No they didn't but yet again it was the managers and boardroom that caused that problem, Pompey have had some really difficult things happen this season eg. 4 Owners, Winning the FA Cup last season and 3 managers.
The FA should rethink their ' Fit & Proper ' Test to run a football club as nobody even knows who the current owners are and possibly who the other 3 have been this season, for a club of Pompeys size to be buying Defoe, Crouch, James, Campbell etc is stupid they have 1 of the smallest grounds in the league and cannot even fill that so how could they afford to pay players 80 - 100K a week?