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Not surprised they did, with the video showing him rubbing shoulders with such Prem stars as Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lambert, Lallana, Fonte, Cork, Schneiderlin, Steven Davis, Ward-Prowse, Hammond, and erm, Lovren and Barnard.
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You nearly gave me a heart attack then saying "Tuesday game", thought you meant Ipswich v Saints, which is (still) on the Wednesday. Right, I get that you're referring to Everton v West Ham - not too bothered about them dragging the cup games out to Monday and Tuesday nights, but the not having any matches on tv on the Saturday thing was ridiculous. I think the reason for it was actually the holiday schedule - Prem teams played on Thursday 1st whilst Football League clubs didn't, and because the BBC wanted to show Prem teams, they couldn't work out a way to get games on the Saturday. Only Leicester v Newcastle and Villa from the Prem played on the Saturday, I think. Personally, I would have had no problem with Blyth v Birmingham at noon or 5:30pm on the Saturday - what it did was create a two-tier FA Cup, with FL stuff mostly on the Saturday and Prem on Sunday/Monday/Tuesday. They missed a trick not showing Blyth live though.
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And Elia is not eligible for the replay: http://nav.thefa.com/sitecore/content/TheFA/Home/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/Rules 15 f.All players must have been eligible to play in the original tie in order to play in a replayed or postponed match; however a player who has been suspended according to the disciplinary procedures under the Rules of The Association may play in a postponed or replayed match after the term of his suspension has expired.
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BBC reports that Transfer Window opened on Jan 3rd. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/30649956
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The FA Cup deadline was noon on Friday 2nd, none of the transfers agreed in the Jan 1-2 timeframe were able to be processed by FIFA's transfer system until 3rd, so no-one signed in the Jan TW could play in the FA Cup 3rd Round. That still doesn't explain whether he's eligible for the replay.
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Dunno if we're allowed to pick Elia, isn't there some rule about only being able to play players who were eligible for the first tie, which he wasn't.
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Hackett's comments seem to be purely a self-publicising move, even if he was trying to undermine Mike Riley to take his job there's no way he'd be slating current referees because they'd be the people he'd have to manage. The most interesting thing I found in that article was basically part of the defence for referees, which noted how much more running they have to do and how many more sprints than 5 years ago when Hackett was last in charge - basically the pace of the game is going so much faster (and more long balls are a nightmare for refs too) that refs are going to be making judgements from further away, or from a state of tiredness, or whilst running rather than stood with a clear view of incidents - all of which are going to impact on the accuracy of decisions. Maybe it's time to consider a ref in each half for matches of a certain level? Or just get rid of them altogether and go to booth-based refs with the on-field official just responsible for conveying those decisions? Another move I'd hate for taking grassroots further away from the top level game, but the practicalities of refereeing do seem to be becoming a little unmanageable.
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Maybe, but any benefit in having a limited number of areas to monitor must be offset from the heightened likelihood of trouble from frustrated people (never mind football fans immediately post-match) being held in close proximity. Plus widening the path at that point wouldn't have much impact on how many police would be needed there. I suppose theoretically the narrower path means there are fewer people per minute passing them, but wouldn't they be better served by getting people away from the ground and out of "football mode" more quickly full stop?
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That whole road down to the Prince of Wales needs to be given a bit more priority post-match, I sat down there for nearly 45 minutes after one match - meanwhile I have since discovered I can get up to the same lights on Northam Road from near the Premier Inn with no delay at all.
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Cue "fan on the board" b-anter. PS, if the club's watching, I'll do it, I'm a Project Manager and stuff...
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Didn't there used to be one near the Chapel end when St Mary's was built? I guess if people from that end who want to go into town can go through the housing estate and then the parks, that takes the congestion away from the Northam end bridge, there are plenty of people coming from all stands to that point to get towards town at the moment, even to get to Golden Grove you have the T-junction on the bridge itself.
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Good question - I wonder if there's a knock-on effect of not having the bus vouchers as well? Maybe people used to get buses from further up Northam Road or something? Or they knew their bus was at a certain time so didn't rush? Dunno - but it's definitely worse for some reason.
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Hopefully to be solved by first world solutions.
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Unfortunately my group features at least one person for whom a longer walk would be a significant problem, and balancing this with my general desire to say vaguely d1ckish things when annoyed, and annoyance at standing in pointless queues, can be quite the issue (as it was yesterday). My preferred option of being completely selfish and doing exactly what I'd like to all the time is not the most shrewd long-term strategy. I HATE queues, especially when I could be doing something else that doesn't involve just bloody standing there.
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My first St Mary's ST was in EE, binned that off after one season to get myself nearer an exit, though it doesn't matter as much now I'm not running for a train or to beat traffic to South Wales and will instead just miss the first 10 mins in the pub and stay later, before idling home in the car. Have also just found a decent car park I can always get a space in, which is on the right side of all the traffic jams too.
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Dunno if that's an attempt to get people away from your route, but that's wrong if you're looking at a best case scenario, to the tune of about 3 minutes. When the wife isn't moaning that I have to stay with her and the rest of my mates it's always miles faster to take the steps, especially if you do bike rack parkour on the sloping bank underneath the ramp. There are options going the steps way, whilst you're just stuck with it going up the ramp. I can safely say that I never got stuck in L1 and now get stuck all the time, as you often can't even GET to the bit under the ramp any more, just like you can't get to the end of the ramp.
