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Åh, det ligger faktisk en del år tilbage da vi reddede livet i PL på vores "great escape". Det blev på bekostning af netop Birmingham, og efterfølgende sendte både Gold & Sullivan men især Steve Bruce et hav af dårlige undskyldninger i retning af os, at vi havde været heldige m.m. Bl.a. pev Bruce over at vi havde mødt nogle af de daværende tophold i reservepræget opstilling. Bruce glemte bare at det havde Birmingham også, bl.a. Arsenal uden Henry og et par andre stamspillere. Forskellen var at de tabte disse kampe alligevel. Så hele slænget viste sig at være nogle dårlige tabere. WBA var en anden klub som røg ned i samme sæson, men der fokuserede Bryan Robson på egne fejl og mangler i stedet for at pege på os.

Nå, men det er da også mange sæsoner siden nu, og egentlig burde antipatien udelukkende ligge hos Bruce og Gold/Sullivan, men jeg har bare haft svært ved at slippe det. :-) Jeg tror også at Birmingham Citys defensive indstilling under McLeish har været med til at holde liv i det bål.

Hughton gør ellers et godt job i klubben lige nu, og ham har jeg ikke det mindste imod, så måske skulle jeg som sagt bare slippe det nu. :-)

Scott Allen kommer fra WBA på lån.

Og så er der et vildt rygte om at Wolves er ude efter Appleton. Det skal nok falde i god jord hos WBA...

Henderson, Pearce og Lawrence vil sidde på billetkontoret i morgen for at hjælpe til...

En supporter, Harry, har snakket med AA, der taler ud om CSI, Chainrai og Lampitt:

"Ok here we go : for the record I stopped reading blogs and twitter and Facebook accounts two years ago - so I don´t know what is written but this is my account and you can post it anywhere !

I and UHY were brought into help pfc in feb 2010 ... The club was in a desperate shape and in financial shamble with debts exceeding 100 million and cash burning at about 3.5 million a month ... Without going into any more detail we got a CVA approved against the wishes of HMRC and left the club owing creditors under the CVA anything between 5 and 16 million - this figure was supposed to be worked on by Baker Tilly the liquidators appointed by HMRC - but two years later nothing has been agreed. The only other creditor left was Portpin in the sum of 17 million secured on the assets of the club.

If you remember we tried to sell the club to various parties during the close season and the summer of 2010 but ignoring the tyre kickers no one came forward. As the last resort Portpin purchased the club in September 2010 in order to secure its position . After the sale we had very little to do with the Club and intact I remember that the last time I visited the Club was in January 2011 after which we vacated as Administrators .

Several months later Portpin with the help of Seymour Pearce found CSI as a potential purchaser. PKF were CSIs auditors and advisors. UHY had nothing to do with this transaction.

PKF undertook the due dilligence and confirmed Portpins security! And eventually helped Antonov and CSI to buy the Club in June 2011.

Portpin were not paid any money - but received a bank guarantee from Snoras Bank to be repaid 17 million in two years time .. In the meantime portpin was to receive quarterly interest payments at 8% per annum: Portpin were paid one quarters interest payment before the fateful november 2011.

Between June and November 2011 CSI injected about 11 million into the Club with the full knowledge of PFK ... This money was not used by the board to repay creditors under the CvA but used and invested in the playing squad, increasing its financial commitments, exacerbating it´s financial demise.

In November after the unprecedented demise if Snoras Bank, UHY were called in to advise on CSI and the financial commitment under the bank guarantees to Portpin loan of 17 million. We decided that in order to protect CSi from the claims from the governments of Lithuania and Latvia that it should go into Administration. PFC was a subsidiary along with 7 other businesses.

