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That's understandable, because I'm not making one. Was simply reading the Cortese threads from a year or so ago and thought they were interesting and, perhaps, worth sharing for reflection. There again...

As it seems to be in vogue to resurrect old threads this week....this one caught my eye.... :-)

Superb. Nice one Mike. What a nice man that Cortese fella is

You raisin expectations again?

Here's Bournemouth celebrating their automatic promotion this year....

There are predominantly four types of football match attendees: 1) Die-hards who will go as often as they can regardless of the quality level of the League we're in. It's their main hobby. 2) Fans who will go as often as they can but are restricted by other commitments. It's not their main hobby but they love Saints all the same. 3) People who like to watch a good game of football and have a soft spot for their local side. They tend to go for the games most likely to be the most entertaining. 4) 'Non-fans' who enjoy going to watch a game of football every now and again as a social activity. These will tend to be individuals or corporate customers who will tend to go for the more glamorous games because, again, they are going for the entertainment potential and the sense of 'occasion' A football club needs all 4 types of 'customer' to thrive, especially in the higher leagues. Thus, the higher up the leagues we go, the more we should be striving to attract as many people in categories 3 & 4 as possible. Simple as that.

Oops....well spotted that man.....duly snipped. Not that there's much chance of inadvertently quoting a full Daily Mail article on here having a vast affect on their revenue streams.....all those people on this thread who were about to pop out to the newsagents to buy it will now keep their money in their pocket as a result of that post..... ;-)

Yes vote would take us back to the bad old days One thing seems certain in the welter of claims and counter-claims about tomorrow’s referendum: AV is progressive. The referendum is being held at the insistence of the Lib Dems, which always proclaims itself the party of progress. Alongside Nick Clegg, the Yes campaign is being led by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, who is the self-styled champion of the new political generation. And their campaign is endorsed by a bevy of celebrities and luvvies who you would hardly term traditionalists. They include the fragrant Joanna Lumley, the tweeting Stephen Fry and comedian Eddie Izzard, who is so achingly right-on that he tells jokes in two languages. In contrast the No campaign boasts a solitary star, Richard Wilson of One Foot In The Grave, whose television persona is the epitome of curmudgeonliness. He is joined by a couple of hard-boiled politicians from the Left such as former home secretaries David Blunkett and John Reid. And, of course, there is David Cameron, our Etonian Prime Minister. It seems to say it all: the Yes to AV campaign appears to offer hope for a new kind of politics, one that is in touch with the people, while the No campaign merely means more of the same, broken old political system. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. Far from being progressive, AV would be a giant step backwards. Out would go the open politics of ‘one man, one vote’ – a system that, contrary to what the Yes campaign would have you believe, is one of comparatively modern times. Back would come the elite politics of the bad old world, when we were ruled, not by the ballot box, but by deals done behind closed mahogany doors in country houses, London clubs and parliamentary committee rooms. No doubt the venues where the backroom deals are concluded would be different. But I remain to be convinced that London’s trendy Groucho Club is more fundamentally democratic than White’s, the traditional St James’s club of the aristocracy . I will explain why AV would take us back to the corrupt politics of old, but first let me make a concession. No form of voting is perfect – whether it is first-past-the-post or AV. Each has its advantages and disadvantages and works better for one purpose rather than another. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1383303/AV-referendum-Yes-vote-bad-old-days.html#ixzz1LNO12Gs2

I have a friend who is a Daggers fan and has threatened me with a slow and painful death if Saints rollover on Saturday.

I've decided to vote thus: 1st choice AV; Second choice FPTP. It's a win-win for me.

Yay. Over 100 posts of not caring about Brighton and Poyet....

YOU'RE furious? I'm positively livid.

Local rag in winding up fans on football forum shocker...

officialsaints: An All Star Cast - See Saints take on an All Star XI absolutely free in a celebration match this Sunday -> http://bit.ly/mhe2r7 #saintsfc

Bournemouth

This is Jordan Sibley: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2109072,00.html

Cheers. Is that someone having a slash in the background or do you have a fish tank...? :-)

Mr Sibley does indeed have a penchant for bigging up run-of-the-mill news

Just been looking at Adkin's relegation season with S****horpe.....they got off to a decent start - they were in 9th position at the end of October. But they then started to fall away sharply, not winning a single game in November or December: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S****horpe_United_F.C._Season_2007-08 (bloody swear filter....replace **** with ****) ;-) Perhaps they had a problem with the strength in depth of their squad. A good start followed by a slump would suggest a problem with injuries perhaps. Anyway, squad depth won't be an issue with us, hopefully, so I think we can safely dismiss Nigel's record in the Championship as something largely out of his control.

I see Cortese was in amongst the fans again at Plymouth....

Or there's this one....

Can someone change the title to "Big news today"? Thanks

Probably worth putting a limit on the number of attendees due to the server problems. Say 37 people max.... ;-)

Time to dig out a few choice quotes me thinks....