What a Portsmouth fan thinks of Coventry (3 Viewers)

[Sumo the Micky Quinn]

An earlier post pointed me to this aticle 'Appleton calls for Football League ‘common sense’'

I read the comments posted at the bottom and came acoross this one.

from Sheffield Blue
posted on: Monday, February 20, 2012 at 06:48 PM

Theres a fair few loanees in the coventry squad... furthmore there squad is bigger and there is nothing stopping them using the loan window. i woukd like to add if ma the former youth coach says they aint ready....chances are they aint ready

for more: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/p...sense_1_3540793?commentssort=1&commentspage=4

 

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[Otis]

A fair few loanees? 3?

A bigger squad? :thinking about::thinking about:

 

[Stevec189]

Squad is bigger because of all youth team players in it. As to being ready I could argue that our league position is a reflection of the fact that this is true! However Portsmouth have been cheating and should have been paying players they can afford not spending other peoples money particulalrly our tax money!
PUSB!

 

[NuneatonSkyBlue]

I think pompey are the most out of touch club in the country, from the board to the fans. Some of the comments from them recently have been mind boggling.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

The fans of Pompey are just confused about everything

 

[Tonylinc]

The fans of Pompey are just confused about everything

Including their spelling!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

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I know it would probably be a waste of time, but we have 7 days to appeal the points penalty. Based on the fact that the FL themselves say Antonov lied on his Fit and Proper Person submission, and the club was misled in the same way. Also the fans have been led to believe that the FL passed our business plan in advance and have closely supervised all transfer dealings, they are at least culpable in the situation themselves. We are being punished for things largely beyond the clubs control, ie loss of owner who it seems was never F&P and contracts to players signed under the old regime which we are just stuck with, waiting for the calendar to run down. As so many have written here and elsewhere, who is being punished? A young manager in his first job who has not bought a single player for a fee and fans whose only offence has been to buy a season ticket. Even the FL must recognise natural justice surely?'

 

[Sumo the Micky Quinn]

mark82

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:41 AM
As a Coventry fan just want to set the record straight on our position. Since the end of last year we have lost our 6 best and highest paid players and not replaced them. We have 2 loans currently, Oliver Norwood & Alex Nimely. For these 2 plus Hreidersson we had to move on 3 players to make way. We currently have 6 academy players who are not really ready for first team in our squad. We cannot afford to loan players. You are very lucky to get players on loan without paying wages, most available for nothing are rubbish. You may be lucky and find a free loan but it won't be be ause of your manager or your club, it will be so their player can get match fitness. Our chief scout is our manager as we could not afford a qualified manager. If you are to continue to exist as a club, this is what you have coming. Your club will not be alone in this as many clubs will have to scale back. You may have to play youth players. If we didn't play our youth players with the injuries we currently have we would have a squad of 6. I would have a guess that your wage bill is probably 10 times higher than ours is currently.

Well said Marc82.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Funny how Pompey fans refuse to acknowledge Southampton as a big club 'within 50 miles of Portsmouth'.

 

[Sumo the Micky Quinn]

Today’s story in Portsmouth -

Trevor Birch has described talks with the Football League as ‘nottotally encouraging’ as he seeks permission to bring more players to Pompey.
The Blues’ administrator approached League chiefs yesterday in anattempt to bolster Michael Appleton’s paper-thin squad.
Pompey currently have just 14 fit first-team players with one of those –Dave Kitson – suspended for this weekend’s visit of Leeds.

IMO - I wish they had gone bust, maybe it will give a few more clubs thekick up the backside they need to realise the World is still struggling financially.I was talking to a Yeovil fan on holiday here in Fuerteventura, whilst watchingthe Forest game. I was quite surprised at how bad his club is, similar to ourswith no money, putting injured players on the bench just to cover numbers etc.

 

[mark82]

Funny how Pompey fans refuse to acknowledge Southampton as a big club 'within 50 miles of Portsmouth'.

Bigger club

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Bigger club

What I read suggested any clubs of note-so Brighton and Reading, but not Saints.