When we looked at PFC we discovered that nothing had been learned from the previous years and that the Club needed continued investment to keep it alive; approximately 5 million to fund it until June 2012 and another 7 million the following year . CSI had no money so we tried to find a buyer : we had numerous parties come forward : we even tried to sell other CSI assets to create working capital to preserve the Club . By December the club had all but run dry of money to au wages so we convinced Portpin to inject a further 250 k to pay the payroll - but on the basis that the board sold players in the January window to provide the necessary cash to keep the Club alive : portpin pledged to inject a £1 for every £1 generated in that window... We tried every angle to generate interest in our players to keep the Club alive : the board and I. In particular Mr Lampitt did nothing . In the end on the last day of the window we had an offer for two of our players for just under 1 million ::: lampitt switched his phone off during the day and when I actually got through to him to arrange for the players to go and agree terms and have medicals he refused permission for the players agents to talk to the club / he effectively killed the deals knowing it was the last chance of the club to avoid Administration. For the record in our position as de facto shareholders he was put on notice that he was being dismissed for gross negligence .

We therefore had no choice but to apply for administration. You will note that we did the financial modelling for the Club in Administration and we worked out that we possibly needed 500k to make sure the club had enough money to complete the season - so we asked portpin to give us a facility of 500k in case we needed it - it wasn´t a bribe just a banking arrangment!

As far as the security of Portpin we have never advised on it ; it was PKF funnily enough that looked at it several months ago. We didn´t rely on it that´s why we asked the Board to appoint us and not Portpin..

One final point - my personal opinion - Mr Lampitt - something very wrong here. He had worked tirelessly the last few months maligning me and my firm with the various supporters groups, the local council and even the local MP. His efforts proved fruitful because in the end it contributed in my firm being removed and HMRC nominated firm PKF being appointed. It is my opinion that Mr Lampitt was a major reason why the Club is now in Administration and that he was working to another agenda. I don´t want to subscribe to any conspiracy theories but I think he wants the Club liquidated so that it has a fresh start - even at non league status - but with the satisfaction that Portpin loses all its money ! And why you may ask ... Fact portpin recruited Lampittt and introduced him to us as a replacement for Mr Storrie - looked the part as he came from the FA.. Fact : Lampitt drew up a contract and demanded a commission payment from Portpin when it ever sold the Club. Fact when portpin sold the club to CSI Lampitt demanded his commission but because no monies were exchanged he became an aggressor to Portpin because they refused to pay him his 5% on 17 million .. Fact when csi fell into administration Lampitt found the opportunity to attack portpin and us in order as retribution. I only found out the financial arrangements of Mr Lampitt in the last 24 hours but it puts everything into perspective ... What a disaster and to add to this Mr Lampitt aided the appointment of HMRC own nominated administrator : PKF wouldn´t you know it!

Spændende at se om Scott Allen kan make an impact - skulle være et stort talent - og Thorne har vist også gjort det okay hos jer.

Ikke overraskende er Appleton utilfreds med tingenes tilstand, bl.a. fordi at han føler at Lampitt aldrig var ærlig omkring klubbens reelle økonomiske problemer.

http://www.portsmouth.co…n_1_3556067

Hjemmekamp mod Leeds om små 40 minutter. Vi mangler en del stamspillere så det ligner en svær opgave. Til gengæld forlyder det at der er tæt på udsolgt, så supporterne ser heldigvis ud til at bakke op om klubben nu hvor det strammer til.

Startpstillingen:

Henderson; Halford, Rocha, Pearce, Ben Haim; Ward, Mullins, Mokoena, Thorne, Allen; Futacs

På bænken:

Ashdown, Norris, Harris, Webster og Benjani.

Efter 30 minutter hedder det 4-1 i "shots on target", så jeg formoder at det er os der har presset på i den første halve time.

Lige nu er det så Leeds der presser på, og gæsterne har også været en tand bedre efter pausen. De har lige fået et mål annulleret. Om den kendelse var korrekt, aner jeg dog ikke. Til gengæld skulle vi have haft tilkendt et straffe for hands før pausen, men den var dommeren ikke med på.

0-0 blev det mod Leeds i går i en kamp som vi egentlig havde chancerne til at vinde, men igen koster det dyrt at vi bare ikke har en reel goalgetter i truppen. Det uafgjorte resultat kostede ekstra dyrt da både Coventry og Forest begge vandt, sidstnævnte endda ved at levere sæsonens bedste præstation og vinde hos Birmingham City. Nå, men der er stadig kampe nok igen til at redde livet i The Championship. Desværre så kan sportslig redning jo vise sig at være forgæves, men de sorger til den tid.