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Sorry couldn't resist it

. It took a while but we got our revenge. We "sold" them Mo Po. #onlygoodenoughfor8thplace

Anyone want to hear some new golf stories? Nah thought not. So can I just say at least Team USA won something last week - Best WAGS by a country mile. Mrs Jimmy Walker. Woof, woof woof woof. Anyway. A saints shirt was in the backpack and followed Jamie & Lee round in the foursomes 1st two days and was worn under the uniform on Sunday. It was of course in the middle of all the melee of the final hour or so. IF you ever have the chance to get to one of these don't hesitate, don't say "oh it's a bit expensive" "can't get time off". Just be there.

I agree with Tokes MS should become an independent Ryder Cup forum. It'll need it for all the new stories from this week....

A certain Mr Poulter was quite upset yesterday morning. :smirk: #Dubai Saints.. Injury crisis apparently

Sorry, The Muppet show got the exclusive scoop on the Supermodel from Hungary. As for Pelle the tricks of Ronaldo without the searing pace maybe

Really looking forward to a big night out in Glasgow on Saturday. Has all the makings of a once in a lifetime moment. Been practising my Aussie Accent just in case mate.

Glad to see others coming round to the "only good enough to get us to 8th" argument FWIW we would have beaten Scousehampton if only our players had believed in themselves (and perhaps our support as well). Now we are seeing that belief flood through this team and we could be in for something special. Last year we fell apart in (December I think) due to injuries to VW & Boruc, we were top 4/6 for a long time after a cracking start. THIS season we could cope with losing two of that quality and still turn in results - at least we'd cope better than last year IMHO. I'll be beating the crap out of the Press in a couple of weeks about it.

Tony Gale was the co-commentator on the US stream I was watching. He was gushing about us all through the game. Basic paraphrasing But basic points. How fantastic our Midfield are, they hunt in packs, work for each other, move around and can play in all positions, press when need to, move the ball superbly. Then the key point - last year at times we were one dimensional great at retaining possession. This season that has changed, now the same players have more freedom. We mix it up, we have Long & Pelle, we can retain possession, we can play the ball into Pelle's feet or the air. Then while the 2 cb's worry about that we have Shane Long pulling them wide and also getting in behind them. The other key point - we do all this at PACE and our movement is at pace. Add to that my own amazement at the brilliant work in the transfer window of signing a couple of new Attacking Goalscoring CM's (some French bloke & some Olympian) And Alderweireld looked totally at ease, what a great game to ease into. When Gardos came on & he moved into CM he didn't seem out of place at all. Made me smirk at the thought of Dave Watson or Chris Nicholl playing there - lol. Of course, ALL the press and many of the comments will be that were (yet again) up against a woeful side, injury crisis, jetlagged, not gelled new players team as it was last year. Very few will give credit to the fact that we went at them from the first seconds and scared the bejeezus out of them, messed up their game plan by starting 4-4-2, then just as they re-adjusted to cope with that we went back to a 4-2-3-1. Newcastle were MADE to look poor today, not just that they were poor. Glad we sold the players only good enough to get us to 8th last year and brought in some quality. (Oh and yes we had the same "early days" comments last year when we hit the Top 4 early..... This time we have depth) BUZZING and sets me up for my big trip next week! Great debut for the Dubai Saints Flag as well by our Twitter Meister!

Dear Blecth, nice idea but... What is to stop England doing that? In fact giving special rates to go to Wales & Cornwall. Starbucks (or RBS for that matter) could set up their global HQ in a tax haven in Penzance as easily as in Edinburgh. How many Japanese Car Manufacturing firms opened plants in Scotland for example?

The players & manager that left were ONLY good enough to get us to 8th. I prefer to keep telling people that one. After all, this year the chances of having to play KD or Gazza in a league game or losing VW with a broken leg and having no cover are much lower. Who knows what the newbies can do? That's the fun of football and why we keep watching

