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On MotD highlights they showed Pelle's being pulled back by his shirt as he waited for the ball to come in from a corner kick. The ref saw it and warned the QPR defender to stop. Said defender stopped briefly and then started doing it again as the ball came in. The ref did nothing. What's the point of the ref telling the defender to stop it and then do nothing when it happens again. I'm sure Pelle would ha e more goals if the refs actually did their job and punished these fouls in the box. Anywhere else on the pitch and it would be a free kick.

Steve....if you were on the Saints board, would you be looking for a major global company for your next shirt sponsorship deal or would you stick with a relatively unknown local company? Steve....have you seen next season's kit design yet? If you have, how different is it to our current kit?

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#saintsfc boss @RonaldKoeman reacts to last minute win at QPR with @bigadamsport https://t.co/fNRnG83CyY via @audioBoom #saintsfc #bpl

Come on you Toffees!

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Adam Blackmore: "Koeman says Targett is ok"

Because when players aren't in good form you offer encouragement rather than criticism? Just a hunch...

Offside I think.

Nil nil my arse! Never any doubt

Oh my arse

Get the f*** in!!!!!!

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Save Forster

This has got 0-0 written all over it

They've turned the corner in that respect, apparently.... http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2015/02/06/8651362/how-pochettinos-tottenham-revolution-is-ramping-up

Sat on a train with the air conditioning going full pelt. In February. WTF is that all about?

Damn, and there was me desperately trying to conceal my ignorance. Foiled again by some bright spark on the interweb.

Leave Charlie alone. He's only sowing the seeds for a "told you so" post in 6 months time...

That's a bit like saying Eddie the Eagle did better in the Winter Olympics than my nan....

If anyone has found themselves in financial distress through no fault of their own then, of course, that is wrong and I will happily join you in criticising the implementation of these policies.

Totally agree with that. It's a bad outcome regardless of how or why the dominos fell.

I've no reason to doubt the words of a 'centre manager' or a 'regional manager' but it would still be good to see the actual evidence of what they are saying rather than just having their word for it. For example, was there an email chain that proves that "London" were actively overriding common sense? Some meeting minutes somewhere? How do we know that the full picture was communicated to "London" effectively in the first place? (root cause analysis etc) I know I'm asking for evidence that we're probably never going to be witness to, but without that it comes down to one person's word against another which, whilst sounding convincing and perfectly believable, isn't 100% conclusive proof that "London" are totally to blame each and every time. Here's a hypothetical thought....what if the aforementioned "regional manager" was a staunch Labour activist. Might it not be in his/her interests to 'distort' the information he/she was receiving from "London" because the worse they can make things look the more likely it is that they will be voted out and the system made 'better' in the longer run? Don't get me wrong, I'm not for one minute saying that's what happened in the case you raise, I'm just wondering whether we can 100% rule it out as a possibility in some cases.

That's a reasonable assumption. Would be good to drill down into a few of the cases highlighted to turn those assumptions into facts. (I'm not saying that your assumptions are wrong, just that it would be good to be 100% certain)