John Boy Saint

For a moment I thought that we were going to be having a SaintWeb Christmas knees up - and knowing what a bunch or Herbert’s we are on here - @Yorkshire Saint in putting his hand up in organising it was starting the process that would very likely be like herding cats 🤪 …….put me down as a maybe please.

Bristol City really are the ladies bogey team

We were led by the nose with that narrative by the club in the first place.

My German mate was at the Hamburg (his team) v Gladbach game yesterday finished 0-0 despite Hamburg his message to me: “You were right, please take back this Damian Downes before the season ends! Yesterday Hamburg at home against Gladbach (0:0) he squandered chance after chance. Hamburg played really well with 23:1 shots on goal, but couldn't score....” In all seriousness - whilst thinking back to Danny Wallace when he went to Utd - for such a young man who has made the USA team, got bought by us for decent money to suddenly look nothing like his potential, feet getting into kerfuffle. Maybe people around him need help to have a deeper dive into his wellbeing.

The gift that keeps on giving

Madness that they thought shipping him out and piddling a wedge up the wall on the American

Or a very lucky boy

Man U haven't been clever in any department since SAF hung up his whistle - been a while since they have been a benchmark .........................unless you want to consider buying nothing plays at over inflated prices and having your pants pulled down royally in the process - think we have followed their lead on that one well: relative to our finances.

Slightly revealing of his mindset - we go out and get another keeper on loan who instantly plays in the cup and shows a few kamikaze moments, and yet Baz is looking for the exit straight away. Obviously something might have been said behind closed doors to him, a few of his deficiencies we have all seen not looking like ever being fixed despite possibly endless internal conversations. He obviously wants to keep his chances of going to the world cup alive, especially with matey at Brentford getting more game time, potentially sat on our bench ain't going to help that cause....................just as much of reason to fight. Just made me think back when Poch was in charge, Fonte was allegedly due to be stepped down to 3rd choice, or worse, behind Maya, unfortunately Maya came back from the Confederation Cup with Japan slightly broken, which gave Jose the opportunity to up his game, which he did, and ultimately keep Yoshida behind him in the queue for ages.

What a shame Man U out - “season over” apparently according to TNT

Delightful little flick from the corner by Brazil to flummox the Pompey keeper

Is Boruc MKII ?

“Skin of their teeth” to quote Adam Blackmore

Up to 8 each one was different

Exeter have scored one

No but Wilf Mannion is - and the pictures are in black and white

Take a bow Harry Reed - absolute screamer top bins, Alisson in a different postcode as it whistled past him.

I heard a bit of 606 on Saturday evening and a Smoggy was on mithering about how Boro seem be shot shy and have no substance. He’ll be happy tonight.

I actually fell asleep watching in front of the wood burner 😳

Ooo that was a fizzer

I realised that I missed Mrs Browns Boys Christmas Day special - Hoping it’s still on I-Player.

Bugger I just about to head out and start my Christmas shopping, and come on here and ask for advice on which Toaster to get the Wife, I thought the new Hoover she’s getting might appear to me being a bit tight. Merry Christmas 😁🍷

Don Ballard having fun at the Orient this afternoon

Need to switch from faffing about at the back Coventry so far are too good for us to be playing that game - we panic it out and straight back it comes at us

That was a great moment - at 3-3 the whole stadium had risen to its feet to add a bit more oomph to push the team on - it was electric. When that seemingly Daisy cutter hit the back of the net, WOW the noise and emotions were immense, it was mentioned at the time that people in Shirley could hear it. So many of the above already mentioned FA Cup obviously - Granny being woken up by Grandad, my sister and me bouncing round the living room like loons when Bobby scored "have we won!" no WE scored, and so began the longest 7 minutes in living memory. Keegan signing - getting home from school and the phone ringing - my mate round the corner "quick turn on Newsround, you will never believe who you have just signed!!!" - You would never get the absolute joy of that signing surprise ever again thanks to Sky Sports news and the cesspool of the internet. Neither would Saints have gotten away with increasing match ticket prices the 50% that they did, hardly anyone noticed such was the Keegan effect. you got a split of the gate receipts back then, that first season with Keegan especially, every other teams highest attendance was playing against Saints. And all thanks to Lawrie needing a particular light bulb for his house. I think the journey from League 1 to the Premier League when "our Nige" was in charge was great, we weren't a big fish we were a damn big Shark - some of the football was sublime to watch - football finances wouldn't allow what we did then now. Leeds thinking they were introducing Lee Barnard to the crowd alongside a feature in their match programme, the same night we were getting the news that Lee was 250 miles from Leeds sat in SMS having signed for us last minute.