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What did he say in the programme to give that impression? Something like: "Look, Skacel never signed for us, FFS." or "At least we're not as sh1te as that sh1tty SaintsWeb Server"? Am I warm?

Source? Login name? Thanks

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2307032,00.html With another Tuesday game set to follow on from this weekend, Nigel will be looking to his squad once more, and with recent injury troubles, the gaffer says that there is scope to dip into the loan market if necessary. "I think that we had an excellent January transfer window in terms of strengthening our squad of players. There was great investment again from the football club, and the Chairman has gone and backed everything that we are trying to do. He is leading it from the front, he wants it more than anybody, and he is trying to do everything he can for us which is fantastic. "January was very good for us in terms of securing the players that we did, and then we spoke about the fact that a week later the loan window would open, so we are constantly looking at the options that we have available at this club. "We are well financed, but we have a strong belief about the group of players that we have got, if there is an opportunity to enhance the group then we will be able to do that. "Bringing someone in is an option available to us, if the right person becomes available..."

Depends if we get promoted or not

Cheers for the update Steve/Baj Any thoughts on what that Brighton fan said the other day about how their forum is run & financed. Is/was that an option considered too? Thanks again

I've never understood why infractions are kept 'secret'. Transparency is a good thing, surely?

Ladies like it.

Ambivalence rules ok (I think) Where do I sign?

I've been thinking the same for a while now. Being where Bournemouth have been for most of the season would, as a Saints fan, make me more nervous looking over our shoulder and thinking "we'll throw this away knowing Saints" than I am looking up from 5th place with a couple of games in hand. Given that Saints NEVER make life easy for their fans I'd rather be in the chasing pack and come in with a late run than in 2nd place trying to defend our position. As illogical as that sounds, that's where I'd rather be right now.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2306274,00.html

Reverse psychology time..... Colchester 2 Saints 1

Hey, clear off - this is a thread for rocket scientists....FFS ;-)

To be able to answer your question I'd need some information about the nature of bournemouth's wins and losses. If you could provide a breakdown of their results indicating which scorelines matched the balance of play and which went against the balance of play I'll then be able to supply an answer. Cheers

Source?

Matthew Oakley?

Is Jaidi up to 3 games in quick succession?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/9411826.stm While keeping his feet on the ground, Smith expressed his pride in the Saddlers' achievement at beating one of the favourites for promotion. "It's a fantastic result for the team and the football club. Yes, we had a charmed life at times, and maybe a little bit of luck was with us today, but there have certainly been games this season where we haven't had that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/9411804.stm Plymouth Argyle will be forced into administration, perhaps as early as Friday, unless the League One club receives an immediate cash injection. With no sign of the £5m needed to see the season out - and total debts of £10m - the board meets on Friday. The club's two Japanese-based directors have promised £1.4m from a new investor but BBC Sport understands that will be swallowed by overdue pay and taxes. And with Argyle due in court on Monday, administration looks almost certain.

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~2305617,00.html Big Game Awaits On Saturday Posted on: Tue 01 Mar 2011 The U's take on Southampton at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on Saturday as John Ward's men continue their quest to close in on the play-off spots. With the Saints losing at Walsall and the U's picking up their first away win since October at Bristol Rovers, the gap between the two teams is now just four points. And the U's are also that number of points behind MK Dons, who come to the Weston Homes seven days later. Tickets for the game against Southampton are selling well and the biggest home crowd of the season is expected for the visit of Nigel Adkins' men.

Just looking at all the games this coming weekend and, statistically, we have the toughest game of those teams in contention at the top, i.e. we're away to the team in 7th whereas our closest rivals are either at home, or away to lower league sides. Bournemouth, Brighton, Charlton, Peterborough and Huddersfield should all be favourites to win their games I'd have thought. Crunch time.... Saturday, 5 March 2011 Bournemouth v Oldham, 15:00 Brighton v Carlisle, 15:00 Bristol Rovers v Dag & Red, 15:00 Charlton v Tranmere, 15:00 Colchester v Southampton, 15:00 Hartlepool v Brentford, 15:00 Leyton Orient v Notts County, 15:00 Peterborough v Exeter, 15:00 Rochdale v MK Dons, 15:00 Sheff Wed v Plymouth, 15:00 Swindon v Walsall, 15:00 Yeovil v Huddersfield, 15:00

The Walsall commentators singled out Barnard's behaviour saying that if he channelled all the energy he spent moaning at the referee into his game then he would be a better player. Perhaps the ref had had enough of Barnard's moaning by the end and didn't give him any benefit of the doubt, such as the free-kick shout you mention, as a way of saying: "you give me lip all game sonny Jim and I'll see that you don't get 50/50 decisions"? Perhaps the Walsall commentators made a valid observation that Barnard's rumbustious character can be counter-productive at times?

I switched to listening to the Walsall commentray when Solent packed up and their commentators said he played a blinder, and I quote: "His best game since joining us". I think the word we're looking for is: typical

But, do we know how many of the 11 (eleven) shots we had on target were "poor shots that were never going to go in" vs "superb shots that were only kept out by superb defensive action"? If Lambert, Barnard, et al, are putting the ball in the right spot and at the right pace then the result becomes largely out of our control. If the shots we had on target were poor, then fine, that's what probably differentiates this result from the Oldham away result. So, the $64,000 question: how many of last night's 11 shots on target were worthy of a goal? If the answer is "2 or above", then we were unfortunate. If the answer is "none" then we were poor.