NickG

which specific intellectual property do you think they are banned from?

echo haven't been banned from reporting on saints.

a pleasure, think it deserves to be widely read

funny just watched south today - my wife doesn't follow at all, I was saying that visually he just has the appearance of decent guy and she said he looks avuncular.

must be hard time for him and his family.

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guess OS, rightly so, not doing official updates today.

he is very much in the background,

happy with apology your apology Alpine and for relevant posts to be deleted. I was not criticising the family, thought never crossed my mind. When asking why they would consider selling if club is profitable, their personal choice/lack of interest in football / England etc could all be reasons. Who knows. I hope the family remain.

not often.

if the family keep the club maybe they should add a watch to the trophy cabinet when appropriate.

We struggled (well lost one game we were well on top of - but defeat it defeat) due to no Lambert no Lallana Schneiderlin playing with injury Puncheon not fully fit. That is pretty unlikely to occur again and if it does we may well lose another game.

forward would not be a must have signing for me. CM would be my first priority and then winger, maybe even CB. but this squad should be good enough.....

did Barnard play with big man, lone striker or with another smaller forward when scoring for southend?

was it covered on local tv news?

I am not going to discuss it further Alpine as no-one wants to read it and total inappropriate but suggest you read your posts back and do some editing and deleting. I have deliberately not quoted you to allow you to do this.

and he goes even lower. Amazing total lack of class - using the death and effect on his family to point score.

stop being a troll and unpleasant fan on herel. you asked why they would not want to carry on - they may not have an interest in football or us - perfectly reasonable response. would have thought today, would be one day you could not be a total *****?

but only for a year, good punt for championship!

think it deserves a thread and I am very grateful to Markus’s partner, Lore, and to Nicola for their kind permission to enable me to tell you this story. “It concerns a watch – of course, it’s Switzerland, it’s bound to concern a watch. It concerns a watch, or at least at the beginning of the story two watches. “I think this story tells you about Markus as a thoughtful man. I believe it tells you Markus knew a lot more about himself than he was letting on. “A few weeks after the Wembley final, Markus and Nicola were having one of their constant discussions about the further progress and development of the club. “Markus was convinced that this season the Saints would gain promotion, if not actually win the League One title. “Markus said to Nicola, ‘Starting this season I will buy you a special new watch every time we win a trophy, or a title, or gain promotion.’ “Nicola said ‘That’s fine Markus, but every time you must also buy the very same watch for yourself, so that we can both wear the watch commemorating every success.’ Markus readily agreed with this. “Then, more recently, Markus spent a few days with Nicola’s family on holiday. He said he was going to physically go to buy the first two watches in the very near future. “Nicola replied ‘Really, there’s no rush Markus, there’s a long season ahead.’ Then, nearly two weeks ago Markus flew into England for his first league match of the season. “At this point he had not been well. In the event, Markus was not well enough to actually attend the game. But he still managed to attend Nicola’s birthday party that evening, Saturday, August 7. “Markus said to Nicola ‘I wanted to show you, in person, the book containing a description of the model of watch I want to buy for you and for me.’ “Yet again, Nicola said to him ‘There is no rush.’ “As Markus was leaving that Sunday for Switzerland, Markus opened the car door so that he could show Nicola a photograph he had taken of the watch being advertised on an airport posterboard. “Markus had only days earlier walked painfully across from one side of Zurich Airport to the other to buy the watch. “Because the model of the watch was so new, he was told at the airport shop that it was only available from headquarters. “Markus immediately phoned through an order for the watch, for his collection later from a shop in the centre of Zurich. “That Sunday, after the first match of the season, was to be the last time Markus and Nicola saw or spoke to each other. “On the Monday, despite Lore's plea for him not to travel alone, he drove himself from his main home the 80 miles to his apartment in Zurich. “From there, he took himself to the shop to buy the new model of watch that he had reserved some days earlier. “He returned to the apartment and spoke to Lore and said simply ‘I have got the watch, I have got the watch for Nicola.’ “He passed away just a little later that evening. “It turned out that he had only bought a single watch. It seems that he never intended to buy one of the watches for himself. “To Markus, it was so, so important that he got the watch for Nicola, even though it seemed at the time that he could have waited for nine months. “Why did Markus not buy that watch for himself, why did he not buy the two watches as they had agreed? “Only Markus knows the full answer to that one, but I’m sure we can all reach our own conclusions. “It was a mark of this delightful man that he was pre-occupied with doing thoughtful acts for others, especially his dearest friend Nicola, even while he was suffering pain and discomfort.

good signing for championship.

So, if I may, to my second and final story, and I am very grateful to Markus’s partner, Lore, and to Nicola for their kind permission to enable me to tell you this story. “It concerns a watch – of course, it’s Switzerland, it’s bound to concern a watch. It concerns a watch, or at least at the beginning of the story two watches. “I think this story tells you about Markus as a thoughtful man. I believe it tells you Markus knew a lot more about himself than he was letting on. “A few weeks after the Wembley final, Markus and Nicola were having one of their constant discussions about the further progress and development of the club. “Markus was convinced that this season the Saints would gain promotion, if not actually win the League One title. “Markus said to Nicola, ‘Starting this season I will buy you a special new watch every time we win a trophy, or a title, or gain promotion.’ “Nicola said ‘That’s fine Markus, but every time you must also buy the very same watch for yourself, so that we can both wear the watch commemorating every success.’ Markus readily agreed with this. “Then, more recently, Markus spent a few days with Nicola’s family on holiday. He said he was going to physically go to buy the first two watches in the very near future. “Nicola replied ‘Really, there’s no rush Markus, there’s a long season ahead.’ Then, nearly two weeks ago Markus flew into England for his first league match of the season. “At this point he had not been well. In the event, Markus was not well enough to actually attend the game. But he still managed to attend Nicola’s birthday party that evening, Saturday, August 7. “Markus said to Nicola ‘I wanted to show you, in person, the book containing a description of the model of watch I want to buy for you and for me.’ “Yet again, Nicola said to him ‘There is no rush.’ “As Markus was leaving that Sunday for Switzerland, Markus opened the car door so that he could show Nicola a photograph he had taken of the watch being advertised on an airport posterboard. “Markus had only days earlier walked painfully across from one side of Zurich Airport to the other to buy the watch. “Because the model of the watch was so new, he was told at the airport shop that it was only available from headquarters. “Markus immediately phoned through an order for the watch, for his collection later from a shop in the centre of Zurich. “That Sunday, after the first match of the season, was to be the last time Markus and Nicola saw or spoke to each other. “On the Monday, despite Lore's plea for him not to travel alone, he drove himself from his main home the 80 miles to his apartment in Zurich. “From there, he took himself to the shop to buy the new model of watch that he had reserved some days earlier. “He returned to the apartment and spoke to Lore and said simply ‘I have got the watch, I have got the watch for Nicola.’ “He passed away just a little later that evening. “It turned out that he had only bought a single watch. It seems that he never intended to buy one of the watches for himself. “To Markus, it was so, so important that he got the watch for Nicola, even though it seemed at the time that he could have waited for nine months. “Why did Markus not buy that watch for himself, why did he not buy the two watches as they had agreed? “Only Markus knows the full answer to that one, but I’m sure we can all reach our own conclusions. “It was a mark of this delightful man that he was pre-occupied with doing thoughtful acts for others, especially his dearest friend Nicola, even while he was suffering pain and discomfort.

Bournemouth accept offer for Brett Pitman from Blackpool - -solent

maybe just lack of interest?

did we miss out on promotion this season? Perhaps there isn't a "real issue" and Pardew will get the side performing as well as he did last season and we will get promoted?