Gloucester Saint

Does anyone remember the old Central Swimming Baths and the underwater deep section as you went into the entrance?

I did wonder where Soggy was….

He’s focused on being anti-Islam since 2016 trying to repudiate his racist to all EDL past https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/uk-who-is-uk-far-right-tommy-robinson He was stirring up the ‘two tier’ justice stuff as far back as 2014. Patriotic Alternative, led and coordinated by Nick Griffin’s former deputy (can’t recall the name), were probably more responsible for the summer riots which Musk has missed out although Robinson was happy to stir misinformation amongst his old EDL leaders. They’ve arguably filled the vacuum the EDL left behind and the NF before them. Dispatches on C4 did an undercover expose on PA in the summer which is worth watching on catch up. Mark Collett - that’s his name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Alternative

And the other midfielder who was breaking the lines, Alcaraz, got sold because he wasn’t suited to Martin’s atrocious football. Yet was a rare bright spot under Selles. Without the boring austerity of Martinball, we should be able to find a couple of AMCs and wingers with pace.

He was briefly in a position of responsibility for Griffin in the BNP and Head of the EDL as a direct action far right group after the BNP dissolved as a political party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson Jailed for stalking a journalist and her family. Libelled a 15 year old refugee, found guilty in court and just carried on libelling them, hence the fifth and current prison sentence for contempt of court. Luton Town hooligan with multiple convictions which is where the EDL stemmed from, which I’ve always found ironic as a Saints fan of the 1980s considering their away fan ban as well as their plastic pitch and asbestos riddled shithole of a stadium (even then, the Dell was in far better shape). Mark Rowley, Met Commissioner, believes there was a clear link between Robinson and the Finsbury Park Mosque attacker. Plenty of beef with Farage which is why he’ll be wary of Musk and attacked Badenoch again today. Reckon she might be trying to steal his pitch.

Musk’s latest outburst is a bit dangerous for Farage, who has been distancing Reform from Robinson quite volubly to become a legitimate political party https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/02/who-is-tommy-robinson-why-elon-musk-is-posting-about-far-right-british-activist/ Whilst he clearly wants a donation, Musk could take the train set in a far more radical and violent direction. What a surprise, ex-MP and disgraced ex-PM Liz Truss weighing in https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/elon-musk-keir-starmer-tommy-robinson-b2672709.html

Not on this issue, any more than Thatcher enabling Savile. Musk is becoming more and more extreme. Making MLT sound like Karl Marx. Donald Trump will elbow him out shortly, already had a few pops last week about who the incoming President really was.

It’s revolting, and completely unfounded. But when have his ilk ever bothered with facts or context? He’s backed Tommy Robinson and the AFD over the last fortnight. If it walks like a 🦆 and quacks like a 🦆 it almost always is. It’s also completely inappropriate. Only natural that Kemi and Chris Philip would join him in the gutter.

Fixed it for you

They were singing ‘feed the scousers’, ‘we pay your benefits’ and then later in the evening cheering scouser Stephen Bunting on. Been quite a lot of ‘stand up if you hate Tottenham’ so guessing a proportion of Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham supporters attending.

Seems as if he is ‘one of their own’ to coin the football song. Indy the only major outlet to confirm the ISIS flag initially but CBS now saying it via the FBI https://www.nbcnews.com/video/fbi-confirms-isis-flag-was-on-vehicle-in-new-orleans-truck-attack-228275269955

Unless people enjoy being gaslight, there wouldn’t be much purpose. Better to protest in the stadium.

Needs retiring this summer, voluntary or not. With the helpful stupidity of Rasmus, Wilcox and Martin, him and his agent have swindled enough money already.

There’s been a bit of internal wrangling about whether the barriers were set up quite as originally intended at the market itself just prior to Christmas from a security vs trading perspective. Not seen any more since.

Musk is turning seriously weird. If the article was 1 April that would have been a convincing April fool.

Known AFD supporter but sounds like with mental illness he didn’t know what the fuck he actually was angry about https://www.cbsnews.com/news/germany-christmas-market-attack-suspect-mental-illness/ Usual suspects in Germany and Musk still saw it as a gift https://www.politico.eu/article/magdeburg-christmas-market-attack-europe-far-right-elon-musk/

It’s irrelevant which PL club he goes to, and £10m say is £10m when he’s out of contract in the summer. Not sure he will want that move though.

Would like to see Saints causing an upset but against a pressing side it’s quite unlikely.

Pleased for him, an upgrade in terms of club and some normality to get away from the sheer dysfunction of SR-run SFC.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/andrea-jenkyns-defends-rude-gesture-no-10-protesters-should/

Would be happy with that, Charles has benefitted from working with Rohl at Champ level.

These modern managers are dreadful with their fixed tactics hiding as bullshit philosophies. Amorim is just an expensive Russell Martin.

Hopefully Rupert Lowe’s political career goes the same way as his time with Saints. Doesn’t live too far from here, in Withington IIRC, although will have a bolt hole somewhere in the Broads. No way someone from his background is living in or near Great Yarmouth!

Needs to be retired, whether the player wants to or not. Find a friendly insurance adjuster to write him off. He’s stolen enough wages already off the club plus a signing on fee. He won’t be fit to play again above lower levels of League One, probably League Two, and bar a purple patch/fluke spell of a dozen games in the Champ he’s unproven outside of League One or lower SPL. We’re not talking Rickie Lambert reeling off 25+ goal returns over several terms.

A few chants of ‘you can stick your fucking spreadsheets up your arse’ would leave no doubt with both sets of fans who it was aimed at. No way our lot would have the guts to sing that at Rasmus though. A good opportunity to see how we should have been playing since August but they have Thomas Frank and we had a village idiot. 1-3 - a batting effort but futile against better players, and a much better club.