Matthew Le God

From Hypo when he was in a good mood...

Why is promotion in 2011/12 not realistic? I said top half or better in the Premier League asap, not the Championship.

I think if you lined up all the woman in the world aged 18 to 35, most men would put Rachel Riley and whoever the other woman is, easily in the top 30% or 7/10 or better. In this case it isn't even pedantry really, the opening post made a request and nearly everyone in the thread ignored it. Including Crab Lungs who started it!

I bet you the target is much higher than that for next season! Why would Cortese set a target of mid table when he wants top half (or better) of the Premier League football asap? Aim low and you will most likely achieve low or lower. The longer it takes to get to the Premier League the harder it will become as you will have to rebuild the squad. May as well use the momentum the club has now and push on ala Norwich.

It was on TV but it wasn't the opening game of the season, Saints played Aston Villa the week before.

A lot of people in this thread haven't read the opening post (including Crab Lungs himself!)...Which said... Are these not all higher than 7/10's?

Well...Skybet do have Saints as joint 4th favourites to win the league.

The Coventry vs Leicester "derby" at 12:30 is the other TV game that weekend for the Football League. Possibly could also be a Friday night game, like there was last season.

You did dream it, because that game was a 3pm kickoff and not on Sky.

On Sky http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2379287,00.html

Why? Are you a ball assistant?

Is there a website that you used to do this automatically?

He is a Liverpool player going on loan to Pompey or Wolves. He will get paid the same amount (his Liverpool wage) whichever club he goes to, with Liverpool making up the difference if needed. He may prefer Pompey because he might get more game time.

Saints haven't let him go. Saints also offered Gobern a contract and he turned Saints down and choose Huddersfield as a better option for his long term career. Probably because he is more likely to get a game and be higher up the pecking order. Saints haven't sold any players this summer. Gobern is out of contract in 10 days time, others like Pulis etc haven't been offered new deals.

Adam Lallana wouldn't have been an "overage plater". He was young enough to play in the Euro's. If you are under 21 when the qualifying campaign starts, you can play in the finals, even if you are 22 or 23. You are getting confused with the Olympic football competition where it is an under 23 competition and you can have 3 overaged players (hence why David Beckham has volunteered himself to play).

What if the halo was yellow? Would that look better?

Odd he played for Liverpool, as he only played for them twice in 2004.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2004904/West-Ham-swoop-Chelseas-Jack-Cork.html? Hard to believe a journalist that doesn't know how to use "there" and "their" correctly.

Will he give the ball assistants more or less abuse now?

They don't allow it at the moment anyway.

Yep, that.

Did you miss his goal in the Brentford game to make it 3-1 in the 91st minute?

Why not describe it like that? For example what does Chelsea's Cobham have, that Staplewood won't have when construction is complete? Man City, Chelsea and Saints at the moment are the only clubs to meet the criteria for a category one academy. Training facilities play a key part of that criteria.

Not entirely sure making a cartoon of the deceased is appropriate.

The club this season will benefit from higher home crowds, much higher away crowds, higher sponsorship and advertising along with around £3-4 million extra in terms of TV money. Of course this is countered with higher costs, particularly with wage rises, but some will be freed up for player deals.