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What about the bid from Arsenal that was hand delivered by a bloke in a car...? ;-)

Some kind of t-shirt with writing on it. Perhaps it said: "that'll teach 'em not to fork out a measly £1.5m on me"...? ;-)

I assume NORCAP will only have access to public domain information so, with some research, anyone should be able to carry out the same level of investigation. I guess the main advantage of going with NORCAP is that it will be quicker than the DIY approach as they know all the ropes upfront.

Computer says 'no'

I preferred the days when you humans first arrived on the animal kingdom scene. You didn't see yourselves as the superior species in them days.

I've no idea but that's why I don't watch it.

Que?

Hypotheseis alert... IF Cortese was in negotiations to sell the club and a 'leak' appeared in a national newspaper would you: (a) admit that you were in discussions with people to sell the club OR (b) issue a 'club source' denial that there are any such discussions ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/9390098.stm

beat me to it by 56 seconds..... :-(

http://www.dubov.co.uk/en/page_6.htm

They also do a nice line in watches.... http://www.watchesoflondon.com/index.php?route=information/contact

http://www.plymouthargyle-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/fletcher_reveals_wage_woe_643750/index.shtml Plymouth captain Carl Fletcher has revealed the players have still not been paid their wages for January. The financially-stricken club were promised cash from Japanese-based directors Yasuaki Kagami and George Synan but there has been no sign of it arriving, and the players have still not received payment more than a week after it was due.

To cut a long story short(ish)..... I applied for retrospective Building Notice approval (aka Regularisation) for a shower room I had installed a couple of years ago and one area the council picked up on was that I needed the electrics certifying under 'Part P' / BS 7671 regulations. (there was minor electrical work installed by a bog standard builder rather than a certified electrician) I did a bit of digging around on the internet and found numerous references stating that this inspection cost should be covered under the regularisation fee that the council initially charged me. However, having run this by the council they are insisting that inspection of any electrics is not covered by the regularisation fee. I pointed out the following section in their own information sheet: "If you apply for a Regularisation Certificate for unauthorised building work that was started on or after 11 November 1985, you will pay a 'regularisation' fee to cover the cost of assessing your application and all inspections. The fee is equivalent relevant plan fee and inspection fee combined plus 50%. There is no VAT payable on a regularisation charge. " However, the council are sticking by their guns and saying that I need to engage an electrician and pay for the inspection separately. Does anyone know definitively what a council is obliged to cover under the regularisation fee (in particular for an electrics inspections)? Cheers

A bit like Bournemouth sinking without trace when they lost their manager....oh.... ;-)

Too late... ;-)

So which is it then? "Pure class" or "not very good anymore" ?

Didn't Surman go off the boil after his flirtation with England U21s?

Your cryptic clues are leading me to Bobby Davro. I've a hunch I may have taken a wrong turning somewhere along the way somehow...

Why put him on the bench in the first place if that's the case...?

NAMG? Do they own an oil rig?

Pragmatic view: 4 points out of 6 in two "tricky" away games. Automatic promotion still in our own hands Disappointed view: If we'd forked out a mere £1.5m for Mackail-Smith in January we'd now be looking at nailed on promotion and the guaranteed financial payback that that entails

Automatic promotion still in our own hands

That game had 4-4 written all over it