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He's been getting praise for his work at Preston and could do to be a manager at a much higher level...hang on, I think I've just had a time slip to the last time we were really interested in him. 🙂

Ah, that's a shame. The tators in his first game coming in were mentioning the good saves he was making. I was pleased for him.

See bold above for your point. An extra word can make all the difference, and you shifting goalposts in your second post doesn't change that. A shame that your prolonged absence hasn't improved the thought process behind your posting.

Like putting a crease, in the wrong place. Forgetting to fill the water tank, before you start. Like putting a mark on your best white shirt And isn't it ironing, don't you think? Alanis Morissette - First Drafts Breathlessly waiting to find out if Director of Football Mascots would be just the same as Director of Football Operations and Director of Football, as it's just a word of a difference.

Well, he's got evidence of it going back to the '70s, when he bravely stood up against it by storing them as anecdotes for football forums of the future. Andrew Tate is the go to hand wringing name drop like Tommy Robinson or Katie Hopkins are for other subjects. In this case, it didn't need a self proclaimed mysoginist. It was men from all backgrounds, pasts and circumstances either perpetrating crimes or not highlighting concerns to authorities. It's the devastation of abuse impacting whole families and wider society.

You can have players who look fit OR are fit OR who have proportioned body parts. Might as well ask for the Moon on a stick to expect more than that. 🙂

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I think cab drivers put up with enough without people having a slash or stroking anything off in the back.

When's your next Mr Men book, Mr Football, coming out?

All year, we apprentices have been keeping the little shavings of coal left round the office hearth. We have a great Christmas tradition of burning them when we're working on Christmas morning. Obviously our superiors don't light a hearth on that day, as they graciously allow us Christmas afternoon off, and the heat would be wasted.

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All part of the plan. Martin might not be the manager for us now, but that's only because we weren't quite ready for it yet. A caretaker coming in, just to get us a few points before we go down, and then we'll be looking for an up and coming manager with a beard, a philosophy and a Rasmus mandated bad spell behind him. That, and continuing to build the squad to better suit next time... #trusttheprocess #tenyearplan

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We had one poster wanting Saints to become a global powerhouse. Others have criticised their belief they can abandon tradition and develop new footballing philosophy. SR have immediately come out to address both. Looking back to early days of Italian football dominance, we are to have The Year of 4 Managers, just like they had in AD69.

The old days sort of like the fairly recent days when foreign powers could kill off their dissidents in Britain.

Obviously SR with Mr Football will want to keep the same style of play. But Pep has just come out with "I am not good enough." Could we see a switch to Mourinho, who wants a club at the bottom of the PL? Would we accept that style of play after the giddy heights of this season?

Just heard it on the radio. "Often more than one in a short space of time, as clubs reflect on their situations." Is this part of the 10 year plan? If not, why wasn't it done months ago, as things aren't any different? Is MR football going to be trusted to be anywhere near selecting the next manager?

It's not uncommon to see little peaks and troughs. Just keep being brave and focusing on that 10 year picture. 🙂

I only saw the second half, so not too much can be taken from it. Spurs had a couple of early counter attacks, and one late closer range effort that would have been offside. Apart form that, they were only too happy to play well within their capabilities. They didn't have to expend too much energy to keep us at bay, even then, and got to bring on a number of youngsters, who we also failed to make any real impact against. With plenty of space and a team not going at PL pace, we got to do a few nice passing moves. We moved the ball about as per Russball, to shift Spurs and create a few opportunities. Our final ball wasn't great, the player making it often took too long, and sometimes we had too few players in there to have mattered anyway. The final third looked less than fluid, and more hopeful. Heads didn't seem to have gone down. KWP, AA, Manning and Dibling for starters, kept working away. Fernandes even got it into the net, but form an offside position. The commentator indicated that we were not at the intensity levels as a team in the first half and got blown away. I'll need to watch that. To not give away individual errors, but fall apart as a team sounds even worse. James Maddison (who we were once seriously interested in) was having a post match chat with AA. AA looked well aware that he was on camera. He didn;t want to say too much to Maddison, but looked embarrassed. TV focused on 4 supporters with the R.M get out of our club banner. Loads of empty spaces around. SR must be hoping they all come back for Championship football, if they don't take some action.

Jeez. Spurs' attacking set up should be a good test for Martin, as it should have given us at least some space to get his passing game going. Sounds as though it's been a disaster.

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SaintsWeb Tourist board would like to point out that the "Gary O’ Niel sacked" thread is twinned with the "Gary O’ Niel available" thread. 🙂

I saw this headline "Trump gets $15m in ABC News defamation case" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrw57q4y9do ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found "liable for rape". I was reminded of the discussion above, when one of the posters here made similar statements about him being a convicted rapist.

Obviously, that's the worrying one. Only sixth?

Adams' methane booster is giving him that extra yard past defenders.