Avram has his wish granted

IT WILL no doubt be another seven days of madness at Fratton Park and even though they managed to pick up three points against relegation rivals, despite their administrator’s protests, they will find themselves docked nine this week.

Three steps forward and nine steps back is what Portsmouth are all about and in the new spirit of transparency, their administrator Andrew Andronikou put the club’s debt at €88 million yesterday.

Andronikou is adamant there is a way of avoiding the deduction and, if they achieve that, Avram Grant’s side have a chance of overhauling the teams above them, who have stuck to their limited budgets.