Micky

Can't disagree with that alex - but the 'big club' mentality is nothing buy hype. How has a big club succumbed to the likes of Brighton then? Simple answer - we are not a big club, we used to be a big club. Realisation that we no longer frequent the Premiership - therefore we do not have superior players means that in order to win games - we have to work - and work bloody hard. Yes other teams will look at our recent history and want to 'do us' - but that is for us to come to terms with and deal with. Past 'big club' history will get you no points in any games, if anything it is a burdon. The Brighton DVD thing great - but let's be honest - was there more South Coast rivalry in there, as opposed to the fact that we are a Big Club?

Next season just cannot come soon enough for me - not for the football - just to watch this forum...!

I love the term 'walk this league' - Leeds did when they got relegated. Took them a few years like - but hey - they walked it....!

Forgive me, but I think somebody might be taking the urine whilst somebody else is having their plonker pulled..!

Nope - biggest misconception that quite a few still appear unable to grasp. We are a league one side - on merit - simple. Wigan, Hull, Pompey, Blackpool, Barnesly and Plymouth are (at this moment in time) bigger draws, simply because they more successful than us. I think it is a problem, not only with fans, but also players - that some think that they can live on past glories (even if they did not contribute to those..!). All of that said - AP appears to be cracking the whip - getting the team to do the work in order to reap the rewards. Big Club - nope - not at the moment - but give it a couple of years and perhaps we can rightly claim to be in that league.

Is this a comedy thread or has it just gone right over me...?

I'm a happy clappy - don't care how many we concede so long as we score more. A win, is a win is a win....

Great to hear that life is becoming a little more bearable now - the big man deserves the very best. Damn good job yourself too Tim.

Pray share - I need a good laugh...!

Pride...?!!

Ahhhhh time for some unreserved, unashamed chest beating and trumpet blowing methinks...! But if I'm honest, all very 'snake in the grass' stuff really. Distances himself, counts himself out and within two days is sitting in Hartes' seat. Football stinks sometimes.

Didn't find one Jeff - saw a Manyoo, Chelski and Pool one (as you'd expect I guess) but didn't find a Saints one. Have to be honest though I wasn't particularly looking for one.

I have a 5800 - got it purely because it was one of the phones that I was entitled to as a free upgrade. Prior to that I was using Windows Mobile based phones, but decided on a change purley for the 'touch screen' experience. I have had no problems with the phone in it's normal configuration, comes with an 8gig card and hard protective sleeve/cover. Found it very easy to set up for email and applications both on wireless and GSM - plays BBC IPlayer effortlessly (if you're into that sort of thing). There appears to be a decent array of apps available - although I doubt that the number comes anywhere near the iPhone. But - it depends on what you want he phone to do I guess. I have have no problems with the touch screen at all (the 5800 also comes with a stylus, which slips neatly inside of the body of the phone) - but have never used an iPhone so I can't really compare I guess. The only problem that I have had is that when I downloaded some Themes, installed them and selected them for use, some appeared to cause the battery life to deminish quite quickly. Without these selected the battery life is very good. As I said - I got the phone purely because if was available as a free upgrade - I am more than happy with it, and have no real problems thus far - touch wood.

Much closer to the fact of the matter. We are amazingly gullible when it comes to such matters - and somebody will exploit it. The very fact that we have Newsagents bursting at the seams with such publications as OK Magazine tells you all you need to know about the 'mainstream' interest and intellect levels. If it makes them money - people will print absolute unadulterated shyte. Can you blame them?

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Ummm - how long will this thread survive - sweepstake anybody...??

If Adam continues to play as he has this season, and improves, then I can see his sights being set a little higher than 'Boro though. The good news for us though is as his stock grows, so does the price tag. We must be in a position now that if we let quality go - we buy quality back in.

Perhaps CorpHo had the inside line on this one. Perhaps this was the 'big news' that he told us all to look out for last week, or was it the week before that..?

Good result - only downside I can see is KD's injury - anybody got any update...???

Crucial to what, survival or promotion...?

Agreed, all is not lost for them yet - they could yet survive. A certain Mr Grant is not too far away either.

Here too: http://www.skysports.com/football/premier-league/0,19734,11660,00.html Shame really, because if anybody has come out of this whole sorry mess with any dignity it is him. OK he didn't get the results, but lets be fair - who would of. Conducted himself well throughout a torrid time - I wish him well.

Yeah - again, you're confusing coma and nightmare...!

Have been saying this for some time - they could well survive. They maybe shyte, they may have made an awful start to the season, but others have not capitalized on it. There are some woeful teams in the Prem this year and I think that the saftey zone will be drastically reduced. Another 5 points would see them out of the relegation zone - there is time for them to improve while others falter. All of that said, I think that they have a pretty tough run of games coming up leading upto the xmas period - so they could yet get cut adrift. I honestly thought that they would get out of trouble because other teams were so pants - however, I think the next 6 - 7 games will now cement my views. 'Merry Christmas Saints' fans - they're down, however it could be a 'Bleak Mid Winter' and they survive. Place your bets...!

Credit to him for wanting to get out and play and be willing to drop 2 leagues to do so, but do I want him here - thanks Nige but no thanks.