John Boy Saint

It was on of those strange afternoons where as the game went on even the most miserable of Saints fans realised that the Southend fans had come to party and everyone was invited. Confused the stewards too as at the final whistle and the pitch was invaded Saints fans wanted to get into the Southend fans section or get them on the pitch too, not to punch their lights out but to have a very pleasant afternoon. The Walsall game that saw us out of League 1 was similarly strange, last game of the season again we were cruising 3-1 and the stadium announcer pipes up to give the Dagenham & Redbridge current score line that was going to keep Walsall up. Which produced a chorus of "you are staying up" from Saints fans. I always remember at the final whistle, the Saints dugout heading down the tunnel sharpish, the Walsall players collapsing on the pitch in relief and their bench running on like they had just won the FA Cup, only to be engulfed by huge wave of jubilant Saints fans.

Err that's strange, the folks who sit next to my wife "sold" their season tickets back to the club before the Leicester game they couldn't attend sold out.

All this gnashing of teeth over not getting your money back on a season ticket, you should be able to sell it back to the club, which was one of the benefits with this years season ticket.

You have to admit that you couldn't give a toss as you walked out of the stadium 6" off the ground at the final whistle. I will still miss it but Mrs JBS and her +1 is far happier with a Saturday evening rather than 8pm on Monday as she has to be up for work at 5am on Tuesday.

Being a fat lad I thought UA would not be for me, but I recently ended up with a couple of their Golf shirts due to Nike and Adidas annually dicking around with their sizing, very nice quality.

Strange that no one has noticed Turkish has played a blinder here, he has metaphorically opened the forum door, pulled a pin out of a grenade, tossed it in, closed the door and walked away. 3 pages later it's still at the top of the main board as folks sift through the debris.

What a smashing memory. Alas my life started 2 years after his career with Saints ended. But it's always sad to hear of players woven into the rich tapestry of our great club passing away.

BBC commentary team must be stocked up on cream to rub on their necks to sooth the soreness caused by the sphincter muscle through having their heads so far up Man Utd's backside with their comments.

The Mighty Hillmen!! I was amazed to see them there, but then the old money in Arsenal originated in the Cotton Mills of Glossop, then they (Hill-Wood?) grabbed their stash and headed for the big smoke. Hood down - Anorak off

That's a shame, why couldn't they make it Johnathan Moss again just to wind up the Arsenal fans, who started a petition to get him banned from their games after the Boxing Day mauling.

My boss is a QPR ST holder, he said it was amazing that he is suddenly fit, he also said he is glad that he has gone to a good home.

What happens if between now and the end of the season and no-one actually gets to test us properly, because the confidence in this new system gains a bit of traction with the players and we shut teams down. Does this point get carried over to next season. It will likely evolve into something more dangerous as the players become more comfortable with it working, if we can shut teams down on Auto pilot, that allows more time to think about opening them up. But If you want to see Barcelona and Real portrayed performances, then you are either watching the wrong league or too use to playing FIFA whatever year applies.

If anyone can recall Rickie Lamberts shirt ripped from the V neck to half way down his chest from where Vidic was stuck to him like a magnet, the night we battered United and Fergie was very complimentary, then we should all know that shirt pulling in the box at OT is a perfectly acceptable part of the game, as long as the puller has a Red shirt on. I wish I could find the piece about a team, might be in South America, who's main strikers shirt was made out of that woven paper those cheap disposable boiler suits are made of, simply because every time they played against a certain opposition one of the defenders habitually got away with blatant shirt pulling without sanction. During the first half the strikers shirt was reduced to tatters and the ref actually booked him for not being suitably attired. Half time the manager went and had a word with the ref for being so stupid, second half striker, wearing a new paper shirt, in the box goes for the ball and the back of his shirt departs the rest of it, and the defender is caught standing there with the shirt in his hand, penalty given against him, stupidly he did it yet again and was red carded. At least yesterday when Jose had his shirt pulled as JWP whipped in the free kick, it stopped him getting up to the ball ahead of Charlie!

