Ted Bates Statue

This is how it feels to be Reading, this is how it feels to be Saints We got Danny Cowley, you've got Ruben Selles

Hope I'm proven wrong but his CV suggests that he's full of hot air.

Nice one, Les. Can anyone find the thread that originally announced Pellegrino's appointment? I seem to recall those who knew his style at Alaves were suggesting from the get-go we were unlikely to do very well.

I made a comment which I think equated to very mild criticism, can you cope with that? God forbid people discuss the nuances of a sporting challenge on a forum set up for talking about sport. Imagine if this was the typical response whenever someone commented in a similar fashion on a footballing matter: "Che Adams is a solid player at PL level, but he has to do better at converting his chances if he wants to start for Scotland or join a top half side..." "Fuck off mate YOU have a go doing his job if you think he's so shit. And he earns more money than you, so ner!"

Yes to both of those, also the original Ted Bates Statue unveiling Day - 16th March 2007. "Ian has done a tremendous job. It's very rare I'm lost for words but I saw the statue last week and it's awesome - a tremendous tribute to a great man. Fans have waited a long time for this and it's fantastic." The whole incident deserves more scrutiny. Sure it worked out fine for us in the end, but this was a major near miss. MLT and Pinnacle nearly cost us big-time and on the whole, we've almost completely glossed over this debacle due to his rightful status as a legend on the pitch. If there's one thing I learned from this, we need to take MLT with a pinch of salt. Thankfully he's not had a lot to say since.

I like the look of some of the potential London fixtures that we haven't had in a while. Wimbledon, Sutton, Millwall, Orient or Charlton.

Is there a sweepstake for this? My vote is for Friday, following in the footsteps of the Paul Allen takeover and all the yacht tracking, earlobe analysis and monkey chicken petting zoo shenanigans that came with it.

Are you asking about marathon on a kid's scooter or Channel swim with a wetsuit? Personally I would do neither, because both would still be a pain in the arse without saving very much time, and officially you would be disqualified, despite all the expense of hiring a boat and pilot.

From what I've heard it's not a walk in the park even as a relay. There's a good chance of getting sea sickness on the boat during rest periods, so you have to swim your later stints while coping with nausea and vomiting. What surprises me is that the team elected to use wetsuits. The Channel swim is unique in that wetsuits are not permitted, so it's not actually a valid crossing. Still a decent feat, but It's a bit like doing the London Marathon on a kid's scooter - just choose a different event if you really want to do an endurance sport that way.

Makes a lot of sense, although at the time of your conversation, wasn't the sash the only non-standard stripes kit since the first Friends Provident kit? I'm not defending the stripes, although they have their place in our tradition. Just observing that sash kits are always likely to be best sellers. Otherwise we would surely see a lot more away kit and training kit sales.

In stark contrast to the two earlier efforts above, nearly every single line of this seems to fail to scan. Even slurring the words and speeding it up doesn't save it. Disappointing.

I don't tend to check the TV listings but I am frequently informed that Pompey get battered everywhere they go, so you probably don't notice when Sky show all of those instances because it's just routine at this point. Compare and contrast with the concept of David Norris Day, an occasion of mild annoyance at the time, which still yielded us a point that helped us on the way to promotion 🤣

The competition closing date to be part of the photoshoot is tomorrow, so the following Monday sounds about right. Thanks for passing on the info, interesting to hear the sponsor logo is red - wouldn't it clash with the red behind it?!

I love the Feyenoord-style halves, would be nice to see a kit like this and not like the late-80s red and pink that a lot of us are so fond of. I would be happy to see this, the sash and the Keegan era kit appear every ten years or so, to give some variety amongst the bog-standard traditional stripes. I'm not keen on the 19th Century quarters personally - it does work well for Wycombe with their darker colours, but in red and white it would look too gaudy.

I think the red sash with red arms is a decent effort. Always appreciate a sash shirt, except for Boro five years ago when it looked like it had fallen off. Your login issues might be related to having to verify your email address. I can't find the original forum message but think it was meant to have an effect from this month.

Must have been the 8/10 transfer window.

Can't remember for certain, but being a local lad and (I assumed) supporter, I always felt his preference would have been to stay with us. Obviously it didn't work out that way so it's completely hypothetical.

Late 80s style maybe...? Some call it 80s Denmark, I call it pink and red

There is no god.

There is a competition for junior saints members to be in a photoshoot around St Marys and become one of the first to wear the new kit. Closing date is 12th June so I think we are still a few weeks away from seeing it, unless it gets leaked sooner. Until then, we'll have to put up with other Hummel releases or mock-ups on twitter by people with maybe a bit too much time on their hands. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it will be "back to basics" stripes.

It's being streamed legally on youtube. Dortmund have pulled one back but running out of time, they need two more.

I'm doing mental gymnastics to see how he could be persuaded to stay. Perhaps he could do what Niemi did, stay and see how we get on until January. By that point we would have an idea if we're in the hunt for promotion, if it looks like we're drifting then he moves on, fair enough.

I would be willing to bet that a lot of Everton's players don't have relegation clauses. If they go down, it could get painful for them.

I won't begrudge the club for being ruthless, having been relegated with multiple games to go. If we were still in with a chance of staying up at this point, I would be calling shenanigans like when Adkins got sacked having steadied the ship after our tough run.

Hopefully more along the lines of 2006, without breaking the bank this time around. I think we spent quite a bit more than the sums below suggest, relatively speaking. For some reason Rasiak is missing although thought he originally joined on loan, and then signed for £2M in the summer. Bradley Wright-Phillips Man City Nominal 05 Jul, 2006 Pele Belenenses Signed 10 Jul, 2006 Jermaine Wright Leeds Free 10 Jul, 2006 Kelvin Davis Sunderland £1,000,000 21 Jul, 2006 Rudi Skacel Hearts £1,600,000 29 Jul, 2006 Jhon Viafara Portsmouth Signed 04 Aug, 2006 Chris Makin Reading Free 16 Aug, 2006 Inigo Idiakez Derby £250,000 31 Aug, 2006 Marek Saganowski Troyes Signed 28 Jun, 2007 https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2471&teamTabs=transfers&season_id=136