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  1. Onside

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    What kind of help do you need? I could give you some time?
     
    #96 Onside, Feb 27, 2019
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  2. Steve1970

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    As long as @Fordy117@Fordy117 is at the club I won't step a foot inside the stadium..... :eek:
     
    #101 Steve1970, Feb 27, 2019
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  3. jpaul81

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    Fordy? Is that you? It can't be. Surely not?
     
    #103 jpaul81, Feb 27, 2019
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  4. Dennis

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    Despite the nonsense posted by Fordy, have you forgotten what ML and JR said prior to selling to R&R? They had already said that they (ML & JR) weren't in a position to take our club forward. For that they should be applauded for their honesty. They also said that they would only sell the club to somebody who could take the club forward. And now look at the mess that selling to Rahic and Rupp has produced!

    The EFL's 'fit and proper person' test (properly called the 'owners and directors test') has got nothing whatsoever to do with whether the prospective owners were competent to own and manage a football club. It is solely concerned with confirming that the prospective owners had any legal convictions preventing them from owning the club. If ML and JR had really wanted to sell only to new owners who could take the club forward, it was a matter for them to put in place adequate safeguards to guarantee that. The previous owners of Pompey managed to do that when they sold out at a similar time so why didn't JR & ML?

    When ML&JR sold out to R&R, I suspect it was more to do with the feel of Rupp's millions in their own pockets than it was about safeguarding the future of our club.
     
    #109 Dennis, Feb 27, 2019
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  5. wetherbywhaler

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    With respect Dennis your last paragraph is wrong. Yes JR and ML got paid out but I was in the Boardroom when ER and SR were discussed and it was a decision based on your first paragraph, 'someone to take the club forward'. That was to be achieved with money, money which was then frittered away by someone who didn't know football, didn't know business, didn't know man management and an accountant who by all comments to me, didn't know accounts. I don't know what you would call such a person.
     
    #110 wetherbywhaler, Feb 27, 2019
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  6. wetherbywhaler

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    Ahar, can I refer you to an article written by Jason McKeown in WOTP several months ago regarding the career history of the person concerned. The information for the article came from research carried out by me and taken on by another contributor to this site, who filled in some blanks. I assume the article is still available and it makes spectacular reading.
    As far as my research is concerned I can say most of what I found was as a result of favours done for me through the London and German Stock Exchanges, largely as a nod to my own reputation from my working life which gave me a warm feeling at the time I got my answers. Those sources of themselves give all the credibility needed.
     
    #112 wetherbywhaler, Feb 27, 2019
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  7. TallinnBantam

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    As proved by Walsall on Saturday.
    Simple fact is, our team is so bad across the board, that DH gave up hope.
     
    #122 TallinnBantam, Feb 27, 2019
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  8. Bronco

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    ***WINNER***

    Thank goodness Stefan listened............................
     
    #128 Bronco, Feb 27, 2019
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  9. marshy77

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    Listen to this lads.
    We had this great footballer, Payne, so we bypassed him and booted it over his head.
     
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    #145 marshy77, Mar 7, 2019
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  10. Rogered Tart

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    What does it matter to Rhodes? He won’t be here in the summer anyway. Probably just clearing the books for admin.
     
    #3 Rogered Tart, Feb 25, 2019
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  11. Rogered Tart

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    Coming from you that means so much. No, really.....
     
    #6 Rogered Tart, Feb 25, 2019
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  12. Petrov

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    I hope you are right and there is some kind of thought behind this rather than it just being Hopkin's decision alone. The very last thing we need now is a panic appointment.
     
    #9 Petrov, Feb 25, 2019
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  13. Fordy117

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    Ha ha ha too funny
     
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    #18 Fordy117, Feb 25, 2019
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  14. NorthernMonkey

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    Rhodes cares the most because his dad was once rich enough to buy the club?

    And you're saying HE was talking bollocks?
     
    #20 NorthernMonkey, Feb 25, 2019
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  15. pns1945

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    Priority is to whip the players into performing to stay up. Whatever we need to address this ,whether short term or otherwise, for me..so be it.
     
    #21 pns1945, Feb 25, 2019
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    I actually don't disagree with this. Every one in a hundred posts, Fordy comes up trumps ;)
     
    #23 banbrotam, Feb 25, 2019
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  17. NorthernMonkey

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    I do agree he has an affinity, I never said he didn't but that wasn't your statement was it?

    You suggested he cared MORE simply because he's lucky enough to have had enough cash to invest.

    Thats the part that is bollocks.
     
    #27 NorthernMonkey, Feb 25, 2019
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  18. king karl

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    How would that be saving Hopkins face if a deal was done
     
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    #28 king karl, Feb 25, 2019
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  19. Ricky

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    Because the fans hate him and the crowds will drop further
     
    #31 Ricky, Feb 25, 2019
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  20. Briggus

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    Was he not the person who sold this club to Laurel and Hardy who have put us in this position?
     
    #35 Briggus, Feb 25, 2019
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