dubai_phil

Damn should have made it a poll and banned everyone who gets it wrong

Wish for tomorrow - well after two weeks away I hope the new golf swing holds up - last time out two weeks ago had 3 drives over 300 yards and on the fairway. The putting will be a little rusty but as long as it isn't too windy should be fine. I won't be using Pinnacle balls - some Precept EC in the sale As for the takeover, I wish for nothing, absolutely nothing. Simply because, every day for the past 7 or 8 years apart from that one weekend in Cardiff I have gone to bed wishing / hoping or begging something really good to happen to my club. Maybe by just ignoring it for a change and focusing on my swing I wil be able to sleep tonight instead of worrying who leaked the name and why the Mail.

TBH it actually seemed strange to be playing a game so early. I can't recall friendlies so early. I hold to the belief that our pre-season last year was not what was needed for a tough CCC campaign and that too much emphasis was given in pre-season interviews about ball-work instead of fitness work, and I think many of us felt the fitness levels were too low last year. So my only two questions after Saturday would be - 1) Why do we seem to be repeating last season's football not fitness pre-season build-up 2) Did we play a PROPER 4-4 fookin 2 or was there still some form of Diamond formation in there. Keeping an eye on both those issues would be my main concern at the moment rather than expecting to see us playing like the '84 team. I REALLY don't think the Diamond or 4-2-3-1 and it's derivates are how we should be starting out life in L1. Some tactical variations are fine but at this level and with the quality of players that L1 has?.....

Well obviously. How many other managers have a 100% record? OK enough of the Cloughie arrogance - just remember me when it becomes your turn to try and buy the club from Fry. Think you've about 15 more in front of you who need to have their turn yet. For the rest to get a place in the queue please register at Ithinkitmustbemyturntobuysaints.con and submit your 50 quid registration fee by recorded delivery to A Nice Bedsit Above Memums Just outside somewhere interesting W1 NDUP Londonshire

If it gets to next Friday it will be worse than bad news It will be TL or MJ Interesting comment about 3/4's the way down on the Echo forum re a lass in the Mega Store getting an email though, so think you'll be ok http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1713688,00.html

Ah bless Found Lady Gaga's exploding boobs

I hate Flybe....... I worked for a company that had a factory in Galway for 16 years. To get there from here was Dxb-Lhr-Shannon or Dxb Lhr Dublin collect bags Aer Arran to Galway. Took the best part of a day each way and I had to go about once every 3 months. (Mind you I do LOVE a night out in Galway!) Everytime I had to rent a car to get home to Southampton area. Then the DAY I left, they opened a service Galway- Southampton... BSTDS couldn't have done it 16 year earlier Meanwhile, wonder if they'll pay more for the sponsorship if we get taken over by rich Swiss

On a lighter note Shame we couldn't attract a Hedge Fund owner to have bought us http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/5741768/Hedge-fund-chief-gives-499-million-to-charity.html oh

I would love to know his own private view on what happened to him and how much he really got told. One thing I would bet you on - he won't put his name to any other bids unless they have secured the club. Oh and another one re Art & Harris being in the US. SP have some highly competent employees, not just in London but in other locations as well And the final one for tonight, The Swiss vs Al Fahim - hahahahaha. Nobody yet knows where his cash is coming from. Dubai is all but technically bankrupt and the local banks haven't enough capital to serve the local market, so unless it is a member of the Royal Family, at this point in time the Swiss would be worth far more in cash/assets convertable terms

Picking up on what Art said, bad O level German and the way they put their words back to front, the comment about James May earlier Liebherr.... Manlove.... Hmm can hear the opposition fans songs now As for 19C, slightly surprised at the anti MLT rant, you never heard of a PR b*tch being taken for a ride? And for the other Swiss leaks from ITK'ers, still don't see the link between a Ferrari, MS & the new Travel Club Team Truck, although the STig, James May and the Truck - can see that link. Completely and randomly unrelated to football but someone asked me about Swiss & construction & cranes and Dubai about 4 weeks ago, trust me I picked the wrong ones - I went for SwissBoring, which is not actually a description of them, more a hole drilling pile driving mob, had never heard of this lot. Glad we're happy so far, no ddoubt it will all go t*ts up tomorrow and we'll find it was actually Philip Green our of Monaco that we missed out on or something stupid, we could have been the Next big thing instead of a Big thing Oh and the clamping gag - funnier would be the Traffic Warden trying to put the ticket under the windscreen wiper!

