Pay Up Pompey,Pompey Pay Up!

[Power to people]

This will be an interesting first test for the FL - Pompey have agreed to sign a stoke player on loan but are awaiting FL clearance

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8828912.stm

[pauld]

This will be an interesting first test for the FL - Pompey have agreed to sign a stoke player on loan but are awaiting FL clearance

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8828912.stm

I'd imagine they'd have got at least a nod and a wink from the FL before doing the deal, so looks like it's one law for Portsmouth, another for Bournemouth

[reeves4england]

I'd imagine they'd have got at least a nod and a wink from the FL before doing the deal, so looks like it's one law for Portsmouth, another for Bournemouth

Were Bournemouth not allowed to sign loan players either? If, as you say, Portsmouth are treated differently, it will not reflect well at all on the FL.

[pauld]

Were Bournemouth not allowed to sign loan players either? If, as you say, Portsmouth are treated differently, it will not reflect well at all on the FL.

They weren't even allowed to sign an unregistered player who offered to play for free (Eddie Howe's brother).

[thedarkprince]

There was something mentioned yesterday that if the first team squad has less than 20 players then they can register players regardless of the embargo. 

Not sure if it was bollocks.

[thedarkprince]

Andronikou noted the club would be able to sign players until their squad numbered at least 20 players.

Portsmouth currently have 18 players listed in their first-team squad.

Andronikou said it so must, of course, be true.

[Power to people]

I think their squad has more than 20 players but AA isn't including youngsters and reserves who are eligible to play - AA is now talking about releasing osme of the fringe youngsters that will not play and earn 2-3,000 a week to clear up the wage bill

[suttonred]

They weren't even allowed to sign an unregistered player who offered to play for free (Eddie Howe's brother).

Or some unknown bloke from a non league team in the neighbouring town.......thank christ.

[bigbobjoylove]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6267691,00.html

Found that one fairly amusing.

[Summerof69]

Courts have bought forward the HMRC appeal...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8839169.stm

[pauld]

An administrator who can't even lay people off properly:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Unfair-dismissal-workers-face-a.6433569.jp

which is going to cost Portsmouth another £100k. Is there no beginning to this man's talents?

[ghanimah]

An administrator who can't even lay people off properly:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Unfair-dismissal-workers-face-a.6433569.jp

which is going to cost Portsmouth another £100k. Is there no beginning to this man's talents?

"Many of the claimants told the tribunal they felt the way the process was carried out was disorganised, and they knew nothing about it until they turned up for work that morning."

He really is a nob on stilts

[BrightonRed]

An administrator who can't even lay people off properly:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Unfair-dismissal-workers-face-a.6433569.jp

which is going to cost Portsmouth another £100k. Is there no beginning to this man's talents?

To be fair to Andronikou this is where employment law just isn’t compatible with insolvency law. The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 requires that where an employer proposes to dismiss 20 or more employees it must provide 30 days advance notice of the proposed redundancies to the Redundancy Payments Service (90 days notice for more than 99 employees).

Any group of 20 or more employees who don't receive this consultation period are able to claim for unfair dismissal.

It’s clearly a piece of law aimed at solvent, trading employers but unfortunately subsequent insolvency law (or employment law for that matter) has done nothing to bring it in line with insolvency procedures.

Obviously an Administrator is unable to act before his or her appointment and therefore the burden to provide this period of notice lies with the directors. But it’s hardly prudent to keep an insolvent company running for three months (and consequently losing more money and/or face the prospect of a creditor compulsorily winding it up) whilst consultations take place with employees that will be made redundant regardless of the outcome of this consultation period.

The difficulty with an administrator providing the requisite notice is that he is deemed to have adopted the employees’ contracts if he doesn’t make them redundant within 14 days of his appointment.

A ridiculous situation in my opinion, but one that can’t be avoided.

Of course the above doesn't make the cunt any less of a cunt.

[jayohaitchenn]

Stop being so reasonable!! This thread is about what a cunt Andronikou is.

[BrightonRed]

Stop being so reasonable!! This thread is about what a cunt Andronikou is.

Edited to bring it in line with forum rules.