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Pompey message boards and official FB page are hilarious at the moment.
“If your going to go, at least go to a bigger club. Wigan? Shite team they will struggle week in week out and terrible fan base. Terrible move for him”
“Why the fcuk go to Wigan, all about the £££”
“Lowe has gone to a small club with low attendances that are likely to be relegated anyway, better to have stayed at Pompey to gain promotion to Championship”
“He’d rather play in a half empty stadium every home game and struggle to win over 12-15 games a season, odd but good luck”
“Wigan – step up in pay but not in club, hopefully you’ll keep them up & save Cookies job.”Basically all Billy Big Rowlocks stuff.
Forgetting they are in League One, and failed to get out last season, having been in League Two only a year or so ago. Which Cookie got them out of.
And moaning that we have the money to throw around – so surely that makes us a bigger club?
That is why I hate them more than most clubs.
They really think they are somebody.Oh – and as for the big fat smelly bloke with the bell ….. :(
So why have Bury been charged with not fulfilling a fixture even before the game kicks off
Source that they have?
Fulfilling or not fulfilling a fixture is a trivial point that will be dealt with in due course.
The issue is the much bigger one of the future viability of the clubs.
Bolton have provided some evidence it would seem. Bury’s owner has not engaged at all with the EFL.
Look, I’m not supporting either, or excusing either, but let’s get the facts right.
The key issue is the viability. Bolton have some plan, whether it will work is a moot point, but they have a plan. Bury don’t.
It’s as simple as that.Not an analogous situations.
Bolton are in a mess but there is a takeover by Football Ventures on the cards, and the PFA have provided a temporary loan to see the club through the period to get that deal sorted. The EFL are satisfied, at present, that will be resolved.
Bury however have no such light at the end of the tunnel, and the owner who is an asset-stripper has not provided any evidence that the situation can be resolved. There is no hope for them and with an owner who won’t engage with the EFL they have no option. PFA will not make an open-ended loan to them.
So it’s rather unfair to compare the two situations.I don’t think that league rules allow the screens to be used in such a way!Correct – should not show anything controversial
We know what Pompey want for Lowe
Do we? Or do we know what Pompey are publicly saying they want in thr hope (a) of appeasing their fans, and (b) hoping that the offer price will increase.
Standard negotiation tactics in any form of business.
The staff looking after our transfers are not bumbling idiots like you seem to think, and if they believed what Pompey are saying is the only amount they’ll accept then they wouldn’t bother (if they are that is – who nows for sure?).The transfer market is clearly showing we cannot compete wages wise with some other clubs or we’d have at least 2 new players here already
Non-sequiturs there, old chap.
We know we can’t compete against SOME others wages wise – nor would we wish to; that’s why Bolton are in the mess they are in. We are soundly financially managed and that includes not throwing money around in the vague hope that will ensure wins on the field. It doesn’t.
The second point you make is not connected with that. Sales hot up all around near the end of the window. Let’s see then who we have brought in. Clubs, players and agents are waiting to see what offers turn up.
Not forgetting that loans are a good way forward for us, and we now have a good rapport I think with Everton and Chelsea.Is it just me or did the negativity start later back in the old days?
Like, when we had actually started playing?The idea that we base any judgements on a friendly is frankly ludicrous. Beyond belief. Beyond ludicrous to be honest.
Friendlies are first of all, what it says on the tin, friendly. There are no wild last minute challenges, no do or die efforts to get the ball, no straining every sinew to get to a cross to nod it in.
They are a training session with the added factor of not knowing what the opposition is going to do, so providing a bit more of a challenge in real time.
They are, as John has said, an opportunity for the team to get to know each other. The defence haven’t worked with Marshall before. I would much rather they learned about each other before we play Cardiff.
They are an opportunity for non-first teamers to get a bit of match time, to work with the first team.
It’s a chance for the manager and the backroom staff to try all sorts of formations, moves, or whatever, in an environmet where, and take note of this, IT DOESN’T MATTER.
“we should be beating teams like this”?
WTF?
They are friendlies. They are pre-season friendlies.
And mean zero, zilch, nada, rien du tout.Damned if we do, and damned if we don’t.
As usual.Ok , hes the best forward in the UK get him signed, happy now happy Clapper??.. ffs honestly. You read it how you want it to sound, weirdo[/quote]
You are beginning to be rather weird yourself now.
You have taken offence at something that was not aimed at you. My comment referred to the post (but not the poster) who said:
“some posters on another thread say he’s shite…”Unless of course you’re the poster concerned.
In words of one syllable for the hard of thinking – the point I was making is that some say he’s great and we should sign him and moan if we don’t; others say he’s rubbish and give huge negativity if we do sign him.
Instead of giving him a chance – which actually is EXACTLY what you said “I havnt seen enough of him to make judgement so if he does sign only time will tell.”