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@pn_neil_allen: RT @officialpompey: Football League figures show that #Pompey are the most followed League One club on Twitter - thanks for your support 30% of which are those obsessed nutjobs on the saintsweb forum...

Meanwhile , the latest re-tweet from the man who accuses Saints fans of being obsessed with Pompey... @pn_neil_allen: RT @NabilHassan79: #SaintsFC stewards told in pre-game briefing not to comment if asked by fans what they think about Nigel Adkins sacking. That said, I guess Mr Allen is highly qualified in the subject of propaganda...

You're mistaking me for someone who strives to be correct all the time

But the salient point that MLG is highlighting is that the likes of Sky portray these chaps as representing a significant percentage of Saints fans when they don't. I've no objection to Sky et al speaking to the sane people all the time, it's their misrepresentation of these people that I find a little annoying (although not as annoying as trying to unpick the first few sheets of a new toilet roll)

@NabilHassan79: #SaintsFC stewards told in pre-game briefing not to comment if asked by fans what they think about Nigel Adkins sacking.

I can't fathom it either. Can only put it down to lazy journalism.

http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131822/soccer-dream-over-hong-kong-businessmen-carson-yeung-and-balram

Are the people who work for the likes of 5live, skysports and TalkSport ignorant, incompetent or both? Why else would they give air time to such people?

The media are buffoons

Why the assumption that having an ego is a bad thing...?

Why oh why do these media outlets persist in giving a platform to people who (a) don't represent the fan base and (b) can't tell the difference between Spain and Argentina? One thing I've had reinforced over the last few days is that the media can't be arsed to scratch beneath the surface of any story they cover. At least I get to re-use the Facepalm I withdrew from Huffton's post...

@officialsaints: A preview of tonight's @premierleague game against @Everton is now online: http://t.co/WhAJev2D #saintsfc http://t.co/XqleXYg5 @officialsaints: This evening's official matchday programme features an interview with boyhood @Everton fan Adam Lallana: http://t.co/eEWMblfO #saintsfc @officialsaints: Adam Lallana: "This is the best @Everton team in my lifetime, as we saw for ourselves when we played up there in September." #saintsfc

Wouldn't they already have his contact details from the encounter at the airport? I guess they then went on a pretty safe hunch the post was by the same person?

@officialsaints: Morgan Schneiderlin, José Fonte and Kelvin Davis say Saints fans have a big part to play against @Everton: http://t.co/Y6QfmgVk #saintsfc

Sounds about right to me

Cheers. You didn't get the sack too then?

http://thefootballmagazine.com/2013/01/21/riquelme-to-become-a-saint/

God help the Austrian police who unwittingly do a search for "Alpine moans"

Tell them you'll settle out of court for £25,000

Lord Palmerston ‏@Lord_Palmerston I'm enjoying the disunity down the M27: "@TonyHusbandBBC #saintsfcGetting impression fans turning against hankie protest." Trousers ‏@Lord_Trousers @Lord_Palmerston @TonyHusbandBBC That's a bit like the Lib Dems having a chortle about the state of the Tory party

@TonyHusbandBBC: Standing by to talk #saintsfc on @bbcsouthnews. Getting impression fans turning against hankie protest. Most fans weren't daft enough to subscribe to it in the first place Mr Husband...not that that stopped it being perpetuated by your friends in the media

Good timing...

@officialsaints: Southampton Football Club have appointed Jes?s Pérez, Miguel D'Agostino and Toni Jiménez to its First Team management staff. #saintsfc @officialsaints: Full details of Mauricio Pochettino's coaching team can be found on http://t.co/uOy2bQWx now: http://t.co/VNSq4GBu #saintsfc

It annoys me (slightly) when they quote that "£61m" figure. Firstly because I assume that's the figure that put them into admin for the second time....so....it's not actually the 'debt' figure that was agreed under the terms of CVA2 - that is 2% of £61m. (Unless I'm mistaken?) Secondly, it annoys me that they never quote the overall amount of debt that they have failed to service since going into Admin1 - i.e. the c.£150m figure we bandie around on here. That's the true amount they have been in debt as things stand because they have failed to honour the first CVA. Rant over. (Edit- yes I know technically the BBC is right as the debt from admin1 has been largely written off but it's a morally accurate figure of how much they've diddled businesses, charities and the taxpayer out of)

Ah....just seen this....great minds...