VectisSaint

Would he be harry Cornick Junior Junior? [bTW its Connick, close but no cigar]

The bit I like is: "The 31,609 inside the St Mary’s Stadium, mostly the Saints faithful, welcomed just another new recruit in the number 24. Among football-loving Zambians it was the dawn of a new era. A son of this soil had arrived at arguably the biggest stage in world club football." St Mary's Stadium, arguably the biggest stage in world club football

No, Jose plays on right (next to Clyne who is RB) and Jos on left (next to Fox who is LB). I know you don't get to games but i thought you at least saw some on the box. But even though you got that wrong you seem to have got right that the combination would be Yoshida and Jos, whereas Seaborne would be better suited to playing alongside Fonte if Jos was unavailable.

Do they? Must be missing these posts. I think you must imagine such posts in your dreams about MLT. Most sane people accept that not everything Cortese does is perfect, but overall he has really done more good than bad, and is directly responsible for us being bought by a seriously financially backer which has resulted not just in stability but a return to the top level and with serious financial clout.

No, Rickie gets played all year, not just at Christmas :-)

This is clearly not the case, hence Butland (Birmingham) and Ruddy (Norwich) were selected by Woy.

We used to refer to them as Boscombe

Do you mean the substitutes or the substitutions? I don't think any of the substitutes can be directly accused of costing us the game, but the substitutions, or more to the point the timing of them, all so close together definitely did. I still cannot comprehend why NA withdrew AL, even if he was a bit knackered (and frankly he didn't look it), so what he had nearly 2 weeks to get over it. He is the skipper and was having an inspirational game. Similarly Punch. Replacing RL with J-Rod would have made some sense, Rickie did look whacked.

Interesting, of course the official story is that the brilliant Paul Scholes was introduced by Fergie and he dramatically changed the game. That's what I read anyway in several places. Your version tallies much more closely with what I saw with my own eyes from Row U.

Perhaps someone should tweet him - codycropper - he seems quite an active tweeter

Is calling an Italian "a Swiss bloke" a form of mockery?

Good point, now that you mention it I do recall that he played there a few times, still wouldn't have been the first name on the team sheet though :-)

0 goals against a very very poor Wigan might suggest otherwise, but basing this on one game is clearly even less statistically probable than basing our ability to score on 2 games. Time will tell.

Oh good, so Tommy Threepast can come back and help us out :-(

You seem a bit obsessed with this idea that there is a Cortese cult or people worhsip him in some way. You are clearly a fantasist if you think like that, and far from accusing others of being nutjobs, you shouldperhaps look in the mirror and see for yourself what a nutjob looks like. No-one worhsips people like Cortese, no-one over the age of 10 worships MLT either. Now jump back on the mantelpiece like a good litle CB Fry.

Anyone notice that Tommy "Threepast" played for the Gills tonight, and Jonno Quick failed to score against him (Crawley won 3-2) Increased his total number of top level professional appearances by 25%

As far as I can tell Norwich have named a full 25 players but only 2 GKs, Ruddy & Bunn. Looks like the one team where this rule does not seem to have been applied. They have 2 other keepers on their web site, Rudd and Steer, but neither is in the list of 25, both in the u21 list. Maybe Norwich have ****ed up?

Still not sure about this 3 GKs rule. I know there is a link to a BBC article about this (which is now broken by the way) but there is no mention of it in the Premier League stuff. We have listed at least 3 keepers (even though Cody has come a Cropper) its just that 2 of them are u21 so don't fill squad places. Not saying you are wrong on this, but it seems odd that the PL does not mention it and the only reference was a BBC article which has been removed. Can't think which player Stoke may be seeking to add to the list. Would be funny if the PL said no.

I don't know that he was very good in goal was he?

Does this mean that we don't have to name Fox or Cork :-) I can see why Stoke signed Owen, he will never be fit so no need to name him LOL

Surely Mills is the Right Back you are looking for (assuming you mean Mick Mills), since that was his position (or LB). Alternatively Sir Alf would be a good bet. Channon on the wing would be a bit daft, better to swap with KK. There must be a better option that Redkrapp, Armstrong probably.

Surely Nottarf Krap should get the record, it is the lowest of the low.

Dickson and Forte will not be named. There is nothing to be gained by padding out the squad list with players who will not play, it restricts options to be able to bring free agents in if required. I suppose there is a question mark over Butterfield and De Ridder but I would think they will be named.

Seems to be a sad fact these days Minty, but no-one on here seems to be interested in talking about the u-21s or u-18s. I started a thread at the weekend about the u-18s who are top of their league after 3 wins from 3 but not a sniff. I suspect some don't even realise the u21s are now in a competitive league, and its not just the development squad any more. It used to be that you could have a decent discussion about the other teams on the forum, but these days it hardly seems possible to have a decent discussion about the first team without it turning into an argument between Alpine and Dig Dig/Glasgow.

3 free as far as we can tell.