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So, everyone's in wild agreement then. i.e. that Gorkss CDAJFU this season....?

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Sounds like the latter to me

Today's Daily Mail 'comment' section... "All in it together? In the City last night, more than 3,000 bankers joined the revels at the Square Mile summer party, sinking an ocean of champagne with burlesque dancers, jugglers and reality TV stars. With exorbitant bonuses on the way – and no effective regulation of their excesses in sight – isn’t it truly sickening that the people who crippled our country have so much to celebrate?"

The Daily Mail reporting today that this deal is getting close to completion...

Boxing day? You sure about that?

Because we were all happy to feed off the spoils of said greedy bankers in the 'good times'?

Having commuted daily to London by train for the last 25 years, I can confirm GM's statement that the service is considerably more reliable than it was pre-privatisation is correct. I will need to do some research on the cost side of things to see if the "it's much more expensive these days" suppositions also hold true. I would imagine the overall cost the commuter had to pay for his/her journey in 1986 (tax + fare) isn't much different to what we have to pay now (relatively speaking).

It's Jessy Fusu. Make up your own punchlines....

@officialsaints: 30 mins Saints sub Sam Hoskins on for Jessy Fusu. Confirmation of Danny Smith scorer of Eastleigh's 3rd #saintsfc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusu

@officialsaints: Bad news for trialist Anton Blackwood who has been forced off on 15 mins with a knock. Jack Saville replaces him at right back #saintsfc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusu

That's my understanding too, but I've always felt it's illogical. Does anyone know if clubs quote "tickets purchased" rather than "actual people there" to arrive at the attendance (sic) figure out of personal choice or is it some League/FA regulation that they are adhering to here? I recall someone telling me once that there were tax reasons for quoting "sales figures" instead of "attendance figures" and that there were 'tax benefits' of either under-stating or over-stating the numbers, but never really got to the bottom of that..... Surely what your average punter wants to glean from an "attendance" figure is how many human beings were in the ground watching the game. Yay? Nay?

I take it you're not married then....? ;-))

One difference between this season and the last two seasons is that, during the current pre-season, I've not heard Adkins or Cortese say "we are building a team that can compete in the league above", whereas this was their 'mantra' during the last two seasons. In other words, in League One we were building a team that Adkins/Cortese felt would be competitive in the Championship. They clearly stated that as their aim. However, as we prepare for our first season back in the Championship, I'm not hearing the "we are building a team that can compete in the league above" message this time around, which, to me, suggests that Adkins/Cortese are first and foremost looking at a season of consolidation. Of course, they won't be ruling out the possibility of promotion, but I detect a different level of expectation in the management this year compared to last year (in relative terms). So, to put this in the context of the OP? All this means I'm less apprehensive about this season than I was last season because the expectations were much greater last season (again, in relative terms).

Alas, no, you can't be first - there are 37 people before you who are somehow 'embarrassed' by the number of people who will be in a football stadium watching a game of football whilst a third of the country are on their summer holidays.

Indeed. But that would be an infringement of people's human rights in this country.... © Daily Mail Reader Retorts Ltd

Nice one. Reminds me of the conversation I had with Natwest "customer service" yesterday.... 'Helpful Banking' my arse

Close. Very close. I'm actually being paid by the Labour Party to expose the incompetencies of the Tories.

"Time and again since the Budget, Labour’s Ed Balls has urged the Coalition to follow the example of the United States, with a slower approach to cutting the deficit. ‘The Americans are the right comparison,’ he insists. Very well, Mr Balls. Let us compare. Take growth. Despite the fiscal stimulus so warmly approved by our Shadow Chancellor, the U.S. economy has actually grown more slowly than Britain’s over the first half of this year. To be precise, the U.S. grew by 0.4 per cent quarter-by-quarter over the first half of 2011, while we grew by 0.7 per cent. Certainly, our performance offers little to celebrate. But the fact is that Britain is doing almost twice as well under ‘Slasher’ Osborne as is America under his big spending opposite number. Or take unemployment. In the U.S., it stands at 9.2 per cent, and rising. In the UK, it is 7.7 per cent – and (touch wood) under control. Or interest rates. Remarkably, thanks to Mr Osborne’s cuts, Britain now pays no more for its loans than America, with its reserve currency of the mighty dollar. Indeed, yesterday our Government’s borrowing costs fell to their lowest ever, as investors turned to the UK as a safe haven. Meanwhile Spain and Italy are having to pay more than double. Then there’s the ultimate irony: after its massive spending binge, and the chaos in Congress, the U.S. is having to slash its deficit more quickly than we are. It may be too much to expect a show of humility from the bumptious Mr Balls. But with his economic theories exposed as recipes for catastrophe, could he at least favour us with a period of silence?" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2021783/Isnt-finally-time-silence-Ed-Balls.html Disclaimer: the above is the opinion of The Daily Mail so should be assumed to be complete nonsense.

Lol :-)

Or...does he jump ship to another Championship team when we get promoted this season....? ;-)

Cool. Will do, cheers. (I can see curtains in the online store "linen and home" section, but no duvet covers....I feel a Trevor and Simon sketch coming on...!)

Boom, Tish.....here all week per chance....? ;-)