John Boy Saint

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!!

Those 2 look like it’s the first game they have been to all season, and the cold reality of the situation has finally dawned on them.

I said him ages ago, but noted when looking up where he is, Leuven (the home of Stella Artois) they are also owned by the Thai folks who own Leicester, figured considering the way he left might not have been as clear cut as the media had us believe, and he’s sat in a very sweet position (despite living in Belgium).

You can’t blame Hughes or keep dragging Stoke up, in reality Lamberts had plenty of time to get them firing and has done very little, so like us their issues are probably deep set. There was a moment in the West Ham game during the second half when we were going through the motions and WH were coasting, there was a shot of him and Mark Bowen and he looked like he had been given a tool box when he joined Saints, what he needed was a Phillips screwdriver and some pliers, but all he had was a bag of Spanner’s. Arsenal was much much better, Chelsea we were doing pretty well, as soon as their goal went in you could visibly see the players crumble. Tonight, the manager can only do so much, but when the game kicks off, at this level, you expect the players, who’s only basic job in life is to kick a bag of air to a team mate, when that goes out the window en-masse what can the manager do in reality. The wonderous Tadic had the ball second half and he passed it back to PEH’s backside where he was sat on the floor after the ball broke loose to Tadic after an interaction between PEH and a Leicester player, there are acres of pitch and plenty of other players in a red and white shirt, if I am shouting at the screen WTF!!! What the chuff is going through the managers mind when your supposed most skilful player on the pitch is making hairbrained decisions like that. Hughes has added a bit of spark to the team, what happens next season is totally out of our hands, if Kruger and Reed are running the show no doubt it will be a manager out of a lucky dip, if Hughes wants to stay I wouldn’t have an issue.

WooHoo redders to save the day

get a torch mate and go and do some more gardening

You know full well that diddly squat will happen, snakes in the grass the lot of them, especially if that tosspot Mike Riley is still sitting at the top table.

Mike Dean is 49 refs in the Prem self certify that they are fit to Ref after a certain age. Remember Peter Walton, he of giving a penalty against Brighton when Fonte was felled 6 feet outside the box, he was 54 and signing him self back on the rosta with the same arrogance he oversaw the game with. In La Liga Mike Dean would have been retired 4 years ago - no ifs or buts.

As the title says Dale Winton has popped to the Supermarket in the sky, at only 62. Eric Bristow went only the other week at 60................ I feel a 6 year party coming on just in case!