Matthew Le God

Edited it for you.

In theory those behind the plan would love every academy to be category one. The FA wants to improves coaching for youngsters in order to improve the National team. However this is largely being driven through by the rich clubs in the Premier League that have an ulterior motive of mopping up all the best kids on the cheap and have the FA somewhat over a barrel. At the moment the plan allows poaching between category one clubs to still take place. However this may change as it gets refined before next season as some feel it is unnecessary to allow this. To run a category one academy for a year it needs to have a minimum budget of £2.3m. I think a category two is probably half that. Plus you need the high quality facilities in place on top of the running costs. You also need to continue to have academy products playing for your first team or they take category one status away.

From a purely selfish point of view, Saints with the category one status they are aiming to get should benefit from the changes. So do we want to stop it?

Category status is not based on what league you are in, it is based on track record, facilities, staff quality/numbers etc. Saints are going for category one regardless of promotion. Pompey will probably be category 2 or 3.

The Independent article isn't very well researched, Luke signed a 3 year professional contract in December 2010... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2228492,00.html

When has this ever "popped up"?

Bet you would have said the same of Keegan signing.

Told by...?

It has been confirmed from both sides that stuff did happen in relation to Saints bidding for Sharp in the summer.

The BBC and the club have a good relationship, with BBC Radio Solent staff and the media department at Saints seeming to get on very well. Along with certain broadsheets I think Cortese likes the BBC and has given two interviews himself to them. I have a feeling this "leak" about Sharp and Maynard may be deliberate as the BBC wouldn't want to upset the club behind their backs.

Barnard signed a new deal in the summer, I doubt he is going to be sold in January.

Sounds sensible really.

What "hard work"? I haven't had a single problem with it, really makes no difference. At least give the free demo a try.

£12m rising to £15m for Chamberlain was fine though.

Schneiderlin signed a new contract in August... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2426115,00.html

8 days ago... http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/110153-Fonté-about-to-sign-new-deal.

The game being on Steam has made no difference at all for me. If anything it is better, as it auto updates.

19th December... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?34542-Saints-interested-in-Dutch-goalkeeper

Ruddick came back to Saints and is youth recruitment officer. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/Management/0,,10280~1640469,00.html

I'm led to believe a number of Saints players are on more than that already.

Ahead of one or two of Chaplow, Schniederlin, Hammond, Cork? If he were still here, he'd be 5th choice central midfielder and rarely even get on the bench.

It won't be on BBC iplayer, it will be the main BBC Sport website. Available right now on Saints Player - 11 minutes of highlights.

No it wasn't. It was smacked hard at Richardson from close range, he couldn't move his arm out the way in time if he tried and he wasn't even aware of it coming towards him.

Under UK laws for inciting hatred, you could make a case for the Bible to be banned from publication. It incites genocide, slavery, murder, rape etc etc.

How have you "always been a Christian"? I'm guessing you were introduced to the religion because it is the religion of your parents or peers. Thus there was a time when you weren't a Christian. Had you been born in a different country or time period you wouldn't have become a Christian and you would have been exposed to one of the many other thousands of human created religions. Shows how arbitrary it all is. Not all religions can be right, they can all be wrong. What have you "experienced, read, and lived certain things that make me believe rather than not"? Sources for this?