Not only that, they posted a ?16.5m loss for 07/08

Their owner has run out of cash, can't find a buyer, and can't afford the new stadium. The sale of Diarra and Defoe will have dug them out of some of the hole this season, but they are still loaded with plenty of Happy Harry's "bargain" signings, all on ludicrous money a week.

Posted By: Iwan Husarmi on May 5th 2009 at 18:47:47

Message Thread

Holy shit. There are people who actually AGREE with what Dennis wrote! (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:11:18
- "I had a chat with Keith Harris recently" (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 5, 18:31:21
  - Orville spoke for him (NCFC) - Chunter, May 5, 18:32:31
  - how's orville? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 5, 18:32:05
- i see you've repeated your comparision of us to Peterborough and MK Dons... (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 18:18:23
  - I know, I know... But beggars can't be choosers (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:20:08
    - yebbut, surely you can come up with better ones? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 18:24:46
      - You're right in both cases, I think (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:28:43
        
        Other examples (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:37:14
        
        i thought Brizzle did have a wealthy benefactor (a local Bristolian at that) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 18:42:45
        
        Sheff Utd have millions from the Tevez thing no? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 5, 18:43:50
        
        Of course! Dunno if they were exactly super-rich before that though (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:44:34
        
        Rich enough to gamble on paying what I would imagine were hefty wages for Beattie (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 5, 18:45:25
        
        Their chairman is worth about 1.7bm (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, May 5, 19:14:40
        
        boom? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 5, 19:33:33
        
        aye, that'd be the sort of wealth i'm thinking about (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 19:33:17
        
        Parachute payments must've had something to do with that though? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:49:40
        
        Not sure. If Sheff U do, they've also developed gradually and not gone crazy (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:43:43
        
        You can hardly say Blackpool waste money on off the field expenditure (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 5, 18:32:45
        
        Oh, indeed! In different ways, Pompey and Blackpool really piss me off (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:38:33
        
        I prefer that to lego stadiums (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 5, 18:42:07
        
        Not sure if I prefer being at Pompey under no roof when it's pissing down though! (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:48:40
        
        well they have a roof now anyway at Pompey (NCFC) - Charles21, May 5, 18:51:03
        
        Really dont like the new style bowl stadiums (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 5, 18:42:49
        
        soulless (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 5, 18:43:27
        
        Portsmouth (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 5, 18:41:11
        
        Fingers crossed. I'll never forgive them for lying down at West Brom in '05 (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 5, 18:42:25
        
        Their about 80 million up the shitter arent they? (n/m) (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 5, 18:42:13
        
        Not only that, they posted a ?16.5m loss for 07/08 (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, May 5, 18:47:47
        
        i wonder how the next big thing is doing (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 18:50:29
        
        surely a stadium is a football-related cost though (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 5, 18:38:28

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