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EastStandBlue

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It must be difficult supporting Portsmouth. It wasn’t so long ago you were walking Wembley Way triumphantly. Of course, it wasn’t so long ago that Portsmouth main goal was surviving in the Premier League… Now, you’re flinging England’s number 1 around like a QPR caretaker manager because financial constraints forbid him to play another second.

Since he signed for the south coast club in 2006, David James has amassed 141 appearances in all competitions. Should he reach 150, in whichever way, shape or form, he is entitled to another year on his contract, thought to cost the club around £2m. It’s by the pure grace of luck that the young Asmir Begovic has proven himself to be quite the shot stopper, but he alone isn’t capable of leading Pompey to salvation.

Stoke looked to have offered a beacon of hope to the cause by taking James on loan for the rest of the season, but pulled out of such a deal after failing to agree what percentage of his wage to pay. This only begs one question, what kind of salary is James on if Stoke City, who are just about to lose their number one to Bayern Munich, are sniffing at paying 50% of it?

For a Premiership club to find themselves in such a predicament is a travesty and a damning indictment of the “fit and proper persons test” that has engrossed many a Notts County fan this season. There has been an endless supply of excuses and scapegoats lauded around by Peter Storie. First of all it was a simple clerical error that delayed the transfer of funds from Al-Fahim. Then it was a Muslim holiday that had backdated payments. What next? The train carrying the £60m needed for survival has been hijacked by a rejuvenated Ronnie Biggs? I wouldn’t put it past them.

More exits will follow in this window. Tottenham have forbid Jamie O’Hara to return, Younes Kaboul is, rather bizarrely, highly sought after those in power at Fratton Park have slapped a hefty price tag on Begovic following his recent performances. Add on to this withdrawal of £7m of TV income from the Premier League and it all adds up to a sorry state of affairs on the south coast, and one all too familiar to their bitter rivals Southampton.

And just look how far they’ve fallen…
 
James has genuinely been injured.
(Avram) Granted that they might not be rushing him back as quickly.
I thought 2million was tuppence in today's game.
 
Good piece.

Surely someone should be starting a "Let's Kick Storrie Out of Football" campaign - every club he's been Chief Exec at (Wet Sham, us, Pompey) seems to get deep into the brown stuff not that long after he arrives.

What are his qualifications for doing his job anyway, other than being mates with Harry Redknapp...?

:unsure:
 
Portsmouth make Southend look like a gleaming example of a well run football club.
 
James has genuinely been injured.
(Avram) Granted that they might not be rushing him back as quickly.
I thought 2million was tuppence in today's game.

Yeah maybe the fact they have been paying players £2 million a year on crowds of 20,000 is why they are so ****ed?
 
Somebody really needs to sit Storrie down and explain to him how this works. If you owe money to clubs and you're not paying them, then you get hit with an embargo. Thems the breaks.

I think its a condition of living in the bubble that is the Premier League

I think Pompeys biggest problem will be not when they are relegated (as they surely will be) but how they cope in the CCC, indeed if they don't go totally belly up before then as could clearly happen .. unless they can regroup and win promotion in the first 2 years they will do a Charlton and be relegated again IMO

Worrying times for Pompey John (that odd looking bloke with the bell, but a really nice fella) and his mates
 
Surely its time for a change in the transfer system, i.e if you want ot buy a player you pay for him in full on the day of the transfer.
 
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