John Boy Saint

Living just outside Basingstoke I always keep an eye on Basingstoke Town results, if our fishy friends keep their hands on the greasy pole there is even a chance of a future Ampshoire Derby down the Camrose Ground!!

Palace are battering Citeh still even after being caught with a sucker punch totally against the run of play.

Scarecrow Huddlestone gets a haircut after scoring at last for Hull 4-0

SW11_Saint is spot on I had Christmas Money burning a hole in my pocket, and seeing that Santa selected other stuff, I made arrangements to pick up copy from Duncan yesterday. I haven't read it like an Anorak, more like opening a very moreish box of chocolates you just keep going back for a another one (look) then demolishing all the ones around it. if you are a Saints fan with an interest in the Saints history past and present this book is another priceless product from the Hagiology team......................you can't google this stuff. I liked the bit on Len Stansbridge the old groundsman.

Wasn't it Franny who wound up Roy Keane to the point of getting himself sent off after 20 or so minutes in the famous 6-3 victory? i can remember Franny being sent off v Derby, not so much for the tackle, which was a "YEAH, GOT iM!!" X rated Franny special, but more for way the referee Mike Riley sent him off. Franny had just cleaned out some hotshot for Derby called Sturridge, if I recall correctly. Everyone in the Dell knew the punishment that was coming, but Old Mother Riley (I think he now heads the Professional Game Match Officials Board - the Referees Boss) decided to make a meal of it, Franny had demolished the Derby player in the penalty box D but Riley as he kept beckoning Franny towards him for the chit chat kept walking backwards until he reached the touch line right in front of the Derby fans at which point he pulled out the Red card sending the Derby fans into a wild frenzy of delight. When Dave Jones gave Franny's number 3 shirt to Lee Todd! that was a dark day.

Silly sods probably thought after the boardroom "reprieve" following Liverpool they didn't have to try too hard for him!

But harsh to maline Rickie like that!!

Bottom line is Adam knows he doesn't need to move to a more "prestigious" club to get an England call up, especially with someone like Gary Neville in the set up who has proved he knows his onions and has been blowing sunshine up Adams backside this season without prompting. Also we know there is not a chance in hell that he would be sold for bobbins, as would have happened in our not too distant history.

You can see why he's captain of Northern Ireland as he has shown a lot of hard work and endeavour since he has been with us, which when you have limited resources like NI that's the kind of example you want displayed by your Captain in the hope that the rest of the team will follow. As mentioned before a stunning bit of business.

I think you could say that since his call up Jay seems to have enjoyed the taste of the international life and knows (probably been told) what he has to do to get on the plane.

Get your hands out of your pockets Boy!! congratulations!!

Don't forget Turkish! Merry Christmas

What just the one!!!

You Plum Barry!! WAS, necrophilia aside these days, she was a brass before she got on the Tele round Franks 'ouse! She weren't touting er wears round Walford under the arches!!

Can't disagree with that, showed yesterday when he got to, what looked to be, a lost cause ball that he has some pace and only a kerfuffle with his feet (that any pro of any age and experience could make) negated the effort. He also crosses the ball very well and early too. When you listen to the team sheet being read out its interesting to hear/feel the difference in reaction to Chambers name being read out compared to Fox. shirleysfc asking about whether he could switch to centre back, you can't see why not as he is a tall lad and, I know it was in a different league, Chris Baird made the switch and ended up winning player of the season as a result.

Those thinking Gaston was good when he came on, must have been supping away at their hip flasks to believe that: ball to Gaston stop and dither like Gazza debating whether to leave his line. When we conceded a goal we seem to be in shock for 5 minutes afterwards, and disappear slightly into our shells. A little voice at the back of my head questions how long will NC poke up with the current malaise, but then that could just be triggered by all the carrying on happening at other clubs.

Should stop kissing Girls!!

I really wanted to give him a chance, but since coming in I haven't seen any improvement, which is a shame. There was a moment when the ball had his name all over it yet he stayed on his line until the penny dropped that he better go and get it making it a bit of a squeeky bum time for a moment. The only concern is that seeing as we are a team that has no fear in blooding the nippers, is Gazza seen as the better choice than Cropper by the coaching staff? Or is Pochettino's decision to pick him over Cropper being sentimentally clouded by the fact that they come from the same town in Argentina?

I would hope our high line would negate him as on his day he can be very good, but he is also a bit of a lazy bugger when getting back into position. I would just like to see us give someone a real spanking in return for all the hard work we do, and unless Sherwood has waved a magic wand over Spurs the one thing they didn't seem to like v Liverpool last week was being harried and pushed back, but then with a 13:30 kickoff it might be a bit of strange game being at a strange time.

If you were an ardent home and away supporter, you would have used up a lot of holiday and days off that season. 21 points from a possible 34 considering the frequency of games not to shabby a return for Saints

Christmas will be going down hill very quickly if I am not un-wrapping a copy on Christmas Afternoon! I have dropped enough hints and "lead the horse to water". Every book these boys have produced has been spot on, and to all Saints fans worth every single penny. I have a Wimbledon (old money) supporting friend who everytime him and his wife have stayed for the weekend can at some point be found carrying on from where he last left off reading through In That Number. He is amazed that folks have gone to so much effort to produce such a "stunning history superbly presented". sotonjoe hang your head in shame.

I have customers (I even know the folks referred to in the op link) who sell and have sold the Robertson Jam Golliwog Character themed products in their shops, Tea Towels, Biscuit Tins etc, every single person who has gotten all emotional about the character depicted on product being sold has been white. There was a story a few years back about a shop-owner who had the Golliwog soft toys for sale and a window display, over the course of 18 months I believe he was arrested twice following complaints about him selling the toys. He drank in the same pub as the local Police Chief and they were on friendly terms, after the second arrest they were both in the pub and the shop-owner requested that he got a bit of notice the next time they were going to arrest him as everytime he had been arrested, and it had made the news, he had sold out of all his Golliwog stock: and it would be nice to get a bit more stock in before the next time.

Without a doubt If you listened to the post match interview with Adkins on Solent after the Coventry promotion game Adkins pretty much knew he was in the snipers sights as soon as the ref blew the final whistle: very strange to listen to at the time. As mentioned before I have a friend who got invited to one of those Cortese dinners, and it was revealed there that Markus wanted Pardew out sooner than he was, but Nicola persuaded him against that. Pardew shot himself in the foot ultimately by being seen to take the teams foot off the gas after winning the JPT.

Happy Birthday!

That will mean a job lot of nose pegs will be needed.