Whitey Grandad

I can't argue with any of that. Once the mistakes had been made and the parachutes had gone then nothing other than sizeable outside investment could have saved us. I still think that the Dutch gamble was an unnecessary roll of the dice though.

The relevant question is whether we would now be in a better situation if we had been under a different chairman. We shall never know.

According to Wikirumours he had a spell running one in Belgrade but now lives mainly in Vienna.

It shows what you can do when you massage the figures!

LOL. And I've got bigger boobs!

I find that the -10 is misleading so I have decided to apply them pro-rata over the rest of the season. At the moment we have played 13 games so we have a deduction of 2.826 points giving us a net 15.17 points and effectively 14th place, just above Yeovil. However, given our improved form and a settled playing squad I expect that position to steadily improve over the rest of the season. Gordon is quite correct when he says that the GD may turn out to be decisive when we come to the later stages.

How's Martin Crainie doing these days?

I was just getting round to erasing him from my memory when he gets dragged up again. Deal with it, move on. Life's much too short.

Even that's no guarantee. My son lives in Chandlers Ford and can't get a satellite signal on account of the trees. You also have to make sure that there are no mountains in the way.

Many years ago in an earlier life I was designing satellite uplink encryption systems for North America. HBO were concerned that people might be watching their services without paying the appropriate subscriptions so they ran competitions which were free to enter and then analysed where the entries came from. If they found that entries were coming from a town where no cable operator had signed up, then they would send someone to investigate. After a couple of nights of channel surfing in a local motel they soon sorted out those who had not paid.

For the technically-minded... It looks like the relevant satellite is Astra 2D which is quite a narrow footbrint. I have a mate at Betzdorf who I could contact if we neeed any more detailed answers. http://www.television-world.com/footprints.htm http://sat.beitinger.de/astra_2d_english.html

It's all to do with broadcasting rights limitations which are becoming increasingly outdated in the internet age.

I have paid my tv licence so why can't I watch BBC I-player wherever I want? I've been on a 2-week cruise through the med and they wouldn't let me watch any highlights either.

I've been away for a couple of weeks and my brain has become a bit addled. I should have said 'Kingsland' instead of 'Northam'. In any case, I have just noticed that it is on a Wednesday night instead of our usual Tuesday so I may not be able to go after all!

Agreed. £3 for a great evening's entertainment. I don't quite understand the bit about season ticket holders not being able to have their usual seats. I can understand this if their area is closed but does it also apply to the Northam?

Thanks for that. It brought a warm glow and tears to my eyes and it brought back happy memories too. :smt059 :smt059

It appears to be changing all the time: http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=4781 http://kassiesa.com/uefaforum2/viewtopic.php?t=1327&sid=474c833ab205fa000e9fbdb0445c9ea1

I think it's something to do with competitive games, but I'm not sure.

Have you been going to your Hoddles Anonymous meetings at last? :smile:

If you can't stand the heat, keep out of the Itchen? I'll get me coat.

Au contraire, mon ami, au contraire. Going to the match with your son or daughter is one of life's great experiences, and a valuable lesson for the youngster. I once remember coming away from Old Trafford or some such ground after we had been right royally stuffed and a father was saying to his disconsolate kiddy 'that's what it's all about, son'. Besides, who's going to take you to the game when you're old and past it?

What I find is that closing the north car park means that I have to walk further and so by the time that I get round to Britannia road I meet all the away fans coming out of the ground. If it's against human rights then why have I been kept behind at Fratton Park and Ninian Park for over an hour on more than one occasion?

What crime might that be? How can you possibly prove what was going on in someone's head several years ago? Why are we even talking about it at this stage? Oh

So was Churchill.

Why don't you stand for election?