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By that measure most things in the world are offensive. Squirrels for example.

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My poor analogy was trying to illustrate that money (aka profit) is a good motivator for doing something quicker. Whether quicker = better is up for debate. If nationalisation means throwing more people at a given task then we'll end up paying the same as we do now via increased taxes. Not that I've done any of the sums to back that sweeping statement up of course...

Ok. I'll go along with this wacky re-nationalisation idea if you promise it won't be as bad as it was in the 1970s.

Even if "the government" are far less efficient at running said services? Would you feel more or less motivated to run up a steep hill if someone offered you £100 to do it, as long as you did in in half the time you said you were going to do it? (dodgy Trousers analogy no.174)

Carbon dating

Ta very much.

This is true

Fair point. That works out to about £15 average spend in the megastore per game

Anyone know when the match day prices are normally announced?

Nice idea. That will offset the increase for many.

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Now up on OS... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/documents/season-ticket-information-pack148-831075.pdf

The only person associated with the club who has stated Top 4 as an aspiration is Terry Paine, as quoted in the Echo last week. All Pochettino has done is batted back a journo's question in a tongue in cheek manner when asked if he shared a player's ambition (Boruc?) to qualify for the champion's league in two years. Much in the same sarcastic way he batted back the "is Luke Shaw leaving?" question with: "nah, I'm gonna raid Chelsea's team instead". Neither the manager nor chairman have explicitly stated that it is the club's aim to finish in the top 4 next year (which isn't to say they aren't aiming for such an eventuality of course)

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Do these journos get paid for stitching together snippets from various articles (one going back to April) and then presenting it as new news?

What is it with south coast journos supporting Villa...?

So, not a "loan that still needs paying back" at all then...?

I see that Portsmouth Community Football Club last week extended their accounting period to end of June... All perfectly normal practice I'm sure. I also see that their annual director's return is still shown as overdue... There's probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for that too.

Companies House website still shows the charge as 'outstanding'...

When did we borrow £30m...? Edit: Gemmel beat me to it.

I lost the plot 2,847 posts ago All I know is that the whole concept of parachute payments defeats the object for which they were designed. They were never intended to prop up a League Two side that spent way beyond its means.