Cascadia Saint

Yikes. For the MungBean thing? Because the rest of what you said is pure sense. This site is not a news outlet, it's a forum. And despite certain people, usually an entertaining and fun one to read and be a part of. Should we separate serious 'news' threads, from open discussion ones? I know the rules about keeping on topic but NOTHING IS HAPPENING! NOTHING EVER HAPPENS UNTIL THE SIGNING IS ANNOUNCED! If we were all sat waiting in the press conference room at St Mary's for 2 weeks would we talk to each other, or sit on our hands and stare straight ahead in silence?

Exactly. They would soon get bored of hitting f5 on the official twitter feed all day and night.

About 5 to 11 at a guess, just after the echo prints it's 100 issues for tomorrow.

But then it will never update with any new posts, and the illusion of progress is half the battle.

Well, this is supposed to be the Ramirez thread, but.... okay. If I was to recommend gaston a beer or two I would start with Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA, and Rogue Dead Guy...

It's also the Craft Beer capital of North America! Oh, back to Ramirez. Any news, anyone?

Yes indeedy. My momentary lapse in adding a capital C, aided and abetted by my move from SoCal to Portland now makes me look like a friendly person who can't spell. Alas, we can't change our user names - even though I asked nicely. I might come back as beans on toast or something.

What's the latest on the Ramirez transfer everybody?

If that happens they could help me bury my head so I can't hear alpine.

I can see that. From all the seriousness that I see every day all over this forum. I'm off to put on a shirt and tie, I feel underdressed.

I hope you handled them with care as you carried them over to the other thread...

Okay no fun here, only a serious discussion of the fundamental lack of any news that is not appearing from anywhere. Given the club's stance on no comment until deals are signed, what then is the point of this thread?

The boobs have landed!

That train has sailed, mate.

I may want to do plenty of things with that photo.

[bANISHED BY INTERNET POLICE] Come to Southampton, Gaston! Where your every goal will be celebrated by norks, nuns, cameltoes, air hostesses, bus hostesses, weather girls and the lucky promotion lesbian santas...

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I wish a bunch of mithering bast ards were already whining their arses off about this on another (derailed) thread. Oh wait. My wish has come true.

What did I win for 'designing' the winning avatar?

Exactly. Me too.

Great post.

I don't think people are playing the man rather than the ball. On the thread about a specific new signing, Alpine is off on one negatively (as usual) about signing a forward instead of defenders. The window isn't closed yet. We may still buy defenders. Also, and this is obviously down to people's specific opinions, Mayuka may simply have been bought as another striker, not a winger. We are apparently close to buying a rather expensive winger also, so it's not out of the realms of possibility that this is the case. I personally don't think 5 strikers is too many. It's the jumping the gun negativity that winds people up. This thread about an exciting signing has slumped into an alpine swamp of misery just as countless other threads have before it.

Exactly. I don't even think we need to get rid of a striker to make room. We have 2 different 3's.

What if the tantrum goes on and on in an endless loop for years?

Yep. If only the window was still open for a few days to buy some more players for Plan A. Oh, wait...