bridge too far

SSN saying it's all Barnsley and we're not really in it

I see in the tribute to the poor gentleman who died outside the ground last week that his son refers to his father's belief in the Spirit of Southampton. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4038140.Family_pays_tribute_to____avid_Saints_fan____who_died_outside_stadium/

Well, as long as there's a paper trail......

Radio 5 Live being quite disparaging about Pompey. Saying it's a disgrace for a Premier League team not to have undersoil heating. Also saying that 'there's a lot Fratton Park doesn't have' I guess they're peeved because they would have had their OB crew at FP and now they've had to go to another match.

You're being too kind. But he may well have had to meet RL TO BE TOLD what the team selection is.

No, just the accent

I love the Dutch accent - I think it's very sexy :oops:

Maybe he'd been out to meet our new Middle Eastern investors

Or shot one of their own - 'friendly' fire.

Oops sorry. I left my sarcastic sensors in bed this morning

He might not play against Roddick today if his back twinge hasn't cleared up. Makes sense really - 'twould be a shame to spoil his chances in the Australian.

Well, if I were to audit any of your projects, I would expect to see an audit trail. I do audit some local councils in the North West, BTW [-X

The use of 'left' in connection with the British government is oxymoronic.

Go on, my boy - show those Skates a clean pair of heels. Make them look stupid - you know you can.

Maybe that's because he is Indian and the OP was talking about someone from the Middle East :smt102

I think they criticise everyone. I can't imagine them supporting Muslims now, can you? Ask St George - he speaks for the far right

OK. Well, as I said before, I left the Labour Party after many years' activity at a high level because of Iraq. Not many of the 'lovable left' (how glad am I to have coined that phrase) supported that war. I think the civilian deaths in Iraq are as regrettable as those in Palestine and Israel. It's not just the left leaning organisations that are criticising Israel by the way. Oh and remember this. A large number of prominent members of the Labour Party are Jewish.

If you mean senior managers / directors giving jobs to family / friends - I wouldn't know. I don't have to look at that sort of thing. If you mean taking back-handers for giving contracts - it's not common and EU procurement legislation makes it quite difficult to do. A colleague of mine found an instance of a senior manager giving smallish construction contracts to a single firm (that, coincidentally, gave said senior manager whiskey at Christmas and many golf days). The manager was sacked. And there was a well-publicised case a couple of years ago in Nottingham (I think) where again contracts were given to the same M & E and QS firms. Both cases were in the NHS and both were caught out because they didn't comply with EU legislation.

Most of the bible was written a couple of hundred years after the supposed events. Based on myth, exaggeration and hearsay.

That's what's known as a 'non sequiteur'. Logical debators know that you don't introduce one untruth to try to justify another untruth. It's like you saying that MLT wasn't our best no. 7 and me coming back at you with 'he was a better no. 7 than Peter Sellers was a comic actor'. No logic at all

Oh I forgot that bastion of truth

And, let's face it, it's another teensy weensy bit of media publicity showing the parlous state the club's in.

But FC Manchester (or whatever it's called) wasn't. It was formed by fans who were fed up to the back teeth with the state of MU's finances.

Given that Gaza is the most densely populated area in the world, it's not surprising that their rockets are launched from 'civilian areas'. There's nowhere else.

His scouting column in the Guardian is quite good though.