VectisSaint

You really are a complete arse. You epitomise all that is cRap about mesage boards. But then you are the expert aren't you..dull days. If you have trouble reading or understanding posts then I suggest you don' t bother replying because it makes you look like a **** which you may not really be in reality.

You just don't get it do you? We had a 3rd choice keeper, his name was Michael Poke. He was perfectly able, indeed has played regularly for teams in League Two and give a very good account of himself during loan spells at Torquay and Bristol Rovers (Paul Buckle influence). Played a few games for us, and apart from one poor display showed that he was capable given time. Sadly we could not keep him because we already had 3 keepers (KD, Bart & TF) and so he was let go. Poke is about the same age, but has played over 50 times at Football League level. Made a mistake joining Brighton, but will have a football career, which is more than TF will in the long term unless I am very much mistaken. You seem to have a problem with people discussing this worthless player and why we continue to employ him, and yet you continue to defend him, perpetuating the thread that you seek to stop, perhaps you are TF in disguise. If so like him you will fail to stop anything.

There is no longer a sell-on clause for Bale, part of the attempt to avoid administration was to cash that in.

I asked you before who else is in his bracket? Who else is currently employed that cannot get a regular place in a non-league team? No-one. There is no-one in the category of "sham" at Saints currently. Even Pulis managed a few games with some League Two clubs. 4 games for Grimsby Town (when they were in the League), sent back because he was not good enough, 18 games in non-league, what sort of career is that? Can't even claim he is a youngster at the age of 25. People can move on, and everyone has, with the single exception of TF.

Because he is now our 2nd choice keeper and is of such poor quality that he struggled to make it into a non-league team regularly. It seems ridiculous that we continue to pay a player who has no business calling himself a professional footballer, had no hope of getting a game for us when we were in League One, let alone now we are in the PL. People cannot understand why we continue to employ him, when it is perfectly possible to pay up his contract. As the OP questioned, is there something he knows that means we cannot pay him off? A final reminder of the bad old days of Lowe, how could anyone give a player of this ability a 5 year contract? Only Lowe knows I guess.

Will we be allowed to refer to Oliver Bierhoff, deMarcus Beasley or Michael Owen once your ban on references to Messrs Skacel amd Messi is introduced. If you have a problem reading stuff on internet message boards then find yourself something else to do, its not meant to be taken seriously (although some people clearly think it should) and when there is no football actually being played it becomes a joke in itself. Anyway why would we want Messi, can't even get his team into the CL final, clearly washed up, we can do better.

No, you're right Spiderman was nearly 19 when he signed so does not count as homegrown. 3 years prior to 21st birthday is the criterium which I was aware of. I thought Spiderman was younger than that when he signed. Seems like Lowe cocked that one up as well :-) I don't think there are any other players though who don't count as homegrown.

Apart from Eric Martin, I have always had a problem with Scottish keepers. Gordon would be a better bet than McGregor. I see that Fabianski is leaving the Arse, we will need to bring in a Pole, otherwise the local support may drop off with Bart leaving :-)

Connolly played for Ireland in 2002, missed penalty in shoot out in 2nd round against Spain. Rahdi will be missed but in the end he didn't play one single game last season, which was a sad way to end a career. I know it won't happen but would be nice to give Rahdi and DC a send off in a friendly pre-season.

Not releavnt to this thread as is is aged 20.

Correct, and even home-grown players do not actually have to have been with Sainst for 3 years, only that they have been registered with English (or Welsh) clubs for at least 3 years. We have absolutely no problem meeting this criterium, indeed I think approx 17 of our players qualify as "home grown", even Spiderman is in this category. Only exceptions are Jos, Jose, Chung, Guly and Steve (I've probably missed someone). Don't know why so many people have difficulty understanding the rules, they are relatively straightforward, and can be easily looked up.

