BarberSaint

Wot's a "Scalve"?

If we make the top two, I'll eat probably quite a lot to soak up all the booze. Ipswich will come 2nd.

I can see why the Sunderland fans rated him. And I think there's still more to come, but it might take a couple of years until the injuries have faded.

And to whom would they be attached?

Did Tonda say he'd been in to talk to the team the day before?

We do have a bit of a fixture pile up now though. Assume we'll have to bring the Blackburn game forward and it'll be two games a week until the end of the season. Mind you, who gives a f..k?

Yeah, think of that 4-0 a few years back with a nice goal by Cuco.

Interesting comments by Parkinson today. Looking to put pressure on the refs for next week? Sounded like it.

Where's Lord D when you need him? It wasn't pony, it was better than many.

Although that's what's been happening for some while now. I agree those that didn't qualify shouldn't. And it should be 16 teams only. But less dollars from tourists to be made and as always most US people will still wonder what it's all about and think Newcastle should be called the penguins cause they play in black and white, etc.

I dunno, 7 games to go, impossible task, only took it for the love of the club, love to stay there next season and take them up, Rosie, Rosie, Rosie, never had a problem with Levy, apples and pears, it's in my DNA, etc.

Yep, I've been. Seen them on the telly, too. I think judging by the noises I heard and comments made, so too does MLG. Decided I didn't want to introduce myself. Looking at the crowd was interesting, some fans who would go and support the main men's team but otherwise it was more a day out with a sort of spectacle that a number of the kids weren't interested in. Not your usual footy crowd or people who in the main looked like season ticket holders. I can't quite see that the project will achieve what it intends, whatever that is and in a way it is exclusionary cause only a few seem to play. Talking of which, how's the grass roots game going on? That'll be interesting. It's an interesting and involved topic but in principle it makes no odds if 'they' have a team. I seem to recollect one called "Southampton Red Star" or the like. They had at least one good player cause I played footy with her. I believe they were quite successful, too. Are there elements here of 'social engineering'? Yep. Are there elements here of 'bashing someone who has a different opinion to you?' Yep. Is the standard particularly good? No. Genuinely not. A bit like the good doctor above, however, I am not particularly interested in any other football these days. That's even gone down the U21s cause it was always interesting to see if you could spot talent, probably something introduced with a once-popular computer game. I would disagree that they 'play respectfully'. They go in damn hard and not always fair and it can get pretty feisty. I've even seen a couple of dives, but on the whole I agree there's a distinct lack of gamesmanship. So on the whole, I simply don't care apart from the societal elements but if SFC want to pay them to have a team to compete because they have to or everyone else is doing it, or then so be it (although allowing a choice would be better). I think it's good to keep the debate ongoing though.

I think this'll be the consensus and something that the club'll explore. We have to be wary about his overall health (as does he) but he can definitely play his role well so it would be a waste to let him go or for him to play at a lower level, for example. If he can keep fit for the next two years then that should show he's recovered, as much as he can - think D Ings, but he'll also be older. Maybe a hefty goal bonus: I think he'll score enough.

Unfortunately he is a canny manager and organises his teams well. He'll have them very hard to beat, at least.

De Zerbi, Wenger, the bloke at Sunderland (Le Bris), etc. All experienced.

S'ok. I don't like him, so that'll keep him honest.

I hate the band. Ban them. I hate the noddy (thanks Ducky) clapping. I hate the fact that there are so many new faces around me each match. I hate the twee rolling out of an older 'legend' to talk a load of twaddle pre-match or at half-time. Can't stand KB. Can't stand the other presenters. Hate walking away and getting stuck in a queue of people who can only shuffle after the game.. Hate listening to the fans who I walk past who seem to have a repertoire of stating the obvious and demonstrating clearly a lack of understand of everything, especially the round thing. Hate the pre-match introduction of the players - the stupid videos, the stupid poses, the stupid (non) cheering. Hate the stupid pictures of other fans' selfies. Hate the fireworks. Hate the announcer. Food is execrable, expensive and inedible. "Staff' make every 'nod' that Lord D makes allusion to look like the G.O.A.T. Hate low/high/in-between blocks and all that BS. I wish it had died in the Chapel as well as started there: the funeral march has more life. Don't like the pitch. Can't stand seeing the same stupid adverts again and again. Don't like the "Dell" (bar). Fan zone is crap. The bands are crap. The stewards are a-holes. I don't think that cause you're a Saints fan we are automatically brethren. I do like the Ori song about going to Barca and breaking ankles, but I think it's factually incorrect. At least one of those must be an unpopular opinion.

And ours.

Nope, it's just an old phrase used sometimes but not often (times). Isn't' it? Used it before, heard it before.

The pure, full out assault on Jander surely has to be 20 years in prison before parole? I assume they won't look at it and judge it retrospectively because the ref was on the pitch but obviously looking at a different game.

Yeah. From where I was, it just looked like he decided to take him out for some reason. Couldn't work out why because Downes had been starting to make a nuisance of himself (in a good way, he was good yesterday) and Jander had been quite quiet.

Good luck to him. He definitely improved after his loans: better awareness and movement, and if can develop I can see him being successful in our league/abroad. Think the physical side, as you say, will be too much for him to overcome and he's probably not quite 'cute enough' in his play to progress to the top..

I got the impression the ref wanted to make it about him. Seemed to have an ego in inverse proportion to his knowledge and capability.

No. He has to be someone's manager. Just someone we don't like very much.

Season 23-24 or the one after?