Jimmy_D

You can't have an Only Fools and Horses thread without and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYBd7999qqo&feature=related

Have we ever had a better week without playing?

Bournemouth full time. 1-1

We'd be more secure in the playoffs though. Yes it'd be hugely disappointing if we don't get autos but I want us to have as much chance of going up as possible.

BWP for Charlton.. 3-1

There's one! Come on Tranmere!

Late goals for Tranmere and Huddersfield would be nice...

We can afford to lose one of our games in hand and we'd still be top two as long as we beat Bournemouth.

Bournemouth winning, Oldham losing.

Tranmere leading against Peterborough... Bournemouth still drawing... Early signs good for us, probably means it'll all be going against us after 90.

Well that's clearly not true.

That's the point. They're intelligent, and Pompey aren't the only team they're looking at, so it's probably not Pompey they'll end up buying. It's just that Pompey need a takeover so badly that any slight indication of a saviour... remember us during the Paul Allen days?

Lallana is the better player right now, but I'd say Chamberlain has more potential.

results going well for us so far...

Oh no Condolences to the family. RIP

That's a rare one, overhead kick without a hand supporting him on the floor. As well as the sheer athleticism and reactions needed to get to the cross after it'd been deflected... 'tis a thing of beauty.

Or, they get relegated, and then get a massive points deduction in League One and end up in League Two?

Storrie's case is the one to keep an eye on. His case is the one most like Luton's and the one most likely to lead to points deductions for them.

I guess you lot think you're real Smarties with this thread eh? The Topic of threads in this forum should be Saints related... I should send you lot to Mars! Bar the lot of ya! That'd make the forum pretty quiet though so I'm between a Rock and a hard place... I guess U-No Barred. Some of you can't think of good puns for Toffee though, some of them have just been Fudged together. Right, time to Rolo this one up and send the thread the unfortunate way of the Cadbury Plant.

Few off the top of my head, Wikipedia probably has a pretty comprehensive list...

Agreed. I can't see anything else constructive coming from this thread now, and everyone has had a chance to put their opinion already. I doubt more arguing will change anyone's mind now. I understand that Ex Saints is in fact a registered charity. I'd missed that when I posted earlier in the thread and stated it wasn't, so I'm sorry for that, especially if it's caused some of the arguing here. In any case I don't see it being too long before something else happens between Cortese and MLT and this all comes up again. Hopefully the next thread will be discussing how Cortese and MLT have reconciled their differences.

Never mind League One, that'll look silly in the Championship...

Good debut. I'd imagine he'll get another chance off the back of that unless his form for us is awful.

Cortese is the current chairman of the club, and it is clear he has a vision of making Southampton one of the big clubs in the country, and nothing is going to stop him, not money nor ex players nor the media. He's going to be here for a long time no matter what. Le Tissier was one of the greatest players this club ever had, an absolute legend on the football pitch, and those accomplishments will never be forgotten, but he isn't anything to do with the club in an official capacity any more, he's part of the media outside the club. Le Tissier unfortunately came into conflict with Cortese right from the start of the whole Pinnacle saga, with the Liebherr takeover delayed because of them, and they've never seen eye to eye since, as Le Tissier admits in that article. Cortese has shown he won't be moved once he sets his mind to something, and whatever the rights and wrongs of this situation, Le Tissier isn't going to win out here. He's not going to be able to make Cortese back down, so unless Le Tissier does something to change his own stance, he's going to be left out in the cold by the club. As for Cortese not wanting players to turn up... My own experience with Ex Saints amounts to a spam e-mail trying to sell me 'bonds'. It initially looks like you're owning something to do with the club by buying these bonds, but they're nothing more than raffle tickets for Saints related prizes. My first reaction on looking at the website was that it was a scam website, trying to use images of players etc. to make it look like it was officially Saints related while using language ambiguous enough to not get into legal trouble ("The Ex Saints enjoy a close relationship with Southampton FC and have an affiliation agreement with the club.") It was only after I saw a photo of Le Tissier under the Ex Saints banner that I realised it was legitimate at all, but the current situation of players not being allowed to attend and imagery not being allowed on the site shows that it is definitely not officially associated. Their charity work is admirable, but Ex Saints is not a registered charity (nor does it claim to be) and one of their stated aims is to help former players that have fallen on hard times, which is understandable and admirable, but means that not all donations to Ex Saints do go to 'charity' as such. Saints do have an official charity in the Saints Foundation, and one possible theory I have is that Cortese doesn't want the 'brand' of Saints Foundation diluted by appearing to give an official link to a non charity by having current players attending, especially as there currently appears to be a dispute over it appearing to be official, but as I said, that's just one of my own theories. I'm not sure where I stand on this. I don't personally see anything wrong with current players supporting a charity dinner, but it seems to be a result of several different factors coming together. Cortese and Le Tissier not seeing eye to eye, Ex Saints appearing to be official when it isn't, and the relatively recent launch of Saints Foundation. Just my own perspective on things.

Al Mirage the focus of the investigation? So... make someone up, load debt on to them by letting a company trade while insolvent, and then let the authorities go after a non-existent person... Profit?