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| Should Portsmouth be given lifeline? | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 12 2010, 06:41 PM (1,866 Views) | |
| Jimmymac™ | Feb 12 2010, 06:41 PM Post #1 |
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Ignoring the potential ramifications of portsmouth going into liquidation, should thye be given a lifeline by the FA/premier league. Ther is talk of them being given potential parachute payments early or some kind of bail out. Obviously this sounds on paper like a good idea as it would obviously be a shame to see a club go. However I can see a fair few clubs that were never given support feeling more than a little aggrieved by this. The likes of Southampon, crystal palace and others could have been given help for a hell of a lot less money but they were basically told, tough, you got into this situation. So shoulkd portsmouth get special treatment because they are a premier league club? Is this a bit of an insult to those that have gone into administration? |
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| ECO | Feb 12 2010, 06:42 PM Post #2 |
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id like to see them get a life line at least until the end of the season |
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| Dotty | Feb 12 2010, 06:42 PM Post #3 |
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They got themselves into that mess, so no. |
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| stacie | Feb 12 2010, 06:59 PM Post #4 |
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I don't know enough facts about other clubs in all honesty. It depends on who is in charge now and who was in charge when the bulk of the trouble came about. Pompey may have to take on severe point deductions if they go into administration but everything possible should be done before a club just disappears and stops being a club. |
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| ECO | Feb 12 2010, 07:00 PM Post #5 |
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im all over the point deduction jus keep the actual club tho |
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| northbank | Feb 12 2010, 07:13 PM Post #6 |
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i think the premier league will have to give them a lifeline because if portsmouth go under it'll be down to them and suddenly all this marketng malarky about prem lg best in the world b*llocks won't hold much water if teams are going down the pan. they need to save portsmouth for their product that is the premier league |
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| Jimmymac™ | Feb 12 2010, 07:17 PM Post #7 |
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but is it still not a bit unfair on those clubs that have gone into administration and recieved no such help at all. Looking at what it could take, the money we are talking about passing on to portsmouth to help them could potentially have saved multiple clubs at once from going into administration. Southampton are teetering on falling out of the leagues altogether and its not that long ago since they were a premier league club. Crystal Palace are struggling to make ends meet and Cardiff too have just been granted a stay of execution by HMRC. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see Portsmouth go into administration but they are not the first club to do so, why should they be so special as to deserve this kind of support? |
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| Dotty | Feb 12 2010, 07:22 PM Post #8 |
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Portsmouth are looking to be the worst run club out of all of them. Should a club run so poorly be rewarded with free money? imo, no. What's even worse is that Portsmouth have kept one of the people responsible for all this, imo, at the club even though they've had 4 owners this season.
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| Inglorious BarcaTed | Feb 12 2010, 07:31 PM Post #9 |
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Personally I think they should be given the £12million, but only because it would be so unfair on those clubs who have earned points against them, having them wiped out. If this problem didnt exist I'd let them go to the wall and be done with it. However, there is a bigger issue here, that is the integrity of the Prem and it would be so unfair for a club not to get top 4, or top 6, or win the league, or get relegated simply because they lost the 3 points they earned by beating portsmouth while another club may have lost to them and in affect be rewarded for it. At the same time, this could set a dangerous precedent and "get out" for other clubs in the future. Therefore as a deterent, after the bail out, at the end of the season Portsmouth should be relegated straight to League 2. By making the punishment so severe (3 divisions below) other clubs will think carefully about the harsh consequences. |
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| stacie | Feb 12 2010, 07:31 PM Post #10 |
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Isn't it money that's guaranteed to them anyway? |
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| KingCole | Feb 12 2010, 07:32 PM Post #11 |
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Why should they be given a bail out? If it was any other went into the state portsmouth would they would be wound up, the question should be why are football clubs seemingly treated differently from other companys in similar situations |
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| Dotty | Feb 12 2010, 07:34 PM Post #12 |
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I think that happened in Scotland 
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| Jimmymac™ | Feb 12 2010, 07:36 PM Post #13 |
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technically yes, they are talking about it being the parachute payment that they would recieve if relegated, but they aint relegated yet. i'm sure some of the other clubs that have seen themselves go into adminisration could have potentially saved themselves if someone gave them a little support and 3-4 extra months to recover. Then you have the likes of Scarborough United, only 2.5 million of debt but were liquidated and went out of business, same with Telford united. Both clubs could very well have survived if they had just recieved a little help So points ramifications aside, ignoring that them dissapearing it could effect other things, is it really fair for them to basically be bailed out of a situation they got themselves in? |
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| Inglorious BarcaTed | Feb 12 2010, 07:43 PM Post #14 |
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Is that right, fair play to them. I think if you relegate Pompey to the Championship then they're getting away with it lightly. After all where's the punishment for receiving the parachute payment now? No, they have to be relegated righ to the bottom. |
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| stacie | Feb 12 2010, 07:44 PM Post #15 |
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Has there been this kind of money or potential payment available to other clubs? |
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