CH....40....   58
MU....31....   51
AR....27....   49
LV....18.....45
TH....21....   43
AV....14....   43
MC....12....40
EV.....2.....   35
SH....-4....   34
FL.....3......   33
BR...-16....   31
ST...-5......   28
WG...-22...   25
SN...-12....   24
WV...-22...   24
WH...-7.....   23
BU...-27....   23
HU...-29....   23
BW...-21...   20

[Leighton]

As you can see it is not as bad for us as it could be. The real winners though are Chelsea, they really strectch their lead over United as the Mancs will lose six points to Chelsea's three.

[Somniloquism]

As you can see it is not as bad for us as it could be. The real winners though are Chelsea, they really strectch their lead over United as the Mancs will lose six points to Chelsea's three.

Its got better now we have closed the gap. West Ham were bottom last table I saw.

Shame its not Wigan that is going. We gain two goals and Spurs lose 11 and 6 points.

[Concrete John]

I doubt the Prem league will allow it to happen though. They will expect administration before meltdown. It is going to the wire because Portsmouth want to try and avoid the 10 point deduction, for obvious reasons.

I don't undersatnd that myself?

They're pretty much fucked in terms of being certainties for the drop anyway, so if I was them I'd rather take the 10 points now when it won't have any effect than have it wreck any promotion hopes next season!

[pdiddybaby]

I doubt the Prem league will allow it to happen though. They will expect administration before meltdown. It is going to the wire because Portsmouth want to try and avoid the 10 point deduction, for obvious reasons.

I don't undersatnd that myself?

They're pretty much fucked in terms of being certainties for the drop anyway, so if I was them I'd rather take the 10 points now when it won't have any effect than have it wreck any promotion hopes next season!

if they go into adminstration then Chanrai and Gaydamk lose probably 90% of the money they are owed as the IR has preferred creditor gets first dibs.

that is the last thing they want and the IR know this, hence their action because the last thing they want is for the sky money at the end of the season to go into these crooks hands.

[BannedUserIAT]

Is anything being said in the media about the "Fit & Proper" test(s) that an owner has to face to actually take over at a club?

Does anyone (including the PL) actually know for a fact who owns Pompey?

Whilst I appreciate that the PL haven't exactly fucked Pompey over on their own, they must be held accountable to some degree. And, on top of Shinawatra (sp) being able to take over at Man City (again making the so-called "fit & proper test" look like a joke), the disasterous 39th game concept, the fining of Wolves for doing what just about all of the Top 4 clubs have done, West Ham-gate and any number of other fuck-ups, surely someone has to call time on these muppets?

Just who do they answer to?

[Concrete John]

Just who do they answer to?

As far as I know they're answerable to the 20 PL chairmen/clubs, who probably couldn't care less (most of them, anyway) aslong as the TV money keeps rolling in!