adrian lord

The clincher was his sheepish, guilty-as-sin look immediately after.

yes much more a penalty than so many you see these days. Total deliberate h-b Pierce saying it was harsh FFS

Where there is talent, let us make money; whereever there is a Dutchman languishing, let us give him a home; and where there is ambition, let it be realised on Merseyside

Why have we not got a "Mission Statement" to go with our 5 Year Plan and Southampton Way? A glaring omission, reflects badly on the Board. Might have arrested our slide if the team could read a stirring, inspirational Mission Statement before every game.

Walk? He's going to be fired if what we read on the post match thread is correct, and it is from a reliable source.

Sounds like Koeman won't see out January. So, who will replace?

Where's Cortese when you need him?

Quite. The giddy heights of the first few months of Koeman's reign has bought him an an unusually long piece of rope. Looks more and more like he surfed on the wave of Poch's achievements.

If the Cortese regime were still in power they would have pulled the trigger by now.

All is not well, that has been evident for a good while now. Board and Koeman friction, and Koeman in turn losing elements of the dressing room.

FFs

Subjectively, the victims might not feel a difference in the level of offence experienced. But in hate crime the law sees the 'hate' aspect as aggravating. Many victims might also agree that the 'hate' aspect aggravates the offensiveness. Don't shoot the messenger.

Where did I say that? I am simply explaining the difference between a hate crime and a non-hate crime. Unlike you I am not hell bent on point-scoring over fellow posters.

^ I guess that would just be plain old being very rude, insensitive and offensive to individuals affected by a tragedy. Rather like, say, taking the **** out of relatives of Zeebrugge Ferry victims would be? Police might arrest you for using "threatening or insulting words or behaviour" or something like that but would struggle to make out it was a hate crime in the Hillsborough example, but could in the Spurs example.

You would need to prove Liverpool or ManU fans were distinct, defineable minority groups/cultures and were targeted with a hate crime because of that. So yes the same offence! LOL

How do they enforce the bans even domestically? Face-recognition technology CCTV surveillance of every turnstile in the UK?

^ strong team today and wants a proper tilt at the cup. Might sign a contract, no rush, depends on board showing ambition and the budget.

A pretty brutally honest assessment from Ron.

Meeting-Gate.

Gay Times?

and, with their noisy (but dickish and cringey) support, it is in danger of becoming a reverse Dellhurst Park

Koeman has done a pretty damn decent job given the evisceration of the team every summer. We would be mad to want to lose him. We aren't going to be spoilt for choice of high calibre managers wanting to come to a business model that emphasises buy --> develop --> sell at 2-3x price annually at the expense of achievement and silverware on the field. Yes he has made errors and dodgy selections and subs (or lack of subs!) at times and this season has been frustrating. Jury is out as to whether he is to blame for the flow of academy grand cru seemingly reducing to a drip and now dry. Maybe the latest vintages are just not up to it. He won't resign. Resign = no pay off. Resign = reputation as quitter. No he will wait to be sacked like they all do, or not renew.

2 hours late according to Telegraph. I don't think he will wear the shirt again.

^ 2 hours in the Telegraph's report just now on ManU. Sorry to say, but I think we have seen the last of Mane in a Saints shirt.

Yea - make 'em do the fandance, winter or summer.