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Not quite. Was a DJ from Oldham sitting with us though

It was a shall I go home to listen or shall I accept the offer of a pint from Poults. Then Freddie F came to join us and bought me a pint. and I left my fecking camera in the car... Nope that didn't work. Better try the weather forcast

Have I arrived in time for DM to say what we don't want to do is to concede before half time

Sorry I'm late on parade. Have a really good excuse. Hit the post just as I get SP working

Lol - as I may have mentioned a throusand times I'm working hard at the DWC golf this week. European Tour weren't impressed when the 400 volunteer Marshalls had a vote and asked if the TV's in the Marshalls Lounge could be retuned from the Golf Channel to the Test Match for the first 4 hours of each day. For the gamblers if bothered Kaymer v McDowell on the course - GMac will shade it. To win the tournie W******d, or Poults are up for it. Outside each way bet Harrington or a Molinari. McIlroy wasn't quite firing on all cylinders yesterday in the warm up but still a chance

Oh how times change. I remember when we watched for and worried over events happening at Goodison Park, Roker Park or White Hart Lane. Now we seem to spend far more time worrying over events at Southwark Crown Court But this is MUCH more FUN!

Agree with the facts of WC's post and this. Now all we need is a whacky idea to get the percentage of Academy players who actually go and and play for us higher. Why don't we get all innovative and appoint someone who's only job is to ensure that after they graduate they stay with us and become our players instead of someone else's. We could do with an expert like SCW or Simon Clifford or Glenn Hoddle's idea.... Oh Well, you know what I mean - big bugbear of mine - they finish Academy and then they have little or no chance of regular football until they leave us at 19 or 20 and blossom at 21 to 23. Some are ready at 17, a lot need longer Get them from 17 to 20 and we will reap the rewards

Oh dear. A Saints fan signed up for an online marketing promo. the premise is that the more friends you get to send emails to the more tickets you get in the draw. So me and a bunch of mates down here have also entered, but we had enough friends to ensure we got the maximum number of entries. Don't worry Billy No Mates, we all stand more chance of winning the Euro Millions draw, but nice to see attempts to flood forum members email boxes with More marketing spam. (But if by some fluke I did win, might just offer up a place to TSW members - that would be funny. Who to take and why? - Lol a whole thread on it's own)

And four What is the Security for the Irish loan? Because it is needed to help stabilize the Euro and stop contagion spreading, what happens IF as is highly likely the contagion spreads? The Euro is still a project built upon unsound foundations. Conceptually and for people like us gooing on business trips or holidays into Europe it is a great help, but the initial start up was flawed (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard explains it better than me every week in the Torygraph). So the contagion can and likely will still spread. Ireland is using it to shore up their banking system because THEY admitted the full extent of the losses by their banks - yet UK, Portugal, Spain & Greece have still kept that quiet. Helping out a friend in need is a good idea, BUT the Euro could still blow apart in the next months and some countries could be forced to leave and devalue. What happens to that loan with interest then? Ireland devalues by 20 or 30% which is what some commentators believe is the only solution, UK PLC (ie the taxpayer) just lost 2 or 3 billion which SHOULD have been spent on NHS or Defence..... Also, don't confuse long term ex pats with the Bling based trash that the Daily Mail forced onto this City with their "If you haven't bought Buy to Let property in Dubai you are not Middle Class" rubbish that they printed every week up until the crash. Dubai's indebteness is also nearly double the headline figures, everyone quotes what it owes to International Lenders. It forgets that it hasn't paid any contractors for the work done to date. A great deal of those loans were p1ssed away in marketing and other "corrupt" scams. Ex pats ripped off as much as the locals. And finally, the term expat is NOT limited to Brits abroad. Most of those charged with corruption down here ARE expats - from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, India, Egypt etc, as well as the locals. The reaason I comment is that the picture is far worse than is being painted in the press. Dubai 140% of GDP? think again, probably nearer 200% when the contractors are added to that. Autonomy loss? mate far more than that is still at risk. The ship is holed below the water line, the answer is to keep bailing out faster and HOPE that it calms the markets.... I still haven't read a single ALTERNATIVE strategy. We have a term for hope down here, it is called insh'allah. Not really happy that global leaders are putting the future of my kids, my friends who are being laid off at age 52 in the UK and my savings for some kind of retirement down to The Will of God

Super KD phew

Oh cr@ap

Well obviously not. You're listening to it on the Radio

OK emergency measures Off downstairs for a refill

Sorry, my bad it was the Nun pic - just wipe the speakers you'll be fine

No idea, this is Dubai, we have to rely on Google as we don't have our own down here. Mind you on the subject of having...........

C'mon Saints, don't make me upload my Ryder Cup picture You can do it with one more of these

Wow what an amazing insight from DM 0-0 at half time and Saints have to start again. I thought they kept playing in the tunnel Well, it is Brighton

So second half under way will it be Oxo or will it be Bisto

OK so we have imposed ourselves and ain't a goal down yet so I'm happy with that then!

WTF?? We're playing Brighton & we get one minute of the four play? Or did I hear that wrong with the crowd noise?

YEAH Get in there goes Dave with the what they don't want to do....

Hmmm So Gobern on at HT if MS keeps this up?

Oh ok the big guns time

Lallana down in the pen area nothing. Boooooooooooooo