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I think my preference is that we build a wider walkway, but I would imagine due to the narrowness of the path approaching the road before the Alfred where the path splits they'd probably have to redevelop the whole area from where the right angle of the ramp starts, right across to the walkway towards Golden Grove and all the way along the side of the shops/flats or there's not a big enough area to prevent funnelling. The club also now has the Saints Foundation activity park thing on the far side of the railway line from the ground (which used to be a kids' playground), they might be able to do something with the grass area next to that. Attached a map of the area - the red bits are pinch points - the one top left is the one near the Alfred, which I think is the reason they'd have to redevelop the whole thing - there's a deliberate narrowing of the path there to funnel people for the footbridge (on the way to the match), they'd have to get rid of that to get more people through there. I've marked the outline of a possible development area in light blue (covers the whole area from the ramp to the Northam Road narrowing) - but there's also what appears to be a signalbox next to the railway line on the bend which is a bit in the way.
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250 games of Schneiderlin: Your favourite Morgan moments?
The9 replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Saints
Ha, I'll take having this opinion back then: "Sounds like we played him in defensive midfield then. He set up a goal against Exeter in the League Cup with an excellent through ball as well, though I'm not sure it was actually the last pass. Just another example of a good player made to look poor by the lack of quality around him. He can't head, he's not the greatest tackler, but he can pass all day and he sees options in advanced roles - when there's someone to actually pass to that is. God knows why we've ended up playing him at DM when he should be playing in the hole. I'd rather Wotton as a DM, and Schneiderlin much more advanced. " At the time, that was exactly what we needed. I'd go as far to say he was pants at DM until we got to the Championship. I'm also happy with this: "Gasmi's quite decent actually, skilful, puts effort in, creative too. But he's a loanee, isn't he ? - EDIT, and leaving. Oh well. Smith is one footed and shoite, like a bloody terrible version of Fabrice Fernandes. Already found his level and now dragging the rest of the club down to it. Pulis is just "meh" and I hope I never have to see him in the first team. All indications are that he brings nothing, though I don't think I've seen him play. Pekhart was and is miles better than McGoldrick in touch, distribution, heading, awareness and speed, with much quicker feet, all of which he showed on his debut, but he clearly got p1ssed off with McGoldrick getting games ahead of him and getting shunted out wide and stopped trying. Molyneux didn't look very good in the one match I've seen him either, but that's not much to go on" I stand by the Pekhart > McGoldrick statement, especially after yesterday - even if I did backtrack on it a bit in 2012 before I found out where Pekhart was playing (which was Nuremburg in the Bundesliga at the time). -
I would like to start moaning about the bloody green metal pedestrian bridge from the north Car Park over the railway line and alongside Northam Road. It's permanently clogged now like it never used to be - why has this started happening, it didn't used to when we were selling out regularly before in the Prem? Unless the North car park is closed (which resolved the issue for a couple of Christmas matches) you can guarantee a 5 minute wait unless you run the parkour route alongside the bike racks, and I feel really sorry for anyone with any kind of disability who needs to use the ramp, where you're just standing or sitting there doing nothing for an age at peak times. Is it time the green metal bridge is rebuilt to create a wider walkway that's more suitable for the size of crowds we're getting and less likely to result in public order offences with both sets of fans crammed in in close proximity? Or is it enough (or allowed) to hold the away fans back a few minutes which has been enough to keep the flow of people moving? Are there issues with the width of the walkway at the end of the road near the Alfred where the shops start, or does the whole area need a rethink?
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Thanks to the away fans in the middle I can never hear the Itchen North from the Northam anyway, probably works the other way around too. It's only been the few times I've been elsewhere in the ground (always amidst near perfect silence) that I've been able to tell whether the away fans are actually louder than the Northam - apart from the times when I have still been able to hear the away fans over whatever we're doing of course (usually Man U).
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I would imagine it's got more to do with how they'd have to segregate the Itchen and the problems of home fans moving around the gathered away fans. I can imagine the relatively narrow areas outside the ground near the ticket office (there's a perimeter wall and fence there by Britannia Road) would be a problem for access if two sets of fans were moving around there too, it's enough hassle having to go past the away fans now with plenty more space in the North car park.
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They don't sell STs for Block 43, because away fans sometimes have that section for league games, but most of Block 42 is ST holders (despite the occasional Cup game shift). I had one in Block 42 myself in 2001/2.
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☺ Actually I've had an ST in the Northam Block 41 for the past 9 seasons and I've only had to move twice, Man U when they took the larger allocation and with it most of block 41, and yesterday. Even the Skate matches and one of the other Man U cup games we stayed in 41 right next to the segregation. I wasn't complaining anyway, but the lack of a Northam singing section would definitely affect the atmosphere. Luckily for me Block 1/2 was pretty loud anyway, I even managed to contribute the "David McGoldrick, he's always been shjt" song.
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Cheers for saving me typing this.
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Steven Davis literally the only outfield player who was playing at his normal tempo, and the only player I could vote for.