dubai_phil

All of this time and money (and publicity) is all very well, but I have two questions 1) Is the PST offer to TB actually BETTER than that of BC? (ie is there a better return for the Creditors?) 2) Has TB actually agreed (conditionally) to accept this offer from the PST? Just don't think I (or my keyboard) could stand the moment where the Council agree to back the bid. PST go to TB and he says...... Sorry guys Chinny offered 10 quid more

See what happens when they didn't pay Kanu... He couldn't pay his taxes and... kaboom. AGAIN the taxpayer will get stung maybe

Apparently our Gold Medal winning Dressage Team have a good chance of Gold in the Equestrian Freestyle this after noon That should be cool, break dancing Horses Can't wait

You go find Duelling pistols. I'm off to find a Korean Archer

Ah how sweet, our Golden Couple Confirmed on Twitter by Laura They even manage to push Beckham to the side in the press coverage

Wait. You're almost as bad as Alps on a matchday thread. or another analogy - you've shot your load at the thought of getting in a cab to take a fit chick home that you just pulled.... This still has a day to play out before the rest of us have to start asking Old Nick where he buys his Prozac There's still Kanu and nobody yet knows what the deal is with TBH - the ONLY thing we know there is that his new club will not be paying him all he is owed to date and probably not even half his current contracted Salary value

Nice to see that the phew are showing their true form and quality on various Twitter feeds. Nice line in what are to all intents and purposes Racist remarks. I'm sure you can find stuff if you wish, I certainly am not going to post any links to it. Personally? Seeing that stuff makes me wonder whether my preference to see them continue to be a laughing stock is the right choice after all. Comical Ali Bestest fans nonsense is all well and good but then they sink to new lows.

Didn't he try and buy Man Ure & ended up with the mighty Carlisle?

Hmm a feisty Blonde chick. What's her number? Just helping out Eric's doppleganger with that request (honest)

Rule 1. Give it time. Rule 2. Company Travel Agents book whatever they make the best margin on within the specs your company set, once you know the system and what they do it is very simple to use Hotels.com or booking.com to find other places cheaper and more homely to use. You MAY need to pay for the odd night/weekend stopover yourself to test the alternatives out Rule 3 The Company will love you for saving money, so you use Rule 2 find somewhere you like that is cheaper AND gives you free internet - bingo. Rule 4 Work out your planned nights in a City and the Travel Company's preferred hotel and when checking in i) Join any loyalty programe ii) tell them you COULD spend X nights a year staying with them and recommend them to other business travellers IF they give you free WiFi It REALLY is that simple (Oh and when you get a FF card, a really good plan is to take a crutch with you on a flight you know is pretty much full up (note ALWAYS reserve your seat online and double check BEFORE you check in on the flight loading. I average about 20% upgrades on every flight I take - it is about simple 2 minutes research and empathy & being NICE to the girl at the check-in/lounge when you say..... Is the flight very full today?)

Would have loved to meet a real great like Ron Davies (jealous of you TT) or a night out with Peter Osgood or Charlie George Was insanely lucky to have been in the same pub for lunch as Bally who I had lunch with - Legend Salisbury Saints - Race Night at Wilton... I'm probably the only one who remembered anything (I took a camera = ex wife chucked the album) but I know Moran Armstrong & Nick Holmes were there (they'll deny any memory as well) London Saints end of Season Party after last game at the Dell. The guys who went will know why Doddsy buying beers, MLT signing anything and Rupert talking sense - that never happened before or after

No Golf & Rugby 7's are the two that got in... Long term sufferers of my drivel may recall I have more than a passing interest in both sports... But the T20 Global Business Plan to the ICC originally included a plan (bit like NC) to aim for a World Cup first and then the Olympics. So maybe Qatar or whoeover gets the next one after Rio. Some people may infer a note of Sarcasm in my Qatar comment. That in no way was intended, and I would not wish in any way to infer that any sarcasm inferred by other posters on this forum in anyway reflects the opinion of the author of the hope that they are successful in allowing the Worlds' greatest Athletes to test themselves in temperatures of 46C

Careful. You're on the verge of joining Trousers & me in see conspiracy everywhereland. You're far too sane to do that