Good luck to the Sweaties. About time they all fooked off and left us English alone. FFS we had YEARS of being run by inept pseudo commies thanks to all the voters in Scotland. Christ, even the Ruskies kicked out the loony Commies. Just imagine an England without the namby pampy State for the past 50 or so years. Sure we'd all have been born with German passports but then they ain't had it so bad of late. But really, all this "Political Asylum" nonsense. No not the REAL ones but those Imams that were kicked out of Iran, Saudi, Yemen & Jordan. They'd have never got in under decades of Thatcherism. And c'mon, even the Aussies would have finally worked out that we aren't whingeing Poms, we're just flooded with whingeing insecure Jocks. WHAT THE HELL IS IT ABOUT THEM ALL? They have such an inferiority complex that they all have this chip on their shoulders? OK so great, BUGGER OFF and enjoy your own Socialist Utopia with Alex Fish head or whatever his name is and have a booming economy building more Council Houses. My God, 50 years of Tories fighting the Lib Dems. What a marvellous place England would have become. Christ, they'd even have brought in the Troops to force through the building of a By-pass round Salisbury. Hell, Stonehenge would have had a Visitor Centre 30 years ago. My God, we wouldn't have had to put up with Mark Hateley being a "Footballing God", he'd have just been another ex skate. Oh and while we are at it why the fook did we have to put up with the bloody sheep sh@ggers & the damned Irish blowing up our Horses? (This rant has nothing to do with the fact that I need to get admission to Scotland without a Jock Passport next Saturday)

Think you are getting your life muddled up Bear. That happens in a lot in Defiance on SyFy Channel. Gotta be something based on Agadoo. That's a rank song and you can clap Yoshidaa daa daa Kick Lallana just for me Yoshidaa daa daa In front of Boruc who was free To the left to the right where the farks he going now Who gives a damn he's just a hoola memory

Ah yes great. An Indian Premier League. Perfect. This has sod all to do with "spreading the word" or getting more grassroots players coming forward in India. It has EVERYTHING to do with the illegal Gambling Market in Asia having more areas that it can rake in massive profits from. Nice idea in principle but - meh well you don't need me to mention "Illegal Asian Gambling" it's all over all of your papers these last few days anyway. (Dear Legal Team I did not at any point in my post infer imply or state any of the words fixing or match in any order)

Wow is Matador on HBO Bear? I'm now really hoping that our local crew OSN get the rights and prime time it. Sounds so awful it will be brilliant (That'll confuse Pap & Johnyboy again) Meanwhile, HBO launched a series in US in June that hit our screens tonight. It is SERIOUSLY wtf? Look, I'm a man of the world, I've been to Glastonbury and seen KRG in a horse's head mask or whatever it was he does there, but this thing tonight left me totally wtf'd. In fact more I don't think anyone has been more wtf'd since Ladyboyphil last went to Thailand or Eric (FINALLY) did his Icebucket challenge without spilling a drop of his Margherita. The Leftovers. So Mrs D_P thinks it is ANOTHER bloody cookery programme. I have seen the precis which says blah blah blah after 2% of the population of the planet disappear. So there we go. It starts on Oct 14th when 2% of the population simply ups and vanishes. Annoying crying Baby in car. Some chick in the middle of being bonked (I think?) Hell, even The Pope & Gary Busey get vanished.... This then fast forwards to "3 Years Later" and we are in Small Town America "Mapleton" with a ****ed up Police Chief and his daughter and a Mayor. And now, here is the thing. I just watched it for an hour and I have NO FARKING IDEA what the HELL was going on. Yeah I got that Gary Busey is the Pope, but there is some random Dude shooting Dogs. There are some weirdos who chain smoke and wear white looney bin outfits and don't speak and a Senate Hearing where the World's best Scientist says "I have no farking idea what happened" It is Sombre, it is Depressing. The entire PLANET seems to have been mindvcked that 146 million peeps just VANISHED. Even all the Religions are screwed up by the whole thing. But there is teenage parties (I SO want the "Spin the Bottle App" that they were using) there were indications of bewbs & naked blokes (It is HBO after all) But, the thing is all the way through the Pilot we are sitting there going wtf? And here is the rub. The thing is REALLY well filmed, well acted and has a great script even though it makes no Godammed sense. On the downside, it does not have Clive Owen in it and there certainly is no sign of the CIA. But there is some Hockey Field aggro (that sadly made me think of our dear departed Rupert, which made me think of Bearsy which made me realise OMG Bearsy IS Rupert Lowe) So. maybe I should have watched this while p1ssed. Maybe I should have walked out thinking it WAS a cookery show. But Goddamit I bloody watched it and What THE FARK is it about? But it IS totally GRIPPING and we are TOTALLY hooked and I noticed it got really good reviews in the US and they are already planning S2 so maybe it is some weird Banshee type of stuff. Gays - just go find it and watch it and join the planet in our new mission of wtf? ps only 16 days to go to The Ryder Cup

