ericofarabia

Whoops ..... wrong moment to have just taken a swig of London Pride. Just about managed to stop spraying the screen but some may dribble out of my nose soon

Whilst in the kitchen get some of The Captains Big Eyed Beans from Venus

Back in my days a Giant Veg Samosa or a Pasty and a couple of Pints of HSB in The Baytree, or a Cheese an Onion sarnie in The Fitzhugh was more than enough to set you up for the match.

You've got to feel a tad sorry for the youngsters who never got to stand on a proper terrace in a packed crowd. Back in the 70's with every goal or near miss you'd get carried down half a dozen steps as the crowd surged forwards. After a goal, at The Milton End you'd expect to end up 10 feet away from where you started, and would spend the next few minutes trying to re group with you mates!! Exciting at the time, but looking back at it very scary - and when you see some of the old surges behind The Kop, looking like an avalanche you wonder how people were injured or even kiled on a weekly basis!! Mental celebrations are an exception now rather than the norm.

Shame he didn't run to the Saints fans I wasn''t too far from the front going mental!!!

Spot On. I wonder how Big our support would be if instead of having Skatesmuff and Bompey within 30 miles of SMS we had Bolton (stop sn1ggering at the back) 11 miles. Liverpool & Everton 20 miles and Man City and Man Ure 25 miles away? Plus Wigan has traditionally been A Rugby League Town, the club as mentioned has barely any history to call on, only 2 generations of fans at a push, yet have survived relatively comfortably in The Prem for 7 (?) seasons on much lesser resources than just about every other team in the division. Certainly punching well above their weight, but for all that they will always been seen as a small club by the rest of the Prem, but I bet there isn't a single one of us who 'hasn't let out a mighty cheer when hearing end of match scores at SMS if Wigan beating any of the Top Boys is read out. With the expectation of probable defeats in the other 3 games the pressure on a win against is huge - hope the players, manager and crowd keep their resolve and patience if we aren't 3-0 up in 10 mins!!

We are buying Jermaine Wright instead? This calls for a whole new thread I think!!

Damn ..... thougt it was going to be a challenge to see if anybody could actually stay in their seat until the final whistle of the half has blown - dash downstairs have a slash, queue up get a beer, purchase and drink the beer (only Advanced Students should also purchase a pie and eat it), have another slash and get back to your seat before the 2nd half starts. More chance of Ramirez signing than anybody suceeding with the challenge in my mind

Ha Ha .... a chip off the old block in two ways then!!!!

LOL .... 52 pages and we are still none the wiser. Class. Making Rudigate look like a stroll in the park.

Was there any We're The Upstairs / Downstairs over here banter?

Looks like we may have dodged a bullet, but time will tell.

The Dubai Saints have clubbed together to pay for Dubai_phil to fly back and swell the ranks by 1. Saints need to put out a red herring news report that Lee is fit and starting, half of Tokyo will be on the next UK bound flight - sorted!!

Uh Oh .... must be his dad looking for a slice of the action ala Buttner.

Unarmed? Sounds like a rough place if it is normal practice for staff to be armed

Oh stop smooching with fellow admins!! Kudos to stnding up for Guly and Clarke's praise of Guly. He WILL be a hit in The Pre.

The Most Pathetic Post title v actual proof thread ever award? He is not a target man 100% agree - that was not his job today. He played the role his boss told him to. He can't do anymore than that. I'm sure he is totally respected by his fellow pros as they know all about this sort of situation, although it is not always apreciated by the fans.!! Edit ..... ha ha that was supposed to be linked to a previous post - too ******ed to care ow - amazed I even spotted it. Good nite sweet dreams!!

post of the day - fact

I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE THE FIXTURE LIST CAME OUT. Sorry didn't mean to shout Caps button stuck!! Everybody realistically mentally pictured defeats against MC, MU and Arse so a plucky defeat becomes acceptable - Wigan is to me more of a key game, a) 6 pointer against a potential bottom / mid table club - anything but a win suddenly becomes a total disaster and prof we are going down!! PRESSURE GAME or what?

The thing is people forget that players like Guly are given a specific job to do by the manager which is not necessarily what they do best, and for 45 mins he did a good job. Early 2nd half he started to look frustrated as nothing came his way, but when SRL came on he perked up and showed more appetite wide rather than a forlorn figure in the middle. He will be a key member of the team - get off his back.

I'm sure TBH is on most fans Xmas Card list as well - NOT

I initially mentally read JustMike as Super Mikey and thought wowzer that is really going to make Turkish And DellDay's day complete after the transfer news malarky

*Halo* ...... congratulations on such a wonderful post - please don't wait 3 years before expressing your next opinion of what is going on down at Fortress Fatpipes!!! :adore::adore: I think we have all each reached a stage throughout this whole sorry episode where we have shouted and screamed expletives at our monitors as another act of unbelievable skull duggary evolves from the cesspit. It seems unfair to pick out just one part of your post, but for me the little ditty made me not only LOL ... I roared with laughter and was gleefully singing along to it for ages and it helped move the little dark cloud over my head after all the ups and downs of our transfer news!! Comedy Gold ..... Rallyboy you are going to have to Up Your Game matey!!! You put f*ck all in, you take three hundred mill out: in admin, out, in admin, out you fake sheik it all about. You do the plucky p*mpey, and you turn around, debt's what it's all about! Whoa, the plucky p*mpey Whoa, the plucky p*mpey Whoa, the plucky p*mpey, Knees bent pants down, Rah rah rah! Thank You.

Sounds all greek to me, but how did he slip into the country without any of our spotters at every port and airport seeing him. And what about our taxi boys - surely they'd have heard a whisper on the grape vine FFS.

Let's hope you get the chance to make this happen.