Crouch now in talks with Sunderland?

Troubling is the best description. Still think it represents good business (he gets paid £70k / week), but sends out ALL of the wrong signals. Really hope it doesn't happen, but can see some rationalse for this - a rationale I can't see for the Distin rumour.

crouchy showed more committment to us that distin last season tho, so for me i know who i would rather see go...

from a 'business' point of view, and its a worry that business is how we are seeing things - tho i hope not, is it really such a good deal on crouch tho? selling him for around what we paid - all we save is wages, but at least wages, in my thinking, went on someone that gave 100% all of the time. business wise, distin on a free sold for £3m would make more sense, no?

Not bothered about Davis going! Sorry to see Glen go but I don't blame him & wish him well. Distin was brilliant but has lost the plot & needs to move on. Crouch going will leave me very miffed.

Another problem is,when looking at signing new players,when they see who they might have for teammates they will probably say ********* to that I will go elsewhere

What's happening at your place guys? Have you got any players left?

I agree with you matt, I suspect ( cos Spanish press said so so must be true) he's off cos of Hart's tactical decision making but more importantly he can't stand Storrie; which is not entirely fair. Anyway he's not gone yet; what worries me more is the signing of 5 or less players from SAF's mate ( but it was in the news)

Not one to panic or take "news" reports seriously, but starting to think we may be in trouble. It would be expecting an awful lot to stay up next season if a) Crouch is gone b) Hart remains manager and has a limited purse. To "stabilize" any project, you have to rely on a structure's strengths before buttressing its weaknesses. If you have no strengths then the whole thing is apt to collapse. Hope I'm wrong, but the signals about limited initial cash infusion by Al Fahim keep being put out there.

jason i love the idea but cmon this is pompey were talking about here. hes not worth 3 billion hes worth 3 bob. here are some rules ive made up ... rule 1: in the epl dont do business with overseas buyers, especially those only interested in assets (property only) rule 2: if youre going to say that you will listen to the fans, then at least listen to them before committing to a manager that hasnt got the full "backing" from the fans rule 3: dont do business with south african banks, in fact, any african banks, south american banks, american banks, australasian banks, asian banks and any banks east of germany/italy rule 4: taking into consideration rule 3, any banks chosen must be specifically aware that you are in fact the owner of a multi million pound business in the EPL - the best football league in the world - and that its 100% likely that you can conform to paying off debt (even if that means waiting until September to get Sky money) rule 5: taking into consideration rules 1,2,3 and 4 do not sell youre prized assets (players) unless you receive an obscene bid, its written in the contract that they can go to a CL club or you have found someone better who is cheaper to buy and has less wages to command rule 6: taking into consideration rule 5 (which includes 1,2,3 and 4 anyway) if you are going to ignore rule 5 then do NOT sell to ruddy teams in the EPL that you are fighting for positions with rule 7 watch Newcastle FC Season 2008/9: We are not great actually! on DVD and see just how we are copying the geordies ... rule 8 if you ignore the rules above then you WILL zero out your investment! Good day =)

I see the logic behind this. We have Nugent and utaka - both of which have consistently prooven themselves to be top class centre forwards over the past two years since they signed, so in all honesty, crouch isn't that important to us. Oh, and we will also likely have Kanu, who is the real work horse of the team. that kid never stops running does he?

I meant, not playing up front by himself.