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According to a Norwegian journalist on twitter he's having a medical today with us. I'm very happy we're signing a Norwegian and I remember seeing him play against Lillestrom a couple of years ago - he's a very calm defender but the Norwegian league is a long way from premier league so hope he's up for it.

Thanks for posting that. My other half has been tempted to buy photoshop for ages so this has made her very happy!

Is Totti still playing? One's got to be Di Natale

One thing I think needs pointing out is that "inextricably linked as one economic entity" is not in the FL's rules/regulations. This term was used in summary of their judgement by Lord Mawhinney, followed by "All of the evidence pointed us to the conclusion that an administrator has been appointed that covers the club or aspects of the club as well as the holding company, and that being the case, we had no flexibility under Football League regulations - we had to apply sporting sanctions." (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8014811.stm). So, I think your repeated mentions of other businesses (eg the WRC rights company) standing on their own is potentially not relevant. If the CSI administrator's work "covers the club or aspects of the club as well as the holding company" (I don't know if it does or not, but I'd have thought it quite possible as others have pointed out here in various ways) then it's likely the same outcome will be reached.

hehe, good tip!!!

I've heard he's off to Reading

I let out my flat for a year and half through an agency as I thought that would be the easy option (I was out of the country), but it was such a pain. They just forwarded any problems to me and got me to deal with it in the same way as I would have had to do directly (as a poster above says finding your own quote for work can save you a lot of money). And it felt so expensive with the agency - cost was 10% of the rent but there were so many additional costs for their admin at the start and the end. I ended up really regretting the fact that I was losing so much money to them and they were doing nothing. Also through an agency they find a tenant, which obviously has some positives, but the tenant in my place was a nightmare to deal with - wanting to reduce the rent, paying late, wanting things done that I'd pay for (painting a room a colour he wanted). Guess its a bit of luck if you get a good tenant or not, but if you're meeting them before agreeing anything then you can get some idea of how they'll be. Regarding landlord insurance, I think my mortgage provider insisted I had it for them to agree to me letting it. If you have a mortgage, it might be worth checking with them. Good luck with it!!

this lurker is in

Think I used to have it on cassette (probably still do somewhere). Can't remember much of it though.

Down like a Thai girl, you're going down like a Thai girl

My girlfriend pointed out the Liebherr diggers outside Mannheim station this morning ripping up the tram tracks. I'm so proud she pays attention to my mutterings about saints.

South Today just said Wotte is in charge until the end of the season