stevegrant

On the Google front page today http://www.google.co.uk obviously

Pretty sure the GK kits are this season's.

He seems far too non-deluded to be as bad as them

David James has apparently told the administrator that he wants to be considered for the manager's job!

Unfortunately the club sold all this season's away kit some time ago, so we will be in *last* season's away kit... assuming it all gets sent down from Manchester in time [-o

I've been asked to publicise a charity match that is taking place at St Mary's on Saturday 22nd May, kickoff 4pm between locally-based employees of Veho and NatWest, raising money for the Breakthrough breast cancer charity. Entry is £3 for adults, £1 for kids, and a 2-adult, 2-kid family ticket is £6. The Itchen Suite will also be open after the game (between 6 and 8pm) for food and drink, and there will be a raffle to raise further funds. For further details, call Nicki Secker on 07920 252563. If you can't make it but would like to make a donation to this worthy cause, you can visit http://www.justgiving.com/veho-challenge-cup-NW

From 6pm, via turnstile A (I think - will confirm that). Which reminds me, I'll need a volunteer to run the turnstile... don't need to collect any money this year, so it's just a case of pressing a button to let people through

As it says on the tin... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/salisbury/8694467.stm

Seems they've decided they're in a position to offer players new contracts now! http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Offer-Ten-Players-New-Deals-979.aspx

Apparently Grant's contract was renegotiated in February as a result of them failing to pay him so it's now a rolling contract. As a result, they wouldn't be entitled to any compensation even if they wanted it.

Is that a good thing? My place will be going on the market this weekend, presumably that'll mean I won't have to pay to get an HIP created, does that then put the onus back on the buyer to get everything that was contained within the HIP checked out?

Now you've done it... :mad:

That's possibly Gamestation's company policy (although that may not be up to date, as they're now owned by Game so you would assume they now have the same policies - Game haven't operated that policy for years), but it's not in consumer law. The only time you are legally eligible for a refund/replacement is if the product is faulty. If there's any other reason for requesting a refund, it'll be entirely subject to the company's policy as to whether they give you your money back. Game used to do the money-back guarantee years ago (back when I used to work there, circa 2001), but stopped it a year or two later, presumably because it was being abused. I know of people who used had a modded PS2 with a hard-drive to boot the games from, they'd buy the game from the shop, take it home, copy it to the HDD and then take the game back for a refund

One thing I noticed from McKenzie's figures yesterday was that he scored 48 of his 55 runs from boundaries! Lazy f'ker...

Yep, absolutely true. Also absolutely scandalous.

Gary Lineker's resigned from his Mail on Sunday column slot in protest - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2010/may/18/gary-lineker-triesman-mail-sunday Good on him, I reckon.

Yep, although I suspect Morecambe v Dagenham tomorrow night will probably be a bit tame, for obvious reasons.

The atmosphere actually sounded pretty decent on TV (particularly by The Valley's pitiful standards), although the attendance was particularly poor.

Yeah I spotted that in the Metro this morning... bit late for that, methinks. Most people will have already made up their mind which side of the fence they sit on that issue.

Should be hitting your inboxes about now...

Totally agree with you on the captaincy issue, Pothas isn't captain material and his comments in the Echo recently suggest to me that he doesn't really care about the longer form of the game. With that attitude, it's no surprise we've struggled for inspiration and motivation so far this season.

FIFA investigating corruption would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. The only reason the likes of Blatter and Warner are in their positions is because of bribery and vote-rigging.

Well why would they seek to influence referees in a tournament in which they are not participating?

Would be nice of the club to let us know if we're going on tour anywhere...