VectisSaint

Sudden change of plans meaning I will be bringing 3 grandkids with me tomorrow Trying to book tickets online but cannot work out which blocks are Family Enclosure these days (never used the family enclosure before). Can anyone help, can't believe how difficult the online system is.

Some people still seem to have got this wrong. It was Cortese who persuaded ML to back him, not the other way around. Cortese was the catalyst, he wasn't brought in by Markus to run the Club.

So no change there then. Unless there are different editions in different areas I haven't see a report on Saints for some time now in any newspaper (apart from the JPT Final). Outside the top 2 divisions teams don't usually get a more than a passing mention as far as I can see. Indeed the days of reporting on football matches seems to have long since passed, there is nothing in most column inches to suggest "reporters" actually attended a game, but instead they tend to pass comment on what is happening around the team instead. A few more years and most newspapers will be consigned to history with a bit of luck, they no longer serve any useful purpose (now that chip shops don't use them).

Assume that you didn't actually see him play at Wembley then, because he demonstrated (admittedly against England) that he was a very competent defender, especially considering it was his debut. People who take notice of FIFA rankings and make judgements on players based on that really don't understand much about football. Just because he was crap when you saw him does not mean players don't develop. Given some decent coaching (and not the mickey mouse Agents Orange) he has clearly developed to the stage where he plays at the top level in Hungary (Videoton are currently 4th in the League, admittedly after only 2 games) and probably wouldn't be out of place in the Championship. He is also now 25, an age where many central defenders begin to flourish, as they gain experience. No-one is saying the guy is a world beater, but it is quite interesting that a player who looked absolute toilet when he played for us 2 years ago has clearly developed into a player that looked competent on the international stage this week, playing against the best that England has to offer (not forgetting he was subbed before Hungary conceded 2 goals).

Would be quite cool to win it again, get promoted and to remain forever unbeaten in the JPT. A win against Swindon would be nice as well, shut all the farmers up.

No, he's already signed for Rangers, 2 year deal with option for 3rd

He made 7 appearances evidently, not sure how many were starts/subs.

I really don't think Markus would be offended by such a thread, he was above all a successful business man, and would have been thinking the same if it had been someone else. The fact of the matter is that Swiss Inheritance Law is very different to what we understand in this country. As of right now the entire Estate is owned fully by his family, in a very tightly defined manner (as I am not sure of his precise family situation I won't add more). Hopefully he will have made provision for what happens next, but it is a matter of fact that it is the family that moves matters forward (it is referred to I believe as "forced heirship"). More information available at http://geneva.angloinfo.com/countries/switzerland/wills.asp RIP Markus.

Joined Jan 2009, brought in by one of the Agents Orange, don't recall which it was, by April he had gone again as his loan was cut short.

Beat me to it, was just posting my condolences on the main thread then was going to post this. Making his full debut, how on earth did we lose a clearly quite good player like this?

What a shock, and such sad news, a man that none of us knew, but we all took to our hearts, not just because he saved the club, but because he so clearly loved his football and loved Saints. Following on from the tragic news of Adam Stansfield, this is truly a sad day for real football. A year ago Markus gave me the best birthday present imaginable, difficult to think that 13 months on he is no longer with us. RIP Saint Markus.

I predict Concrete Cows 1 North of Cowes 3 Prefer to see DC ahead of Barnard if RL is playing. We know DC and RL can work together as they showed early last season.

Why are there tits in this picture?

No it isn't

Agreed, never buy one, hardly ever read one. I assume that number is "per week", so divide by 6 roughly would make sense perhaps.

Is Lallana wearing a hat?

He hasn't played as a striker for them for some time. He converted to RB a while ago and that is now his position. Surprised he is not getting booed as a Skate, although in his defence he is a Cowes boy, so probably only played for the Skates under duress :-)

Circulation of the main 11 Dailies was about 10 mill in March. Find it hard to believe though

Doubt that, more likely not able to risk DC 3 times in 8 days. DC was by far the better of the two on Saturday (and just about every other time IMHO). Not convinced by LB at all I'm afraid, whereas DC is class. So where has this lad Garrod suddenly appeared from, thought Doble was #4 striker. Presumably Spiderman and Jaidi are nursing knocks. Hope that Punch can do better tonight, he was appalling on Saturday so wouln't be too difficult.

He wouldn't be far wrong in your case would he, certainly on the whinging front. I'll let others confirm or otherwise if you are a tossar (sp) or not.

Oh FFS Alps, that was a joke (you do know what a joke is I assume) based on the continual whinging about NC by certain people on this message board. I am very supportive of NC if you must know. Perhaps I should have added a smiley, but prefer not to bring my posts down to the kiddy level too often. In any case why should the Club not be held to account for providing something that is not what is advertised? After all you chide them often enough for not providing football which they advertise (another joke). If you offer to provide a copy of the matchday programme online and do not mention any caveats in your terms and conditions then your customers are entitled to expect what it says on the tin. How does a customer know that the missing pages are only adverts, unless of course said customer also buys the printed version? It is not even particularly obvious until the page numbers are checked. I actually was interested to see the player sponsors, a page specifically noted in the Contents List, and this page was missing. Not a full page advert. Likewise the Team Lists. It seems anyway that the Club may have actually learned something from the initial launch if indeed they are now including "blank" pages where adverts used to be, seems like a reasonable solution to me.

yes they've responded, but not sure why I should share any information with ****s like you. I don't give a feck about the adverts, but if a service is offered providing copies of thr matchday programme thats what should be provided. Its not just adverts anyway, it is also the Player Sponsor and Team List pages. So now, any more sarky little comments?

You really should get out more, perhaps they don't let you out at weekends though

Don't really care whether I see the adverts or not, but maybe the advertisers would not be too pleased that the money that they have spent is not reaching the target audience. Was more annoyed about the player sponsors page and in particular the list of players which is usually on the back page. Still think that if you are sold a product that removing pages willy-nilly is silly

I subscribed like a mug to the online programme scheme, and feel a bit cheated. There are 11 pages missing from the programme that is available online/to download. 11 out of 52!! This includes the list of players, which according to the Contents List is on page 52. The missing pages were 1, 10, 12, 18, 22, 28, 29, 40, 41, 51 & 52. I assume the paper copy for sale at the ground yesterday included these pages, can someone confirm. Have contacted the Club about this, but received no reply, not even acknowledgement. So if you are thinking about subscribing maybe think again. Cortese out !!