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Leaving Thursday!!! I saw that pub mentioned on a travel forum, but didnt know it was run by a Saints lad. May have to pop in. We're staying up on Salad Beach (Cookies) for quite a bit, but always up for tips. Will hopefully catch up with Alright Dave's mate who I first stayed with in 2002. He certainly keeps the Saints flag flying in Samui (particularly when there's a Portsmuff bar down in Chaweng!!!) Not sure whether to do the Full Moon Party as reckong I'm too old for all that jazz nowadays.

sotonjoe sounds as though knows first hand considering one minute he's a bloke, and the next a bird. Kings Castle II me up;)

You've got a PM

Someone who sends people off on a wild goose chase for links that don't exist:D Someone who posts links that work;)

Have you got a link?

So you've got a female head as well as a macho head???? You're either a Katoey or Wurzel Gummidge

My only comment on this thread would be that I think the OP is being a tad harsh on Henderson. He knows he's not the first team manager and he also probably knows he's light years away from it. He was overhyped and sold to us as a part of a Revolutionary Coaching Set Up by a former regime, when in truth he's a decent member of the backroom staff. He really shouldn't have been in the spotlights last season and has only been filling in whilst someone tried to put us back together again.

So are the two linked?????? Interesting!!!!

Thanks for that heads up MB. Have to say I'm not overly comfortable with dispatching Mortimore to pastures new, but could it be because he's making way for someone new???? MLT for President anyone?????

And then another 5 before the end of Ausgust;) Everybody happy!!!!!!!!

Thanks for clearing up my hazy recollection. I can definitely remember the ball going to our left into the Tavern or Mound stands, but where it came from was somewhat hazy!!! I can also remember the Bicknell brothers, particularly the bowling one giving and getting loads of abuse. We were in the Lower Nursery, right at the back and there were very few Hampshire fans down there in the dark. I'm sure we got our tickets from the ones Surrey couldn't sell ???? so much pss taking went on. Would I be right in saying it was an afternoon of getting cans of Red Stripe from a beer tent somewhere near the Nursery?????

Living at the bottom of town, I get to hear them regularly. As people have said it's that long wailing one you associate with programmes about the Blitz. They were regularly for a bit on Saturday mornings. No idea where they were coming from, so would love to know, we just presumed Fawley (although that's a long way) or some alert in the docks????

I'm looking for "before the end of July";)

Here every time. If there's something official, then there's bound to be a link or brief recount of the story. And despite many false alarms, this place does have a decent record of insights and heads ups on breaking stories. I don't think people should underestimate how informative and useful this site is (particularly to the many far flung Saints fans).

Am I missing something on that link, as I can't see any mention of Mortimore??? Or is there more in the paper version???

I agree with the bit about all the ex directors, ex employees, hangers on and even current employees, but John Mortimore was, and as far as I am aware, still is the Club President. Now I don't see him mentioned in the Echo (so it may not even apply to him) and he may even be totally OK paying his way and making a contribution, but I just think we need to be careful about throwing the baby out with the bath water here. Mortimore has been a good ambassador for this Club, never involved in any of the politics or squabbles (as far as I can remember) and as others have mentioned, he is often seen around Staplewood. I would have thought as President he should be given a lifelong ticket in the Director's Box. I think there's a big difference between providing a seat to the Club President and providing one to any number of hangers on.

I know Denham pays the normal rate as he sits just in front of me in the Itchen North. Have no problem with ex directors or ex employees paying their way, but not so sure with the situation regards Mortimore. As Club President, having taken over from Bates in 2003, shouldn't he be entitled to a free seat in the Director's Box???? Or are Presidents expected to contribute financially towards the Club????

Now if he really had been Gibsonesque or Majeskiesque, then I think everyone would have been much more forgiven. When you're pumping in that much, then whilst not above criticism, it certainly buys you a rather large stash of "Get Out Of Jail" cards!!!!!!!!

There can't be anything wrong with nutjob, mentalist, dinlo and a whole host of fairly innocuous insults. Calling Sundance a nutjob is par for the course IMHO if you recall his behaviour on this forum (up until he was banned). After all, I've seen (and been called a lot worse).

I remember saying exactly the same thing to that nutjob Sundance who used to post on here. Onwards and upwards.

As it was near the end of the match, then needless to say a few pints and 18 years may have dimmed the memory. We were in the Lower Nursery and I thought the bowler (Bicknell??) was coming down from the Pavillion. I thought Ayling who I think was left handed cut it/slapped it squarish into the stand to our left (or if he was right handed he had to be up the other end LOL) and it went in either the Mound or the Tavern. From underneath at the very back you couldn't see fck all when the ball went up in the air!!!!

I have to say that's one of the reasons I like Thailand, in that you haven't got a clue what is going to happen. Normal to surreal in 5 yards/seconds. We'll be taking Koh Phang-Nan in this time around for a bit, so thanks for the warning with regards one eyed longtail coxens!!! And going back to the naked Katoey, before she/he chased us on her/his moped she jumped out from behind a bush shouting Fck me, Fck me. 4 men combined ages of 120+ then sprinting to our hotel and losing our flip flops, only to be resuced by the Night Guard was funny as fck.

I'll give you the others, i.e. Redknapp himself and some of the other coaching staff and players having an impact on the "experiment", but the idea that the fans somehow put the kibosh on the whole project is somewhat stretching it IMHO. For me SCW was potentially the right man, but totally at the wrong time.

If today is anything to go by we could be calling for Andy Flower to make the jump.

Lowe was trying, very trying;)