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It's the cheese thread for me at the moment but the sandwich thread is giving it a close run for it's money IMHO of course

+1 (true story!)

Source?

The current owner(s)? Just a hunch

Amen. And fair play to the Echo for printing it.

What did you think of England's performance in the World Cup in South Africa?

What's that in the background? One of these.....? :-

Easily done

It is possible to have a view on something without seeing it first hand.... e.g. The Iraq War Japanese Whaling England's performance at the South African World Cup Chris de Burgh Concerts etc

Can we replace "summer" with "autumn" in the thread title please....? ;-)

Nail. Head. It really is that simple....

Adkins goes into analogy overload.... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2156967,00.html

I've never had any friends

Fair point, although I would venture that the result would be fairly similar to what it is now

Why not? Isn't that where most people fit? In the 'general/average' pool. I say we should generalise more. It's the specific polarised views that cause more damage. IMHO of course.

Ultimately, yes. But if I was running a newspaper I'd want to satisfy myself too and share that with my readers.

Indeed. And who's to say that these kind of reports don't filter through to the Liebherr family who may get the false impression that a 'significant' fan organisation is unhappy with their levels of intervention....? Whilst I'm sure Cortese will be filling in the gaps for them it could still sow seeds of doubt in their minds as to whether they want the hassle of dealing with what they may perceive to be a bigger groundswell of negative opinion that is actually the case. Straws and camels...

Over to you Danny....

As previously mentioned, it's all about perception rather overt statements. I've often heard media outlets (e.g. SKY) refer to Nick (for example) as "saints fan spokesman" or words to that effect but never heard him start his responses with: "thanks for the intro but just to clarify that I'm not speaking on behalf of most saints fans...." It works both ways.

That's it....make me even more depressed at how low we've fallen FFS ;-)

Do you dictate your posts via 'LifeLongSaint'....? ;-) Also, why are footballers so delicate beings when it comes to dealing with managerial change and politics? If you're a professional player then just get on with showing everyone how good you are for 90 minutes on the field. If a pilot or surgeon doesn't get on with his boss how would you feel if he took his mind off the job when at work? Footballers: pull yourself together and rise above the politics. You have a privileged life. Deal with it FFS