Sheikh Fahim was admitted in a hospital yesterday. Am­ from Dubai so just read in it on a website here.

I wish pompey the best of luck! as a Cardiff city fan­ we also have a dodgy owner (Peter Ridsdale) who's­ track record speaks for it self! This Sulaiman Al­ Fahim guy sounds like he liked the idea-glamour of ­ owning a premiership club...but now reality had kicked­ in financially! just hope you guys get this dreamer­ out asap.

Comment 61, what you fail to realise is that Redknapp­ might get his players on the cheap but the wages­ associated to it are far from that. The likes of­ Campbell, Johnson, Distin, Crouch and Defoe probably­ make up a vast majority of the debts we now owe.

I­ truly do not care about Spurs (or Saints for that­ matter even being a Pompey fan) but I am forced to­ compare Harry to Attila the Hun in the fact that­ weherever he passes, the grass does nt grow back (or­ something to that effect).

That said, I do not care if­ Pompey are in the Premier League or not (yeah, yeah, I­ know, easy to say now) but the fact is that I have­ actually never seen them in the Prem (I live abroad­ since the promotion season). No matter who we play, it­ will not change the fact that it is Pompey that will­ make up half the players on the pitch, whether we play­ Arsenal, Man Utd, Cardiff, Swansea, Bury or Accrington­ Stanley, this is something that will never change. Yes,­ it is great to have success and to be recognised but,­ at the end of the day, what really matters is who you­ support through thick and thin. I have not chosen­ Pompey, Pompey chose me, I was born there, I am­ attached to the city, to its spirit and the people that­ make up that spirit. If you fail to understand that,­ you have no grasp to what it means to be a fan, it is­ not about the winning, not about the glory, not about­ the trophies, it is about getting behind 11 players (+­ subs) who not only try to push a leather round ball­ into the opposition's net but also defend the pride­ of the city you love. Not doing a great job so far I­ concede but, as long as they play with pride and­ determination and they do not let us down, I am behind­ the players and the club alike.

Sorry about the long­ post but, in these days and age, it seems that this is­ a feeling that many of us seem to have forgotten. As­ much as I loathe to agree with Roy Keane, he was kind­ of right in his prawn sandwiches assessment (as­ mentionned by an earlier post).

rickythebricky17, I'd like to know just how far you­ are going back, Because since like the mid 80's­ you've not topped 20000 and the average for top­ flight football has been vastly over that. As for­ Saints, they had bigger crowds in their dome than you.­ Of coourse i can't compare when they were in the­ 3/4th league as its been 50 years since. And like i­ said, this year in league 1 their attendances are­ actuallt higher than yours. Maybe you need a rethink!!

If pompey trust this Arab they deserve to be in the­ clarts. When a millionaire or billionaire buys a­ buisness its my experience the banks involved are­ rubbing there hands with glee, Portsmouth,s bank does­ not seem to trust This Arab neither. I would get out of­ that deal as soon as poss or the clarts will cover­ Pompey

Is there not a pattern to all this? REDKNAPP,­ SOUTHAMPTON, OVERSPENDING, UNDERACHIEVING,­ ADMINISTRATION, REDKNAPP, PORTSMOUTH, OVERSPENDING,­ UNDERACHIEVING, ADMINISTRATION?, REDKNAPP, TOTTENHAM,­ OVERSPENDING well look whats coming next... The one­ constant is that Harry the spiv gets richer while he­ spends money that these clubs obviously can't­ afford. The clubs he manages of course rise up the­ league but then shortly after go hurtling downwards­ with no money left. LOOK OUT TOTTENHAM!!

the iffy a rab who says he will put up the money is­ nothing more than shyster,as in darkie devil who will­ take portsmouth to extinction

ILL THROW PENNIES AT THE NEXT PORTSMOUTH FAN I­ SEE!!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

61 so which 1 bothered you?!!

d.papas i think you need to read what i wrote & not­ what you think i wrote , are you a journalist perhaps ?­ i was talking back when not last year or last week,­ have another read

Rhobemsworth, see you got a lot of thumbs up for your­ idiotic statement to do away with transfer fees. You­ see, transfer fees after a contract has expired, was­ made illegal by the Bosman ruling. Yes,in the old days,­ when a player's contract expired, and he no longer­ had a contract, the club that used to hold his contract­ could still sell the player. Now players can only be­ sold if the are still under contract. So what you are­ saying is stop transfer fees. In fact there is no such­ thing as a transfer fee, it is a payment for allowing a­ player to end their contract with a club. Without that,­ a player at any time could just tell any club, bye bye,­ I'm leaving tomorrow. How would you feel about that­ if the whole of the first team of the club you support­ said they were leaving the next day? And going to you­ biggest rival. You see, you need to think before you­ make stupid statements. Typical ignorant football fan

I do not support Pompey but the away support they have­ is brilliant. I sincerely hope this guy is legit - the­ fans (often forgotten as neccessary evils) deserve much­ much much better.
As I said, I don't support­ Portsouth but PLAY UP POMPEY,PLAY UP

just grab that guy by the ankles and give him a shake, ­ see if anything falls out, hehe

As a west brom fan I wish you all the best. But­ ding-dang-doo at least youve got mary as a fan

When Harry is there, Portsmouth do well, when he leaves­ they do badly. Check the facts

The problem at portsmouth is not the money that Harry­ Redknapp spent, but the fact that he left. He leaves­ you go to cr.p. He comes back you win the FA cup. He­ leaves you go to cr.ap again. The facts can't be­ changed

Of course, nobody can really blame a manager for over­ spending, but I remember all the articles in the local­ Portsmouth newspaper where Redknapp would be­ complaining that he didn't have good players in­ certain positions, the squad wasn't big enough­ & not enough balance. He was constantly putting­ pressure on Gaydamak to finance better players. He­ bemoaned the lack of finance before leaving Pompey but­ as soon as he got to Spurs he complained about their­ team and kept saying how he'd had a far better­ squad at Portsmouth. By January he had Levy spending a­ fortune even though Spurs already had a squad full of­ talent.

With the wages that we had at Pompey during­ the Redknapp years we should have been in the top 6 not­ finishing 8th or 9th. Storries and Gaydamak bought­ players from the big four clubs and allowed then to­ negotiate higher wages than they had been earning­ previously. It was great that we won the FA cup but we­ played poorly in every match and generally were a­ defensive side. O'Hara and Boateng have shown more­ attacking intent from midfield in 3 games than players­ like Diarra, Muntari and Kranjcar did in the entirety­ of the Redknapp era.

Excellent point, Martin!

do away with transfer fees, put all players on wage­ caps, and then lets see how many continue playing for­ the love of the game. greed is ruining the game­ completely.

So now some footballers are not going to be paid their­ ten thousand a week cos their company has gone bust.­ Welcome to the real world where the people who support­ them have lost their jobs but never got paid the ten­ thousand a week in the first place.