Think you'll find construction equipment gets pretty dirty

More worringly... The Swiss have apparently been around for 4 or more weeks. Total confidentiality and professionalism and strict NDA's. Which begs the question what FOOKIN IDIOT has leaked their name to the Mail IF they wanted confidentiality either some moron at the club needs to be fired immediately OR their competitors have leaked it. Now THAT worries me more than my original analysis of who is friends with Seymour Pierce... MB - this gets more worrying - Seymour Pierce then the name published in.... The Daily Mail Somebody better book St Richmond in for therapy quick

http://www.liebherr.com/lh/en/default_lh.asp

PLEASE I did not HINT, I merely had a wobbly moment because Lowe was very close to Seymour Pierce/Keith Harris and his team. I have enough trouble sleeping at night as it is without Night Terrors like that! That was simply deduction, I also mentioned it could have equally been Bahraini interest or any one of the other groups who had spoken to SP in the past

Sweet http://www.liebherr.com/lh/en/default_lh.asp don't see Rupert or any cement in there

We reach 91 pages before we start to drag up the same old tired anti arguments. Which in some ways shows that the brain cells really needed some exercising to adapt to new concepts and ideas. Meanwhile a mysterious link appears cryptically from Benji. So the Worldwide Financial Services company have a Turkish link? Dinosaurs? Tiepin errors? Hmm Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, nope cannot get that to link to Turkey unless it was Instantbull

Well I actually blagged access to the campsite with a mate. I had a rental car and a ticket, he had the voluntary work and campsite access. Oasis lot seemed good if a little yokelish. I don't know how they allocate their work shifts, the guy I went with had 4pm-12 on the Wednesday, midnight to 8am on the Saturday morning (rough staying awake all night after all day at the festival and then 8am-4pm on the Monday of the traffic jam which in reality was probably quite lucky. One Neil Young fan got to miss both Crosby Stills & Nash as well as the man himself. the youngsters working felt it was too far to walk in and out. They had about 8 sites - basically restricting access to sensitive private roads or the heart of the village of Pilton, Apparently the most difficult drivers are the locals who really get really nimby about the whole thing Others I heard of was a group that supplied bar staff but that was something like 5 x 6 hour shifts during the festival that included a ticket and I think pay. They were sending emails around for staff about 5 days before the event. The tickets are special ones and are distributed by Glasto to the organisations around 5pm late on the Thursday evening. That upset a few lads who had planned to put a secind tent up inside the site as by the time they could get in, the whole place was chocka. But instead of having a photo they had a P on them and a different wristband. My mate did get permission for me to use the site in advance, they wouldn't take kindly to about 10 people turining up in tents for one worker, but if you took a caravan I'm sure they'd be ok with a couple. BUT if you miss a shift they keep your deposit, which with the chais of the traffic on Wednesday making a lot of people late caused some rows, but again - you could volunteer to work from say Monday before the event and do your 3 shifts before the festival even starts The external security crew had to do 12 hour shifts every day and that was pretty rough on them, they got paid 4 quid an hour whether on night shift or on days. Didn't get to speak to any of the internal on site people Absolutely recommend staying away from anything to do with clean-up gangs, loads of people do the whole raking the sewage, sorting through the rubbish for recycling etc. There were campsite crew who seemed to spend their shifts in caravans in their respective fields - that was fine for the guys by the Pyramid field who could see and hear the main stage while working. My mate did a whole bunch of googling and I think came up with the best, but if you do get to work, then like I found with the Golf work I do here then it REALLY pays to have your schmoozing head on from start to finish, the first time is pot luck but if you really turn on the charm and helpfulness and get under their skin then things look up really quickly when you get allocated. Many of the volunteers really didn't seem to get on with the organisers, but a smile and understanding of how tough their life is got a whole different reaction back Oasis Carnival Club - google but they register REALLY early HTH and only a small snippet of it really, I do think it is pot luck are you a volunteer or a piad worker? Spending 8 hours away from the site during headline acts could rather negate the point of going Oh one final thing I only saw TWO Saints shirts this year.

Doubt it My guess would be the Seymour Pierce led one - very professional very quiet and hiding behind experienced deal doers

