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The next one who uses this phrase gets an infraction.

I just about managed to drag myself into being interested enough to change the 1-1 draw scoreline into a 3-1 loss.

Ordinarily, like a poster above, I'd go for the stability; and it's no disrespect to Wotte, who has done OK with what he's had at his disposal, but I'll say NO. A clean sweep is what is required. I'm not even sure I want the same players, because I want the least reminders of the previous regime.

It's: Whoever and I, although modern parlance also allows Whoever and Me or Me and Whoever There are so many things that annoy me about the poor use of the written English Language. There's informal use, for example on an internet forum, and formal use faults. For me, there are limits on informal faults [some of which have been mentiond in earlier post]s. For example, there's no reason to write: bored of, when the writer means bored with could of, [also should of, would of], all of which are a contraction of could have [should have, would have]. There's a perfectly good contraction in could've. I also hate it when people spout and wear ignorance and cliché as if it is some sort of badge of achievement.

In the post race interview with Matt Roberts, Vale was so pleased with himself, that even he declared that he was really so f**king fast. Cue MR apologising and retrieving the situation while Rossi grinned from ear to ear. Thought everyone in the top 4 or 5 did themselves credit today. Rossi for reeling in the flea. Pedrosa, himself for having the strength to stay fast and onboard. Stoner for getting a podium at a circuit the Ducati hates, and Randy De Puniet for getting his best MotoGP result for donkey's ages. Plenty of riders will be thinking they've done poorly, but Lorenzo will be truly gutted. And JT's season hasn't started yet - 14th today. BTW, did anyone see the piece before the race about the factory Ducati's frame..? Amazing. It's the air intake box. So basically, it barely has one.

Was talking about this only a few minutes ago. I, myself needed reminding that when there is a time limit, takeovers always go to the wire. Remember, if Saints go out of existence, Norwich Union won't get their money, and neither will Barclays Bank. Any buyers will be waiting for them to blink. Keep your powder dry. This will go right to the last minute of the end of the season, and to the last pound coin.

Don't normally bother with the minor races, but glad I did this morning. Young Briton, Bradley Smith won his first 125cc, and Scott Redding shot upto 4th, in the last few laps. And although there is no British involvement in the 250cc race, it's a cracker. The Jerez circuit is providing its usual entertainment. 125cc and 250cc race 0950-1205, BBC Red Button/online (Freeview channel 302) 125cc and 250cc races looped 1200-1200 (Monday), BBC Red Button (Service varies on Freeview) EDIT: 250cc race has just finished. Bloody hell, that was good stuff. Just what MotoGP is all about.

Bike had its MOT yesterday. Even the examiner said, that's nice. He didn't have to, as I expect he's seen loads. All my jitteriness came to nothing as it sailed through. I asked if there were any issues at all, and was asssured there were was nothing to get concerned about at all. So that's nice too. Off to the DVLA in Pompey on Tuesday with all the necessary paperwork. Have to admit I rode it to the MOT and back. I know that's normally OK anyway, but not this one. It was only a few hundred yards away around the corner, but on the way back I rolled back the throttle slightly. Fook me, it weren't 'alf quick. It was effortlessly past the turn-in in an instant. At this moment, I'm heartily glad I wasn't tempted to buy a VTR 1000 Firestorm.

Here's how they line up for today's race: 1 J Lorenzo (Spa) Fiat Yamaha 1 min 38.933 seconds 2 D Pedrosa (Spa) Repsol Honda 1:38.984 3 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 1:39.415 4 V Rossi (Ita) Fiat Yamaha 1:39.642 5 R De Puniet (Fra) Honda 1'39.806 6 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 1:39.862 7 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 1:39.926 8 A Dovizoiso (Ita) Repsol Honda 1:39.966 9 T Elias (Spa) Honda 1:40.112 10 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 1:40.185 14 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 1:40.670 Lorenzo showed that last week's victory was no fluke. Pedrosa is most definitely back. Stoner is uncharacteristically 3rd. Rossi is unhappy with his race setup, but I'm sure he'll adapt. And Monster Yamaha teammate Colin Edwards once again goes faster than our own JT - if only by 2/3rds of a second per lap. But that's a lot, considering they have the same bike. And for the keen, here are the race times: 125cc and 250cc race 0950-1205, BBC Red Button/online (Freeview channel 302) 125cc and 250cc races looped 1200-1200 (Monday), BBC Red Button (Service varies on Freeview) Race 1230-1400, BBC Two/online Race looped 1500-1030 (Tuesday), BBC Red Button (Service varies on Freeview) MotoGP Extra 1400-1430, BBC Red Button/online Thank you Aunt Beeb

That is a matter of opinion.

Same here. I don't enjoy seeing and reading today's Saints supporters not appreciating the good that a player has done. I have absolutely no affinity with that attitude. Saganowski is a striker, and he depends on the team around him to give him good service in order to score goals. The fact that he always put in 100%, and played his part, whether he scored or not, seems to count for nothing these days. If I was him, I'd be saying no to League One as well. I'd know I was better than that, and he certainly is. He leaves Saints with my best wishes for the rest of his career.

That was largely Lawrie's doing [Yes, Ted got us into Europe too], and all the big club ambitious stuff is his. He wanted a new stadium way back when, but little ambition SFC directors said no. SFC's demise is NOT through overspending on the football side of things.

The peculiar thing is that apart from the building of the stadium, SFC has remained a small club in ambition. It was this that intially set off the original relegation, and the general slide began.

Agreed that those above were decidedly unfunny, when all was said and done. But FotCs is different. You have to get Kiwi humour.

Only Neil Young could chase away Neil Young. Now listening to Cinnamon Girl. Brilliant. I can see the next tracks lining up in an orderly queue.

Don't look at me..!

Heard Neil Young - Like A Hurricane on Mark Radcliff's show this afternoon. First time in donkey's years, and I have it in my collection. Now I can't get it out of my head. Superb stuff, with Neil Young at his very best.

Great comedy from NZ. Only managed to see a few episodes last time out. Kept missing it.

Nearly spilled my red wine. Great cheap animation.

They haven't gone into administration (yet). No, but they have fallen very quickly into League One. And have become a club far more used to Premier and Championship status.

The wider football community is certainly awaiting the revival of SFC with keen interest, because I haven't seen anything like the column inches devoted to Charlton Athletic who, although they don't have anything like the history, are going through a relegation experience, and have been a Premiership club more recently than Saints. Let's just hope that the Daily Telegraph article doesn't turn out to be an epitaph.

I would say that the sooner SKY bugger off the better. Let's have a return to real football as it used to be. None of the extreme salaries, the high ticket prices, the big 4. I remember a time when a football club won mainly on merit. Not because of the size of its bankroll. So, a return to the Divisions 1 to 4. A return to the 50/50 split of league match gate money [the removal of which started the whole greed thing off], and fairer competition all round. At least then the majority of football fans can have something to look forward to, instead of what amounts to about a few percent. One can dream.

Same here. Love his way-over-the-top delivery. He's just the right side before squirming embarrassment.

My thoughts exactly.

I think by Ringo Starr's own admission, he wasn't that briliant a drummer. It was said that he had good rhythm and timing though, which meant that he was a good foundation to the Beatles sound. I say, it was said he had good timing, because like millions of people, I've listened to the Beatles loads of times over the years, and I wouldn't even attribute good timing to his drumming. But then Paul McCartney used to hit the absolute right note only every once and a while. Listen closely to Wings - Bluebird, as a classic example, if you don't believe me. Appallingly flat and sharp. It didn't seem to bother the people who bought the records though.