Pompey fan in peace

[powered_by_pies]

I'd rather he'd have built us a circa 30k re-developed Fratton Park and a training ground to call our own, than go and sign the players he did to win the cup.

I'm quite familiar with Portsmouth and the area, P_B_P, and although Fratton Park is locked in on two sides by houses, it's always looked to me (though it has been five or six years since i was last down that way) that there's an absolute shitload of land just by FP on which you could build a new ground. What's gone on with that?

Ground behind the Fratton End belongs to Gaydamack - he split it from the club when he sold it to Sulaiman Al Fahim and it's belonged to him ever since. He won't sell it to Chainrai due to the business battle between him and Sasha's dad.

Tesco have long been rumoured to have an offer on the table where they part-fund the re-development of a 32k Fratton Park in exchange for a segment of the land to build a store on. I think the offer's still there, it's just obviously we need to get someone in long-term.

The plans from a few years ago still exist - 90 degree pitch-turn, build a new Fratton End behind the North Stand, elongate the current Fratton End, build a whole new side-stand where the Milton (away) End is, and turn the South Stand into the away end. I'd be more than happy with that if it gave us circa 30k and the ability for the club to price a load of fans back in.

[H. Pedersen]

PBP, purely out of curiosity, if we could get Ben Haim on a reasonable contract, could he do a job for us in the Championship next season?

[powered_by_pies]

Easily. There have been rare occasions where he's put in a monumental shift for us and has showed flashes of what he was best at doing. It's just that his time with us has been blighted by contractual disputes and the fact that he's on 36k a week.

Something tells me he'd take a fair amount less just to make sure he gets paid regularly and can get first-team football at another club. I could see he rapidly lost interest during the final couple of weeks.

Problem is you've also got to deal with Pini Zahavi, who of course is known for being a bit of a chunt of an agent.

By the way, is Shaun Davis still at Bolton? Last I heard was you signed him from us, then he spent almost a whole season and a chunk of another out with some massive knee injury.

[Lord Kangana]

He'll be leaving shortly.

He's basically been injured since we signed him.

[powered_by_pies]

Shame, he was relatively decent for us.

Wasn't it an ACL he bust? Herman Hreidarson bust his ACL in the Tottenham game of our last season in the prem (League game, not the cup game) and has never been the same since.

[H. Pedersen]

Whoever did Sean Davis' medical should be sued into oblivion.

[powered_by_pies]

I'll never forget him, Glenn Little and Richard Hughes absolutely taking the piss out of Kaka and Gatusso when we played Milan.

One of the wierdest - and best, despite the last-gasp equaliser from Inzaghi - nights of my life.

[RedStarBelgrade]

Cheers mate,I have a friend here in Serbia who is a Portsmouth fan. Not so popular club over here,but he likes them (not me,I'm more for Southampton,no offence )

Hope you'll bounce back very soon. Is Dejan Stefanovic still close to your club? He's a former RSB player.

[Hoboh]

I'd rather he'd have built us a circa 30k re-developed Fratton Park and a training ground to call our own, than go and sign the players he did to win the cup.

I'm quite familiar with Portsmouth and the area, P_B_P, and although Fratton Park is locked in on two sides by houses, it's always looked to me (though it has been five or six years since i was last down that way) that there's an absolute shitload of land just by FP on which you could build a new ground. What's gone on with that?

Ground behind the Fratton End belongs to Gaydamack - he split it from the club when he sold it to Sulaiman Al Fahim and it's belonged to him ever since. He won't sell it to Chainrai due to the business battle between him and Sasha's dad.

Tesco have long been rumoured to have an offer on the table where they part-fund the re-development of a 32k Fratton Park in exchange for a segment of the land to build a store on. I think the offer's still there, it's just obviously we need to get someone in long-term.

The plans from a few years ago still exist - 90 degree pitch-turn, build a new Fratton End behind the North Stand, elongate the current Fratton End, build a whole new side-stand where the Milton (away) End is, and turn the South Stand into the away end. I'd be more than happy with that if it gave us circa 30k and the ability for the club to price a load of fans back in.

Tesco in Horwich may be extending shortly!

[powered_by_pies]

Cheers mate,I have a friend here in Serbia who is a Portsmouth fan. Not so popular club over here,but he likes them (not me,I'm more for Southampton,no offence )

Hope you'll bounce back very soon. Is Dejan Stefanovic still close to your club? He's a former RSB player.

Each to their own.

Although It irks me that the scummers have learnt nothing from their time spent on death's doorstep. They managed to find a new owner and went straight into thinking they were Billy big-bollox again. Anyway. Such is life.....

As for Dejan, he lives down the road from me! Thoroughly nice bloke. Currently plays for non-leage side Havant and Waterlooville and is also taking his coaching badges with the aim of becoming a first-team coach with us if we're still around. Says he also wants to manage us one day.

Talking of RSB, I've just noticed the head coach is the absolute Fratton hero Robert Prosinecki! Aside from Lassana Diarra, Prosi is the greatest player I've ever seen in a Pompey shirt. He was another class entirely. I'd kill to have someone like him in our side for next season!

[powered_by_pies]

Tesco in Horwich may be extending shortly!

It was bad enough when Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes, could you imagine the bitch of a journey to get from Portsmouth to Horwich every other week for a home match!?

And I swear bloody Tesco stores are breeding, they just built a new big one down the road from me in Fareham, less than five minutes away from a mammoth 'Extra' store at Port Solent!