ericofarabia

Is that the score or the crowd prediction

Maybe, but there is no way New Kids on The Block will make an appearance

2-1 to us based on the Scientifically Proven method of whilst driving in the car tonight, a couple of Randomly selected 70's compilation CD's produced 2 Old Dtch Masterpieces: - Radar Love by Golden Earring and Hocus Pocus by Focus, but only 1 Elton Bog song, Your Song. (Apologies to anyone under 40 who may not have a clue about these songs/groups, your loss not mine!!) Seeing as I was driving a Ford Focus it could well be 3-1 to us, but I think I'll stick to the 2-1 as that link is a bit teuous, and there may be a bad outcome if I include all today's trips to the John :grin:

I was going to say the same thing, but confused myself halfway through Seeing as you've explained that issue so clearly, how about explaining the offside rule or maybe LBW for the ladeez on here (of course all us men understand them perfectly well)

Even just the tiniest amount of drugs will get you free haircuts, bed and breakfast and all the sex you can handle for at least 4 years :smt010

Just when I was going to join in the "Keep Skates off the main board" mob, this little gem appears. Tks skateboy.

Not sure what it is like coming to Dubai as a Newbie, been here 10 years or so and only moved up from Abu Dhabi, so it wasn't a culture shock for me :cool:. Does your company have an office set up yet? If so get in touch with people who have recently arrived and find out how easily they settled in and what unexpected problems they come up against. Is there a "QS Forever" type forum board where you could get in touch with people from your line of work and check out what they have to say. Accomodation is probably the biggest obstacle for most new arrivals that I know. Our company gives what might seem a huge wad as an acoomodation allowance, but the local landlords / estate agents are blood sucking scum of the earth greedy gits (no different from the rest of the world I guess ) and that money doesn't get you much and most people end up paying out of their own pocket to make up the difference. Are you ready to be away from your family for a year ? (the up side is you won't have to go to SMS every other week ) There is a very lively (and expensive) social life to be had, and lots of temptations which have led to many a marriage breaking up ( absence may make the heart grow fonder, but it also makes the willy wander :cool: ) Would you be on a fixed salary based on a UK Pounds or UAE Dirham figure, as this can fluctuate your earnings considerably. For eg in August the rate was about 7.5 dhs to 1 pound and after this weeks chaos is now 6.32 dh / pound. So, if you were told your salary will be 525000 dhs which in Aug would have been 70000 quid, that same 525000 would now get you about 83000 quid........ but if you were told you'd be on the equivelent of 70000 in Aug you'd be on 525000 dhs still, but now that same 70000 quid would now only give you a salary of about 442400 to spend here. Also check out the ins and outs of paying tax in UK as I think you may be liable to some sort of payment if you are only out of the country for less than a whole tax year? Dubai is a great, exciting place to be, but can be totally frustrating and unbearable if you expect the same sort of standards in many areas of service and product after care, driving, communications, public transport, etc and if you have any moral issues with work standard and how labourers should be treated then don't go any where near any of the building sites or work camps slave labour and racial discrimination is alive and kicking here in Dubai but if you've been here before you are probably well aware of that. English is widely spoken and even more widely misunderstood . If you go anywhere by taxi, make sure you know how to get there, as the taxi driver won't . Don't panic when on approaching your destination, the driver asks if you want "Backside" .. this is not an offer of alternative payment, just a request if you want dropping off at the front or rear of the building Seeing as I still haven't got around to stumping up my 32 dhs membership fee you can't PM me, try Phil he is the fountain of knowledge into all things Dubai, especially the seedier side of it .

Hope her sex change op goes well, and that you both live happily ever after

Here it is ... on SaintsWeb Homepage ... I knew I'd seen it somewhere. Recent cut backs have meant that only 1 toilet will be open at home games :smt081

Have they changed the original pic that went with the article? I could have sworn it showed masses of people queuing up at the Ticket Office which made me LOL a bit, and also a bit sad as I try and remember when was the last time there was a queue to get a ticket, they couldn't even give them away at the moment PS Trousers .... the end of the world always comes on Fridays, same day as take overs, major announcements etc at SFC. Although it often feels like the end of the world has arrived at the end of each game (especially Live TV ones :mad:)

Boo Boo Be Dooo ah.

