John Boy Saint

Oops that wasn5 in the script!!

They shafted us before we even left home. Think you might find that was more of a case of taking the opportunity to post his TripAdvisor review live in person to the nations media, given their part in the underhand shenanigans. They already have bad press over it may as well heap a bit more on them. By contrast his review of The Vale was most complimentary.

You missed the point I was making Shurlock, I wasn’t questioning the decision, I was standing up and applauding it (just read Shroppies reply). After the safety first risk assessment managed football we have endured over the past two seasons, with the game obviously in the balance at 0-0 even though we were the better team, what an absolute breath of fresh air to make such a (as it turns out) match winning decision (even the sky commentators were caught off guard by it) , when under Puel and MP McQueen would have been drafted in and the shuffle you suggest possibly made to hang onto the draw. Actually I very much doubt any of the so called top team managers playing away, at 0-0, would have replaced an injured defender with a striker (especially with what is at stake).

Seeing him at Fulham in the cup, he looked absolutely hacked off, Saturday night when we scored he looked happier, the fact that he was trusted in last nights big roll of the dice shows how much he has been rehabilitated (for want of a better term) by Sparky and his team. Seemed a bit embarrassed and uncomfortable in the dressing room post match at his team mates bouncing round him singing "oh Gabbiadini" .

Said to Mrs JBS from my safe haven behind the sofa, that Mr Oliver seems to have a handle on the gravitas of the game and is refereeing it in a manner that is reflective of that, in fact you hardly noticed he was there.

My overriding thought from last night is having a manager who when replacing an injured defender, was metaphorically sat at the poker table and having the minerals to push all his chips into the centre of the table. That was a ballsy play, sticking a striker on who has splinters in his backside, that must have caused a moment of confusion for Swansea “hang on!? their defender is going off injured they are replacing him with a 3rd striker but they still have a defence”. Just seemed to stick an already under pressure Swansea into a position where they couldn't decide whether to stick or twist. We haven’t seen that kind of management for quite a while.............that’s confidence in the cards in your hand you have to play! Just shows what Mark, Eddie, and Mark have achieved in an unforgivably short space of time.

Hope he bought a lottery ticket on the same day!

Last time we went there was a place next junction down on the M4 that ran a shuttle bus to the ground, then when the game was over the return shuttle was parked in the away coaches compound and left with the away coaches accompanied by the Old Bill clearing the route to the motorway passing everyone who parked close to the ground.

See we have Michael Oliver on the whistle for this one, so goodness know what he will see. Oh and joy of joys running one of the lines with the flag in his hand is Mr Burt the blind numptie who flagged of Gabbis perfectly good goal in the EFL final. Just bloody win it lads

The fact that NO ENGLISH REFEREES ARE OFFICIATING AT THIS SUMMERS WORLD CUP should be a bloody damning inditement at the quality of officiating in the self proclaimed best league in the world, we have totally un accountable officials making multi million pound wrong decisions. As a collective they should be bloody ashamed that FIFA do not deem them fit enough to pollute the field of play in Russia. Talking of officials since when have we become super dirty, it seems like the officials appointed for our games since Sparky has come in have been sponsored by Clinton’s!! Shane Long without doubt gets the short end of the stick from officials who have him marked as a diving feigning cheating toad, now it seems like Mark Hughes reputation as a manager of combative teams has all of a sudden marked us as a bunch of dirty toerags, case in point Maya gets a yellow for a 50/50 nothing challenge both players feet were up, yet Tosun can arrive late miss the ball and stud Romeu’s ankle in clear view of the Ref and gets absolutely F all in punishment. Anyone who says these things even up over a season is talking out of their backsides. Considering the pressure the players are under, that was a disciplined steady controlled performance today which give a slither of hope. Bertie as Captain, please somebody tell me what he brings to the table. As for that last ball brain fart WTF there was no ****er in a red and white shirt anywhere near the vicinity of where you were aiming the ball.

Reading this I might as well put a smile on my face and look up the winning lottery ticket numbers for the corresponding weekends of Doom back in 2005................worth a punt with so many similarities running like those Final Destination films :p

They can bog off with laying claim to floodlights, The Dell was the first ground in England to have floodlighting permanently installed, and the first ‘official’ game played under them.

Blimey Charlie! You’re playing with fire here, you’ll be getting more than an infraction from beyond the Admins for posting such heresy, and SaintsWeb will be cast into the burning pit of hell and sodomy for permitting you to utter such heinous bile, and despite a vigorous campaign for clemency run by The Sun we shall all be cast into eternal darkness. Anyway it wasn’t all bad, even we got to play in the final of the European footy comp replacement the FA gave us..........The mighty Zenith Data Systems cup.

The history boys won’t win this, other external factors are not celestially aligned. Yes there is a wedding in the Royal Family this year (which has happened the last 2 times they have won it), but the missing piece that will never (sadly) happen Ken Barlow won’t be marrying Deirdre yet again in Corrie (which is also what happened the last 2 times they won it). So that should keep us safe

If this Saudi rumour is true, that would be a shame for us, but if it gives him his last hoorah in his bank account before he hangs up his boots then fair play to him. Think if he did leave there will be a few numpties who continually knock him, regardless of performance, realising the old saying “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone”.

I must have a gazillion pounds worth straining the rafters in the loft, up until Saints changed the format to that stupid A4 size, probably through force of habit I would buy one each game, now if I remember I buy the first of the season and that’s it. Also being tourist on away days I normally do buy the away game programme. Like you say a sad day if it comes to pass, but with the Internet and 24/7 access to information, hard paper copies of stuff are becoming a dwindling market......... 20 years ago who would have thought that NME would one day cease to exist in a tangible form, especially when you consider the size and depth of the British music industry.

Loads of them flying into the air in celebration at the final whistle too.

Errr don’t want to worry everyone bbbbut, does that mean the Sandman, and the thing that lives under my bed with teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red do too??!!!

Shut Up!

What a winkle

I think Saturday was the first time I have heard so much dissent from around us towards the folks who left from 88 minutes, on the flip side seeing so many other normally early leavers still sat on the edge of their seats. Even Sammy Saint was still sat on the "cinder track" in front of the Family Centre...............and he had a drum he was tapping lightly!

A few times now he has spoken about “affinity with the club”. Whilst we can all say talk is cheap, I get the feeling that despite having had to push water uphill since he came in, personally he actually enjoyed his playing days at the club many moons ago, and bonus aside genuinely personally wants to do well for the club. Bloomin great seeing him doing his nut on the sidelines. Some folks say he rubbish, don’t want him here, taking 2 teams down this season (that last one is BS Stoke haven’t improved much since he left and Lambert has had longer), think if you look at Adkins, McMenemy, even Koeman, sometimes a manager fits with a club, I would have no issue if Mark Hughes turns out to be another right fit.

funnily enough that’s what it’s called l’Etape..........and there is a bicycle wheel on the label

I have a very cheeky Ventoux that is tasting rather nice this evening

That Swansea game BT went to their expert referee for an opinion......Peter Walton!!! Jeez they must have been cleaning the cobwebs off that blind old goat all week!!