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They may not have spent the transfer fees of many clubs in the league at the time but their Wage budget was more then ample. From memory Bolton Wanderers have an extremely large amount of Debt based on that policy, all leveraged against future TV Money. Wonder where we have heard that before. I lived with a Bolton fan for one of the season during their golden era (03/04, when they got to the league cup final) and he could see the failings in their style of play but they were entertained thanks to the contributions of players like Jay Jay Okocha and Djorkaeff. Players like that are a rare vintage and he did get the best out of them. Agreed entirely with that. I respect entirely what Sam Allardyce has achieved as a manager but the thought of him at Saints is extremely uninspiring and contrary to many of the positive things that are in place here.

You can have two Sky Go apps registered per account (I have one on an Xbox 360, another on my Galaxy S3.) I'm not sure if the Sky Sports and Sky Go apps would be linked though.

Just finished this now. Picked option 'C.' What a game.

Personally, i'm just going to enjoy our league position while it lasts. It would be highly, highly improbably for us to be in this position when it matters but while the sun is shining make hay!!

I will look forward to any project that you guys undertake. As for updates. It always seemed to me that the magnum opus that is 'In That Number' Would be ideal for updated/follow up editions on a ten year basis.

Following Margate when younger it wasn't unusual to pay up to £15 a ticket at Conference National - Ryman/Southern Premier Level. That was 10+ years ago.

There are a few who do not think much of Punch either on the forum i'm reading.

You have an e-mail Duncan. I do hope this isn't the last Hagiology book.

Anywhere that needs to build an entire country's infrastructure to cope with a single month's event should never have been considered/eligible in the first place. Should San Marino strike massive natural resource reserves should it bid for a tournament? They are planning stadia for cities which do not yet exist. E.g. Madinat ash Shamal, Population 5,000, a 45,000 capacity arena planned. Lusail, Nothing there aside from a motorcycle racing circuit yet an 86,000 capacity stadium planned. This is an excuse to build up an entire nation in 9 years, not hold a competition.

We have no obligation to any player to play them. Their form must justify their selection. Rickie's form is not his best right now and he will have to work to maintain his place in the side and get back to the level we know he is capable of. There is no point playing someone out of form in the hope they get into an international squad. The selectors will see they are not at their best, not pick him anyway (we are not a team right at the top of the league, as we saw it took a LOT for him to get called up in the first place) and our form would suffer.

Building a team around Osvaldo as our long term strategy. Sensible perhaps. Selling the only other viable leading man (and a bloody good one at that) who had signed a long term contract and had pledged to finished his career with us... which would also leave us highly vulnerable should Osvaldo get injured. Totally irresponsible.

To get those I would have to install an etirely new TV aerial or pay for a Sky engineer for me to go Multiroom. For internet TV streaming on a big tele for the price of a 3.50 cable, bargain.

Is Formula One in trouble? In the UK possibly. Going to a pay TV viewing format for half the races is damaging, couple that with the results almost being a foregone conclusion when it is on terrestrial and the spectacle has been highly diminished. In other parts of the world though the sport is continuing to thrive. Vettel is a hero to many, many fans, Ferrari continue to be a huge draw and as shown before, domination has never prevented the sport's popularity in the past (McLaren in the 80's, Williams in the Early/Mid 90's, Schumacher between 2000-2005.) I still love the sport and the technical aspect of it has always fascinated/inspired me. Coupled with there being a still fascinating struggle behind the Red Bulls to see who can attack them (which has admittedly petered out as the teams concentrate on next year's cars and new technical regulations) then I still find things to enjoy.

It's about time our front players really clicked. Saints 3-1 Palace. Osvaldo's first goal for the club, a Rickie Lambert penalty and Jay Rodriguez finding his confidence again.

I still rate him as someone who has a role to play but he is always going to be frustrating and look disinterested at times, yet he always has the potential to create a game changing moment. He played a key role last year including his part in the win v Newcastle and his goals securing points v Arsenal and West Ham, while not as consistent as others without him we would have been far closer to the drop zone. Was 12 million too much? Probably. Yet there is no point casting a player who is still young and with his natural ability aside. Sadly he is at the catch 22 of needing game time to improve and having players who are performing better currently ahead of him.

So what is it to be? Shares? Stakes? Ponzi? In fairness it's good to see that the fans will have some influence for their cash. Certainly the use of the word stakeholders undermines any true claim for fan ownership they had, it is merely a full and frank admission that they simply bankrolled the current owners who they hope and pray will have the clubs best interests at heart.... and P.S. guys, cheers for the dough!

It's excellent for watching iPlayer, catchuptv or similar on a larger screen. I have this set up at home in my bedroom.

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Very good guys. #take2 How many souls are in the stadium tonight?

Any idea what the crowd is?

By gum lad, don't thee knooo t' mother tongue?

As far as I could see, any touch was utterly negligible. Delighted we got the rub of the green, but like the Schneiderlin challenge last week... we were fortunate.

Hmmm, Yes, Liverpool should have had a penalty, but yes, we deserved to win.

Furious that Lawro has bottled it.

Lawro has bottled it on Match of the Day. We do get Hansen and Robbie Fowler though.