Whitey Grandad

The 10 point deduction equates to about -0.2173913 points per game so to get a true reflection of where we sit in the table I have applied a deduction of 4.348 points (20 games out of 46) to the total of 32 that we have won, hence about 27.6 points. Aternatively you could wait until the end of the season and take the 10 points off then, which is when they actually take effect.

Pro-rata we are on 27.65 points, in 11th place just below Millwall but if the good form continues we should slowly creep upwards!

This season it's December 31st for 5 yellows. Amnesty periods for 10 and 15 are the same as before - whenever they were. Great result! I'm not sure if I'd rather we won 2-0 or whether it really matters.

I'm still embarrassed by Michael Owen's penalty run.

Indeed, I've just found it: i. Except where mutually agreed otherwise the minimum admission (except to children and senior citizens) to matches shall be: In the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Round Proper: £15.00 ii.A higher admission charge may be mutually agreed between the Clubs concerned. The Away Club's spectators can only be charged more than the home team if agreed by both clubs. iii.The price for admission for children and senior citizens must be mutually agreed between the Clubs concerned.

Don't the prices have to be agreed with the opposition who get a percentage of the gate money?

Who have we got?

I went to Bournemouth last Saturday and saw him score their only goal. I would say he was a poor man's Lambert. He knows where the goal is and makes the right sort of runs. He's obviously knocking in the goals in L2 even though he's playing in a lightweight team but I'm not sure that he could make the step up to L1. Might be worth a look if he weren't too expensive, but I'll leave those decisons to AP and his team of helpers.

He has some Wai to Go before he's playing at that level

Our gnome record is second to none.

I haven't refereed a Sunday match for a few years either, I know that getting officials for them is almost impossible now. I know what you mean about fans, though. I was at Bournemouth last Saturday and they were appealing for offside from a goal-kick!

Oops, sorry I didn't see the 'Northampton bit' :smt087 Communication between ref and lino is usually by eye contact and most refs take the throw-in decisions if there is any doubt and the ball is up 'their end' of the pitch. You'll often see them making little gestures with their arms down by their sides and their fingers trying to point. You're right, of course, ball out of play is a fundamental decision which will always be left to the lino. Sticking the flag straight up is discouraged even at Sunday morning levels because it can look indecisive. It should be done by eye contact.

Yep, it was all quite exciting at the time. :---)

I disagree. I thought all of his decisioins were spot on and as for the communication between the ref and his assistant, who knows what methods they had agreed on in the pre-match briefing?

Let me see.... ok, done that, now what?

I thought they'd left the club?

They'd have to pay me more than that.

For those who haven't seen it yet, the highlight on BBC. We are at 5:37 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8391793.stm

James was very good last night. My criticism of him has always been when he plays full-back.

But that's nearly half the division!

No, let's face it he's offside. In all my experience )and I have run the line quite a few times myself) everyone who has ever been flagged has always blamed the lino. The fellow on the line is trained to do the job and he is independent and he gets it right most of the time, which I would put at better than 95%.

We thought an electric collar would be good. My neighbour looked up a translation of 'Ndiaye Papa Waigo' on the internet and it said 'offside pillock', but I don't know what language he was using.

He looked absolutely knackered in the last 10 minutes last night. Maybe it was the after-effects of the virus or maybe he just needs to get a bit fitter.

I agree that he's a better option than Antonio but Waigo also 'somehow shot over from three yards', to quote the BBC.

I disagree, of course, but it doesn't matter what you and I think, there's only one person with the flag. Waigo gets given offside far more than any other player in any team that I have seen so far so he must be doing something wrong.