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	<title>Comments on: Three words to sum up Portsmouth</title>
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		<title>By: Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.football-corner.org/2010/01/28/three-words-to-sum-up-portsmouth/comment-page-1/#comment-4903</link>
		<dc:creator>Ad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Overstretched...
Overspent...
Overdue...

No-one was complaining when the spending was taking place and yet now somehow (when the debts need to be repaid) football is unfair. What was really unfair is that two clubs like Cardiff and Pompey contested the 2008 FA cup final but only one fielded a team which they could really afford. This was inevitable. For all the high spending, Pompey retain the same attendances in the same ground with the same poor infrastructure. 

It&#039;s in many ways fitting that they call Al Faraj &quot;Al Mirage&quot; because a mirage is what this success was - just a mirage. Like the Middlesbrough of the mid 90s all that will remain is the memory of a cup final and a large hangover.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Overstretched&#8230;<br />
Overspent&#8230;<br />
Overdue&#8230;</p>
<p>No-one was complaining when the spending was taking place and yet now somehow (when the debts need to be repaid) football is unfair. What was really unfair is that two clubs like Cardiff and Pompey contested the 2008 FA cup final but only one fielded a team which they could really afford. This was inevitable. For all the high spending, Pompey retain the same attendances in the same ground with the same poor infrastructure. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s in many ways fitting that they call Al Faraj &#8220;Al Mirage&#8221; because a mirage is what this success was &#8211; just a mirage. Like the Middlesbrough of the mid 90s all that will remain is the memory of a cup final and a large hangover.</p>
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		<title>By: Plymouth Graham -Pompey fan</title>
		<link>http://www.football-corner.org/2010/01/28/three-words-to-sum-up-portsmouth/comment-page-1/#comment-4893</link>
		<dc:creator>Plymouth Graham -Pompey fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>for our fantastic fans-gutted,
for the Press and how they feel about the club- unwanted,
for me-wrenched, my heart is aching, i dont get up to the Park as much as i would like, but others i know do....I take great heart from AFC Wimbledon, and see this as possible our only way forward.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for our fantastic fans-gutted,<br />
for the Press and how they feel about the club- unwanted,<br />
for me-wrenched, my heart is aching, i dont get up to the Park as much as i would like, but others i know do&#8230;.I take great heart from AFC Wimbledon, and see this as possible our only way forward.</p>
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		<title>By: Doocey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doocey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you think ye&#039;re bad.
Can you imagine how us Toon fans felt during the Mike Ashley tenure of 08/09? :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you think ye&#8217;re bad.<br />
Can you imagine how us Toon fans felt during the Mike Ashley tenure of 08/09? <img src='http://www.football-corner.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://www.football-corner.org/2010/01/28/three-words-to-sum-up-portsmouth/comment-page-1/#comment-4890</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Down and out!</description>
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		<title>By: Squelch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Squelch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the shit.

They&#039;ve ripped the heart out of this football team, and the sooner we go into administration and can start again, the better.</description>
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<p>They&#8217;ve ripped the heart out of this football team, and the sooner we go into administration and can start again, the better.</p>
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		<title>By: Les</title>
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		<dc:creator>Les</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about - UNLOVED,UNWANTED AND UNBELIEVABLE

If it wasn&#039;t so awful it would funny</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about &#8211; UNLOVED,UNWANTED AND UNBELIEVABLE</p>
<p>If it wasn&#8217;t so awful it would funny</p>
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		<title>By: BOHtox</title>
		<link>http://www.football-corner.org/2010/01/28/three-words-to-sum-up-portsmouth/comment-page-1/#comment-4883</link>
		<dc:creator>BOHtox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>shitely run club</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>shitely run club</p>
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		<title>By: peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It does feel embarrassing. It would appear we are skint. But make no mistake you are the one who is pathetic!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It does feel embarrassing. It would appear we are skint. But make no mistake you are the one who is pathetic!</p>
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