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I hope it wasn't the Oslo Daily Echo ??

"Your community club will belong to you, no more crooks and criminals, transparency will be our mantra" ! Now, I wonder where I heard that ? It's so easy to hide behind the 'for legal reasons' get out, if I was a Skate being asked to 'donate' a grand I would expect a lot more information than they are offering at the moment !

A) I don't condone diving but accept that it is a regular occurrence ! B) Nigel said in his after match interview that he expects good behaviour from his players in this respect, seems a reasonable assumption that it will be discussed in the routine analysis ! C) Please note the word 'maybe' and be aware that flowery language is often used to emphasise a point. If you seriously think that I expect anyone to self harm then I honestly believe that you are the daft one, not me !

I suppose that we should take pity on you now, eh ??

6 pages discussing something which happened in a split second ! Similar things happen in most games these days (not saying I condone it!) and I'm sure that JRod will learn from the media backlash which he has received, Nigel will have a quiet word and that should be the end of it ! Christ, maybe we should all be self-harming as penance for such an evil act perpetrated in our name ??

"The slate had almost been scrubbed clean, except for the stubborn stains of Tal Ben Haim and Dave Kitson". TBF this is almost slanderous, these guys were shafted big time, their contracts were being ripped up, they had to face the angry mob and now the local hack decides to rub salt in their wounds and perpetuate their angst ! Nasty piece of work that Allen is !!

I think that Saints are at the top of (or very close to) the fair play league ! Unlike most managers Nigel never criticises refs when things go against him so it's surely fair that he keeps his counsel when the reverse happens ? I don't imagine that our players are coached to cheat and when incidents like this (occasionally) happen we have to put it down to experience ! I'm equally sure that Nigel will have a word with him to ensure that it does not become the norm ! There will no doubt be a negative analysis on MoTD and JRod will be castigated but this will be short lived and we will all move on to the next controversy which will be waiting just around the corner !!

Does anybody think we should gift them a goal to make up for the 'dive' ? Nah, me neither !

Do you mind if we start with Neil Allen ??

1624 pages divided by 43 months gives an average of 38 pages per month, with 7 months till D day the result should be 266 pages ! Clearly this takes no account of an activity surge should the nutjobs embark on a feeding frenzy as the executioner prepares the gallows ! Interesting days to come methinks !!

Or 266 pages, if you prefer

Lots of football creditors in there, are they special cases which have to be paid (otherwise no golden share) ?? Also WTF is Kelvin Davis doing on that list ??

Quote from a Skate on the News comments section : UKBATaskforce 9:23 AM on 09/01/2013 Regarding the land around Fratton Park l went to park in the car park the other day behind the Fratton End and was told by a security guard l could'nt park there as the land had been sold so l can only assume Stuart Robinson is now the owner of the land. 1 reply If it comes from the security guard then it must be true, that's one major question answered, next .....?

I'm beginning to feel sorry for them...

For me it is like taking a long haul flight with a major airline ! If I didn't trust the brand (ergo the pilot as well !) I would not get on the plane in the first place ! Once I'm up in the sky, I have absolutely no control over my destiny so I sit back, relax with a good book and a glass of wine and look forward to arriving at my destination ! It's admirable that fans want to ask questions about the fine detail of the club's finances but I'm afraid that you are completely wasting your time with NC so you may as well strap yourself in and enjoy the ride as much as you can !!

I am thinking the opposite, take his comments one by one and ask yourself which are incorrect ?

Seems fair enough comment to me ! Yet again, so many 'over the top' negative responses. We had a bad day, what the hell do you expect the man to say ??

In a team which managed 3 shots on target in 90 minutes, that is 'promising' ! Perhaps they may live to regret hounding out their top scorer ?

Wtfiln

I wonder if the scouts were out in force to watch the 'stars' who will be available in the next few weeks ? TBF, their best player was Connolly and he's a crock !

Joe Frazier off, Harry Potter on..

Quality though, not quantity

If it wasn't for the comedy value I would never watch sh|t like this ! The standard is truly appalling, Walsall are dire and there are no words for just how bad the Skates are ! Surely they will come out 'all guns blazing' in the second half ?

And they wonder why we take the p!ss out of them !

The Red Lion 1 - 0 The Jolly Sailor