Ah! You just can't beat applemakeyoulookatit autocorrect to kick you in the shins

I think I spotted a few coats under SALE banners, when I peered through the glass as we passed the Stadium Megastore on Saturday Evening. So might be a bargain to be had.

Another player who quietly went about his business in midfield, rarely in the spotlight, but as WGS even pointed out he set the tempo for the team. True enough, when he was out injured we just seemed to lack that little something to make the difference.

I thought I read it as not being the whole lot, just a hey lets be sensible here. Sort of we will pay you X, end your contract, give you your registration, you're a free agent clear to make what you can signing on with some other sucke...... uh football club. all strings cut. ............... Oh and Don't let the door bang on your @R$e on the way out

And if VW gets a cheap booking get Romeu on sharpish to replace him cos Rooney or that hairy lout will make sure he gets another. Mike Jones looks like a ref who will buckle under pressure from the players and we don't apply any on the refs. That said the Ref's and Lino's normally travel as a set package, after the howler the Lino made for the dodgy equaliser, our defence should be drilled in the Arsenal of Adams and Keown or Bould uniform arm in the air asking the question and sowing the seed of doubt in lino's mind.

All the big boys can breathe easy as Bradford lose 4-2 on penalties to Bury who played with 10 men from the 39th minute. The deciding penalty scored by Jacob Mellis who we had on loan from Chelsea back in 2009.

An Englishman was touring the USA on holiday and stopped in a remote bar in the hills of Nevada. He was chatting to the bartender when he spied an old Indian sitting in the corner. He had tribal gear on, long white plaits, wrinkled face. “Who’s he?” said the foreigner “That’s the Memory Man.” said the bartender. “He knows everything. He can remember any fact. Go and try him out.” So the foreigner goes over, and thinking he won’t know about English football, asks “Who won the 1965 FA Cup Final?” “Liverpool,”replies the Memory Man. “Who did they beat “Leeds,” was the reply. “And the score?” “2-1.” “Who scored the winning goal?” “Ian St.John,” was the old man’s reply. The Englishman was knocked out by this and told everyone back home about the Memory Man when he returned. A few years later he went back to the USA and tried to find the impressive Memory Man. Eventually he found the bar and sitting in the same seat was the old Indian only this time he was older and more wrinkled. Because he was so impressed, the foreigner decided to greet the Indian in his native tongue. He approached him with the greeting - “How”. The Memory man replied, “Diving header in the six yard box"!!

Anyone else notice Morgan has gone soft at Man U: running around wearing GLOVES!!! in their midfield today.

He got his crotch less knickers in a knot in a TV interview when we signed Gaston Ramirez (?), banging on that we no way had that kind of money to buy and pay the reputed wages.

Ha-ha! that just made me think of being at Wentworth for the PGA Championship, the presentation was made on the 18th green, out totters the Sky TV MC Kirsty Gallagher looking pretty wearing heels and having to walk uncomfortably out to the lectern on the green as if she knew that the Green Keeper was lurking somewhere in the bushes with his Martini snipers trained on her, finger on trigger ready for the moment a heel broke the surface. Apologies for the attack of the Dubai Phil's in the last couple of posts in this thread.

Golf courses live and die by the condition of the grass and especially the on greens. Most metaphorically chop up £20 notes and spread them across the surface to keep them tip top in all weather conditions 365 days a year, Just about every head green keeper and many of his staff are highly educated in grass and course management. But despite all this diligence they sweat about grass infections (I can't remember it's name, one is particularly damaging ) that just decimates the grass. No amount of money can prevent this, plus I doubt football pitches get the same chemical cocktail golf courses get due to the fact that players will be rolling about on them.......... You never lick your fingers on a golf course.

All these guys develop at different rates, you think of Bale went to Spurs and was a steaming pile to start with then suddenly got on his bike, there are many players down through the years who have come on in later years. Another thing is Luke Shaw had a steady run of games young Matthew has been in and out knowing Bertrand will be first choice more often than not, you would like to think that the position he has played in these last few games has come about through his overall attitude.