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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Portsmouth only had 13 players at one stage pre season, they needed to bring some in just to make up the numbers, the likes of Danny Webber will struggle if released.
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It's sad for people like him then but in the end if there really is no team to pick him up then he won't be long at Portsmouth either.
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One then possibly and at the time they were signed it wasn't poor management, which really gets to the crux of all their problems, I think the fans are entitled to ask what's happened to all the cash, I mean 25 million for Diarra, 17 for Johnson, 15 for Muntari, Defoe, Crouch, Distan and Krankjar went for millions, all the tv cash and they are still 60 million in debt, something doesn't add up even taking high wages into account, I know Gaydemak invested a lot but how much did he take with him when he left?
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They are indeed entitled and they should be questioning the role Peter Storrie has played in these events. He seems to have been there constantly and had a part in this financial collapse. One possibility is they simply lacked the resources to pay for the amount of players such as Defoe, Crouch and the aforementioned Utaka they bought. Fratton Park only holds 20,000 people for example yet they were purchasing players well outside what should have been their target for a club that size.
You right though, they got massive fees from some of their transfers. Heaven knows where it all went.
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They might expect it but it's been 3 times now that they haven't been....
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Each time they were eventually. The longest being last month when they waited over a week. Rumour is that this month they will simply not be able to do it at all. Be interesting to see what happens then.
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Originally Posted by sherer
A generation of people is growing up listening to ex pros saying this and that are fouls and penalties when they know full well the players are cheating, exaggerating contact, or just falling over a defender.
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Van Persie made a point that players often 'dive' in the area because they have been unfairly obstructed by a defender. A defender will commit a light foul which slows the attacker thus stopping a break and denying a chance at goal. Either light shirt-pulling/arm pulling-catching the back of the attackers foot and so on. It's easy for a player to stay on his feet but it's less likely the penalty will be awarded so they go down to make it obvious they were fouled.