Better late than never I guess - anyone else still suffering post-Glasto depression at being back in the real world? Top Moment? Every time I got the first mouthful of my latest pint of Medium Sweet from The Cider Bus Found myself a campsite two miles outside the Wall with volunteer workers in it, 100 people and 12 CLEAN portaloos - only reason it would not be called heaven was the fact that we had to walk through Pilton each night which was two effing long hills up and one steep one down. But having a clean Portaloo is probably worth the pain! (OK it is heaven) Last year spent lots of time in the weird places like the cabaret tent and stuff but this year saw Regina Specter 3/10 yeah great angst driven chick music James Hunter 3/10 yeah well we were waiting for the special guests at the Park Hot Ratz 6/10 - had NO idea who they were but played a great set of covers of old Punk/Rock/80's ish stuff and then yesterday found out they were what's left of Supergrass no wonder they rocked White Lies 7/10 had no idea they were so hyped over there, my lad gave me their album in Feb and have loved it since Lily Allen - 5/10 more chick angst except for her last song/current hit which again got a tingly Glasto moment 8/10 Lady Gaga - what to say? More stoned than Doherty? Missed The Specials for this and it was just great 8/10 (would have been higher if I had been close enough to see her boobs without binos) but the flame-thrower bra - oh yeah that rocked! Neil Young 3/10 - sorry didn't work for me and I strolled up the hill before the end Jason Mraz caught the end of his set 4/10 but jumped up to a 9/10 for his single I'm Yours right at the end, was close to a magical moment and Radio 1 seemed to agree when they played it again on Monday evening The Scirpt 6/10 - Never knew they were from Dublin! The whole couldn't believe they were there innocence and slushy wanna cry songs felt very much like a real moment, great singalong stuff Pete Doherty -5/10 - expected a train wreck but in the end quite enjoyed his music, have to say he did actually look less stoned than most of the audience... La Roux - 7/10 yep fought our way in the tent, couldn't decide if it was the Communards gone sex change or yahzoo, but really buzzed Pete Tong 1/10 - music to fight your way out of a crowded tent to, luckiy it worked and only took us 15 minutes to get out! Kasabian 3/10 - sorry music just went whoosh made me almost wish I had gone to see 4 poofs & a piano in the cabaret tent (well only nearly) The Boss 8/10 - Great energy, great performance, great showmanship, best ever live gig? possibly, just having seen him 4 times before felt the music choice was just a little less strong than I saw at Milton Keynes, but deffo a rockier set Status Quo 2/10 - luckily it is good music to walk up & down hill to on the way in Tony Christie 3/10 - but of course 8/10 when the few who were there all went off on the March to Amarillo Amadou et Mariam 6/10 - ok was being lazy - couldn't be assed to carry the folding chair all around on the final day, but these two blind African/Algerian whatever singers REALLY made an impression wonderful sort of post Cider Bus warm fuzzy glow music, one of the stand out weird magical moments this year Tom Jones - 5/10 - Oh dear, he's been to Dubai twice and rocked, here he looked old, seemed confused and lost his place in the running order, the classics were there but the whole new generation stuff seemed a little flat, but then it was karaoke afternoon so who really cared was a good way of waiting for Madness Madness - 8/10 What a surprise, saw them here and they were good but thought the whole Pyramid show just rocked and boy did we dance like sad old fat cider drinkers (and a big thanks to the Beeb who found us and showed the world inc my mum how monged we were - it WAS a roll-up mum - Honest!) Noisettes 5/10 - didn't really do it for me but she sang Ben totally without any backing music stunning, haunting, and beautiful, another magic moment for which she gets a 9/10 Glasvega 7/10 - Got there with a sort of reluctance and really enjoyed their music although strange that they started with the anthems and got quieter as they went on. The Prodigy 9/10 - OK I basically hate their music on the radio in clubs etc but the old farts had been told it would be something special and that we should make sure we got right down in the mosh pit so we (almost) did and Oh wow jump jump jump jump with a backpack and a folding chair on your back is probably against UK Health & Safety rules, think we broke someone's jaw but who the heck cared - awesome Blur 10/10 - just caught the last song on the walk back and it was the only moment where the hairs stood up on the back of the neck this year. Would I have missed the Prodigy for them? no. Would I have loved to have seen both? yes - but then that's Glasto - always tough choices Best food Argentinian Steak Sarnie/Roast pork Mushroom Sauce and rice and of course Mulled Cider in the evening Worst moment 5 hours to move 4.5 miles around Shepton Mallett on Wednesday Best moment knowing it was your final trip to the Portaloo tied with Sunday night getting back and finding the caravan right next to my car & tent had caught fire. From start to finish it took the Fire Brigade 14minutes to be called, arrive & put it out and the car & tent were unscathed although only 10 feet from the charred wreckage Was it better than 2008? Better bands so less time to do the weird stuff like Shangri La/Trash City/Arcadia, but musically oh yes 11/10 and missing it like mad Tips for next year There are LOADS of volunteer organistaions that make the event work. Oasis Carnival Club do traffic duty on restricted access roads all week. You do 3 x 8 hour shifts, get the special camp site and pay 200 quid deposit. Then IF you attend all your shifts you get a free ticket AND the deposit back. The trick is to arrive early in the week and do one night shift - mates of mine didn't miss a minute of Glasto, although a day on the Cider and the toxic fumes followed by a midnight to 8am shift is a bit tough, specially when it is about 300C in the tent in the sun when they tried to get a few hours sleep in the morning. It is a really weird set up bit like a Vicar of Dibley Village Hall committee and a bit cliquish but smooze and it works AND you can take a caravan/camper if you want and it's ALL free

So in IP speak we have a deal done and could even complete over the weekend. AND it happens to be announced nearly on a Friday And yet the forum still refreshes within an hour per page and everyone else is off down the pub. Boy have we become immune to interesting news these days

Hey Amanda can come back ANY time she wants - and not just for her contact book Oh you meant THAT name. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm in reality though, how many takeovers did we "almost" have over the past years, all of whom would have spoken to SP, so in fact it is not that strange to think that it may have been one of oh no helpme.......... No he's been too quiet on here of late Oh oh What I am saying is I have no idea and am thinking only nice thoughts of Agent Dunham this evening - ok I lied they were BAD thoughts....

lol No hints in that just 3 hours of me staring at the screen with Anna Trov and that bloke who looks like a young JR Ewing on it! Still cannot work out if she is as hot as heck or actually a *****r - strange and I was berating EoA for his non-appearance today - maybe he was busy buying the club Meanwhile - hmmm Monaco Holy Cr*p! GM's email ploy about that Pirate and the stolen Silver WORKED Maybe