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Twitter, and any text only medium is a very very blunt tool. We don't know this guy's motivations, we do not know if he has dealt with us before. Christ, imagine if he's Elliott Ward's agent! These things will always require a pinch of salt, not that I care much for agents anyway.

Those vultures will deal with us when they serve to gain something from it. In the mean time, f**k 'em.

I think it was against Everton, the year we went down. Throw in from the Itchen/Northam corner, found Crouchy at the near-post and goal.

Oh well. Right, who will be the next diversion I wonder? I'll start by putting 5p on it being Darren Ambrose.

You'll have to explain that one to me....

I love a pint of good IPA. Wye valley brewery do a drop called HPA (Herefordshire Pale Ale,) it's nectar. Every effort I have seen to mass serve proper ale has left it tasting awful though, so I would prefer to see a good lager at SMS. Carling is not a good lager.

It's a fair point. We apparently have bought in players who are capable of making the step up as the club progressed. Well, we've made one step up, surely it would be a little remiss not to give them a chance now we're here.

Nope, 'just' 4 million. Don't know what would be more more embarrassing. Having him as our record transfer or the prospect of spending that much on him!!!

You are correct mate. Appologies it's taken so long to respond.

The point has already been made though that if you have money, or expected to get a lot of it very soon, the Market rate will be different. As it happened we didn't need to sign CMS to be strong enough to go up, therefore it could be argued Cortese handled the situation bang on.

The worst offer he'd ever seen? £750,000 for a leading player in league 1 is not unreasonable. The money we paid for Rickie Lambert was stellar at the time for the level and the bids here are comparable due to the similar stature of both Bristol Rovers and The Posh. Of course Peterborough have some money behind them now but as a test of resolve, bidding £750 k was absolutely worth doing.

What prize did Bobby Stokes win, that he couldn't take full advantage of, in 1976?

That wouldn't be Steve Moran, would it?

Chill mate, you will not be able to please everyone but will be able to create something which will please and be loved by most. Your efforts in getting this going have been remarkable, that we are quibbling over the design details rathe then panicking where the funds are coming from is testament to that. Keep the faith mate.

Respectfully I disagree. You wouldn't get as far as he did in industry unless he was slightly resilient. While he may have felt a little humbled, I'm sure he would be honoured to be held in such high esteem. That image of him with the scarf is also utterly iconic for us. As far as I am concerned it is perfect for the purpose.

As noble as the sentiment is, the design of this flag will not be able to please everyone. Best thing to do would surely be to take the 4 or so best designs and then hold a vote on which one should be put into place. Not everyone will be happy, but at least it would be selected in as fair a manner possible.

Yes, the same Spyker which is meant to have been beginning mass production of it's sports cars in Coventry imminently for the past 18 months. There has been a lot of broken promises and obligations over that, so it bodes well elsewhere.

Sorry Gecko, it's just a bit busy for a flag. Lovely graphic work as usual but just too much for the purpose. The two tone red/White ideas shown earlier just look cleaner, better to me.

For me, this is perfect.

The Aygo, Citroen C1 and Pug 107 are all great. All available as a five door, Citroen and Toyotas are available with a diesel. The Petrol versions however deliver easily over 55 mpg and are cheaper to buy. (As well as more refined!) I had a 107 as a hire car on holiday this year, loved it. It had covered over 100k miles, presumably all on bumpy Maltese roads, it felt as tight as many new cars i've tried. Was extremely impressive, if a little spartan.

Shame. I liked him, looked a good prospect. All the best to him.

Fantastic. If you are struggling for writers (and think something along the lines of my blogs would be suitable...) I would be happy to contribute mate. All the best with it chap.

Just like 99% of the private sector that suffered in the recession. The businesses that closed, the houses repossesed, the communities that had their hearts ripped out. For many thousands of people a reduced pension plan would be the least of their concerns.

Quite. They shouldn't expact any sympathy though. I believe 'distain' is the more appropriate term.

But unlike the public sectors, there are companies that have gone to the wall for exactly these reasons. In the public sector, this would be very unlikely.