Colos Short and Curlies

I'm not an Ashley supporter and I'm pretty peeved that we're simply refusing to spend money, but this ridiculous myth that Ashley is pocketing the TV money etc. just has to stop. He's not allowed to take money out of the club willy nilly, it's not how it works . Its his business, he owns all shares and can do and take exactly what he likes. His investments are all loans and he's using the cash coming in to fill his own pocket. Sorry but thats all bollocks. Its a limited company, any money that flows from the club to Ashley has to be properly accounted for - I'm pretty sure that he would have had to give written guarantees that he would not be reclaiming any money from his loans/cash injections this year in order to get the accounts signed off (the club would be insolvent if not if memory serves...) If he went back on this and took the cash out he is leaving himsefl open to all sorts of legal action from creditors, companies house and the auditors. He might be using the TV money to ensure that he has to put less in, but this isn't the same as taking the money out

Prices can't won't keep going up indefinitely. With the exception of, perhaps, Man City the majority of clubs don't have cash to piss away. Those that try are increasingly finding themselves very fucked very quickly. Our way of doing business is going to be the norm if it isn't already. Maybe we aren't offering enough money to get some of our targets and it might cause us to miss some of them, but if the alternative is spending money we don't have - particularly on players that may or may not be suited to English football - then I prefer our way over Liverpool's. Absolutely, the likes of Everton, Villa, Liverpool - even ManU and Spurs this summer are cutting their cloth in a different manner. Maybe we are going too extreme, but if (big if time) we stay up this season and next you will see a Newcastle in rude financial shape who no longer pay inflated wages for inflated egos and are seen as a good choice for promising players. Football as we knew it 5 years ago is dead, and thank fuck for that.

Not quite Man City style owners though. They are trying to restructure Cardiff's debts rather than pay them off and there is still a lot of uncertainty about their true intent with the club. As likely to be another Pompey than a mini-City

That was my thought as well, Bellamy on loan to a club like Newcastle or Fulham is surely much better for City than sending him to Cardiff

Acuna was very underrated. Totally agree with that Mick - never understood why he was sold, played out of his skin against the Arsenal midfield in one game I remember. Wasn't it Acuna and Mclen, and they totally dominated Arsenal's midfield that day

Go on then, where did the chicken come from? All dinosaurs and then birds laid/lay eggs afaik, therefore the chicken is either (a) a direct descendent of a creature that is not a bird, or (b) a mutation from a creature that laid eggs and evolved into a chicken. I know what is more likely in my mind and it aint a cow giving birth to a chicken

That's a chipmunk. Spidermunk! Monkfish! http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/characters/images/monkfish.jpg Loved the Spanish one: MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNFFFFFFIIIIIISSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!! Put your knickers on and make me a cup of tea.

It's one of life's great questions. Personally for me the answer depends on whether you are religious or scientific. If you are religious then God made all creatures and therefore the Chicken came first If you are scientific then the Chicken was hatched from a creatured that evolved into a chicken therefore the egg came first. What really gets me though is that no religion (that I'm aware of) disputes Dinosaurs, and we know that Dinosaurs predate man. But Gods first creatures were Adam and Eve, so how does this work?

What came first the chicken or the egg?

Tell you what, if only we hadn't bought Perch. Habib back as a mentor and friend for a year whilst providing cover for both right back and centre back would have been great

Staying up. Blackpool are down before we start, we just have to make sure we get at least 4 points from them WBA will give it a good go but will fall just short Wigan will be bottom 5 all season Gold and Sullivan will make sure that West Ham are in turmoil all season and will struggle Bolton (see Wigan) No one knows how Fulham will be post Woy, but if I had to pt money on them I'd say they will be safe Then you've still got Blackburn and Wolves who will be in a fight all season, with Stoke due a struggle season

Nolan's certainly got more than one dimension

Oh wow, that just reminded me of FS pledge to reveal an earth-shattering signing or sommat... and then our, erm, attempt to get Wayne Rooney. Seems like a distant dream. Can you remember the 'We can sign any defender in the world' comment a week before we signed Andy O'Brien?

Everyone involved is to blame. Storrie had insight to the finances and effectively signed the cheques, but Harry is an experienced manager who would have known that Portsmouth couldn't afford the spending that was going on. Personally I hope that HMRC win the case. Its tough on the fans but football needs a reality check and reminded that its not above the laws of the land and cannot buck basic financial truths. I'm pretty confident that I would feel this way if it was us in their position (but obvioulsy without actually being there I can't say for definite how I would feel then) (would be more fun if it was a Man U or Liverpool though)

What will be interesting if HMRC win is the level of tax that they will chase from the big 4 teams. I'd stick money on the likes of Rooney and Gerrard having massive Image Rights payments going through each year in lieu of salary

So assuming this Arfa lad plays to his potential... Is he the difference between 19th and 17th or could he be the difference between 19th and mid table?

what... you needed to see a picture with his shirt off to realise that? He looked like that playing for Liverpool

So where does this leave the Geordie Vuvuzela?

More end product from Lennon there

Sky SD fine in Wales, Sky HD fucked up in Liverpool. Guessing it was purely a HD issue?? The commentators are wank though. Watching the game I could have swore that after Ingerlund scored 'Team USA' had slightly more possession, numerous corners and a couple of decent chances. Lennon knocks one ball across the middle and its 'England have really taken control of this game since scoring'. There's patriotic commentating and just pure wank commentating

Are the games available legally online anywhere? Stuck at work this afternoon

So what was the point in the deadline for naming the squads if we can call up Dawson later on in the week? And when is the absolute, final, drop dead deadline for changing people then? Should have been tough titties England, your squad is now 22

He'll soon simply be known as 10000992 or something

Capello is simply Sven with an Italian name. Great at qualifying then loses the plot