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tosh

no, hth

And presumably you realised you had a fair chance of ending up in a box if you saw active duty? Surely it wouldn't have come as much of a surprise?

You see, I think the macho moral high ground clasped in response to my comments is exactly what I was criticising in the first place. the fact that somebody's attempts to pay respects to an individual who has been struck down by an illness through no fault or choice of their own, is cast aside as this person is deemed to be less deserving than any particular soldier. I resent being told that I should be more upset, distressed or whatever at somebody dying in their line of duty as opposed to a member of the public being dealt a cruel blow by fate. the reasons being that soliders CHOOSE, yes CHOOSE, to sign up for a profession in which there is more than a slight chance that they will end up dead. I don't think soldiers dying is 'good', I don't even think it is 'unimportant', but I certainly don't think we should be more shocked or hurt by their deaths than victims of illness like Hartson. That is the point I was making and I stand by it wholeheartedly. If I turn on the news and see a soldier dies, I am not surprised. If I see somebody famous has contracted a disease or dropped dead going about their everyday business, then naturally I am very shocked.

I shan't bother discussing it with you then. Thank you for saving everybody's time and energy.

I'm not singing in support of those muppets who CHOOSE to go out and get shot at; couldn't give one iota about them. Young lads dying due to mass conscription in either of the World Wars maybe, not this lot nowadays. Somebody being struck down with cancer at the age of 34 through no fault of their own deserves a great deal more compassion in my book.

exactly

oh dear. think of it as a precursor to Tony Adams' arrival.

yeh, it was the pass and move business that got me. We built it up right from the back at a really high tempo as well. Perfect footbal for me.

All the teachers from local schools will be doing a similar thing next weds when they break up for the summer hols. Let's get down there and show them our support for putting up with the little ****s for another year!

I'm used to one man shows a la le tiss not the kind of goal shown above. More of those please!

awful, doesn't look good

No, the 'fans' got us relegated by refusing to accept Hoddle back.

Doesn't seem to bleak to me

Can't the admins make those two get a room instead of flirting in that off-topic discussion on the main board?

more info on that please! Doing a cruise in august around europe and don't really want to bother carrying loads of euros round unless i have to

I'll give you £50 if you don't get any better offer.

it's war out there man I'd say stupid tbh; you'd not get me having it out with someone gun in hand!

Worth looking into and doing a comparison on costs though.

heh ... gut feeling fair enough. i wouldn't be adverse to taking a punt on him again. However, I'd be a little embarrassed by the cyber-dancing in the streets that his appointment would apparently provoke!

Please explain how NP has proven that he is potentially a great manager. And then if you could explain why he would want to take a step down to join us that would be great.

heh ... my thoughts exactly.

Gordon Strachan would probably be welcomed with open arms by two thirds of the Premiership teams. Why oh why would he want to come back to Southampton?

What on earth did Pearson do to become the messiah?!!?!?!?

The op not reading dates you mean? Incidentally, the bbc website did post as part of their daily gossip so some of the eyeball rolling must be aimed at them as well.