Micky

Errr no, you didn't, but you have now. Even so - to suggest that he only has another 3 games, after what we have been through in the last couple of years is lunacy. Much mooted at his introduction was a 5 year plan - not 5 week, 5 games, 5 signings - 5 bloody years. So let's at least give the bloke a chance - eh?

So you're going to give him anohter 3 games and then if things don't get better - sack him. Nice move - that will sort everything out - I can see why you chose that user name now.

Errr just who are these promotion chasers - cause it certainly aint us....

Nice ploy by Pulis Snr then - at least now he doesn't have the dillema of not playing his own son week in week out.

Ahhhh right so obviously we are saving this one for next week... Charlton Athletic 0 v 5 Southampton Far fetched..? Maybe - but remember Wolves a couple of seasons ago - who predicted that one eh..?

Look on the bright side and kid yourself for a little bit longer - just assume that our league is upside down right now. Go on - you'll feel a whole lot better...

So, still firmly on track for a top two finish with the play-offs as a saftey net then - looking good, looking good. Just as an aside, don't we need to get some points to finish in the top two..?

Interesting to see what some of the neutrals make of it all - a few would like him sacked from Sky: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Matt-Le-Tissier-Betting-Scam-Ex-Southampton-Star-Failed-To-Kick-Ball-Out-Of-Play/Article/200909115374098?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_4&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15374098_Matt_Le_Tissier_Betting_Scam%3A_Ex-Southampton_Star_Failed_To_Kick_Ball_Out_Of_Play

Dirtying his name Nick? Or perhaps giving the reader an insight into some of the things that went on, but were not widely in the public domain. Books are meant to be informative - tell you the things that you didn't know and perhaps confirm some of your assumptions. Vetting books to include only the 'clean cut' image is all well and good - but arguably, by leaving out the 'dirty bits' is again cheating the fans, is it not? Damned if he does, damned if he does not. Disagree that it is not a nice picture - the picture has just not been airbrushed beyond the truth - know what I mean?

I think he should be hung out to dry for this one, how the f*ck can somebody of Matts ability fail to find row z FFS. Did he cheat? Probably but who cares - it was a bookie at the end of the day. Gifting the other side a throw in, during the first 60 seconds of a game, is hardly likely to have any significant effect on that game. I really can't get too moralistic about this one to be honest, because if I think about it for a while, I have probably done much worse things in my life - therefore I can't mount my trusty steed over this one - can you?

To be fair - he has used the term 'suspect'. He has not said that they are uncommitted or temperamental - he is simply posing a question based on certain players history of recent transfer rumours and speculation. Unfortunately such speculation is always likely to bring into question thier commitment to the cause - it goes with the territory. I have been one of Alpines fiercest critics in the past often openly deriding his views, but on this occasion I can't see what all the fuss is about to be honest - I think he has raised a valid point worthy of debate.

To be fair - I think it's a decent question. Without doubt transfer deadline week does nothing to focus players to the job in hand. Let's be honest, if our professions were subject to such activity, would the majority of us not be looking at our phones, waiting for a call or bugging our agent to 'get me a better deal'. It has to have an effect on most (if not all) players. Coupled with all of that - there is then the knock on effect as well, 'yes you can have your move, but only if 'player x' comes this way'. However, now that it is done and dusted, those players who perhaps hankered away should be putting thier head down and doing some hard graft, a. To prove themselfs again and b. To put themselves back in the shop window for the next window. (That probably doesn't make good English - but I think you know what I mean). What we should not and cannot tolerate now - are players that outwardly show a lack of desire and commitment within what is meant to (now) be a settled squad.

Not at all - do you know where we can get some..?

P l e a s e , n o o o o o . . . . ! ! !

Errr what TDD said - behave yourself. Celtic wages - SFC wages.... sorry, I meant: Celtic wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC wages!

Players come, players go. They fit in at some clubs, they don't at others. Look at Kevin Davies at Bolton - we couldn't wait to offload him amongst rumours that he didn't train well and couldn't get fit, now he's being touted for England. But that is just life - no use worrying or moaning about it - wish them all the best and move on. No point worrying about spilt milk - look forward, no back.

I see - so we are all once again labelled as 'happy clappy' and the obvious solution to our problems is to throw more and more money at it. Good stuff - let's do it. After all - the original 5 year plan is now 5 games in - we can see it's not working - there is no hope of salvaging anything over the course of the plan, so lets scrap it. Results have not happened - but from what I can gather from some of the less panicky posters here - performances have improved, especially over the last couple of games - so let's not assume anything just yet huh. 5 years equates to about 250 games - we are only 5 in and people are starting to make judgements - strange to say the least.

You shouldn't. Proof of certification at the level you claim should have resulted in a 'proxy claim' (at least up to level 3 I think) negating the need for you to prove competence in those subjects again. That said, there is a limit of time (3 years I think) between you gaining your original grades and then registering them for proxy against relevant KS subjects.

If there was a prize for mong post of the day, (in fact year even), this would win - hands down...!

Probably not - but as with any plan - any possibilities must be factored in. Fact remains though the 'five year' plan has not got off to a great start granted, but there is an awful lot of that plan to execute. Correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to recall a certain Roy Keane making a very dodgy start at Sunderland - but I'm pretty sure that Niall Quinn is happy that he kept his nerve and stuck with his man. How much longer do you want to give AP - shall we sack him after another 5 games and start all over, yet again?

Good to see that the usual suspects are once again showing thier true colours. It was always likely though, with the weight of -10 around our necks, a poor start was always going to make the 'less stable' start to waiver in thier support. I only hope that ML has more nerve than some of our fans appear to possess. I really don't think that we are only aiming for safety at all - it's just that currently, we are not 'hitting' where we are aiming - and we need tweaking. Once AP and his staff get that tweaking sorted - I'm sure results will follow. Correct me if I am wrong - at the beginning of this bright new era it was mooted that the current owner and management were working on a 5 year plan and not a 5 game plan?

Because an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship is a Framework qualification, generally consisting of Key Skills, an NVQ, Employment Rights and Responsibilities and a Technical Certificate. Whilst NVQ's are often much mocked, they are not designed to prove academic proficiency - they are tailored by various Sector Skills Councils to prove competence at a certain level in the workplace - which generally speaking they do. As many of them are government funded schemes as well - employers generally will encourage thier staff to enrole on such qualifications. I have worked with people who boast various different Degree qualifications but who bought absolutely nothing to the table in terms of working experience and thier degree subjects helped them little.

Damn - not available here in Germany...!!! Keep the info snippets coming please people...!!! Ta.

Prawns were frozen and there were no batteries in the radio...!

I come, I read, I decide what I think is bollix, and consign it to the 'bin'. I think that if I learnt anything over the course of the mamouth recent 'takeover' thread, posters on here are anything but ITK. Some like to think that they are, and rightly or wrongly, some appear to deliberately posture such a stance to give themselves some sort of creedance. Either way - to the poster, put your head above the parapit and expect some flak, to the reader, when you throw the flak, do so with some substance of your own and a degree of courtesy.