dubai_phil

Question. When was the last time a Saints player scored a goal sitting on his arse outside the box?

A really interesting article found by a pal of mine in the US media but by someone based in Kiev http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/opinion/sunday/how-russia-has-already-lost-the-war.html?_r=0 Worth reading the full article but here is a snippet. (Mrs D_P's pals are in Kiev Airport in transit as I type this and everything there is calm organised and peaceful and everyone is going out of their way to thank them for using their Airline...)

An American Aegis Destroyer "accidentally" downed a scheduled Iran Air A310 (or 300) some years ago thanks to complete lack of communication or brains on board so does happen

Read in the Fail that one of the FLight Tracker sites showed it "plummet" 200m before it went off the radar. SE Asia does have an in-ordinate amount of turbulent air/thunderstorms so that is one possibility but really unlikely in this day and age

Yeah, taking Theo to Germany really helped him develop............ Can argue both sides, the experience will be really good for him. But then we have to remember his age & whether for OUR needs he would be better served by having a proper summer rest and full pre-season with us. (Note: See Gaston Ramirez for an example of how long it took him to catch up with the rest of the squad this season)

Seeing as the 777 is pretty much the main Long-Haul plane these days it is gonna be a worry until they find out what went wrong. Think I am right in saying that only 2 have gone down so far and both on runways or near as dammit. Thoughts with everyone on the plane & their families of course.

Or, as we saw with England, Lallana (or Gaston) may be the answer IF he was working more centrally and closer to the box instead of cutting in, often from 30/40 yards out?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2574608/England-World-Cup-squad-picked-Sportsmails-experts.html The England Squad for Brazil picked by all the Journos at the Daily Fail. Lallana is on the plane with all of them. Interestingly SRL & Luke make it with many as well. Even JRod makes it with one pundit FWIW IMHO Lallana will make Messi look ****e, Luke is the future so should go ahead of Cole as reserve to Baines. SRL has to go ahead of Carroll simply because he does what Rooney (and Carroll) cannot do - plays with a brain. Wellbeck vs JRod v Defoe is the one that will be interesting JRod has to be a 50 to 1 shot ATM

Those same Utd fans are gonna be really upset in the summer when the 150 mil war chest can only attract the likes of Jed Wallace & Jermaine Wright

Oh Lord, the arguments on here when a Saints player gets a World Cup Winners Medal having scored in the Final..... And then completes his Permanent move to AS Roma..........

This weeks episode 8 finishes. Mrs DP "Have you ANY idea what the feck is going on?" Me "Nope". Perhaps that is why we are enjoying it. It has a story every week, it seems to move forward, it has action, people getting eaten by Rats or just simply mutilated and yet? From now on we are christening it the WTH show as per the official web site. Seems the sneaky bstds have done this on purpose http://www.syfy.com/helix/photos/helix_questions

There you go, you see you even missed the Goddam Monkey Conspiracy. They all ran outside and froze into little Monkey Statues. Later on they get found and a sample is taken for work in the labs and the Hero/Villain/Good/Bad/Caring/Butchering/Nasty/Smooth/Backstabbing/Best Friend/Superhuman/Wimp bloke goes out and pours petrol over them and lights a match. It is THEN that things start getting all fecked up............. I mean like they were Frozen Monkey Statues right?

Papster. Now you've finished some proper quality telly, you really MUST download and start watching Helix. We're now up to episode 7. Dude, every time we think we have worked out who is on what side of what conspiracy they throw a new one in. Some episodes so far have had one conspiracy theory being usurped by at LEAST two new ones all in one hour of TV. We still seem to have the rabid Zombies, but FFS now we are trying to work out if the raving Zombies are actually Zombies. What is even MORE disconcerting was that a week ago this was clearly going to be a one season type thing. Now? Fook knows. I am now convinced that the ONLY person with a brain capable of coming up with this Conspiratorial feast is our very own Papster. If it wasn't you then you have a doppleganger mate! (Warning - Helix is NOT deemed to be suitable viewing for Bears (or Monkeys for that matter) as in 7 episodes so far there has been a distinct lack of ANY Bewbs, and any gratuitous Bonking scenes are merely inferred by seeing people tying up their shoelaces. It does however still scare the Bejeesus out of Mrs DP) I also fully expect to see Neil Armstrong having lunch with JFK & Elvis on the Grassy Knoll in Saturday's episode

It hasn't stopped them ignoring Contract Law in the past so why not?

Steve Davies. Clear winner (at least in the unsung hero category)

Think that gives all the info needed for Bridgey

Golden Thread

Any Saints fans passing through Dubai in late April, we've been asked to put a 7-a-side footie team together for a Charity Fund raising day at Sharjah Wanderers. We are on BeIN this Saturday (7pm kick off local time) and will see how many we can rustle up for either an over 16's or an over 30's team. Cheer Leaders are organised and it would be a hoot to have Saints V Barca & AS Roma matches up the road! Lot's of the other local fan groups have signed up so a chance to kick 7 bells out of some Wet Spam as well Check our FB page for info or PM me

Used to use a VPN (HotSpot Shield) but then the guys here got wise to it and they sent out some kind of "virus" that searched for it. If you had it installed it would keep crashing your machine. Took a while for the Jungle Drums to work out we had to wipe the entire stuff off the computer. The Corporate style VPN's work fine in most countries here. Main issue here is controlling the content on the internet via the Proxy servers. Go back 20 years and there was no internet full stop. The Proxies are used to 1) Annoy us expats 2) Stop "Unsavoury content" such as Porn 3) Track "Unsavoury Posters on Social Media" 4) Block extremist web sites. There are ways that work here I'll try and get some more info for you. I just gave up it really wasn't worth the hassle for a non-Geek as the game keeps changing

Interesting and not seen it commented on in the press. Woy played Adam in the centre last night, not his usual "winger" position he plays for Saints (As in the press is going on and on about how many bloody Wingers Woy has at his disposal and then plays only Sterling from the start) Being more central he was far more involved - something we should look at for us as he gets better and better

Band playing OWTS. Not so bad after all...

Perhaps a more gentle task would be to deliver some Prozac to certain posters to consume during Match Threads?

Hmmm... OK here's one for you Pap. You can investigate the upcoming Gulf War. Saudi & The UAE have gotten all riled up with Qatar. Qatari Journos are being tried in Egypt. This will get you some airmiles, some decent sunshine, AND while you are there you can report on their readiness for the World Cup, why so many Nepalese Labourers are dying AND meet the sub branch of Dubai Saints. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/uae-saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-recall-their-ambassadors-from-qatar-1.1299586 I am sure they'll welcome your questioning brain with open arms while you actually get to the BIGGEST worry we have.......... What will happen to the PL TV rights if we go & blow Qatar up? I can get you a really good deal on a flight there at the moment - Ukraine International, nice flight times, only a 7 hour stop over in Kiev each way.

Just FYI gang The Palace game will be shown live on BeIN Sports on Saturday. So we get to go down the pub and those of you who still have direct access to their site will have a decent stream for a change