The Kraken

Agreed, I think Claridge is a really good panellist. I'm quite looking forward to GNev's analysis of us next season. He's properly detailed, thoughful and when necessary criticial of all sides even including Man Utd.

Read it in the paper earlier. Hopefully it'll do something to address the wailing and gnashing of teeth about BBC/Sky's media bias towards Saints. I somehow doubt it though.

Now that's untrue. MLG is a computer generated entity; similar to Rimmer in Red Dwarf or even Data in Star Trek (except wrong much more often).

I'm Brian. And so is my wife.

Well if the **** up over season tickets is anything to go by they'll **** this up as well, so it remains to be seen what actually happens with it.

A goal is a goal. There is no human "decision" to make; it's either a goal or it isn't. The referee still has to blow for the goal and award it, there is no other visible or audio signal, to the players, managers and fans hawkeye will be completely undetectable during the game. And saying it evens out over a season is a ludicrous notion IMO. Its just another way of saying "don't get too upset, we'll probably f*ck up again sooner or later and perhaps this time in your favour". This is a cut and dried area of the game where referees can know instantly and with 100% accuracy whether to give a goal or not. So it takes that responsibility away from them and assistant referees, therefore making their job slightly easier. I'm glad its coming in.

Thanks Nick

I'm 100% sure they are not one and the same; in fact I'd think you'd have to be a bit head mental to actually believe they were.

Turkish = Dune?! :lol:

I hope they're using someone different to whoever set up their online ticketing site.

All I get is the same old site.

Its quite incredible how angry one person can seem to be, all the time, and about the slightest of minor details. Getting through each day must be such a chore, if learning of news that Saints will play Fulham on TV is enough to invoke such vitriol. All 4 announced TV games against sides that finished inside the top 10 last season. Disaster.

I saw the shirt for the first time last night, a bloke in the pub was wearing it. I still think its very meh, but the quality of it seems pretty poor as well. The logo looks as awful as I thought it would, but the pinstripes don't join up properly at the back. The seam is at shoulder level, the pinstripes angle inwards from the top but bear no relationship to the pinstripes on the back. In short, it looks cheaper and more naff than I first thought. But the OS says its on course to set records for level of sales......

Needs the quote added:

That's definitely my main concern Dune, yes.

Pretty sure it was mentioned that if the system worked and was approved there was the possibility it could be wheeled out across the whole league this season. I'd imagine they'll look to do a trial of it in the lower leagues first though, but its possible we could have it I suppose.

I'm not sure the club have any idea what external marketing is, so I'm not surprised hardly anyone has heard about this.

"Mugabi imperious in oppressing Tractor Boys" for his MOTM display against Ipswich in the cup.

I'd be amazed if he didn't know that he shares the same surname (if not the exact same spelling) as one of the world's most notorious and biggest cvnts.

I've heard he dictates play very well.

That too. I do despair at the comments you get, "we need to be concentrating on more important areas". As if the manager doesn't know that and isn't already budgetting and making moves to do exactly just that.

I thought he played Guly or Chaplow there because de Ridder isn't very good. And I wouldn't read too much into the left back / left mid position just because of the players we have there already. Dickson has already been told he is not in our plans for the season, and there has been speculation on Harding moving away, one rumour was to Sheff Wed. I certainly don't see Harding as being part of any long term Premier League plans. With Shaw most likely at least a season or two away from stepping up we're one short at LB; and if this lad can play somewhere else too then all the better. Wayne Bridge started as a left winger, moved to left back and still played the odd game in his former position (including for the national side more than once).

Fair play to Lowe for that. He had a great record for extracting top prices for players we sold, amongst his other more obvious faults.

Simon Jordan caught out talking b0ll0cks? Blow me down....