• The Observer’s Fans’ Network previews 2010-11

I’m grateful just to have a club to support. If you thought things were complete chaos last season (four owners, two managers, administration, relegation and an FA Cup final), this one promises to be even worse. While most clubs seem to emerge from administration with a reduced points balance but a relatively clean slate to start again, Pompey are struggling badly to get the taxman off their back. We’re all racking our brains down here to wonder why that might be…

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The new boys

[Laughter] Our administrator’s £15m target for incoming fees is somewhat off track, threatening the ability of the club to function. We have a special dispensation to sign three players, but only one – Sonko – has arrived so far.

Men to watch

Michael Brown, Hayden Mullins, Tommy Smith, Richard Hughes and David Nugent are all good standard Championship players, so any one of them could emerge as our talisman.

Best youngster

Marc Wilson was an adept defensive midfielder in the Premier League and is the best of our current crop of young pros.

Target for the boo-boys

Hopefully fans will recognise that fielding 11 players plus subs will be an achievement the way things are going. We can’t afford the luxury of “boo-boys”.

Hate figure

There are some familiar clubs on our fixture list this season, but seven years away from this level means you lose track of some of the personalities involved. However, Pompey and Leicester (despite Milan Mandaric being their owner) haven’t got on very well for many years, so that will be a spicy encounter.

Going up Burnley, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest

Going down Portsmouth, Millwall, Scunthorpe

PortsmouthChampionshipguardian.co.uk

• Offer of 20p in the pound sent to creditors
• 75% approval needed for club to exit administration

Portsmouth creditors will receive details of the club’s offer to pay 20 pence in every pound this week, the club’s admistrator has said. If the Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) is accepted, it will allow Pompey to exit administration.

The 20 pence offer is payable over five years, with 75% of unsecured creditors needing to support the CVA, reported the BBC. Administrator Andrew Andronikou said: “We hope to hold a creditors meeting to vote on the CVA on 18 June.

“We’ve had a dialogue with the major creditors, including Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to prepare the groundwork.”

Last month, Portsmouth’s administrators revealed that the relegated Premier League club’s debts were £119m.

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