How long before you start a new thread ... Up to my nuts in my daughters friend

I've just sent him a text with the score, and he has banned himself!! Watching rugger or something, but does send a woot Decision time, should I let him know which pub we are watching the game in next week :cool: COYS. Cope just said we have scored in every away game this season .. quite surprised to hear that, need now to improve the goals/points away from home ratio then.

5 years would be better John off injured. Davis busy making a few important interceptions. Good build up involving Drew, Spiderman and DMG easily saved. Sunny, well it was but fastly approaching sunset, mid 30s, only 2 posts left so had to get it in early doors. Another good break well saved from the Peckerman. COYS

What is a 1997 moment ? Tuesday left me feeling as low as I can remember being. In over 40 years this is the lowest league position I've ever seen. Being knocked out of the cup by a lower league team is one thing, but the manner in which it happened was appalling. In other moments of despair in the past, we've always had someone like MLT to save us, or The Spirit of Southampton both on and off the pitch, or a squad with enough good players to save us if they get their act together, but now all I see is the team in complete free fall financially and losing confidence on the pitch more and more with each game and there just isn't anybody there that makes you think we'll be alright. As DubaiPhil posted after the Barnsley game 'The Day the Music Died", well it wasn't just the music that died for me on Tuesday, something much more , Southampton FC as I knew it.

Lets not forget that most of the team were playing either in the reserves last season, against pretty **** poor opposition (since the FA or FL decided we shouldn't play in the top tier as we don't have a Prem 1st team, we are in the same Div as Aldershot, Gillingham, Woking and Lewes )and they only seem to have a game every other week, or in the Youth team who only have about 28 league fixtures all season. Stamina is surely going to be an issue for these players and a few mid week games has already found them both physically and mentally well short of the mark

Time to use our Joker ... world wide weather reports and all the woots you can handle Pitch Black outside, so it's not sunny but a balmy low 30s but I'll resist the temptation to go skinny dipping ... woot. Mills has been pulled off () and Stern John is coming on. We are now playing without any full backs, and they get a corner straight away .... oh ****** 0-2 LOL LOL LOL

Okay , lets play "Spot the Keeper"

Great post Phil .. but you did miss out the overseas freebie scam Imagine how much profit the club would make in takings over the bar if they flew in The Dubai Saints Crew every 2 weeks

Maybe seeing as Man City have so much money now, they wouldn't mind if we swapped BWP for SWP

We are going to walk this league .... lol my last post ... what a waste :cool: Thanks to Psycho for keeping me awake, you dare not pay attention in case we win a throw in and by the reaction you'd have thought we had scored Come on you Red and White Machine. Oooohh we nearly scored from a corner, whatever next. Adios Amigos. Just a lurker for the rest of the match.

Not working for me either. Maybe it's a ploy to stop potential foreign investors from finding out how badly we're doing :confused: or stop Alp's from logging into it A good overhead kick by Lallana, but we are still lacking any meaningful penetration.

Yes it is Mark Dennis ... LMFAO at your comment. Sounds like some geezer from the pub has got hold of the microphone :-D Can't wait to see how excited he will be when (if) we score, judging by his reactions so far :mrgreen: On the pitch we've had a few decent attacks but worryingly the big guys at the front from Barnsley look like they could cause us problems, but so far Wotton and Perry are playing the offside well. Only 2 more posts left so I'll let somebody else take over on updates. COYRs

Oh well our first point at home after 3 games ... no wonder it was our lowest SMS league crowd. Did I dream about the article about us creating 90 odd chances in the first 4 games .... I don't think Wright had to make a save tonight. Despite the doom and gloom we still seem to be playing better than last season, but we desperately need to sort out our defence before the loan window slams shut on our sad arses.:mad: Barnsley, bottom of the league, just the sort of fixture I hate as a Saints fan :smt104 Not sure what I'll be biting as my finger nails have gone tonight. Kelvin Davis has been a revelation, now lets hope a goal scorer will step up and take the laurels.