Gloucester Saint

Handy start with Fuller getting rid of NZ Test star Henry Nicholls for 0. Worcs 9/1.

The classic is Farage in order to make inroads in the Welsh elections next year stating that he wants to re-start blast furnaces - bit of a technical issue there Nigel! - and re-industrialise Wales. It’s reheated Trump, he has no ideas of his own. Lowe is a cunt but at least he had some ideas. And what has happened in states like Pennsylvania where Trump promised to get coal mining going again? Zero mines but he has cut all of the miners with COPD conditions Medicaid. Stupidity costs lives.

This we agree on. If you try to ape Reform and are perceived not to deliver on much of your programme in an everyday way, what are Red Wall voters then going to do in 2029?

It’s no different to what most clubs do to build up some base match fitness and build on early pre-season. Cheltenham usually start at Bishops Cleeve, Skates at H&W etc.

Looks like Carl Martin’s brother coming over from Cambridge Utd and specific to the OP, Tonda Eckert, Genoa’s assistant manager set to join as u21’s head coach.

And then there’s Reform. 18 year olds overseeing key services such as social care and transport in some of the biggest county councils (Warwickshire, Leicestershire) because Reform councillors keep quitting within a month of being elected. And the only reason they were selected to stand is because of Islamophobic and other tweets. Their own Chair said it would be a waste of his time campaigning for a Reform government. God help us if they get anywhere near power.

IIRC Gasmi was a signing in his own right, a former wonder kid who had been highly sought after but become injury-prone and made of glass. The club thought they could turn him around in their bankrupt state but he really was a jellyfish, as demonstrated by pulling out of a tackle in halfway for Forest’s second goal and disappeared after that.

Same as Sulemana, they will both be completed, not expecting any ABK-type shenanigans.

Boris and Farage broke all of theirs to farmers and fisherman. I await that account’s apology for supporting Brexit and being pricks in damaging our economy. I don’t like Starmer either, nor did I vote for him, but some farmers have short memories (no offence intended @Farmer Saint as you are not in that category).

Had typed a response but can’t be bothered anymore. More fun and actual purpose in drinking beer in my garden.

Bazunu loaned out too on a similarity subsidised basis I suspect once Ramsdale future certain. Spors and Still not messing about.

The shrinkage of the economy following a hard Brexit has made those choices more binary. It should be a mix of both reducing welfare, fast-track action on large scale tax evasion, and going further in re-establishing EU trade to get more of the lost pie back.

Surprised given the widely publicised release fee Bednarek hasn’t gone yet. He will though, although Aribo will be next I reckon.

Yep, and Bazunu, ABK and Smallbone next please, none of those will suit Still and only Smallbone has any kind of decent record at the club, but only in a central three.

Judging by his recent comments, I’d say that’s THB as was praising Still and looking forward to next season. A return to Burnley wasn't lighting his fire I guess.

Lallana scored one, Waigo possibly with the first and Hammond with the third. Defending was a bit sloppy at times. Good day out though. Our fans were singing to Akinfenwa 🎵 ‘you should have gone to KFC’ 🎵

That was my memory of being there and it was 2009, not 2010 as I typed earlier.

In 2010 we got some of the stand to the side as well and definitely more than 972 Saints fans there. Depends on how confident they are on selling out or not. Kevin Nolan their manager these days.

My first season of being a supporter…

Darren M’Six Fingers his brother, plays for Pompey’s academy.

Went there for our FA Cup round 2 game in 2010 - freezing November afternoon/evening but good day out, won 3-2.

Driver has said to witnesses that throttle stuck - rare but can happen (see Toyota).

The devil’s advocate is that in the Dalian Atkinson case (this being a football forum) the taser was used inappropriately with deadly consequences but overall yes, I agree that when the public are facing a life/death threat from a lunatic with a sword running around, the police are well beyond asking ‘please sir can you drop your weapon?’. Taser at the first refusal to surrender the weapon is fine and logical with me.

Scary, and not that far from here. He might be the most mature 18 year old ever, and it’s true that he can legally drive, vote, smoke, drink alcohol. But that’s light years from controlling a multi-million pound budget with thousands of staff delivering key public services that we rely on which in some cases are the difference between life and death, and the sheer complexity coming with that. Very difficult to scrutinise effectively for us let alone a lad that age who hasn’t lived yet really.