'Arry gets preferential treatment shock...

[WhiteJC]

Portsmouth have accused the Football Association of giving Tottenham preferential treatment on transfer deadline day. Spurs' £8m signing of Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid was only ratified a day later, while Portsmouth's move for Stoke City's Liam Lawrence failed after they missed the deadline by a minute. (Full story: Daily Star)

[cebu]

I'm sure we're all shocked and surprised by this - how could Honest 'Arry be so maligned.  :003:

[TonyGilroy]

They have only themselves to blame for not following the brown paper bag protocol.

[Irelands_number1]

I guess this is a point in favour of MO vs scudamore!

[Andy Crysell]

Trouble is; Pompey have got nothing to put in a paper bag.

They have only themselves to blame for not following the brown paper bag protocol.

[Oakeshott]

The only trouble Portsmouth has in this matter is that, like us, Sheffield United and sundry others, they are not one of the "big four", Spurs or West Ham.

[SmithyFFC]

I refuse to believe there is any bias towards 'Honest 'Arry'.

[HatterDon]

this continues to make me ill.

[Logicalman]

Yet another unreal story having no basis in fact whatsoever against poor 'onest (I aint no f*****g wheeler-dealer) 'Arry.

I dunno why the papers cannot leave this icon of English managerial-ship alone to get on with the job that he has done so well, and so honestly and above board for the past 20 years.