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Yes I had, but I didn't take that into account for the skates, so I guess that makes them 44th instead of 55th.

Indeed. this is the crux of it for me. Church leaders are making so much noise about it because they are terrified of the idea that their opinion is no longer valid when it comes to policy-making.

One slight development (and again, I am not claiming to be ITK about anything here)... Just speaking to a mutual friend who knows the vendor a lot better than I do, and it turns out that Morgan agreed to buy the place after he was given his new contract recently.

All you need to know is... Saints: 12th Pompey: 55th

I wouldn't be so sure. He admitted when he was contracted to make the first movie that he was never a fan of Star Trek and didn't really understand the fascination some people had with it. That's just plain wrong IMO, but Paramount made a commercial decision and it seems to have paid off for them. In giving the franchise as broad appeal as as possible, they have alienated (no pun intended) a sizable chunk of their core followers. But they have obviously made a vast profit as well, and let's not kid ourselves that there was any other reason for them to do it.

Of course they should, if they wanted to, but why would they? Heterosexual people already have the special privilege of being allowed to have a proper marriage, so why on Earth would they choose to have a civil partnership instead? When they were introduced the mindset was "Well we will let you have some recognition, but we're still not allowing you to have the same rights as normal people".

A decent summary, but quite how they can nominate Forren as the worst player when he didn't actually play a single minute is beyond me. I take it this guy didn't see any of our games where Danny Fox played.

Probably the possibility of a handball from Fonte in the build up to our goal?

It's not though. Christianity (or Islam or Judaism come to that matter) does not own the institution of marriage - it existed long before the bible was written. This is why the argument that "marriage should be between a man and a woman because that's what it says in the bible" doesn't wash.

I have yet to see Into Darkness, but this was almost word-for-word my criticism of the 2009 film. If you take the Trek-specs off and look at it as nothing more than a big-budget sci-fi action movie then it works really well. But the success of the Star Trek series (IMO anyway) was that despite the fact they are based on a fictional, fantasised possible human future, they all had a certain amount of realism about them. For example, the series all paid attention to maritime tradition and military command structure aboard all of the ships / stations. Yet Abrams' first film brushed all of that aside with the frankly ridiculous notion that a cadet who had been suspended, marooned and who then carried out a mutiny could then forgo the years and years of hard work and unblemished service that would normally be required to be given command of Starfleet's flagship. This is something that simply wouldn't happen in any sane organisation anywhere on Earth or otherwise.

I honestly don't know. I haven't spoken this mate of mine for a few months (since I was last in Southampton) and I didn't realise he was even in the process of selling his house to Morgan, but I have no reason to disbelieve him. I know his house is worth a fair bob after the massive extension he built on it a few years ago. It's in a very desirable part of Bassett, and although it is quite small in comparison to the kind of gated mansion that you would normally associate with a PL footballer, it seems perfectly reasonable.

Yes. A large and expensive property in Bassett.

Don't shoot the messenger here. I've just seen this Facebook update from a mate of mine...

Like Morgan Schneiderlin perhaps? (provided we keep hold of him over the summer that is). Although I can understand why it was given to him, I think having the captaincy has proven to be a burden for him and it has shown in his performances when wearing the armband. I firmly believe that the captain of any team should be a hard-working, battling type of player - which Lallana just isn't. His propensity to just complain to the referee when he gets brushed off the ball too easily (as he does far too often) and his repeated failure to track back and help out defensively are two attributes that a captain should never have IMO. It doesn't set a good example to the other players around him.

Much as I hate to admit it - I actually agree with most of what he is saying. But he couldn't resist putting his own DM version of negative spin on it could he.

Finished above 3 of our ex-managers

Would have snapped your hand off for 14th at the start of the season. And to think, because of how tight the midtable was this year, one more win would have put us up to 11th. I do think the squad needs some major changes before next season though. The nucleus is there, but for all our pretty possession football this year we have really struggled to penetrate at times. We never seem to break quickly or play a quick ball forward to a runner, and that is something that you need in your arsenal in the PL. Defences are too good at this level meaning we will always struggle with our seemingly favoured approach of slow, patient build up.

Decent effort from Puncheon.

Mayuka on for Corky.

J-Rod did well there but the finish was weak.

Here comes Owen. Is it written in the stars he will score?

WBA 2-5 Man Utd

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