Fan The Flames

I would say the rules are stopping him, yes your are right in the fact that there is nothing stopping a club hiring him and paying him a wage, but what club will do that if he can't play football. Therefore the rules are preventing him from fulfilling his primary function of playing football, he is prevented from selling his skills in the market place. It is similar to the condition when people left jobs in the 70's that they couldn't take up anther job with a certain radius of their old place of work. This was successfully challenged under restraint of trade and I would suspect that this case would win on similar grounds. What is the reason for the two club rule?

I think he kept Antonio on longer last night for his long throw in's, which fitted in with our hoofing tactic.

Kent based Saints fans first please.

What an amazing draw; as more and more balls came out and we and them were left in the pot the excitment of the possibility built and when the third to last ball came out I just exploded. The fun of this season just grows and grows.

Football fans in holding grudge shocker. Hating footballers is all part of the fun of being a football fan. Those who hate Keane are not moaning at the sanctimonious high and mighty for their lack of hate, so maybe the same should be afforded to them. Football is a broad church afterall.

Talking of away chants, did I hear some muppets sing WHU Bubbles song at Millwall. Very, very wrong.

im totally with the OP. It would be the largest attendance for some years to come.

I believe the first trip for the club organised disabled coach was the Millwall game. If Lowe didn't get us relegated twice we wouldn't be playing Millwall. Heart warming story.

we were sh!t today, one dimensional and without any inventiveness. A few dim flickers of brillance and Antioia made a difference, otherthan that we were sh!t.

The result of Saints games are directly influenced by a DJ, FACT. Call the Fortium Times.

Is it Robbie Savage, they all get their cracks and sacks waxed at the same salon.

**** me what's the matter with you lot, I thought, especially after the excellant Exeter attendance that we would get low 20's for the Luton game, FA 3rd and all that, I'm surprised Luton didn't take up the full 15%. I swear this FA cup down turn is a new thing. I see you didn't comment on me getting the Exeter one wrong as well, you just want to have a go at something that might burst the brilliant fan slapalong. Yes we are great waaahoo, the best south coast team by miles, success helps and we are not that insecure that we need to jump on anything 'slighty' negative.

Ahhh Newsnow, forgotten about that site, cheers.

I see 'stop acting like a c**t' wasn't one of your new years resolutions. I was surprised how big the Exeter attendance was and slightly disappointed in the Luton one. So valid question I would have thought.

Merry Christmas Mods and Forumeers especially all those I've argued with, heres to more rows in 2010 and a jolly good year for the Saints.

Was it Kramer vs. Kramer. Steve Williams was great and I was ****ed off when he left.

My first take on it sounds like some shenanigans going on by the Russo brothers.

does it include JPT games as that will pull down our average

Still havn't spotted my first one yet, been looking everywhere. I have a crane coming on one of my jobs in jan, I should have specified a Liebherr.

West Brom, the year we went down, thanks to a Pompey give me.

They really are a small club, nothing wrong in it, just like Bournemouth. Clowns to left of us jokers to the right, here we are....

Truro City, struggling a bit this season though.

There is probably a Duckworth Lewis type calcualation that could extrapolate prem attendances from attendances in lower divisions coupled with long term form as I sure there is a direct relationship between the two, more so than a relationship with catchment area. Plymouth is the largest urban area not to have been in the top flight and I'm sure they would get a decent crowd if they did go up. Hull has to compete with two rugby sides, Plymouth only has Plymouth Albion. However Plymouth has one of the largest London based fan clubs an indication that a lot of locals have to leave the area to further their careers and its a long way to travel back every other week. Anyway the point of the matter is Plymouth want to be part of the bid and have to go into the 40's to get it, if they were increasing the ground ordinarily I'm sure they wouldn't have gone so high. Its the folly of Fifa/Uefa that demands these sizes, anyone seen the Algarve stadium, I wonder how many times that has been full. Good luck to Plymouth, a club like ours that almost died under Dan McCourly (sp) that have turned around its fortunes the hard way without admin or a sugar daddy, but through stewdarship of the club by people that care and its a shame the locals don't get behind it more. The bid is a better one for the wide representation, its a shame that Plymouth is the only south coast host. Is Southampton the furthest city from a world cup venue.

Well done Saints, now beat Leeds to make the week.

I'm catching me a badger then and putting it in the fridge, free Stella mmmmmmm