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And to you too mate, give my regards to my Mum, who lives in Qawra. COME ON YOU REDS!!!

What a game. Remember it like it was yesterday. Can't believe I was only 17 back then. Got tickets for the Northam but dad got ****ed of because he ended up standing (he's the kind of guy who expects all seater if we pay for all seater....) Got shifted to the lower part of the Kingsland/Northam corner after he prtested to the steward and we saw the goal basically square on from the view point. Brilliant, utterly brilliant, but oh the parrallels since.

It's still worrying that so many people try to simplify our current situation and try to blame one person. We are in administration due to a combination of factors.... not due to a dictator. I do feel though that Leon was at worst the best of a bad bunch. He always seemed to be trying to do his best for the club as a whole, not just himself, even if he wasn't totally infallable in his decisions... A total cleanse is required, and administration gives us the potential for that. Whatever happens Saints will survive, we are too many in number for the club to simply vanish, there will always be a Southampton fc.

How would we know if a 'company' set up for this purpose is legitimate?

And they are still getting just as big, if not more of a kick out of watching them then they where a decade ago. Despite the highly precarious position we are now in I feel certain (purely instinct mind... no hard logic involved) that Saints will emerge stronger out of this then before.

Regardless of that figure's accuracy, that it could it even be speculated that a club's fans could raise that amount at a time like this is remarkable! I sadly am running very tight at the moment and cannot spare much (certainly not 3 figures) I applaud everyone who has said they would contribute, you are the reason why, whatever happens there will be a Southampton Football Club to support.

Any individual who diverts their anger against bank clerks deserves all they get as far as I'm concerned. I pray no-one is that stupid.

Rupert: The Bear Faced Truth Would I buy and read it? Of course!

He may be able to buy the club, but now he has been removed from the decision making process someone better positioned can take over!

The administrators via the holding company I would guess.

So, Rupert now thinks he is smarter then the stock exchange...... ...it will all backfire on him soon enough I fear.

God, it's the not knowing at this point that makes it unbearable.

It could make logical sense for hoddle to align his academy directly with an existing club, assuming the players it produces are of a high enough standard to sustain it.

Correct. The past is not important now, the future we will live through is.

I'm sure he would love to, sadly he is also a realist and knows he is a) too nice to be an effective manager and b) isn't rich or ruthless enough to save us at board level.

Well, it's happening, the club is beggining to implode and the follies of all previous chairmen come back to haunt the people it matters to most, the fans. If it is a new owner, administration or even god forbid liquidation that follows there is going to be one constant in it all. Us. While the fans stay strong, stay behind the idea and entity that is Southampton Football Club then there will always be a club to support, long after the Wildes, Crouchs, Askhams and Lowes of the world are gone. Many clubs have fallen into similar states before and risen back, Middlesborough, Charlton, Wimbledon, Fiorentina, hell even the Skates! They have survived! Grown! And so can we! The constant there wasn't the chairmen, it was their fans, the backing they gave allowed the clubs to continue even if it was in a radically different form, it was still their club. Clubs of lower stature have made it back, and so will we! A year is a long time in football, and even though the league we will be in now seems certain, the circumstance behind the scenes by then may be entirely different. We will survive, our club will survive because of us! COYR!!!

Retro is one thing, crap is another. The 01-03 shirt is still the best recent England shirt by miles.

Never in a million years should you get back with an ex.

The engineers are free to redesign as budgets and regulations allow. The diffuser however is a fundamental part of the car's aerodynamic 'package.' A full redesign may be the only solution for some teams to take advantage of this, but that may be unrealistic. Some teams therefore may have their performance ruined by this, more then likely the teams that are protesting most loudly.

There was a thread about Thatcher a few weeks ago, revive that if you want to discuss her, this is about Labour's remortgaging of the nation. Please stay on topic. Of course its all too easy for Lefties to cry 'Milk Snatcher' to get some perception of moral high ground. Get off your arse, get a paper round, earn some money and buy your own milk FFS!!

Oh, they could have but didn't interperet the regulations as allowing this. The repurcussions of this are quite severe as of some cars are not suited to using similar diffusers. Red Bull/Toro Rosso I believe simply cannot adapt them due to the packaging of their gearbox. I think Renault (well, Flavio Briatore) are contesting this as it is not within the 'spirit' of the rules, which as an arguement goes is very weak. And as Ponty mentioned there are some rather serious political issues brewing in the background, this may be a symptom of these. Here is an excellent graphic that was posted on the planet f1 forum detailing the precise issue. I believe that the regulations state that no part of the car that is visable from underneath should be above 175mm from the chassis floor. Brawn, Williams and Toyota have dodged this by effectively having a double decker diffuser arrangement which is, frankly a fantastic display of latteral thinking! Bravo to them.

The lack of clarity over the legality is worrying, but even more worrying is the automatic reaction to cry foul rather then congratulating/respecting the engineers of those respective teams for the inginuity they have shown. I'm delighted they have been cleared to race and hope any further appeals are also rejected.

It is disgusting that Brown's reaction to that speach was to turn his face and laugh it off. A worthy man would be able to address and correct criticism, not laugh it off, he is pathetic. Labour are heading for dissaster, it is about bloody time too, just hope they havn't/will not destroy the country by too harsh a degree before they are removed from power. My gut instinct though is that the damage has already been done.

I have some free weights and they are excellent, just be sure to start slow and work your way up, I have a weak back and as a result have used weights which my arms have been able to cope with but my spinal cord and back muscles couldn't!

Oh the memories this brings. I have had: Game Boy Mega Drive (And later a 32x add on) Playstation PC (Purely for CM/FM) Xbox 360 Not many, but so many class games.