Now...........have i got this right?

[webbyson]

Not only did cheatingf Pompey "Buy" the F.A Cup, and another final trip with players purchased with money that was not theirs they have been given permission to sign 3 players while still in administration..............oh how the Football league and F.A have fallen over backwards to limit the severity of their punishment. Have Bournemouth been treated in a similar way? I may be bias but the rulebook seems to have been rewritten so many times for our near neighbours.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

and whats happened to the points deduction.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

And I heard they're on a tour of AMERICA?!

 

[webbyson]

But shirley if they owe MILLIONS of pounds to all and sundrie they should be cutting back and have minimal staff ect not buying players so they can compete on level terms with clubs who have NOT cheated.

 

[Billy Mays]

I've long been puzzled by the attitude of the FA etc to our inbred friends. Seem to remember a lot of reports all pre-season long about points deductions for Luton , Bournemouth , Leeds and Rotherham among others when they were in admin. I'm genuinely at a loss as to why minus 17 hasn't already been inked in to the first Championship table of the season for Shitesmouth.

It's entirely possible of course that there is a rational explanation and my bitter hatred for the six fingered cheating purveyors of incest and substance abuse is clouding my judgement.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I've long been puzzled by the attitude of the FA etc to our inbred friends. Seem to remember a lot of reports all pre-season long about points deductions for Luton , Bournemouth , Leeds and Rotherham among others when they were in admin. I'm genuinely at a loss as to why minus 17 hasn't already been inked in to the first Championship table of the season for Shitesmouth.

It's entirely possible of course that there is a rational explanation and my bitter hatred for the six fingered cheating purveyors of incest and substance abuse is clouding my judgement.

Seems a perfectly balanced sensible opinion to me.

 

[drew]

Will they escape points deduction if they come out of administration before the season starts?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

six fingered cheating purveyors of incest and substance abuse.

This

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Why should a team HAVE to have a squad of 20 players anyway? And surely they have yoof teamers they can use?

 

[BensGrandad]

Isnt this relaxation of the rules something to do with HMRC putting in an appeal against the Co IVA they are in.

Think they should have been wound up myself if only to set a precendent for all clubs.

It is the rules of the Premier League and FA that are wrong and weak but they need the club Chairmens vote to change them and that wont happen, as a case of ' there but for the grace of God etc'

It needs the courts to act outside of the football authoritys to sort this all out.

 

[sir albion]

I fu$king hate pompey
All this recent success is by playing players they couldn't afford

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Why should a team HAVE to have a squad of 20 players anyway? And surely they have yoof teamers they can use?

I seem to remember in the 97/98 season the only reason we stayed up was because Doncaster had to field youth players. So, yes, there's no reason why pompy shouldn't use their youth team other than they'll whine that it's not fair.