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That was almost an epic fail of the highest order Eric!:shock:

It's my 4th anniversary today of meeting my girlfriend, and boy is she going to have the arse on tonight. (Norwich fan - this fixture brings grief twice a season excluding cup comps!) From what it sounds like we deserved to win. What a big win. With the Skates defeat fresh in the memory, and with this the first game of our unaffected League run (sans the JPT final which shouldn't be a distraction now), even a draw would have been an acceptable result. To win is, well, orgasmic. If she lets me, my other half is getting the good loving tonight, although I think I may be banished to the bathroom with a box of Kleenex. I have my tickets for the Huddersfield and Hartlepool games now, and I can't wait. If we can beat the best team in the league, away, then we have definitely turned a corner on our season. Yes, we will lose again before the season is out, but I hope they're few and far between. We're unbeaten in the League in 2010 (which sounds better than it is), and long may that continue. To my gf if she hacks my account - Az, love ya, but I also love Saints!

That is too cool for school. As for the Gelling, It's obvious that you can't sign a shed load of players after the season has begun, and then in January sign another shed load of players, and expect them to play well together instantly, especially with the amount of squad rotation we have had to do to accommodate the cups. This whole season should be about gelling, and getting it right so that we can mount a challenge straight from the off next season.

A more settled team helped them IMO. Other than one or two signings to strengthen positions, they've kept the same team from the summer, and used the same players in a majority of games. We have been signing players almost constantly since August, utilising the emergency loan window as well as the January transfer window. Due to cup competitions and cup tied players we haven't been able to play a settled team, and I think that is one of the major causes of our league form. I have enjoyed our cup runs this season, but I do think that without the distraction of all three of them, we would be much better placed in the League. Now we're out of the major two, and in the final of the JPT, I'd like to see our League form improve with a more solidified team sheet.

No comment in the article about the "dad" or "sperm donor" as the case may be. That's one "masturbator for money" that is begging he doesn't get tracked down. I love the line: "Born by cesarian section" - do you reckon they could've whipped some excess lard out when she was under the anaesthetic? In summary, despite my latent insensivitity, I still would. However in my life, I have only ever been so drunk that I've literally blacked out for four hours twice, so this would have to be the third time.

I still maintain it's someone who has not been in the show for a while. Which leaves Sean or Sam. Sam is my bet. She's been in the nick, so has seemingly been out of the frame, but was mysteriously "there" over Christmas, and had some making up to do with her family too. If the bookies reckon it's Sean, then it probably is. They'll have inside information.

Reversely, there's Pulis Jr... oh.

3 years? Blimey how time flies. RIP.

Nah, Phil came on to her whilst drunk. No woman in the world wants that.

Which, I suppose, shows how much Morgan has improved in the last year or so, as I wouldn't want him loaned out now! He's not been consistant this season, but he's certainly improved playing in a better side.

+1. Aside from the fact he's been out injured for ages, he's not a spring chicken anymore, and we have 3 other players capable of playing in his position. Even if he gets back to full fitness, he'll then have to oust Semi, Thomas and James. I thought they looked good in both cup games last week. Waigo was great against MK Dons, we've been crying out for a pacier player up front, and against Pompey he was putting himself about and causing all kinds of grief to the Pompey defence. His eye for goal is somewhat lacking at times, but as long as Lambert is knocking them in, that's not a major concern.

Exactly. In 2034, a season before we get a special 150 anniversary kit, we can tell our kids and mates that "We were there", and have the kit to prove it. Don't like it? Don't buy it. You can always keep this seasons kit.

I have no problem with either the argumentalists nor the happy clappys. The opinions of both are valid. FWIW I'm technically a glass half full man, I think we're lucky to be in existance and always willing to give time to people to prove themselves, and I think that without Mr Liebherr we wouldn't have anything to be positive or negative about. My problem comes from those that refuse to listen to the other sides points of view. It's all very well thinking we should be doing better, that's an opinion, but then moaning at the more positive people for giving time to the club is not on. Likewise with the happy, positive souls - moaning about the negative posters is still moaning. This board would be duller place if we were all happy as larry, or miserable as sin. There, now I've moaned about both sides. My work here is done.

I'm not a season ticket holder because I work the dreaded LUL shiftwork, but in terms of seating position it is so much better sat up top. I much prefer being at the back, better atmosphere and a better view. Sadly for me, if I take my girlfriend along, she has cruddy eyes, and we have to sit near the front, which is when I tend to rely on the screens to follow the action.

Yes, I see traits of myself in him.

I've never like the stupid two windows thing. Clubs in January are either paranoid they'll miss out on players and splash the cash big, worried they're going down and sign unneccessary players, or oppositely tentative, not buying anyone in case the financial market crashes between February and June and they can't get anyone of the wage bill. It played a part in our relegation from the Premiership if you ask me. In the past with one window from June until March, we were able to strengthen the bits of our team that needed strengthening as and when we wanted to, such as in '96 with Berkovic and Ostenstadt, and later with Pahars and Evans. With the introduction of the two window system, the team you had at the start of the season was the one you had to live with until January, and with our defence shockingly unstrengthend at the end of August 2004, we couldn't make the decision to sign someone when we needed him. With the old window system, we could've brought in that illusive defender and Jacobson and Davenport would have been names barely uttered by us, if at all. In addition to all that, you have the fact the newspapers can continually speculate, more excitement for the fans (a reason to watch SSN eagerly every day) and the money would also flow more freely between clubs. Ok, it's ok for us in the lower leagues to an extent, with the emergency loan window enabling us to bring in players as and when we need them, but I would much rather see a return to the old system. (...and yes I would see the irony in one of our players having a great early spell in the season and getting pilfered by a bigger club...)

Hatch, it suprises me that you don't remember the lolcat fred from years past...

He killed himself because he was a smug, egotistical, attention seeking ****!

Oh I'm still hopeful. The poor dog is a nervous wreck now though. :smt066 One day some animal lover will pay up. Until then, I just punch my parrot.

Yeah I realised that after I'd posted it! My interest in the Premiership has somewhat diminished in these last 5 years...

Let Brum have the bye, but as payment for putting us out of the cup illegally, they should be made to give us a player for nowt. I reckon it should be Dind..., no wait, Quinc..., no wait, Yebd... no wait, Vanden B...., no wait, O'Har...no wait..., do they actually own any of their ****ing players?

I'm not so sure. All the teams at the bottom will start panicking before long, and this guy has Premiership experience. A Phil Brown or Brian Laws could see him as ideal cover. Either way, I don't think we need any loan signings. I hope we use the squad we have until the summer.

"We've got a Semi on" It's me vs the other half once again, I'm sure she'll make my life hell whether we win or lose, so the outcome I'm predicting is a draw (which would be a very good result!) Head says Norwich win though. Can we up our game? We need Puncheon to show what he's made of. Plus, Lallana has been my MOTM in the last two games, which shows he's back in form. Could swing things our way! 1-1 though.

Always rated him. Would be a fantastic signing but not at a League One level. Prem teams will be interested.

...AND with Powell at CB! They couldn't spell Barts name though...