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Congratulations Sam :-)

All quangos are truly independent? Hmmmm... And I'm not saying they came to their decision unindependently. I'm suggesting that the way the human mind works may have influenced their independent decision. Anyway, sincere apologies for airing an OPINION on here. Sigh.

I know the IFO are badged as an independent arbitrator but they are human and humans are easily swayed (consciously or subconsciously). Cortese (or whoever represented the club at the IFO meeting) would have known that they were under no obligation to disclose what they (rightly or wrongly) saw an internal club matter. I therefore venture that the IFO, at least in part, came to their conclusion because they were hacked off that SFC played a straight bat. To me, the most logical verdict from the IFO would gave been an open verdict but I suspect they were playing a tit-for-tat game with the club. Yes, the IFO may well turn out to have made the correct verdict but it wasn't a verdict reached purely on logic IMHO.

http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=424&fid=203&sty=2&act=1&mid=2118519019

Which month is Chamberlain on...?

No, that's tomorrow's Saints game silly ;-)

£10million?

How do we KNOW you would. You could just be saying that... ;-)

It was 'only' 10 players affected so, conceivably, it could be just the players with Lloyds accounts that were affected. That said, I'd be surprised if they used email to communicate such an error. Banks are very reluctant to use email to communicate with customers about personal issues for security reasons. I'm sure with the level of their income they would be looked after by the 'VIP department' (Wealth Management they used to call it - I worked at Lloyds for 20 years...) and any problems would have initially been dealt with by a phone call. I still know people at Lloyds so will see if anything has popped up about this on their intranet...

Richard Hammond doing an impression of a Mexican having a dump on his duvet?

You'd better have a word with Simo. He was on page counting duties earlier today. Don't want people stepping on each other's toes.

This is the only thing I could find (leading up to the season ticket withdrawal event) that has a somewhat provocative/frustrated tone.... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?27994-The-refusal-to-sell-a-season-ticket-at-Southampton-FC&p=957422#post957422

Badgers

Big and clever....? Or are today's artists simply running out of ideas?

;-)

To be fair, not entirely his fault though.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Wright "On 11 July 2008, Wright signed for Blackpool on a one-year deal with the option of a second.[3] He made his debut for the Seasiders on 9 August 2008 in a 1-0 home defeat to Bristol City. However, he suffered an achilles injury in his third league match for the club against Sheffield United on 23 August and a month later he underwent an operation which kept him on the sidelines for more than four months and he never managed to establish himself in the side on his return.[4]"

Ok, ok....I know....it's Wikipedia....but..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence Right to silence The right to remain silent is a legal right of any person. This right is recognized, explicitly or by convention, in many of the world's legal systems. The right covers a number of issues centered around the right of the accused or the defendant to refuse to comment or provide an answer when questioned, either prior to or during legal proceedings in a court of law. This can be the right to avoid self-incrimination or the right to remain silent when questioned. The right usually includes the provision that adverse comments or inferences cannot be made by the judge or jury regarding the refusal by a defendant to answer questions before or during a trial, hearing or any other legal proceeding. This right constitutes only a small part of the defendant's rights as a whole.

Ah, okey dokey. That'll teach me to rely on google for all my intelligence.... ;-)

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?28024-The-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-Premier-League-cash-cow

Erm.... http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/8766350.Bombshell_for_Rooks_as_Wright_retires/ Bombshell for Rooks as Wright retires 10:00am Monday 3rd January 2011 LEWES boss Tim O’Shea will urgently seek replacements after losing a key member of his squad. Jermaine Wright told O’Shea on Friday he was retiring from football for family reasons. http://therooks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lewesfc&action=display&thread=5549 "I think we have already missed jermaine wrights ability to retain possesion in centre midfield.Yes his mobility was not what it once was but his touch was still there and he was a good talker.No coincidence that the 5 games he started we took 7 points from 15.Lets be honest for a guy with such a good league history if he was still 100% its unlikely he would be with us. "

Lewes are bottom of their league I notice

Is this the type of chairman some people would prefer....? http://www.theposh.com/articles/20110202/the-chairmans-q-a-with-foreverposh_2264584_2282955/0,,10427~2282955~1,00.html

Nice article - cheers