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You will always get people who'll find something to moan about. The internet forum medium feeds on these things. Whereas before the internet generation, people would just shrug their shoulders, or discuss the little issue over a pint, now it's debated down to the last syllable. And whereas something might be mildly annoying to many people, to football fans, it is the end of the world [i exaggerate slightly]. Besides, you can please some of the people all of the time, and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. It's a well known saying, but it's true.

Blimey really..? RIP to the lad. Won't be forgotten while we're around.

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Have fun.

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I saw what you did there Dog. Nice one. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- wind

I'll get there first..! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar George

Hooray, someone gets my point..! I was in the record Dell crowd too. Man U, Wednesday 7.30pm KO. 31,044 is recorded, but when peoples' inhalations coincided, or the crowd moved en masse, we kids [i was 11] got squeezed into the wall. I was just to the right, behind the goal, in the Archers End. I wasn't 'ard anuff to be with the Milton Mob.

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Yeah, very good. Turned a comic location into a supermarket merely by associating seasons of the year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hypermarket

As I am part of the GITR charity, and TT has been our go-between with Ron Davies, and indeed our prime mover in the USA, I probably do have a little idea of his attitude. I have also exchanged posts in this thread which, if you actually read my posts and his replies, you'll see we found some common ground. As for you stalking anybody, I think you're working yourself towards yet another holiday.

I think you'll find that, although TT was mightily piddled off after the Pompey game, and still feels that Saints have a tendancy, above and beyond other clubs with ambitions, to let in goals, late on in a match, he is prepared to accept that: 1. Pompey are Premiership, and therefore a bit of a one-off, in our season. 2. Pardew has gone a long way to making sure the late-goal tendancy doesn't carry on, into the second-half of the league program, by signing quality defenders during January, who were unfortunately cup-tied for that match. 3. I think, after the dust has settled, he forgives Pardew, but he doesn't want to end up saying there you go, I told you so, at the end of the season.

Superhero

I've watched it dozens of times. Super 'B' feature film, that has all the core elements in place. Yes, I've noticed Brian Wilde before. If you remember 'Trigger' from Only Fools and Horses, his real father plays the chemist who says to Holden, I can't find anything on this card... I've never worked out which station they get off at in the final scene. The only single disappointment is the Demon itself, and the makers even made a pretty good fist of that too, given the tiny budget. Of course, the smoke in the woods is superb. All the cast act their heads off, and Niall MacGinnis was never better. Brilliant bedtime film. Trailer

Blimey, had to look this up to make sure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thespis

So, does anyone know when the transfer window, that we are all familiar with, was introduced..? Sorry to seem to hijack your thread Gonzo, but I think the present transfer window is part and parcel of the same stupid rulings that make players cup-tied. Besides, it gives your thread longevity.

Agreed, but the transfer window was so long, before they shortened it to just January and Pre-Season, that no-one referred to it as a window. At least, I don't think so.

Probably, but isn't there is an issue here that Pompey were given what amounted to be a stay of execution from last Wednesday [10th Feb..?]. If their statement of affairs doesn't satisfy the HMRC, then surely they were operating illegally before the Saints match. That could mean that the match result wouldn't stand, and that Saints would get a bye. Personally, I don't think so, and that if any club was given a bye, it would be Birmingham City. But it is interesting.

I thought the transfer window itself to be a bad rule within a season of it being opened. It meant clubs had to carry bigger squads to allow of injuries, bans, etc... OK for richer clubs, bad for poorer ones. A ruling that was made to make league football more competitive, has actually had the opposite effect. If the transfer window was removed, the cup-tied ruling could conceivably remain. So my opinion has not been swayed by any misfortune of Saints. The subject has simply reared its head.

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That chart set was quite interesting. You touched on a point [above] that I have occasionally wondered about, on and off. I have often heard, in the past, supporters talking about not being able to fill The Dell, even at the smallest 15,575 capacity. This was usually thrown up when people suggested that St Marys might be too small. It has occurred to me that very often, stadiums aren't filled to capacity, but have several hundred or the odd thousand seats empty, and the match is still considered a sell-out. [e.g. the Pompey match was at 31,385, still over 1300 under St Marys capacity - but a sell-out]. At The Dell, not having been a season ticket holder for a decade at least, at the time, I could hardly ever get a ticket, despite the apparent lack of attendance. So, for quite a few years, I gave up even trying. When St Marys opened, 15,000+ Saints fans appeared, as if from nowhere, and stayed for 4 seasons, before Saints attempted their slow act of suicide. but that's another story. What I'm trying to say is, I very much thought that when Saints researched the potential capacity of St Marys, they made it too small, and I still think so, for when Saints are in the Premiership, where they belong. I'm not sure of the upper limit, maybe it's, say 36 - 40,000+, maybe more, but I'm damned sure it isn't 32,683. The maximum capacity of The Dell was 30,000, at its height, and Saints hardly ever filled it. Nowadays the greater population, better, and more comfortable facilities, more diverse supporters, greater mobility of people, and higher profile of football generally, mean that 2,683 extra capacity can easily be overwhelmed. People will still say, you'll never fill a bigger stadium. My contention is that when Saints return to the Premiership, the attendances will return to 30,000+ almost every match, and would regularly be much bigger if there was more reserve capacity. I've been of this opinion since St Marys opened, and have been met by shaking heads, mainly, I think, because nobody has properly understood what I'm getting at. I wonder if anyone does..?

That's why it was the easy answer, and not the proper answer, Ponty. But also, think about it. A submarine doesn't carry another boat on board. It may carry dinghies, but it won't carry a another boat. That's why it is a boat. Subs just happen to be examples of the very biggest boats. And that's why a small ship wouldn't be able to carry one, even if it was necessary to.

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