Patrick Bateman

But that's just it, it isn't modernising the train system already in place, it's building something brand new and utterly pointless. I commute every day in to London Waterloo, so far, every day this YEAR, my train has been late, by 10 minutes to 30 minutes. For which I pay almost £5k a year for honour. I would far rather the money was spent on improving what we already have and bringing down the prices of a train journey. There are so many improvements they could make with the money; longer trains, improved platform space, better signalling allowing trains to run closer together, better signalling that doesn't fail, upgrading London mainline stations to take more trains at once and so on. This HS2 project is a large bag of balls. Utterly pointless. I would like someone to present me with a compelling business case for a £30m spend. Let's face it, it won't be £30m either, it'll be £100m by the time some private sector company has employed a bunch of useless and gutless Project Managers who are green and bugger up the schedule, the resourcing, the logistics etc etc etc. As for people using HS2, people do know the prices of a train journey will be obscene, right? In fact I am totally appalled by this idea and for the first time, I am thinking of writing to my MP (whom I voted for).

Indeed mate. If we do get promoted, obviously Nigel and the lads would have done a great job, but if we spend a lot this transfer window, we can also thank the Academy for bringing us the funds to do, via Chamberlain.

In that case; great size house, large garden, ready to rent to Olympians for London 2012. Fleet station to Waterloo is 44 minutes, trains every 20 minutes. Yours for £15k for the London 2012 Olympic duration. Now where do I put that advert??

40 miles?? I doubt it! Fleet is within 40 miles and I certainly wouldn't have thought anyone would want to rent here, for the Olympics.

Wasn't going to bother posting on here, but sod it, I will. I've known "Turkish" for years, probably since '98 or so actually - he's a sound guy. No, he isn't "Stu" or anyone else either. Think like a few of us, he's fed up of the way this forum has gone from being a decent football forum (Saintsforever on Network54) to something that is populated by a fair few internet weirdos where anything funny is outlawed and where people are obsessed with talking absolute tripe. There are some good people who post on here, but unfortunately, the majority are a bit odd. I can't be bothered posting much on here anymore as a) I need to pay and I don't see why I should have to and b) it's a bit slow, news is more readily available on Twitter and the official Saints site and c) like many of the original Saintsforever Network 54 lot, I've got older, got more work responsibility and simply don't have the bloody time. So, unless you know "Turkish" in person, your views are misguided and you really do take the internets far too seriously. p.s. Supermikey ... I think I talked to you in the Wetherspoons in Fleet. You were f**king hammered.

What else did you expect from this weird forum?

But enough about your visits to Mistress Ball-crusher, what do you really think?

Being honest, I would have sentenced to death people like Myra Hindley, Ian Brady, Fred West, the caretaker guy etc., i.e. where there is absolute certainty and there really is no hope that you could rid them of the evil thought process. You simply can't! But in this instance, she's disgusting and stupid, but you couldn't kill her for it. She should be beaten. Well okay, sent to prison for a long time.

I would totally agree with this! I don't think our MPs get a massive salary for the job they do, the responsibility they have and the grief they take. Would you do it for £80k? I wouldn't.

And yes of course I am generalising with who uses Facebook, but that's how it appears when I scan through.

Rubbish, totally disagree. If anything, online usage will just increase as "social media" becomes more clever and useful in everyday circumstances. I agree that Facebook in it's current format is limited and in fact, seems to only be used by those who don't work - women at home with babies, kids, jobless. Most of my news feed is void during the day and I can't be bothered to post anything on there and nor do many I know. Twitter on the other hand is very powerful, much more so as the short, sharp messages mean you can quickly trawl a news feed and pick out bits immediately interesting to you. It is also by far the quickest way to find out what's happening (either on your train, in the world, in your town etc.) - Twitter has far more potential than something like Facebook. I don't want to see pictures of your baby that looks just like all the other babies, I don't want to see your holiday pictures, I just want a short sharp sentence; what is the Saints score? How did Tim Howard score against Bolton? Why is my train delayed when the guard is silent? etc.

God this forum is full of bores.

Dullard.

Share? LOL, I must remember that one next time I secretly want a present - "it's for us to share"! hahaha!

The Internationals are nice, but I ended up getting a much better quality jacket from Hackett in the end - some brilliant jackets in there! The quilted Barbours are sought after by women, including my Mum ... !

Gingerone! How you doing mush? You speak sense at the start of the thread, but I still can't get the rid of the image of you having a pee in the middle of the road near Farton park while the inbreds smashed up their own town.

Same. I'd far rather have Sharp in the team, I'm not convinced by Beckford as a player or person - just my opinion though.

Just this: http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Friis-Hansen-skal-hjaelpe-Saints-i-PrL "Translated"; Friis-Hansen should help the Saints in PRL The former midfielder Jacob Friis-Hansen has been hired as Director of the European Recruitment in tradition club Southampton, which he will assist in the Premier League as early as next season. The former midfielder Jacob Friis-Hansen stopped as scout in Liverpool in January but has now got itself a new and exciting job in the tradition of the club Southampton, who recently secured the direct promotion from League One to the Championship.Friis-Hansen is appointed with immediate effect as Director of the European Recruitment. - It is a newly created job that you have not had the club for a number of seasons now. I must be some kind of sports director at the European market. That is to say that I am responsible for finding players and create a scouting department with full-and part-time employees. It is an incredibly exciting job and I am excited to get started, says Friis-Hansen bold.dk.Southampton moved after 27 years in England's top flight in 2005 and slipped out later into the third best series in a period marked of major economic problems. But both League One and the economic woes are past now, and Friis-Hansen come under great pressure from day one. - The club has a clear objective to advance directly to the Premier League, so we're going to find 5:00 to 6:00 quality players during the summer. I'll probably find three players, which in principle are good enough to play Premier League, but have the mentality to play the Championship in one or maximum two seasons, which is the deadline to move up, says Friis-Hansen. It can readily sounds like a somewhat overly ambitious goal, but the club has the means and facilities to pursue their dreams into reality. - The club is owned by the Swiss Liebherr family. They are wealthy and willing, it will cost. Short term goal Premier League, but in the longer term they will also in the Champions League and dominate the top of English football. - In addition the club has an academy in line with the very best in England. The developments include players like Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale, and it says little about the quality. And we are committed to developing both the academy and stadium facilities, if necessary. Southampton team is already quite talented with names like Adam Lallana, Morgan Schneiderlin and not least the teenager Alex Chamberlain.mikael@bold.dk

I watched S****horpe a fair bit a few years ago as a couple of my cousins are big Scunny fans. Sharp was playing for them back then and he looked fantastic - he has a brilliant eye for goal (a proper poacher's eye) but has some good movement too. He was outstanding in an average team, which is presumably why he was spotted and snapped up by Sheffield United (?) but for whatever reason, that move didn't work out for him. Would love him at Saints!

So what happened to that then? I suppose it stopped?

Next is sh*t, I hate that shop, almost as much as I hate anyone older then 17 shopping in and wearing Hollister stuff - sad. As for the sales, I honestly don't see the point, this madness of "must rush out on boxing day to spend yet more money and get irate with how busy everything is" is again, sad.

Yeah I had the cricket one as well as normal Subbuteo. Like Turkish, I had all the floodlights, spectators and a couple of stands etc. Think I had about 5 or 6 different teams, then when it got passed on to my little brother, he added some more teams. Tempted to get it all back out my parents' loft now!

What weight you using?

The world may be mad, but fair play to Beckham for securing that contract as his age. Surely his last football playing contract - well done him!

Totally agree.