Hamilton Saint

This is a tad confusing. Why would you want to have "a good chance of bouncing back up to the Premiership", when you've lost interest in it?

I sense that there's no leadership on or off the field. And not much team spirit. No dominant characters that inspire or push other players to do their best. Too many self-centred players who put in inconsistent effort and wilt under pressure.

Mr. Gao: "Explain me again, Mr. Krueger, how relegation will 'take our business to the next level'."

Lemina is ill. He puked on the side of the pitch earlier.

Nice one!

Thanks. I won't start a long process of troubleshooting, then! Not yet, at least. What's their problem? It's a home game, FFS!

Anyone else not getting sound from St Mary's? Commentary with AB and DM, I mean.

Tell me, would chants and songs from the Northam end not be heard at all in the family section?

It's a matter of social convention and historical change, I would think. Football supporters will chant the words that they know are likely to give the most offence.

It baffles you? Really? If it didn't cause offence, then it wouldn't be chanted—n'est-ce pas?

"It's just a word ... the more it is used the less of an impact it has." Would this argument fly when applied to racist language, or homophobic language? Are there distinctions to be drawn between utterances made in private, or semi-private, situations and those spoken (or yelled) out in the general public? Should behaviour and speech be moderated when children are present?

Wouldn't that be sweet!

I found this quite by accident the other day. Two pianists take turns playing OWTSGMI in different styles (mostly classical and jazz). Brilliant!

Did a google search. Found this.

Might be. I'm having trouble getting to the "live" commentary.

Yes; 1-1 draw on Feb 14th. Saints won the replay 4-0 on the 17th.

Ha! ha!

"Yes, I may be blind, but you are deaf."

Well, he was signed originally to back up striker David Hirst, who got injured frequently. He was moved to the midfield because of his apparent inability to put the ball in the net.

Precisely. He was hopeless. 2 goals in 52 appearances. A worse scoring record than Shane Long!

I suppose it's a matter of what you're used to. To my ear, he doesn't have an American drawl at all.

A few people here have referred to Krueger as a Yank. He's not. He is Canadian-born. I presume he has dual Canadian and German citizenship. Most of his working life has been in Europe.

Excellent performance. Who saw that coming? Good to see the team playing with some spirit and confidence again. Three things stood out for me: 1) having a confident goalie, who was willing, for example, to stride out and grab a high corner kick; 2) Saints players constantly challenging the opposition's man on the ball; 3) how quickly the midfield slotted the ball through to the attack, with no aimless dithering.