Saint Mikey

Wow, really?! I give up with this forum, posters are far too intelligent for me.

Skate alert...

Yeah, most millionaires buy their suits from M&S...

My Villa supporting mate reckons it was the worst away support he's seen in their 100+ year history...

Exactly. The christians hi-jacked it off the Pagans, as a form of control. Consumerism/Capitalism has hijacked it off the christians, in an effect to control our spending (i.e. make us spend).

So, seriously - you are not bothered what they can view then?

Don't parents worry what children have access to on a smartphone? Don't tell me things like age filters are going to stop kids, as they will get round it. I'll be worried for porn alone. Nevermind a whole raft of other unsuitable stuff.

Sounds like they've got their best men on the job:

Thought this was fundamentally against the bible?

Bet Berlin & Dresden look worse...

They get about £100k a year, don't know about expenses. Plus £5k for a Champions League match. This was highlighted with the Clattenburg affair and the potential loss of earnings he would have experienced. I think it's right they get paid this much. They are all now professional, i.e. they don't do anything else (unlike Ellery the Headmaster). Which means they concentrate specifically on their job and fitness. It was ludricous that we didn't have professional refs for years. I think the standard of reffing has improved, but the game has got quicker which has made their job and the assistants even more difficult. Also mistakes are put on the spotlight due to the explosion of social-media etc. A tough job though. I qualified as a ref when I was 16, but preferred to play and have no wish to try it now! Have a great respect for anyone who does it.

I agree with this, I've been to Lisbon too and there is a problem with drugs. People have also offered my old man and old dear (blatantly tourists in their 50s) drugs on the streets in Lisbon. I would call that a problem.

Has it? Have you been to Amsterdam? Why have they been looking to change their own laws there?

Thanks for your replies. I don't think I have to worry about any scams, as the Surveyor (from the Mortgage co.) has flagged it up. However, the Estate Agent has recommended using Insite! Cheers for flagging this up. I will def try and get some other quotes.

I've just had a Home Buyer Report done on a house I'm buying and some damp has been reported due to possibly an insufficient damp course (only on one wall). Is there anyone local on here that can give me a quote, or anyone that knows anyone that can do it in the Southampton area? Cheers...

TBF, it just highlights how low they have fallen. That's three separate times I've seen a draw being championed practically as good as a Cup final win. Firstly with Appy declaring getting a point against us was his best result. Secondly, at the w/end when Mcleod sent the fans 'into delirium' for getting an equaliser. Now this... You have to think that they have lost so many games in the last 4 seasons, getting a point is something to celebrate...

Errrr. After Strachan, Chris Nichol is arguably the most successful Saints manager of recent times - finishing 7th in the top league. He was a victim of his own success really and we played quality football under him, although not great defensively! If he ever came to the club in any capacity, he should get a f**king good reception - no question. As for Sturrock, really? He undid all of Strachan's hard work - particularly with fitness work with the players. He's massively to blame for our relegation, more than Redknapp. As for Pardew. No abuse, no praise.

If you're down this way, you really should check out McCluskey's and New Yorks on a Fri night - it's changed massively from those days of 501s, Ben Shermans and Kickers...

Having been there, I know Fratton Park is a dump - however, it has to be worth more than £2.75m? How much did we get for the Dell, when we didn't even need it? £5m, over 10 years ago? I know the land must have had the planning permission to build all those flats, but still, their ground has to be worth more than that.

Seems like a waste of your time to me. Why not spend the time and money on someone who's back-door you might be able to smash in?

Ancelotti won the League and FA Cup double! I concur with the other posters, B'mouth should be challenging at the top with their wage bill. Apparently they are covering Barney's contract fully - £14k a week. That's a heck of a lot of cash for any Lge 1 club, nevermind one that has gates of 5/6k.

What the old one, where you had to share a dressing room with all the teams playing?! Was interesting post-match if there'd been a particularly fesity game...

This is really getting boring, isn't it? Surely even their fans are embarrassed by this? We sold out games in League 1 and you still didn't hear this level of bleating about what a 'massive' club we were from players.

I've been saying this for a while. I can't believe that an ultra competitive, money-making industry like football could afford to overlook all these talented young coaches on the basis of their skin colour. Players certainly aren't as they have proven that they are as good as white players. As Jamo says, it seems less black players go into coaching and the few that do demand that they are given jobs, on the basis that if they aren't - it's racist. There must be 1000s of out of work, 'white' coaches that aren't good enough - it's an ultra competitive field. If coaches are good enough, they will get a job - irrespective of skin colour. All IMO, of course...

Buying a house very soon, just wondering if anyone has used any online conveyancing companies? Have been quoted £599 just for conveyancing (without all the normal fees), which seems a bit steep? So looking at other options. Anyone have any good/bad experiences of just using an online company?