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The problem could be that good players will probably have a whole load of clubs interested, if the player's agent does all the negotiating and doesn't want to deal with Saints we could miss out.

If it's true it's good that Cortese is no mug but not good if it means missing out on potentially good players. Impossible to judge either way from throw-away comments like that.

Most footballers are thick, they make money by being good at kicking things around with their feet - it makes sense to have an agent negotiate them the best deal with clubs, sponsors etc. I wouldn't read too much into those comments though, as soon as Saints had a billionaire owner I expect agents have been like flies around sh!t.

We would probably need two decades of success, major trophies and European football to average anywhere near 40K.

I agree the ticket policy was sh!t, but do you seriously think Cortese is going to start handing out tickets for a fiver in the Prem?

Considering he only managed to flog 28K for the massive Man Utd game last season he might want to have a re-study.

The one game we sold over 32K tickets for (Southend) was when Lowe wasn't there and we reached the play-offs and prices were cheap. Even then we only managed one sell out, not exactly demand for a bigger ground.

I think we spent 4 years in the championship and only sold out once. Dumb thread.

This is a tough one, through my job I have seen public sector wastage first hand and it is annoying how some seem to think they have a god given right to a secure job and gold plated pension whilst I have little job security and can't even afford a pension. BUT, many of those effected are going to be the low paid and it doesn't seem fair that they should pay for the bankers mistakes, especially as the banks continue to rake in billions in profits and hand out billions in bonuses among themselves. IMO the worlds economy is about to go through a massive re-adjustment, it's simply not sustainable. Too many people taking millions without contributing any value to society.

The sun spot thing is good news, might actually buy us enough time to sort man made climate change out, probably not though.

Shame we don't meet the skates earlier.

Are they being blamed though? I thought all this was about some Canadian copper advising some students to "avoid dressing like sluts". Why would a policeman give that advice if dressing like sluts made no difference?

This is a tough one because I am all up for giving aid to 3rd world aid and think we should give a lot lot more. BUT, it really p!sses me off how other countries do so little. Richer countries than us are gaining an unfair competitive advantage and basically sitting back and doing naff all to help the World's poorest. It's the same when some middle eastern sh!t hole needs military intervention, we are always the mugs that do the dirty work. This country needs a MAJOR change in attitude. We are not a colonial power any more, we are just a small skint island off the coast of Northern Europe. Other countries problems are nothing at all to do with us.

Animals rape all the time. We've just got a new male rabbit and he's ****ged the female one all over the place despite obviously being not up for it having been spayed. ****ged her face and everything. Humans are just highly evolved monkeys, the vast majority of which manage to keep their natural urges under control.

Is there any to suggest they don't?

Pretty impressive stats for Beattie, better than Berkamp.

Best way to save money is to keep our nose out of other people's affairs.

Yeah but if there are two women in the wrong place at the wrong time the one looking sexy is probably more likely to be raped, that's his point.

It's a bit naive to think dressing like a slut doesn't send out signals. That's why whores dress like sluts. Women are the first with the "slut" comments if some slapper walks past with their tits and ***** hanging out all over the place.

I know that, but it still illustrates the change in culture. people were very racist back then, it was normal.

I'm with Dune on this, it's not the inaccuracy that is the problem. It's the fact that it's been deliberately changed by some politically correct asshole that's annoying. I read the book a while ago and remember laughing when n!gger was mentioned. History is there to be learned from, censoring it doesn't do any good at all. The fact that this truly great guy called his dog n!gger perfectly illustrates the racist culture of that time.

What a load of nonsense, hundreds of millions of CCTV cameras and camera phones around the world and I've still yet to see one clip that couldn't be put together using string and magnets.

Hopefully the fixture computer throws out a south coast derby early on. Even if they do spend some money it should take a while for their team to gel whilst we should be on a high. Away at Fratton some time in August would be nice.

Think it was the goblins who were cockney.

Pierce Brosnan in Mrs Doubtfire FFS.