swedish dave

Thanks for the greeting Tommy. Firstly, I was away on a long, pensioners summer holiday and decided to ignore the site - until all the fan aggression disappeared after that awful relegation. As a fan for over 60 years, I have experienced relegations before but I never reacted in the manner that some apparently did by posting incessant abuse day after day. Later on I had major problems with my e-mail account, and got lost and was forced to begin again with a new ID, leaving my previous 11, 000+ posts disappearing into the dusts of time.

I've always subscribed to the theory that any goalie is only as the defence in front of him. Certainly Bazunu was at fault on frequent occasions, but how many of those goals conceded were down to the ineptitude of defenders who failed to do their job properly ? As of this date ...STOKE have the best defensive record in this League, so it will be interesting to monitor their results in the coming weeks with him in goal. He will be ineligible to play for them (against us) on January 31st - as the deal will (apparently) only be a loan until end of season.

......have followed Dom's progress since he was 16 playing in U18's. He almost seemed to score for fun at times, and his goal tally was way above that of JJ Morgan and Dibling, who were in the same squad. Got badly injured whilst out on loan, but by the time he was fit , there was no-one left on the staff who knew about his past, or his potential. Bad deal for Saints, a good one for Orient who will surely be forced to sell him on at some stage. Saints (supposedly) have a meaty % sell-on clause, but that will be no replacement in finding someone new of his ilk. We could do worse than buy him back. The reward would be greater than the shame of the inept decision to sell him in the first place.

some journo trawling the name of Joel Piroe .A success at Swansea during Russell Martin's time and later at Leeds, but is now out in the cold. We need another name to replace Damion Downs.