Ted Bates Statue

How was that the front page story, can't believe people actually pay 40p to pick up and read that shite. I'm more interested in the article on the left. George Osborne looks like he's doing a great job to have us overtaking Germany's economy by 2030. Fast forward to the end of 2024 and, er, we've had to reset the clock for some reason and you can fucking forget about overtaking Germany but we'll narrow the gap to them if we can carry on this way for another 15 years.

This thread always reminds me of the blind optimism of Jeremy from Peep Show but I can't be bothered to re-learn how to post a .gif

Wishful thinking on my part, but maybe it might give us a bit more focus now that the risk of relegation and opportunity for promotion is greater. For the league system there certainly needs to be a bit of a shake-up to reward the more ambitious teams. Hopefully we'll be one of them.

I see there's no blue present in P&O's logo, must have been a funny conversation during the negotiations. Not keen on the candy stripes, but I guess there's a lot of nostalgia towards it, as with the Danish kit two seasons ago.

The whole Delap thing is tragic on a number of levels. First up, we chase him for years before he was anywhere near a proven goalscorer, only for bloody Ed Sheeran to beat us to his signature in a gamble to stay up. Then when Chelsea come calling as they're so flush from cash after selling the hotels to themselves, Man City get to scoop up all the profit. Makes me wonder how long will it take for us to get around to replacing Danny Ings, and what would the transfer fee be for a James Beattie in his prime today?

I'll still be watching the mighty Saints on DAZN or ESPN for the Saturday breakfast brunchtime kick-off with a bowl of Lucky Charms and washed down with a Bud Light. Failing that, I can set my VPN to the US Marshall Islands to ensure I'll get my fix. After all, I have been a lifetime supporter ever since my old boss Paul Allen was looking to buy us. For sure we'll be back pronto, returning to the premiere division where we belong. SoHo til I die!

There certainly is and I use it, but because you spam the board and successfully bait others into responding, it's nigh on impossible to avoid. It is not your fault alone, but excuse me for my lack of patience.

I don't remember Ralph checking the camera was on him while the match was still on before he started the waterworks. As I recall, the players got pissed off with Hasenhuttl because of the fist-pumping in front of the Northam as they felt he was stealing their limelight. If that behaviour upset them, I can't imagine what they thought of Nathan Bloody Jones' antics. Mind you, we won fuck all with him so there was zero credit for him to steal away from the squad.

Not sure whether it would be better to have him promoted so we can beat his side (would like to see us play Charlton away again, it's been too long) or have him fall at the final hurdle with Orient giving glory to God as their promotion celebration. Either way, look forward to finding out whatever God's will is going to be. For Nathan Jones, it's got to be nailed on there will be some kind of bathos involved.

Fucking freak

Sale of the Century... Simon Jordan's just piped up that we're for sale on Talksport this morning.

On the contrary, to me it shows how a good managerial appointment can have a team performing above their usual level (a bit like Marco Silva at Fulham). Hope they go on to win it.

Oh, but he speaks so well in press conferences 🤤

Took long enough but I have finally managed to dig it up

Battle of Britpop - Rohl with It ended up at No.2 in the charts. If we end up 2nd in the table next season I'll accept that