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Pompey boss eyes Rooney deal
           
           


  PORTSMOUTH boss Guy Whittingham has confirmed his interest in Town winger Luke Rooney.

           

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Reading the comments section on the article worryingly mirrors some of the conversations that have been had on here over the last few weeks.

I think we need to all take a look at ourselves, we don't want to be morphing into the Thisis discussion boards, thats sleepwalking to disaster.

Good you on KMac for being prepared to let him leave.  He has rarely shown anything and League 1 seems too much for him. Obviously will need replacing though.

Good example of PDC's scattergun transfer approach.  Saw him play well against us once, thought he was a world beater, fluttered his eyelids at JW who bent over in 5 seconds to get him signed.

Was good in league 2 and had a lot of assists to his name that year (second to Matt Ritchie despite only playing half the season with us). League one seems to much for him though. Let him go i say

And he has the most peculiar running style I think I have ever seen!

Whilst I agree he hasn't shown enough I don't think he was given a fair crack of the whip. Must have spilt pdc's pint or looked at his bird.

Think he needs a move for his own good now.

I am afraid that ever time I have seen him, admittedly thats only 4 times, he has looke dlike a youth team player thrown in at the deep end who has no pace or strength.

It is for the best that he moves on as he is probably on a fairly good wage too for benchwarming.

That game at the CG when he impressed for Gillingham they played 433  against us and he was quality, as playing further up the pitch and with less defensive work to do suited his game. As soon as he got here he just didn’t seem to fit into our system and his best games seemed to be when coming off the bench.

Di Canio obviously didn't rate him, but in KMac's first game, he came on at Coventry and changed the game - he was brilliant. Never earned another meaningful chance though. He must be really bad in training, as even Mark Francis saw more game time as an inexperienced youth!

He looks like Ziggy Sabotka from The Wire

 Obviously we'd like to move him on, but as Whittingham says... “You never know what they might be doing with their players"
 ideally a small fee would be paid, but failing that...off the wage bill altogether. Pompey prob want a season long loan, where we pay a part of the wages...hopefully Power can sort something better than that.

If, Cox and Benson can be similarly accommodated, then probably leaves 2 from Collins, Williams and Foderingham, and the exit door might be closed, unless the Leeds right back gets shifted.

if you read the article, it states that Portsmouth are not allowed to pay transfer fees due to an FL ruling

Yeah I read it...which is why I said Pompey would want a loan, whereas we'd hope another club would come in with a fee or at least pay all his wages. However, if no other interest maybe Pompey is the best Power can do.

If we can get L.Rooney, Cox, Benson & Caddis off the books I can't imagine we would need to shift another 2 more players....Although if it came to it I would sacrifice Williams over the other two.
Wes & Collins despite being high earners are young players you can build a team round.

I've kind of forgotten about Caddis, just assumed he's already gone....although technically he hasn't.  Foderingham, Williams and Collins are the 3 most likely to attract interest from other clubs...if say JMac, Navarro or Roberts could, then that would be ideal, but a long shot.

I expect to shift Caddis and get somewhere around £250,000-£300,000 plus add on's for him so again that should boost the coffers and that along with Flint's transfer fee may be suffient, although it depends how long the fee is to be paid over

May be enough to see if throufgh until January and not force any sales unless it is a good deal for club and player.

I wonder what Power is getting in return for dealing with transfer negotiations, I wonder a cut of the fee or commission for each deal done

I'd like a decent fee for Caddis, but not certain we'll get one. Power will doubtless get a consultancy fee for his troubles.

An interesting point. For all the outcry about Phil Spencer's role at the football club under PdC and his supposed pocketing of fees, very little has been said about Power's involvement. Infact, those who have been slating the old regime seem to have ignored this all together!

Ignored what exactly? Something that Reg has just made up?

I highly doubt Mr Power is working for free.

He's supposed to be joining the board is he not? A board member that just so happens to be dealing with players' contracts just like pretty much every other club on the planet.

Has the rumour mill gone so quiet that people need to attack the board with hypothetical situations now?

Behave.

I think Dr Chang wants you to spank him Flashheart.

I am fully behind the board and look forward to seeing the calibre of signings we bring in - after all, Jed did say that they have 'considerable funds' that are 'similar to the previous board'.

So, I am going to trust him.

Does that make me happy clapper? Maybe, but so what.

Go ahead, make yourself look even more of a tool.....

David Geddis? Anyone have a video?

Power owns the club.

That's why he's doing the deals on players.

No, just mental scaring since first seeing him in the 80s!

He'd broken his leg once or twice and I remember thinking that this must have been why he ran so strangely.....And slowly by the time he joined us!

Geddis' debut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUE7WltgHo

He played most of this game, so probably plenty of him running about in here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgH5Cc5ur0

Not according to the notes from the Trust/Supporters Club meetings, on asking the question who was the owner, the GM said Jed McCrory was the sole owner - or has he changed his name/persona?

I suffered that West Ham game from the away end as they had given the Stratton Bank to the away fans. Packed in like sardines with a bloody diabolically awful view. That was the beginning of the end for me.