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It was disappointing but that was arguably along with the 1971 double team Arsenal’s best ever and Henry could have gone to ground in the first minute and Claus was off. WGS played the long game based on our fitness and we finished strongly, one very good save from Seaman but not quite enough.

We’d have beaten Watford, very handy side under Taylor but the emotion of the day go to them. We were actually the favourites in 1984. One I missed the following year - Barnsley at home in the cup when we were strongly fancied again.

I do wonder if some of them struggle with organisation because of learning difficulties eg time and money management. To be fair, supplies and supply chains have gotten more difficult, one big job got postponed becuase we literally couldn’t get a price on bi-fold doors because there was a shortage… The very good ones can advise you on the spec as well if it’s not your own area of expertise and it leads to both parties understanding and executing the job to a good standard. They are the ones we repeat with and the ones you need to book well in advance. Just need far more like that. I agree on getting what you pay for but even when they’ve come with good recommendations and a premium they still require more supervision than they ought to.

Norris one was annoying at the time but we didn’t do enough to beat them. Sharp’s second was scrambled and should have wiped the floor with them given the form the teams were in. Dominated possession as expected but it should have been a Fratton 2019 outcome and scoreline. They still went down and we still went up, and they had four years of League Two whilst we enjoyed Pochettino, Ronald and the San Siro. Whereas Heath denied our best ever team from winning another FA Cup in my first season following them. The club’s narrative would be different. If only Steve Williams had been fully fit…. Zlatan goes without saying after our great comeback and battering them second half.

That and Bond’s back pass to Rush at White Hart Lane in extra time. Marcus Bent for Everton in 2005 was a body blow. Zlatan’s the worst though in terms of impact. Best’s own goal at Derby was both painful and WTF at the same time. Now the answer would be ‘none’ because after two of the last three seasons and 2x 9-0 my ability to feel much about goals conceded is pretty much zero!

I don’t think Chelsea will recall him anyhow. He’s been better under Juric on the whole but still not pulling up consistent trees that would get him a start at Chelsea.

They’ve seemingly shaking him around for loan all month - plenty of injured keepers too but the silence is deafening unless the club wants a hefty loan fee and wages paid. Turns out the market for a keeper who struggles with low shots, central shots with power, catching and coming off his line but is potentially a good kicker (so claimed but seen little evidence) is very limited.

It’s not been good for some time in this country but it’s got a whole lot worse since Brexit and less competition. Trades are even worse than retail - trying to get them to turn up to a job you’ve arranged your day around is a hard task in the first place, level of supervision required from a clearly agreed job spec is something else again. I have found some gems as well amongst UK trades who have pride in their work and want a happy customer where they get offered fresh jobs and recommendations from us to others we know but far too many that want to do half the job contracted and invoice. They end up taking less because of it even after they’ve tried to fix mess ups but the email exchanges to facilitate it and resolve disputes because the job isn’t done as specified are as costly to us as to them. Beef up consumer protections and more people will have confidence in commissioning new work. I know the law and this frustrates rogue trades, but a lot of people don’t and it’s a national issue that standards and attitudes are so poor. When there was more competition they were less able to get away with it. Is it just me or do others have this experience?

Agreed, I was going by the extent of my shock and horror. There’s been some evil bastards around like Robert Black, Jebson and Ian Huntley but there was something so calculated and evil about this case. It emerged that he actually tried going back to his old school and doing similar but his dad stopped the taxi driver.

Hilarious that they have trouble with it now after their plastics infiltrated away ground home areas for years when they were winning things. I still remember one of them popping up at the back of the West Stand when they won the league in 2000 IIRC and an old Saints fan whacked him with an umbrella full pelt. Made quite a sound. Bet his head hurt in the morning https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg8ejpplp2o

I would actually rate this as even worse than that the Jamie Bulger murder, and I never thought I’d be typing that. What was especially sickening is the admittance that he quite deliberately went for the smallest and what he perceived as the weakest kids. He is definitely bad, evil, calculating, not mad, prison is going to be hell for him.

Although he was just too young for a full life tariff, he will never be allowed out. And shouldn’t be either.

It wouldn’t be surprising if he ended up meeting ‘Stanley’ a few times in custody.

Quite, and Bazanu was by some distance the worst keeper in the Championship. If he is back in goal, we’d be doing well to stay up let alone go up.

He is, and much prefer his policies, but weird nevertheless turning up to that formal event looking like he was gone for a light jog around the block https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman

Good point - Ely scored regularly for Basel including v City in the CL and at Celtic.

And very cold - not during the ceremony itself which was indoors but it was very cold outside in DC.

Yeah, he’s really repudiated the mid-70’s racist stuff and admitted he wasn’t in a great place. People should be allowed to change as they get older. Dried out around 1982. Had some serious stuff to deal with as well - guitarist electrocuting himself (happened in the 1970s when guitars and mikes weren’t always properly earthed) and his son’s tragic accidental death in NYC. Still supporting fox hunting and more right wing than not but he’s also been strongly critical of Israel and supportive of the Palestinians so he’s got a variety of different views.

This is certainly the case for cats, and probably dogs, but they have a different vision palate to humans. Plus animals can react differently to people of a different size - some dogs like big, burly blokes, others would see it as a threat if their owner was smaller build.

Dunno, you’d have break down the offences. Objectively you could say language barriers might stop some people understanding they’ve committed an offence but you’ve got to do something fairly serious to get banged up. Guly drink-driving wasn’t enough for example, maybe if he’d really been 4 times over and hit something really out of control. Most people would know being that pissed and driving is trouble anywhere. Certainly if it involves non-prescription drugs, people would know heroin, coke etc isn’t something to trade or posses in any quantity. Or trading people. And if they’ve been warned a few times about saying driving without a licence/insurance and won’t stay off the road…a magistrate might not have a choice.

You’ve found a Kitler (Cats that look like Hitler). Some great ones online.

I’m sure that’s where he is aiming but it’s going to embarass Farage more. Farage wants to get as far away from Robinson as possible. Might suit him to create a crack in Nigel and Donald’s friendship.

Paul got into a bit of trouble on the other end of spectrum in 1972 with this tune of protest https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1972/02/give-ireland-back-to-the-irish-banned/ The Clapton comments kick started the whole Rock Against Racism movement in the late 70s/early 80s. Gig at Birmingham of all places as well wasnt it?

Correct, nearly 12% according to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_prison_population#:~:text=and Wales only-,Immigrants and foreign nationals,578 having no nationality recorded. From 2022 but I doubt it has changed much, illiteracy and not having basic writing/reading/numeracy the biggy at 30% https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2022/11/11/education-for-prisoners-with-learning-difficulties-and-or-disabilities/ Violent Schizophrenia is the variable that gets discussed often for the most high profile crimes if people aren’t managing their own medication and lose touch which those who were https://livingwithschizophreniauk.org/throw-people-schizophrenia-prison/

Yes, he did a windmill celebration. Good goal very out of keeping with the game, jinking run, beat a couple of Bolton defenders cutting to rifle in. Djorkaeff was very late with their goal, 95th minute and literally last kick of the game. My friend got offered out by another Saints fan at half-time in the concourse for being too critical of the players and strikerless formation (we struggled for goals early on but put that right after that game). Bloke had a young kid with him and three of us, my friend is six-foot plus and a solid unit. Not sure what his aim was there… I went to the 2005 game and missed Phillips scoring urinating having over indulged in the local Bank Top ale!