ripper

Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle, they walk over to the bird section and Gerry says to Paddy, 'Dat's dem.' The owner comes over and asks if he can help them. 'Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere,' says Gerry. The owner puts the budgies in a cardboard box. Paddy and Gerry pay for the birds, leave the shop and get into Gerry's truck to drive to the top of the Connor Pass. At the Connor Pass , Gerry looks down at the 1000 foot drop and says, 'Dis looks like a grand place..' He takes two birds out of the box, puts one on each shoulder and jumps off the cliff. Paddy watches as the budgies fly off and Gerry falls all the way to the bottom, killing himself stone dead. Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Paddy shakes his head and says, 'Fook dat. Dis budgie jumping is too fook'n dangerous for me!' THERE'S MORE. ... Moment's later; Seamus arrives up at ConnorPass. He's been to the pet shop too and walks up to the edge of the cliff carrying another cardboard box in one hand and a shotgun in the other.. 'Hi, Paddy, watch dis,' Seamus says. He takes a parrot from the box and lets him fly free. He then throws himself over the edge of the cliff with the gun. Paddy watches as half way down, Seamus takes the gun and shoots the parrot. Seamus continues to plummet down and down until he hits the bottom and breaks every bone in his body. Paddy shakes his head and says, 'And I'm never trying dat parrotshooting either!' IT IS NOT OVER YET.... Paddy is just getting over the shock of losing two friends when Sean appears. He's also been to the pet shop and is carrying a cardboard box out of which he pulls a chicken. Sean then takes the chicken by its legs and hurls himself off the cliff and disappears down and down until he hits a rock and breaks his spine. Once more Paddy shakes his head. 'Fook dat, lads. First dere was Gerry with his budgie jumping, den Seamus parrotshooting.... And now Sean and his fook'n hengliding!'

But are talking about increasing it again for Rio.

Hi gang. Just a quick update, we are now also up and running on Twitter @dubaisaints Thank heavens we have someone else over here who can use the innernet besides me! Seems like we have a battle on as the Twits won themselves a signed Saints shirt from Jaidi last week! Anyway, plans are set, Goodfellas 2 at The Ramee Rose in Tecom is our home (the scousers agreed to let us keep a corner to ourselves) and despite everyone's best efforts here to blag a free corporate hospitality package to get a free flight back to MCR next weekend, looks like we will be in the pub for the game. Hope Eid day isn't dry.........

And the one who tweeted that read it on here first from me & Chez

That would work equally with a picture from the Velodrome with "A FRENCH RIDER?" in it Or from the Pool with "AN AUSSIE?"

Woo hoo I'm back! Bloody paypal... Oh well What a fantastic last few days, tottaly absorbing stuff and a real once in a lifetime moment (that I managed NOT to be at for a change) ho hum Just a side track to give y'all something to think about from a few pages ago with Golf & Rugby 7's coming into the games in Rio. After all the fuss about Team GB in the Olympic FOOTBALL (just for TDD) the introduction of the 7's while it will be great for the fans (& TV audiences) has a really big issue as well... England, Ireland, Wales & Scotland are all independent Rugby Nations - they will have to become Team GB. Equally problematical will be the Irish Team - they are currently "All Ireland" so will not be able to pick any players from the "North" so you could have Irish International 7's players competing against Irish International 7's players.. Way too complicated. I'm off to have a sit down and learn how the Individual Dressage Points Scoring System works

Oldnick you need to learn that true comedy is when people laugh WITH you, not AT you I saw the link Dune posted. It proved he is not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. Not entirely convinced by the "he knew what he was doing" defence though. While I value every idiot/nutjob/mong on this forum, and the personas they try and keep up all the time, I am still not convinced that he could have been clever enough to have really known what he was doing ..... (C'mon he read the Express FFS)

Oooh am I back as a real member again? Or am I still just a tool? Why is it, that everytime I read something about the PST (and I am NOT dissing their efforts to save the club or their commitment) I just have this picture of a bunch of greasy haired slipper wearing pipe smoking ex Trade Union Shop Stewards sitting round a table with full ashtrays and half drunk glasses of Light & Bitter and stale cheese & pickle sandwiches while they came up with this plan? I think what it does show is that however well meaning they are there is a strong whiff of fan on the board amateurish optimism about it all. Which is surprising considering they are supposed to have high net worth individuals "on their team". Certainly at this moment in time it would seem that they may well have asked for expert advice, but it truly seems to have come from a Barry the Briefcase rather than the Professional Vision and media management of an LLS. In other thoughts. No word from TB? Not surprised at that, he will be locked in a room with Chinny somewhere, either here or earning airmiles while they (and no doubt some highly paid lawyers) work out exactly what chinks of light the FL left in their edict. Chinny's deal won't be done in one day and the TB silence seems to indicate that they are probably on their 400th cup of coffee (at a cost of 10 quid a time on the bill of course) in some faceless Hotel Meeting room somewhere on the planet reality

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012-olympics-live/9455077/Olympics-live.html I'm old enough to remember when Brits used to score 0 in Olympic events

Adam Parsons ‏@AdamParsons1 Since 1908, Britain has never won more than 19 Gold medals. We're now at 17 with Kenny, Pendleton, Hoy, Payne, Grabarz, boxers to come

Only switched to the gee gee's channel due to my Daughter being there (the ONE event she managed to aget a ticket for) And Jeez that Jump off suddenly became insanely tense. I found myself shouting at a horse on telly that I didn't even have money on! The local OSN 'tater just cracked - he was blubbing on air - it was almost a Norwegian Football Commentator moment, then the girl Announcer comes on with OH MY GOD WE JUST WON GOLD, the 'tater goes off again. Absolutely nuts/marvellous. Daughter typing jibberish on FB 'cas she's screaming and crying at the same time. Well done to the Old Farts. There's hope for some of us old 'uns yet. Now for some proper sitting down sport. Cycling time