Sheaf Saint

Get in Baggies!

Ooooh. So close!

The game must be being shown live on some foreign channel somewhere, because there's loads of really good quality streams on Wiziwig today. http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=200595&part=sports

Just for a change, he's threatening to quit snooker... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/22377103 I love the guy and think he's a brilliant entertainer. But FFS Ronnie, either p*ss or get off the pot. You keep threatening to quit, so if you're going to then do it, otherwise just shut up. If I was another of the players listening to this I would probably find it pretty insulting.

Give me a little bit more time and I will come up with some more to offer up, but for right now I'll simply stick with the one album that completely blew me away upon listening and began the process of removing my musical blinkers: Portishead - Dummy. As a teenager I was single-mindedly all about the rave scene. I was a budding DJ and had an attitude that I would only listen to anything over 130 bpm with a pumping beat. The first time I came across Portishead was in the middle of a Radio 1 essential mix by Laurent Garnier in 1994 that I copied from a mate of mine. Right in amongst his trademark driving techno, he dropped Numb. At first I thought "What the hell? This isn't techno! What's he doing?" but as I listened and absorbed the eerie beauty of Beth Gibbons' voice, and the dark, menacing rumble of the production, I had a eureka moment. I checked the tracklisting in DJ mag and went out and bought the album, and before I had even finished listening to it, I knew that something had awoken inside me and I had taken my first steps on to a journey of musical discovery. This album to this day still gives me goosebumps whenever I listen to it (after 19 years!) and it's one of those albums that demands you listen from beginning to end. I was fortunate enough to go and see them live when they reformed for their Third album in 2008, and it was one of the most incredible things I have ever witnessed. My GF and me both said afterwards we felt like we had been crying for the last two hours, it was such an emotional experience.

Are you absolutely sure about that ?

It does make me giggle now, thinking back to the banners the QPR fans were holding up saying 'Come and save us Harry' prior to his appointment. Be careful what you wish for.

Shocked and saddened. I remember him very well from my early years going to the Dell. He and Russell Osman must have been one of the highest-scoring CB pairings ever seen in the top division of English football. RIP Kevin.

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It's thanks to Boruc that we only lost 3-0 yesterday. If we had KD or Gazzaniga in goal it could have been 6 or 7.

I cannot argue that Gaston deserved to go. Whether or not he hit Long in the face is perhaps debatable, but he definitely swung his arm deliberately and therefore deserved a red card IMO. I am, however, extremely disappointed in the way that Long rolled around holding his face like he had been shot. Absolutely pathetic simulation and he should have got at least a yellow card for that, given his multiple attempts to foul Gaston in the build-up to the incident.

The stream I was watching was pretty low quality and so my first reaction was that it looked like a genuine 50-50 and the red card was harsh. But the replay showed it was a wild lunge with two feet off the ground that could have caused a very serious injury. straight red and no complaints.

Spot on. It's so glaringly obvious, I can't believe some people can't see it and think he is 'OK'. A replacement for him should be our no.1 priority in the summer. And Smirking Saint, as to your question about how much we spend to get a player that will sit behind Shaw, we could get a L2 player for £50K that would be better than Fox. He really is that bad.

Yes Barry, you were right... Well done you fro being the only person to spot that Hooiveld and Fox are not good enough for the PL. I mean, who would have guessed it? Here we all were singing their massive praises all season, and it turns out that all along, ALL of us were completely wrong and you were right.

Schneiderlin for me.

Apart from a 30-second spell in the 1st half when he gave the ball away really cheaply then lost his man completely before committing a cynical foul on him to earn a pointless yellow card.

Yeah I agree with this. Lallana simply isn't captain material.

Not a single Saints player can hold their heads high this evening? We never once got behind their defence who were totally comfortable for the whole match. As for the other end, dear me... it was like watching Barcelona playing a pub team at times with the ease at which they carved us open time and time again.

Ramirez, Fox and...... Hooiveld?

Seeing as no-one lese has started one. In a word... Cr@p.

Actually he has got pretty much everything spot on.

So with 5 minutes left and 2 players down, we finally bring on a decent defender.

Oh, actually looking at the replay, maybe it was. Especially considering he's already been booked. Hopefully that will be the last time we will see him in a Saints shirt.

You've got to be sh*tting me! That was never a red card!

Our defence has been nothing short of pathetic today. Really, really pathetic.