The thing is that few other clubs have let 30-40 non footballing staff go in order to keep people like Tal Ben-Haim on stupid contracts. Michael 'Humble' Appleton then spent most of his time as Pompey manager complaining about how unfair it was for him to manage under a transfer embargo and even went as far as to say that their 10 point deduction last season shouldn't have been awarded. Having met a good number on the south coast they're mostly the same and don't give a hoot about the businesses, schools, and other local institutions they've screwed over to get success.