Jimmy_D

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/premier-league/8875902/wanyama-is-worth-20-million SSN Summary of our match.

Di Canio.

Could be that it's 18M Euros, which is about £15M

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17150054 This might be relevant here.

Cheers Trousers Has any other player scored in all four divisions (in order) and then for England?

Yeah, as soon as the talking's done on this, this is going in Golden Theads. Can't remember the last time I enjoyed an England game this much.

Right. That's the next step up pretty emphatically negotiated. Next step, lead us to World Cup glory?

Best England Debut ever?

Fantastic.

Has there ever been a quicker goal on debut? Very first touch as an England player too! That's the stuff dreams are made of

Obviously by the reaction, you'd all prefer that threads like Minsk's aren't closed. Us Mods will have a chat and try and make sure that the discussions that people want to have in future aren't shut down.

As I see it, the HCDAJFU thread is useful for the dozens of different players that people would like to see us linked to mentioned each transfer window. I usually leave individual threads there if there's a half decent source backing up that we're showing an interest.

We do have guidelines, but no matter how strict they are, you'd still have people personal opinions interpreting them, not to mention the more strict they are, the more likely you are to come up against something they don't cover. With regards to trolling, one person's troll is another's genuine opinion. It's impossible to draw the line on that one. That aspect tends to improve during the season when you have more posters and a wider range of opinions.

Time Commanders! That show was the reason I started playing Rome Total War

The HCDAJFU thread is generally expected to go off topic a bit and is given more leeway as a result, especially as there are a large number of posts in there and it would be unfeasible to expect us to check every single one. The particular post you mention, the half of it that wasn't on topic wasn't particularly diplomatic, and was likely to derail the thread, as it was close to the start of it. I personally probably wouldn't have closed the thread about other teams' transfers, but I might have moved it to the general sports section.

By 'it' I mean this thread in particular, which is just discussing what should/shouldn't be closed or moved on this forum.

I moved it. It seems you want to talk about this, but it's not Saints related, so I moved it here so the discussion can continue without clogging up the main board. I'm also leaving the other thread there for now as people seem to want it left there, that was started about deadline day stuff, and clearing the non Saints stuff out of it.

Looks like a hoax.

You lot are all to blame for this! Dammit >_

I reckon part of the difference in opinion is coming from the different styles of play employed. Our players are probably better suited to a Saints style midfield, and the Man Utd players are more suited to the Man Utd style midfield.

Wanyama is arguable, but reading other forums, there are a lot of Man Utd fans surprised they didn't get him ahead of us, and would have liked to have seen him in their team. Just have to wait and see on him.

That was meant in the same context as what I had just said about it being their weakest area. Reading it back now I see that doesn't come across clearly, to say the least!

Fair enough, I apologize for that comment. Although it doesn't excuse it, I haven't had a good day.

I didn't say they were weak, I said it was their weakest area. It's still a strong midfield objectively, but it isn't as strong as ours.

My response is nothing to do with me being a mod in this case. As for not being negative... You're asserting that one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe couldn't ever reach the heights of a Man Utd player purely on the basis of him playing for us. I'm just genuinely trying to understand how you can constantly be so negative towards the team you support.