Great shame, I think he could have offered us a lot of experience in our first season back in the top flight. He remains a very classy forward with a tremendous football brain. It was not just his goals that helped us but his all round play and movement off the ball, creating space for Lambert etc. I guess he really could be said to be a victim of the 25 man squad rule, since it is not really viable to include a player who is unlikely to feature in 50% of games. We will need to esnure that we have 25 players who are likely to be available all season, of course unexpected injuries and suspensions will have to be dealt with. Godd luck DC, always enjoyed seeing you play and your class was clear for all to see.

Not quite sure whether you are denoting spelling out the name. If so wan't it preceded by "2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate"? Was a very common chant in the 60s and effective, but does seem a little dated now, and also fails to mention Pompey so is not considered appropriate any more :-)

Yes and yes. You seem to be missing the point, just because they are youngsters doesn't mean they are not capable of performing their role if needed. Having 4 players every week not getting a game, why would you not bench one for majority of games? As it also the stated aim of the club to bring youngsters into the 1st team squad what else would you suggest. These are proper players now, get used to it, because I am sure it will happen in many games, especially when we play yeams outside the top 4 or 5.

Am I right to assume that Dickson and Forte are still under contract, and hence why they are not on this list? I don't see either have a future here, same a Tommy 4Past. Would rather see Adkins registered as a player/keeper than let TF anywhere near the squad in the PL, at least NA has FL experience.

Not stupid at all, the youngsters are good enough for the squad so will be viable options on the bench. This is exactly what we would have done more often than not last season if the FL had not changed the subs rules. 7 subs including a keeper and a youngster, if NA cannot change a game with that then there is little point having subs at all. Wouldn't be totally shocked to see us with no sub keeper either at times, maybe not against top sides though.

Odd really, given that there were stories around in January that we had done a deal to take him at the end of the season for about the same amount. Maybe it was felt that step up to the PL was a bit too much. Still he will get good backing with the other Nigel at Leicester, looks like NP is planning to build a youthful team to fight for promotion next season, will probably succeed where SGE failed dramatically, good coach who knows how to get the best out of young players - Leicester would probably have gone up if they hadn't ****ed up by replacing NP with the Swedish knob-head.

Almost certain that AOC would not play anyway due to his participation in Euro2012, and if he doesn't play he may still get selected for the Lympics. Highly doubtful that Saints would play Arsenal pre-season anyway.

No, becaue they don't. Oxford are so stupid they don't actually know there are any other teams other than Swindon. The A419 derby is one of the most keenly fought derbies in the world :-) I know very well where Eric M was born, but it changes nothing, Morecambe are not even on our radar and anyway Eric was a Luton supporter/director, in the days when Luton regiularly played at a similar level to us.

Eric M was a Luton supporter and director, no idea where Morecombe is anyway, did you mean Morecambe? When Eric was alive Morecambe were a non-league team that would not have had any reason to dislike us I would imagine. We also never sent AFC Wimbledon down, that was a different team that is now MK Dons. Oxford only hate Swindon.

Well Oxo came from Skatesville so guess you are right.

Such as? Can't think of any. I would be Ok if he was 3rd rate, but he is not that good.

All very well having a flashy new web site design, but totally wasted if there is nothing to put on it, no real content. The way we operate these days there are no news stories, so the headlines would be/are embarrassingly boring and the stories very bland. The way the current site is run there is very little journalistic input, unlike when Graham Hiley was around (by the way I believe he works at Solent Uni these days for the person asking if he was still alive). I would be surprised frankly if aap don't get the contract to implement it, would be rather embarrassing for them if a competitor were to get the gig, thats not to say they might not partner with a design house of course. They have already done the Saints Foundation site apparently, although the comparison is not a good one I accept.

Credit card still exists, I used mine yesterday. Don't think there are any benefits in using it any more, but still kind of like using it in certain circumstances.

Seems quite simple, are we going to expand (1) now or (2) next year? Answer, (1) probably not and (2) possibly if we stay up. Oddly enough it would probably have made more sense to do some work this year because we have a longer break due to the Lympics.