Oops sorry Papster. Getting used to 3 posts a day and realising I cannot edit! It is called The Knick. (Nowt to do with UK Prisons, it's a Hospital Period Drama set in 1900 in New York. Welcomed another old friend back on catch up this week - Defiance Season 2. 9 months has passed since a whole load of unexplained weird sh1t went down at the end of S1. That was kind of OK it was a sort of Post Apocalypse SciFi Cowboy thing without it being Firefly and made for a good evening filler if not exactly "deep". S2 has started much darker and much more weird. The Neo Nazi (in appearance Earth Republic have taken over the town, the protagonists are cast to the winds, mines or Jail and the fiteh Mayor is now running her Sister's whore house. 1st few episodes have had more depth and been a bit more gruesome than S1. Obviously now there is some weird sh1t going on with Irisa and Nanobots or something and the locations have been fleshed out - post Alien Invasion Los Angeles for example. Yeah the hero is still a Cowboy - he's even called that by the Baddy.... Again, the ONLY thing that stops it hitting rave reviews is that BECAUSE it is SciFi Channel there are simply no fully exposed Bewbs. There are acres of bare flesh but like TMS the no Nipple rule applies - BOOO. (Oh and to save a post, on the subject of Bewbs - Movie - The Hungover Games.... Actually some decent impressions of the Dentist bloke and the Bearded wally - in fact the straight-jacket space suit idea to stop him doping them at the start was a proper ROFL that the original Hangover could have used) Oh and OF COURSE the entire movie leaves you hanging on tenterhooks PRAYING that you get to see the Jennifer Lawrence look-a-like's Bewbs.... ) Typical Scary Movie Spoof krap with 3 Johnny Depps, (Willie Wonka's demise was almost funny) a Gay Thor, Ted being obvious, and of course great WONDERFUL gratuitous Bewbs) (I would like to comment more on the JL Bewb glimpsing joke but unfortunately another running gag is how old she actually is so any comment would kind of be awkward in a whole Yewtree kinda way.... But the movie is worth watching IF there is nothing else on telly we did laugh a few times!)

Crikey. New series just started here. Cinemax USA Directed by Stephen Soderburgh and starring Clive Owen. No idea whether it is on in the UK yet or what, think we are a bit late to it. So what is it? Imagine House as a Period Drama. Clive Owen says he was hooked as soon as he read the script, in an interview published locally he said "the first 7 minutes set the tone for the whole series" Well I have to say, 7 seconds in and we get NAKED WOMAN - always an outstanding highlight when watching TV in a Muslim Country. By around 5 minutes Mrs D_P is going very green, 6.5 I am thinking I may have to look away or barf. (No spoliers it just shows you the period and the level of "technology" So, I read the reviews, they are very high, the viewer numbers on Cable in the US are very low (but so is the Network that has the rights). But after one episode the verdict from Mrs D_P was "bloody hell, this has the makings of a bloody good show" So why the House reference? My only annoyance is the fact that it seems once again the (prospective) Miracle worker Doctor is some form of Addict. Coke by the looks of it (Oh FFS the scene where he needs a fix & the nurse can only find the vein in his................) THAT worries me. Are ALL goods quacks addicts? In that case what does Dr Who snort? But enough of that. This is a very well made TV Show. Top notch cast, Director, Acting and setting. I hope the writing standard keeps up (Seeing as Cinemax already ordered Season 2 that seems probable) Just don't watch the first episode (minutes 3 through to 7 while eating dinner)

Hi Gang did you miss me? I actually had to take a training course and pass some exams to get a special Certificate to be allowed into Scotland next week with a UK Passport so sorry I've been away. Anyway here is a TMS Off Topic Scoop for y'all Pelle's missus. At least we now know he can score........ Oh and the article has all the new fiteh PL Wags in it

