stevegrant

Only 100% of it...

Can you two get a room please? Will, Alpine raised a perfectly valid point. If you can't argue it without resorting to petty name-calling then leave the topic alone.

Disappointing, only 69%

It'll happen occasionally, we're not going to be able to win every single game. Obviously being out of the UK, you probably can't get the extended BBC highlights for the game but I strongly recommend you trying to get hold of them for Saturday's game if you can, if only to see Lallana's two misses - the first one, he was practically level with the keeper but still put it into his arms Make no mistake, we absolutely battered them for 88 of the 90 minutes on Saturday and on another day with a combination of a bit of luck and a bit more composure in front of goal, we'd have scored 5 or 6.

I wouldn't say that's particularly controversial at all. With the players we have at our disposal, I would probably suggest that we should be looking to impose our own game on the opposition rather than tailor our tactics to spoil theirs, but obviously with a Plan B if things don't go well for the first hour or so. It's a bit of an odd situation because we've actually played pretty well in the last two games but have found ourselves behind at that stage in both games (slightly concerning that opposing teams seem to be scoring with their only attempts on goal - we've only kept two clean sheets in the league this season) so there would still be an argument to keep things as they were, but the more direct approach with two up top just puts that added bit of pressure on the opposition. I'm not convinced we'd be able to keep that sort of tempo going for a whole game though, which is probably why Pardew is still persisting with the 4-5-1/4-3-3 with Connolly and Antonio coming on with fresh legs when the opposition are getting tired.

I've never had a problem with any of those three companies.

And poker, pool and (I think) snooker.

I'm on Poker Stars, probably going to register on Sky Poker at some point as well.

I know he was doing scouting work for Middlesbrough quite recently, so I guess he might be coming on board in that sort of role. I presume Aldershot have decided that they're not going to give him the manager's job full-time?

For data updates, this is a great site: http://sendassistant.co.uk/ The Burnley fan who runs this spends far too much time keeping it all up to date

*resists urge to post obvious joke*

No they don't.

They've said they're doing a slightly different fund-raising campaign this year - any member of the Forces can get a ticket to the Brighton game for a tenner, and all of the revenue from those tickets will go to Help for Heroes.

Details now on the OS. On sale to STHs tomorrow, general sale on Wednesday. Purchase in person recommended but not essential.

Given your post history, it's a warning you would do very well to heed.

Trains are going to be an arse for that trip though. Network Rail are using the Christmas/New Year period to do the majority of the work on widening the tunnel at Southampton Central so they can increase the amount and size of the freight trains going through there. As a result, that tunnel will be closed between Boxing Day and January 3rd with bus replacements to Parkway.

They've done top 50s for loads of clubs, I remember seeing a Bournemouth one on there a couple of months ago.

Post #3069 called and asked for its news back

They're doing you a favour really

ZING!

I'm sure they used exactly the same excuses when explaining why the wages weren't paid a month ago...

Probably not a great deal in the grand scheme of things, but the comments Peter Storrie made a few weeks ago about Arkadi having been the one making the decision as to who the club was sold to when the fake doctor got in ahead of the Saudis pretty much proved that it was Arkadi's money that had funded the club since Sacha's takeover. Getting all sensationalist for a second... the 2008 FA Cup was bought by illegal arms dealing proceeds Another seal of approval for the Fit and Proper Persons test as well :roll:

One interesting bit of news that seems to have slipped below the radar on here... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8328314.stm Arkadi Gaydamak convicted of illegal arms dealing and sentenced to 6 years in prision in absentia - he's currently in hiding in Russia, unsurprisingly.

Nothing like getting ahead of ourselves or anything...

Nope, moved because Bristol Rovers' near non-league neighbours Paulton Rovers are at home to Norwich on the Saturday in a televised game, and the OB can't/don't want to have to police two games in near proximity.