Micky

She was actually quite right though - I'm watching the game now and they are playing a 10 formation. Unfortunately they have 10 men at the back in front of the goal trying to stop Spain from scoring...!! ....stoppress... and as I type Spain score to make it 2 - 0. Best think of another formation now. ....stoppress2... Ohhhh jesus christ, who's got the bloody humble pie, what a mong I am, sometime I open my gob at all the wrong times... In the space of what, 8 minutes or so, they jocks have only gone and levelled the game. God I feel a right tit.

Ho if you honestly believe that a measure of support, be it by the press or any other agency, is taken from the amount of noise fans make at games then you are sadly mistaken. First and foremost it is the number of bums on seats, you know, those who are willing to dip into their pockets, pay their money and attend the games week in and week out. I have absolutely no bitterness whatsoever about the medias 'praise' of your fans - the only thing I look at in any match report concerning the fans is the attendance figure. Our attendance figures are quite good - could be better, but they are not bad.

I fixed a guys laptop a couple of months ago - nothing special, took me a couple of hours over a couple of nights. He offered me cash but I declined, when he became more insistent I politely pointed him to a charity site raising money for a young boy whose parents need to raise money for a life saving operation and asked him to make a donation. He agree - all parties were happy.

Funny you should start this thread today - I phone somebody in the Falkland Islands at about 10ish today and they weren't too happy about being worken up. Forgot they were 6 hours behind us...!!!

Are there any English players playing overthere in the Swedish League(s)?

With the way the table is currently, where we are is pretty irrelevant, the points - yes please, the place - not too bothered right now. It's where we are at the end of the season that counts.

Why bother - you can get two pairs of Tescos own brand for eight quid - or they not acceptable at SMS...!!!

All rather early at the moment, how many games has Adam played this season, and from what I've read on here Guly went from shyte to shyte hot in 2 games. Who knows, our player of the season may not be at the club yet.

Ahhhh so we have a few 'fence sitters' now, not willing to show their hands, erring on the side of caution and not making predictions either way.

Were you really just 'flicking through the channels' or is there something else you really want to share with the forum...!!!

Bibiana Steinhaus, here in Germany she is highly thought of and tipped to get a chance in the Bundesliga. Funny incident though, and she handled it well.

How do you know that it's 'modern' and not just 'c o c k e d up' like our last effort was...???

Quite scary really that this thread is less than a month old. It makes for interesting reading though, from people who have said that we have no chance to those that remain optimistic. What it does show though is that we are all just 'guessers' at the end of the day, and even now we don't know who is right and who is wrong. We could get promoted, we could miss out, nightmare - we could get relegated, nobody knows for sure - yet less than 4 weeks ago, people were making some pretty radical statements on here. Without wishing to start a bar room brawl, I wonder how many contributors to this thread would now like to errr 're-assess' some of thier guesses. Don't forget though - you may have been right the first time - only seasons end will tell.

Why is it that I find those that post less frequently often talk most sence. Perhaps I should try it...!

Whilst true, had you looked in your rear view mirror you would have also noted that we are only 5 off the drop zone as well...! This league is so compacted now that anybody who puts togeather a decent run can quickly climb the table. Conversely, lose a few and you could end up sliding dramatically. Sheffield Wednesday scored 1 goal yesterday and that was enough to take them from something like 14th to 5th. I don't want to put a damper on things, but let's not count our chickens just yet eh, big games coming up and we need to say on a roll.

I think you will find that not only does NA have a Plan B, but he also has a Plan C. Extract of his quotes before the game: "The lads have worked very hard this week. We did some fitness testing with them again in the early part of the week to judge where they are at this moment in time. That is important, and I am a big believer in the sports science side of things, so we have been looking at that. We've also been working on our shape and the potential ways in which to approach Saturday's game with a plan A, a plan B, and a plan C." http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2177906,00.html What those plans are, who knows, but obvioulsy he expects us to adapt and be able to switch to different styles dependant on the state of play. Plan A is obviously great if it is working, but he has other ideas as well.

If I was going to watch any other team, it would be Arsenal, so hopefully yes. BUT with the caveat that it gets results.

Just been reading through some of the other threads on thier site - gotta laugh at this one though: Posted 4/10/2010 14:25 #390032 - in reply to #390021 Subject: Re: 'Mighty Saints' Fans' Favourite Posts: 1359 A couple of days after the match I thought I was making a big deal of Saints' "tackling" but these pics show it as reckless as I remember it http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/1440546/?type=gal... http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/1440550/?type=gal... http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/1440564/?type=gal... Gotta feel for the guy, some of those 'tackles' look, well frankly, shocking, honest....!

Yep that's about the size of it. Personally I take it as a bit of a 'back handed compliment' that they are so happy to be above us (even in League 1 FFS). But for a set of fans who struggle to make 6k for most home games to have a go at us is laughable. When you look at how our figures often surpass that of most CCC and some Prem Clubs, it is kind of funny that the 6K are having a poke - perhaps they are just not too clever...!

Morning Nick - only me and you with insomnia then...! Should we humour these Cherries fans, they are loving it ain't they. Now a whole 3 points ahead of us, can't see us hauling them back in eh...!! Talk about 15 minutes of fame - these boys really know how to milk it don't they. Edit: and reality then hits in....: http://bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=29786&posts=17

The figures may well be out of date, our BO's may have increased, but the same may also be true for many other clubs as well. Resultantly we may actually have fallen further down the 'bad boys' league table, which whilst pleasing most fans would obviously not sit so well with you. We all want SMS to be an intimidating place for other teams to play, I doubt there are many on here who feel that football violence or holiganism is the way to achieve that aim. You would probably find that many of the BO's were dished out for incidents that happened outside of stadia anyway, and therefore had no direct effect of what happens during any game. I doubt whether there are too many incidents inside grounds that any of the players on the field either see or actually take a blind bit of note of. Your aspirations for an intimidating atmosphere at SMS are shared, but to intimate that this can be achieved through 'yob culture' is, at best, misguided.

FFS Turkish. Take your iPod, listen to your trax, watch the game, job done, sorted. Now lets move on...!!

Just a little slow...!!!

And in the last minute - Charlton equalise - doooh...!

Yep - he's worth a tenner of anybodys money now...!