InvictaSaint

Half a bee, philosophically Must - ipso facto - half not be But can a bee be said to be An entire bee, when half the bee Is not a bee, due to some ancient Injury? Singing: La dee dee, one two three Eric the Half a bee

Moi, je ne regrette rien. Non, je ne regrette rien.

True, OSM, but the same domestic "situation" clearly did not prevent McGoldrick from signing a new contract only last October.....

Although he can't spell for toffee. HTH.

The last post underneath the letter is from the Echo web editor who states that the paper has Tony Lynam's "express permission" to reproduce the open letter on their and other websites. Seems totally genuine as far as I can ascertain.

Am beginning to tire of the way it is all dragging on now; emotionally very draining all of this, and if games are being played by certain parties then shame on all of them. To everybody involved: cure the patient or turn off the life support machine. Stop ****ing about and make a decision. Then, if we have to mourn, at least we will be able to.

Good shout. Would be a good addition to their 'franchise'.

Good point! Must get my eyes tested!

I was interested in the capitalisation of Southampton Acquisition (SA - South Africa) and by the black and gold reference. The Springboks shirt is black and gold....so are we looking for a short, wealthy South African? The De Haans? Very big in the horse racing world (hence the Irish link?) and owners of SAGA the over 60s holiday company, based in the south-east. Could be wrong, but just trying to unravel the cryptic clues....

InvictaSaint (season ticket-holder) to SMS: 250 mile round trip InivctaSaint to Gillingham: 2.2 mile round trip :-)

I know it's a loose analogy, but if you ever saw the new Poet Laureate interviewed you would struggle to comprehend how she ever got the position. However, appearances and interviews are one thing; it's the quality of the work you do that marks you out. If the MJ bid is successful, what we are all going to do? Sit around bemoaning the fact that we have a club run by local businessmen rather than a Sultan or a Sheikh? Or perhaps we may have to be grateful that SOMEBODY put in the effort to save us and allow us to even have a club?

Since the purpose of the non-refundable deposit was to keep the club going (day-to-day costs), I can only assume that somebody (Leon?) has stumped up the cash to keep us going for a few more weeks whilst this interminable saga drags on.

Absolutely, 100% spot on. Seconded, with gusto.

Clutching at straws here Duncan (!), but it does appear to be a report rather than a direct quotation so I am slightly more optimistic. You can't help but love the Grauniad but liberal reporting has always been their forte. Still hopeful.....

I thought that proof of funds had already been provided well before this stage. Surely this is just sloppy journalism?

No, Lowe spent almost 12 years at the helm and achieved the square root of **** all in terms of attracting inward investment. Lucky he didn't promise he would, eh? Now, that would have made him look REALLY stupid.....

Martinez played for, at least, Wigan in this country and Di Matteo played for Chelsea...all of which, if I am not incorrect in my reasoning, makes them both eminently more qualified in 'British' football than the clowns we have had in charge this season, neither of whom ever kicked a ball in anger in the UK.

Charlton 1 Norwich 0

Calm down people - we're all going to die of Swine flu imported from Mexico anyway, so what's the point in worrying? :-(

A colleague at work who is an Exeter season-ticket holder (he makes the 500 mile round trip from Kent) has nothing but praise for Paul Tisdale, and even allowing for his Saints connection, feels he would be exactly what Saints will need in L1. The question i whether he would leave Exeter, a team on the up....

Latin words ending in - ium can form their plurals with either an 's' (consortiums) or an a (consortia); so you were right in both cases :-)

I've told you before, not whilst I'm drinking tea with my laptop in front of me!! :-) Post of the day IMO - classic.

God, yeah - I'd forgotten about him! Thoroughly decent bloke who was always good for a chat. Seem to remember he took some stick from a certain faction on here (or the old forum), which always appeared really off as he was a genuine guy. Will be good to catch up with him again!

Plymouth 3 Cov 0 :-( :-(

Affect [verb]: to have an effect [noun] on something. E.g. "Today's CCC games that affect us :-) ;-) :-) (Brought to you by the Pedants' Campaign for the Protection of the English Language) BTW - Plymouth 2 Cov 0 :-(