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All square! Lovely powered header. C'mon VA!

Come back is on! I thought the first touch had taken it too far away. But if anything it forced the shot at a tighter angle, beating their keeper.

Massive gaps left in the middle, allowing USB to pick the best of the angles for a shot, and go 2up. That was poor, and you could see the goal coming a mile off.

After last week's defeat VA really need a win to keep some promotion hopes going. Instead, their first half was tentative anywhere near the final third. A header low, but close to their keeper; a shot well over and a forced snapshot about all they had to show for 40mins. USB were not only a bit sharper, but got numbers up quickly to make the most of their attacks. VA did show more urgency towards the break. They're going to have to click more as a unit to turn it around. There were a few moves that broke down through making the wrong pass, or running out of ideas on the final ball. Some frustration with a lot riding on a win. More guts and drive needed for the second half. Allez VA!

VA ruining my line about giving USB some stick. 🙂

Baz: The first 'keeper to concede when a photo is shot. 🙂

Dear Airport security, SaintsWeb would just like to point out that the phrase "shoot down" is being used in a completely different context. Please let Turks continue to travel the world looking for kids. Edit: Dear Airport security, SaintsWeb would just like to point out that the above post that was pointing out things being taken out of context, should also not be taken out of context. Please let Turkish continue to continue his secret work for the global CoT organisation. A group so secret, it's too classified for your red flag list. Edit to edit: Dear Airport security, It has come to our attention that Turkish is still in custody, following our earlier communications...

"...in response to some hostages being taken...." @sadoldgit it would appear that in your rush to make a point/ insult another poster, you've let a mask slip with that comment. It would fall into being a vile thing to say. Perhaps those who you say are calling you that have a point?

And that works both ways. Our lot were going through a bit of a slump, and came into the bar afterwards. They were a bit sheepish, but got encouragement and support. It made a difference to them. Their first big slump as a side. But we've had the joy of seeing loads over the years. 🙂 The social side is good, as mentioned. But when they bring in loads of sandwiches, having got in too much for hospitality, that's even better. Never mind the eerie silence between club and fans. Not when you go to the same supermarket as the committee members. Being on first name terms and having little chats with pretty much everyone, after a while. And that happens whether you think you want it to or not, and no matter how introverted you are. You're just slowly connected through your community. Fairly new to an area? Take in a few local games and get massive amounts of local history, football knowledge and great stories from the older guys who've been attending for decades. Like a really good episode of Cheers, with some football added. 🙂 So yeah, if for whatever reason, getting to a Saints game isn't on, then fresh air, community, good value and mental health boosts aren't far away.

And he has stabilised us. We can now go into every game safely in the knowledge of getting nothing out of it. 🙂

I do the same. A short walk away. Meet up with people you know, and meet lots more you'll get to know, in your community. Feel connected in a way the Premier League and clubs dismissive of "legacy" fans have lost. Competitive football, good afternoons out (and closer to away fixtures too, when the urge strikes) and supporting a club that works hard for every penny through lots of volunteers.

Couldn't the club just pretend to buy another left back, using the money instead to finance the women's team?

Who needs scouts, when you have algorithms? SR have even revolutionised this. They've removed input devices, turning it all into one large, tombola working lever. Let's give it a go... Young talent bought in bulk on the off chance one comes good. Left backs. Players that fit our departed manager, but not our new one. Players with chronic injury records. Left field SR know best. No players at the market rate. Low individual wages. Even if having to then buy in bulk, to not succeed, makes this a false economy. No defensive midfielders or strikers of note. No PL requirements. SR are smarter than needing players who can cope there. They just need players to sell. No players with independent thoughts of their own. All the better for fitting into our lunatic tactics without a murmer. Up and coming managers. Never anyone with proven track record, who might want thingss their own way. SR know better than them. SR are far from the world's worst owners. They've put in money and have good intentions. But, boy are they clueless.

Stone

It's the Napoli basketball team that want him.

Glass

Not Mr Barton https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj92k80m7llo

Well done. You don't see it in published diet plans, but not eating babies really made the difference here. So much for the Mediterranean diet. Well, the Cronus version of it anyway.

SR decide to get Ronald into oversee their 10 year plan...

Not having that SR focus probably saves them from relegation. 🙂 SR have certainly made it harder to sit through. Maybe they do have a master plan to drive fans towards the women's team. 🙂

HR having at least a couple of meetings this week. 🙂 Where I am, the fervour of ideological capture that was sweeping a lot of large companies, has gone into the background. A lot of companies disassociated themselves from Stonewall programmes. It took a while to realise paying a company lots of money to embed itself and any ideas it had, whether legal or not, or be labelled hateful, wasn't a good idea. Like BLM, it turns out that we had sensible, robust policies in place all along, without having to jump on bandwagons or flagellate ourselves in public, if we weren't part of a group. Which seems to please everyone regardless of whether they have protected characteristics or not. Not a soul was keen on having unisex toilets put into new buildings. Something more money was spent on to give some separation to. I do still use a rainbow lace to find a lanyard in my bag. Very useful. The other is still in a bag of cat toys.

And he was worth every penny of that. Edit: And he was worth a penny of that. 🙂

His second division Andorran team will find out at the end of his first season. 🙂

Smash

It's good that players can develop through clubs playing at different levels. Top division in Turkey, lower down but aiming to go up in France and the National League in England. 🙂