The Kraken

Probably needs to say which “premier league wage site” is being used for the info, then we can judge how accurate it is (or not).

We’re being run like a crap seaside B&b and no mistake.

Many years ago now, but David Armstrong once delivered stationery to our office. Think he set up the business or was a director of it. Jimmy Case also sometimes used to do deliveries for them.

Bearsy.

Barry Fry outside Wembley. Carlton Palmer in a bar on Salema beach on the Algarve. Also Paul Scholes in a beach restaurant at Praia da Luz. Graeme Souness and Paul Walsh on a plane from southern Spain (Souness sat in the row opposite). Jan Bednarek and Gavin Bazunu on the golf course, they were the group behind us. I also once played with Neil Maddison in a charity golf day, so maybe not so random (most of the Saints team at the time played that day). Seen MLT loads of times down the years, last seen in the Duke on the Test a couple of weeks ago.

Was listening to the radio earlier about it, it’s so utterly grubby, in fact corruption in plain sight. From the Guardian…. It is no secret that the Club World Cup would not be happening in the way it is now happening without Dazn. In December 2024 Dazn offered Fifa a jaw-dropping $1bn (£787m) for the broadcast rights, all the more startling in a market that was, to that point, also Uncontested. A month later Saudi Arabia concluded its own deal to buy a 10% stake in Dazn in return for – guess what – another $1bn. Two months after that Fifa announced its vast tournament prize fund, also, by coincidence, $1bn, thereby ensuring full compliance from its invited guests. In the middle of this, around the time the soon-to-be-Saudi-part-owned Dazn was concluding its Fifa TV rights deal, Fifa awarded the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia via a show of Uncontested applause from its members, thereby completing what is no doubt an entirely illusory circle of hand-washing.

Don’t particularly like the solid white back but it’s better than a solid red back.

Thought it might be.

How much does shampoo cost in Poundland? Pantene.

If Will Still can get any sort of tune out of Flynn Downes we’d be mad to get rid of him. He was by far our most influential player in our promotion season. Getting rid of him for £10m because …….. “reasons”, is mad. It’s gonna be a long old summer of who goes, and when. Downes would be towards the bottom of the list to move on, unless he’s intent on having another season long sulk. Not sure if I see that happening, he was obviously wedded to Martin and then fell out with Juric who likely waded in with a few home truths. Still can hopefully give him a Ted talk and get his chest all puffed out again.

I can only begin to imagine that the post above was made with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

My first ever panini sticker book that one, when we were living in Germany. Had to send off for Karl Heinz Rummenigge and Zico (amongst a few others), they were like gold dust.

Fuck me. Red sauce on a bacon sandwich is absolute sacrilege. Brown sauce fine, in fact to be encouraged. But get the ketchup away ffs. Palates of 8 year olds ffs.

I reckon 7m or 8m is achievable.

Unless you’re a child there’s only a very limited number of foods that it’s acceptable to have ketchup with. Burger, fries, fish finger sandwich, that’s about it (and the FF sandwich has to have tartare sauce as well).

Overall, the actual games in Italia 90 were fairly dreadful. Obviously England getting so far, New Order, the general filming of it all, everything made it a competition that many remember so fondly. But there was a record low number of goals scored across the tournament and many attribute it as one of the biggest contributors to the bringing in of the backpass law. I loved Italia 90, right down to the goal nets, but the tournament as a whole is certainly viewed through rose tinted specs. 1986 was a real occasion, I remember watching much of it but not really old enough to fully appreciate it. USA 94 crap for many reasons, mostly us not being in it, but just a soulless experience. France 98 was brilliant right up to Beckham acting the twat.

It’s probably for the best.

One of the rumours at the time was that it was Dave Jones’ wife, after Rupert visited their house and told Jones he was suspended.

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I believe the notion was that if they didn’t win the league one year, Man U would just spend a load of money the next season and win it. Easy job, anyone could do it, Ferguson was overrated.

I thought you didn’t drink? Especially during a transfer window. Tsk.

You might need more than 1…

When I saw the leaked one I thought it could be a solid white back. Which is still what I think it could be. Best sponsor we’ve had since Draper Tools. Unless it’s all a big ruse…..

Ah, here’s the other “don’t be horrible to my Wussel”. Well done.

You’re neglecting his flawed ruse whereby he thought that the points deduction would be null and void as Southampton Leisure Holdings went into administration, and not the football club. He was so confident of it as well. The geezer was, and still is, a complete cunt. Edit: I may well be wrong but I thought the this year / next year thing wouldn’t have applied to us anyway. As in, if you get relegated through natural points total, ban is next year. Cant really remember it al that well tbf.