Exactly right. Just like Palace, PORTSMOUTH's financial cheating saw them survive at the top level far longer than they were due. I'd far rather their implosion had come a year later, and they'd had one more season living the lie, if in return, it meant they HADN'T got their hands on the FA Cup.
Stay up and bomb out. Would hate to see them WIN something. Pardiola stood there all smug, trophy aloft? Not having that.
After all them JUST staying up, after splashing a bazillion pounds on Cabaye and Adebayour's wages, and after being 5th in December, is hardly anything for them to CROW...