Hey Pap, sorry for any misunderstanding. Let me try again. I LOVED Machete Kills. It was such utter tosh / bad / gross it was Brilliant! It is now on my list of "D_P Cult movies" - watched it a second time last week! Mrs D_P normally HATES gorefest movies but even she ROFL'd at the Helicopter/Intestines bit. As a storyline, as a movie, and indeed some of the acting, it is awful but that makes it so great. Some films are perfect BECAUSE they are so "bad". Mars Attacks - Pierce Brosnan & Jack Nicholson were either risible OR comic geniuses depending on your point of view. For me the "Why can't we all just get along" speech by President Jack was one of Cinema's greatest moments. The 10 cent "Special Effects" The Megamind Martians Tom Jones, Grandma, Slim Whitman - it was CRINGEWORTHY which is why it was brilliant. If someone tried to make that in a World War Z style CGI mega budget it would just not work! Bloody LOVE that film. We come in peace....... So, back to Machete. I bloody loved it. My point was it is so "bad" it is brilliant. Danny Trejo has one acting skill. He walks with his head down and growls - in every bloody movie. But it is just perfect. The whole idea of The Chameleon was genius and then getting all those stars to do a cameo... So sorry I still think any Art House types should stay clear. Professional Movie critics should be banned from watching these types of films - they are for the lads! Everyone else who passes by here? grab a bucket of popcorn and some tinnies and watch one of the all time great lad movies. Now, playing virtually the same character, with virtually the same lines, last year's Danny Trejo movie was Dead in Tombstone it has just popped up on the Satellite Movie channels over here. This time he plays the leader of a Western Gang of Outlaws who gets gunned down by his own gang & makes a deal with the Devil (Mickey Rourke) Again, the whole Satan/Hell bit is so low budget as to be risible, as is Mickey's acting. But it's a bloody great gorefest and we loved it Oh and Dina Meyer she ain't in the hot chick standard of the pic you posted, (ie the type you would like to ruin) but Dina as a feisty chick. Woof woof.

Yawn. We all know that the 40 million will fund the expansion of SMS to cope with CL football. It was all in the plan. First up to 40,000 then to 60,000 when Gazza gets sold to Barca for 45mil in 3 years Honest. Seriously. You just wait. You already have the picture of the Jabba Sand Crawler thingy from last year's ST's

In case you hadn't noticed, you Muppets are very close to discovering the significance & meaning of Abe Mitchell & Uisge Beatha. #only3weekstogo.

I love Frank. He actually makes me seem eloquent. For the record, happy with the outcome of the summer. Hopefully some of the transfer profit has been spent sending Les & Ralph on more advanced Media Management courses for their future pronouncements. (To be honest most of what they spouted this summer seemed to have been written by me or Frank) Right. Ryder Cup time.

I have said it before & I will say it again. The squad and the Manager were ONLY good enough to get us into 8th place last year. That is not Happy Clappy or an Opinion, it is a fact. For many fans the only way forward in their opinion was to add depth to the squad that had gone as far as it could go. 'Well, perhaps there is a different way. Perhaps we went out and found better players and still added some depth. Saturday's 2nd half showed BFS and those of us watching dodgy streams that we have a good team. NONE of us imagined we could look so strong without Wanyama in the side! People gave their opinions over the summer which they were entitled to do. Unfortunately, a lot of people showed major personality failings by repeating the same drivel every 10 minutes on every thread about every subject. Just fook off and renew your skate ST's the lot of you. Anyways, you watch them all now chip in with their I told you so's and their I was just concerned. Must be really sad going through life so concerned that you have to repeat that every 10 minutes. Sod the lot of them. This is going to be a great season, we are STILL moving forward as a club and unlike Villa we aren't stuck in some weird 2009 time warp.

Ok, it's getting late here and so nearly time for bed. In my secondary life mission (ie to bring the world's worst possible karaoke songs to the Public domain) in the past week I discovered a new song to sing that 1) brings the house down (in more ways than one) and 2) either gets me gallons of free beer for the sheer balls to do it or 3) thrown out for ruining everyone else's evening. Anyway, that isn't relevant to the Deadline day thread. What IS relevant is that my latest sh1yt song epic actually is one I have been humming most of today while I looked back over many of the posts on our Transfer window thread, some of the Twitter bullkrap of the summer and much of the press stories. In fact, I may just renew my subscription so that I can repost the link to the song every time one of the batcharlardalpinehyprichmondmans-esaintochondriac etc post over the rest of this season. Oh and of course I'll post a link in the comments section everytime Neil Asstun writes in the Fail. Enjoy the the late night drama of two more International players joining in what is shaping up to be a bloody good team this year and hum this little ditty every time one of the wums posts their drivel

The fans don't believe it (especially some on here) and to be honest I don't think the players believe it. But Koeman does. We are STILL a bloody good team. When everyone starts to believe we will scare anyone to death. Totally owned BFS second half. Now to play like that for 90 minutes Long gives us the legs & energy then Gaston in the 2nd half gives us the guile. It's gonna take a long time for those wet sham fans to forget all those Ole's. #buzzing