suewhistle

I've hired a car only twice in my [over :-(] half century of life and this story is one of the reasons why. The second time I dropped off the car at LGW only last week and made sure somebody had a look at it before I departed. I'll be checking my next credit card statement with care. As it happens I managed to block the CC on the day I left coz I got the pin wrong, but I'll still check to make sure... The guy who was returning his car before me had a problem with his windscreen. I quipped sympathetically "that's how the bu***rs make their money", and he smiled ruefully.

Not bad, not bad at all. You've got the content right and almost the style. A bit of personal abuse balanced by victim bleatings and you're there!

How many away fans at 'Citeh?

I meant they agreed to it! Big mistake...

The creditors in CVA1 did a deal....

Nothing in the italian press although I suspect he'll leaving Bari (2nd div) soon: there was already talk last season and now Bari are in the s**t with the betting scandal, and Ultras (I nearly wrote fans there...) threatening players. One name in the frame (and remember folks, foreign rumours are no more reliable than UK rumours) is Dani Benitez from Udinese [now where have we heard that name..], but as he's been on loan in Spain where he's had a 3 month ban for throwing a [plastic] bottle at the ref I'm not sure there'd be a place on the bus for him..

Well, if anything this thread has made me appreciate that getting tickets might be a leetle more difficult than last year.. Last August on my hols I wandered up North to see friends, and Saints at Barnsley, and bought a ticket on the day. Different approach this year, perhaps down the pub!

Guys, it's end of term/school holiday time; looks like some of your kids have been posting using your user names...

I'm not sure [hah!] that's it really, just that he wants the club and his own reputation to survive and BC is the only game in town. The trust are a useful presence if only to keep an eye on BC, even if practically there isn't much they can do. As for the running costs/FL situation: it just seems that everybody is in their own hole and continueing to dig.

eh? I know I didn't see many games live, but "alarming regularity", you must be confusing him with someone else.

Tsk, tsk, you're applying logic!;-)

Must admit I've been wondering about this too. Could it be neither? Certainly when I was in a trade union when working for a big company they would have helped me on the legal side, but not in any significant financial way. Contract payments are normally between the two parties involved: I can't see the PFA taking on an open-ended financial commitment when their only income is player's subs.

Chuckle. I was going through Gatwick the other day and there was a super car being raffled: I think it might have been an Aston Martin. Very nice and all that, but as I commented to another bystander "Hmm, I don't think I could even afford the insurance for the wing mirrors!" Lots of goodies at Dixon's too, but I do an internal cost benefit analysis which starts "Would I like a smart phone/tablet?" - Yes, "Do I need one?" No. I then do the other calculations on cost and running costs, potential benefits, risks, battery life, my income etc., and have decided not to get one at the moment. The ipad/android argument is completely irrelevant. Not suggesting it applies to anyone here, but spending money on the latest gear which you don't actually 'need' is one of the issues in the current debt situation. The concept of prioritising, budgeting and saving seems to have got lost somewhere.

Trouble is, unless they find the body he won't be assumed dead until (I think) 7 years has passed. I suppose they won't need to find wages if he doesn't turn up to training, but knowing Pompey contracts, perhaps not!

You made that up, go on, admit it! Mind you, my normal instincts for the truth have been completely ruined by this thread...

Can you imagine a wife enjoying going with a few of our trolls on here?! I'll let you name your own choices...

From a report on charitable giving in the UK: 'donor households towards the lower end of the expenditure distribution tend to give away more of their money to charity than donor households in the higher expenditure percentiles. On this measure, poorer donor households are more generous than richer donor households, those in the bottom decile donating approximately 3% of their budget compared with those in the top decile donating roughly 1%.'

Chez's list is a bit depressing, isn't it? I remember one of those pre-season newspaper fan club summaries the year we bought Delap: the Derby fans were highly delighted...

Not only do I live in Italy sweetheart but I've got you on ignore, just to let you know again in case you were in any doubt. Good to see what you posted though, as it just confirms that you are one negative, bullying sleezebag who is consistently unpleasant in pretty well all his posts.

No shame in getting it wrong - have to admit I'm pretty confused myself, but I don't think the FL has any obligations to individual players. Their contracts are with the clubs, and the FL use the Golden share idea to force the clubs to act appropriately (mwahahaha)..

Ha! Just started a thread about it as I hadn't spotted this. Just over the border in Italy so might well do it. Could chuck the tent in the car as well and make a week-end of it.

Given it's only a 2 hour drive for me I might give it a go - plus I have a Great St Bernard tunnel ticket to use before it expires. Anybody else considering going? http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2805267,00.html

Actually i often like Flyer's contributions, but on this one I think he's wrong. Right in his hopes for Barton though!

But we can support Totton and Sholing when they play them!

Oh, I can't be arsed to register. Somebody please disabuse TonTon and his ilk...