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re: Diarra bid the Real deal

Pompey Lee — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:38:46 GMT

I'll be gutted if this happens, Diarra has been fantastic for us and hopefully he doesnt forget we rescued him from the Arsenal reserves.

At least the cash should give Tony more money than Harry's getting at Spuds he's been told he's getting zip and has to only get loan signings.

re: Diarra bid the Real deal

JenniP — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:35:19 GMT

I see two problems with this

1) How much of the say £20 million will Tony Adams get?

2) How much would you have to pay to get someone close to Diarra's ability.

Saying that, if Adams gets the cash hopefully we can add to our fairly weak midfield, and hopefully sort out our right sided problem once and for all.

re: Redknapp to join Spurs

John — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:05:01 GMT

I'm a Spurs fan - but please read on - I'm sorry about Portsmouth paying the price for Spurs being so chaotic. To my mind Portsmouth are one of the best-run clubs in the Premiership, their fans set an example to the rest of the division and their players regularly punch above their weight. So - I'm sorry - as are many of the Spurs fans that I've spoken too this morning. Good luck with Tony Adams and I hope that you have a great season - you deserve it.

re: The John Westwood Debate

PompeyFan Canada — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:11:14 GMT

Alot of fans would love to shove that damn bell up his backside, but that doesn't mean they're not fans. He is a character for sure and like it or not is part of the clubs heritage, he's kinda made a name for himself. Personally I think he should be left alone with the exception that he cleans up his beer stenched drunkard outlook and have some consideration for other supporters. A die hard pompey fan he might be, but he aint the only one, and he certainly isn't the only one who deserves to actually be able to 'see' the game after having paid good money to get in. It's been a while since I suffered the bells toll in my ears long after the games finished, but nevertheless, I'm still a fan and like everyone else I enjoy the atmosphere created but surely there are common grounds to be found for the benefit of all supporters.

re: Appiah Deal Moves Close

PompeyFan Canada — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:52:09 GMT

Personally can't see it happening at all. Firstly, I think if it was going to happen then it would have already. Secondly, we are supposedly strapped for cash right now and whilst Appiah is allegedly a 'free agent' he will command a hefty signing fee and also will be a huge addition to the wage bill. I aint gonna happen anytime soon. I really do think we've missed the boat with this one (as we have with quite a few already it seems this year).

re: What is Harry Thinking? 2-0

Tel — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:27:01 GMT

Cannot keep playing Crouch and Defoe cos they cost money, away from home. Left side is good, so move Johnson to wingback and play Lauren at right back or someone with some idea there and I don't mean Johnson is no good there, just better at wingback. 4-5-1 away from home until we are really buzzing at least. No Utaka and keep Davis in. Ten goals conceded in three league away games, oh my. Last season we were pretty solid!! James had the worst game ever

re: What is Harry Thinking? 2-0

JenniP — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:55:22 GMT

Have to say I didnt see 6-0, even at the start thought we may only get hammered 3-0 or so. That miss at the start of the second half was very costly.

re: What is Harry Thinking? 2-0

powered_by_pompey — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:44:38 GMT

Too late. Four-nil city. This is a joke. Yes, this is off the back of three wins on the trot, but we've got chelsea at fratton on wednesday, and we're going to go into that now with knocked confidence, giving chelsea another advantage.

I'm severely dissapointed, but hopefully this is just a blip for us. We do need to strengthen our midfield though, so I'm hoping that's going to be Harry's and Sacha's main points of concern come the january transfer window.

re: What is Harry Thinking? 2-0

FMPR — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:58:11 GMT

Probably the same thing he was thinking at Goodison when we won 3-0 you numpty

re: Does Sacha NEED to Sell?

powered_by_pompey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:28:32 GMT

There's two sides to this really. If we were sold and bought by a bigger company, we'd have a load more money to get more world-class players in. We could elevate ourselves to easy reach of consistent top four finishes.

And I'd hate that. It feels like cheating to me. Look at teams like Chelsea. They've got where they are now because of all the money pumped into them by Roman. I can't stand them, because of that sole reason. They've bought their way into the top.

Anyway, even if Sacha sold pompey to a bigger organisation, I'm certain Harry would'nt use all of the money available to him. Remember, he's a true 'wheeler-dealer' manager, he thrives on bargain basement free transfers and loan deals.

I'm sure once the new stadium is up and running, we'll have more revenue coming in from that, and that will help us. But we have a key manager who can mould a team from what appears to be not a lot. I love the fact that people seem to have instantly forgotten that we won the F.A. Cup. We're the only team outside the top four who've won it in the past 13 years. We beat United for god sake! Surely that's testament enough to the old chestnut 'Money can't buy you everything"?

re: Does Sacha NEED to Sell?

JenniP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:08:11 GMT

Need no, infact I'm not totally sure we need to spend a small fortune on players, as long as we have a manager that can get the best out of them.

As others have pointed out in the past as long as we can keep our Premier League status is the new stadium thats more important with the extra revenue that can generate we perhaps can push forward until then we can not only not complete financially with the big boys we may even have problems competiting with the mid table clubs.

Where Pompey do have an advantage is that we are seen as a club going forward and players turn down other clubs to come to us.

Just remember money can buy you the best players but it cant buy you the best team.

re: Does Sacha NEED to Sell?

Gino Bolognaiso — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:05:38 GMT

The Man City owner is not 50 times richer than the Chelsea owner. He runs a fund that has an asset base that is 50 times Abramovic’s wealth. This fund cannot be liquidated in the same manner as Romans wealth.

re: Does Sacha NEED to Sell?

madbluepfc — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:44:02 GMT

I would think if sacha needs to seel he will wait until planning permission is given for the stadium first as we are then much more of a going concern

I hope he does not need to sell as he has been very very good for the club. A statement of intent would be good to clear things up

PUP

re: Appiah Deal Moves Close

maff — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:20:47 GMT

says on wiki we have signed him today!!!! hope so

re: Appiah Deal Moves Close

JenniP — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:42:08 GMT

We could certainly do with him, while we are coping with a paper thin midfield, we already have Kranjcar and Thomas out long term any more injuries and we would have problems.