eurosaint

Did he chicken out of the tackle then ??

He does after dinner speaking and his going rate is 2 -3 grand which is deemed to be cheap by those in the know !!

I've had female caddies on many occasions but sadly not the type you get with 'Par Mates' ! The ones I had were in China and Indonesia and though they sort of knew their stuff it was a bit embarrassing having a tiny woman carrying a big golf bag in 40degree heat while I nonchalantly strolled around holding a little pink umbrella to keep the sun off ! Happy days...

I'm sure that he rates him, but is this not taking things a bit far ??

The OP was from Shurlock not me ! My understanding was as I stated, maybe Shurlock had a different interpretation but I am pretty sure that I heard it right ! Anyway the crux of what AP said seemed to indicate that Stern, Kelvin and Perry are IN, Razza and Saga are OUT !

I said "personally I think that we are on the up", surely that is not negative ?? Nobody wants success for the Saints more than me ! On this thread there is a general display of wild optimism which could easily result in an 'over the top' adverse reaction if things go wrong early in the season, that's the only cautionary point that I'm making but please don't let me spoil the party !

He said that Stern John had been 'a thorn in his side' previously which I took to be a compliment, so I presume that SJ had scored a few against his teams in the past ! I only watched it once but it did not seem confusing at the time to me !

Like the rest of you I am happy that we are in a better situation now in terms of ownership, structure, finances etc, etc... Just one word of warning however : If we lose to Millwall (yes, it is perfectly possible!) a new sense of perspective will need to to be adopted, ie. this ain't gonna be a cakewalk and may take a while with many ups and downs along the way ! Personally I am confident that we are on the up but realistically we have a long way to go before believing that we have an 'all conquering', title chasing squad !! Having followed the Saints for more years than I care to remember, I advise caution against overly high expectations and undue optimism !!!

Burley would probably play him at right back !

I look at both but spend much more time on here ! The OS is good for confirmation of actual deals etc.. but much of the rest is frankly boring ! Here it is (obviously) interactive so you get the chance to respond and agitate !!

By charging everybody I think we'll soon see who the 'real' fans actually are ! Access to the director's box and some hospitality surely is a benefit already ?

My guess would be that Pards will have his own man in mind for this position ! He has no doubt worked with a number of them and is connected with others. He will build his own backroom team in the next few months and (quite rightly) will be judged on this !

Pardew has already said that he wants to instill a 'winning' mentality so it seems that he has picked up on this straightaway, which is great ! I still think though that it's a bit unfair on Henderson getting the flak when he was only thrown in as an emergency measure after Wotte was sacked !

I reckon that after the Ajax performance and without the freebies there will be a very low turnout ! I hope that most (like me) are keeping the powder dry until Aug 8th when the 'real deal' comes to town !!

I think it's a bit rich having a pop at Stewart Henderson for Saturday's defeat to Ajax !!! He only managed the team for a week or so, had few quality players to choose from, has no experience in this position, knew he was only a stand-in anyway, etc, etc.... He strikes me as a solid club man (with good credentials at youth level) who helped us out when nobody else was available ! Please give the guy a break and let Pardew make a considered opinion on who should/should not be involved in his management setup !!

I don't think that he ate ALL the pies but certainly SOME of them ! I agree with most on here - ie. what he lacks in fitness, he makes up for in experience/leadership/reading of the game etc, etc..... Worth a punt IMHO.

Nothing to stop him renting out the big pad and buying/renting down here ? Football managers are transient (to say the least) so this often is the best option for them !

He does well, we do well ! He does badly, he gets sack ! What in hell's name is the point of speculating that he will walk out ??? Btw, my mates at Reading say that he did a great job and would not be unhappy to see him back !!

Has Ince gone back to MK Dons then ? (I missed that!).

It really depends on the size of squad we end up with but in principle I'm in favour of play every game to win and 'success breeds success' so cup games are important also !

We are still 5 or 6 decent players short of a squad IMO ! I am however confident that we'll sign them but just hope that they up the quality level !

Couldn't be much worse than the comedians who are running the present government !!

Sounds like you appreciate older women then ??