Down again but as ever not out!

after the 'short-term' tho blue if another new owner is not found then we know what the outcome will be again but like i say we fight on regardless it is the pompey way even if you almost want to 'give up'.

after i heard about all this carp i had a chat with my gooner flat mate. we both agree that british football is completely and utterly rotten from the top down. the fa are only concerned with england national team (which are full of prima donnas that have no passion anymore) and they are bitchslapped by the premier league who must basically bung the fa into submission so they get all the rules they want. the fa/football leagues FAPP test is just a complete joke - one has to ask if there is much point in a system... i have money and ive never been to jail or currently have a CCJ order against me. does this mean im a FAPP? in their eyes I presume yes! i think the thing that angers/disappoints me most is that we were teetering on the edge of existence as a club. we have been in the spotlight for so many reasons. there was so much negativity towards the club when the CVA was agreed and the judge (thankfully) judged against HMRC. and if we are completely honest with ourselves I feel sorry for the clubs that we owed money to. if we were a club owed money to, there is an impact to available finance. Coming back to my point of rotten football. Here's the thing. Hardly ANY club in british football makes a GENUINE PROFIT each year. All these clubs are basically on borrowed money to the hilt and then monies transferred between the owners other companies keeps the clubs afloat. To me this means that no-one is a FAPP! Let's say you win the euromillions jackpot (£100m)... would you buy pompey? How much could you buy pompey for now? Technically £1 - although if chanrai takes his second charge then possibly £10m? I'm guessing but stick with me! How much money would it take to make pompey a sustainable entity and profit generating club? We desperately need a training facility/academy/redevloped ground. You could spend £60m on most of that and then you still have ongoing costs. I just dont think british football is sustainable in the slightest. It's become a marketing platform for the high and mighty and super-rich to gain celebrity status. I feel sick to the stomach with all this - I thought we had put it behind us. I think this time though I can sense the negativity from fans already. I can put this into a metaphor of a relationship. We started off well (prem/fa cup/europa) then things werent so rosy, then we found out she cheated (admin) we almost broke up (liquidation) but we thought we would give it once last chance (cva/chanrai) we tried to start afresh (csi/sold expensive players/bought cheaps, loanees and freebies) only to find out she's been cheating on us all along (csi admin). so now where? you would say break up for sure. It pains me to say this but let's stop this mess now - stop airing a dirty laundry and start afresh - but let's make this a SUPPORTER RUN CLUB and make it sustainable. I don't care about the prem anymore, feck em and the fa and the football league. let's start at the bottom and enjoy watching FOOTBALL after all I heard it is a sport and not a business! I'd like to think we would be "happy" in the lower divisions with real players who want to play for the club and not for their weekly salaries. I'd also offer appy the job as manager - he could really prove himself in lower divisions and learn a lot. I'll assume those of you who have read this far will probably disagree with my argument entirely but any feedback much appreciated. I dont often write much these days and so apologies for length, I think I've had enough of this carp. Let's not embarrass ourselves anymore. A points deduction is almost immenent relegation. Let's stop the pain and end it! AFC Portsmouth!!

i read it all pessimist and few could disagree with many of your views i would say - i used to live and breath football, i loved it completely but in many ways i cannot stand it, have not 'really' enjoyed following pompey for a few years (nope not because we were no long 'good' but because of all the rubbish surrounding us) but do it almost out of habit, abit like a zombie or something i am just drawn to it...
i struggle to see how we can continue as a going concern really, we are losing money and still owe money, what - apart from the fans - do we have to offer a buyer, that does not want to use us for money laundering or any other crook? not alot really so i think more and more would agree with you that 'starting afresh' is the only way to rid us of this but we fight until its certain there is no future.

who were the ones that classed antonov as 'fit and proper' russ?
yep, the football league...

Question is, how long before AFC Wimbledon go the same way as the old crazy gang?