stevegrant

My laptop has decided it's going to start playing up. The problem is as follows: At fairly intermittent points, the right-hand side of the screen (about an inch and a half in from the right) wobbles and I have to adjust the screen a bit to restore it. I think it's probably a loose connection or something like that - any ideas how to fix it?

A bit of a wake-up call. Credit to Blackpool who played very well in the second half (although somewhat cynically with some of the timewasting, but we wouldn't be complaining if we were in their position). If we'd taken one of the handful of pretty decent chances we created in the first half, we'd have probably won quite comfortably. No complaints with the penalty decision from where I was sat, and also no real complaints with the final result. While the last week has seen two excellent performances and results, it's important to remember that it won't happen every game. We perhaps tried to be a bit *too* cute and nicey-nicey with our football, trying three passes when one would have been sufficient. Blackpool looked like they had more energy in reserve, which is hardly surprising given they've had a week off, and they made the most of it. It was said that we made Derby and Birmingham look rubbish in our last two games, and in the second half Blackpool did the same to us. It happens, and we've now got two weeks to improve the fitness and stamina before our next game.

That's the one... couldn't find it on the stadium guide I was using for all the foreign grounds I've been to

Game's off now, for some reason the pitch the opposition booked was (at best) 7 or 8-a-side. We will instead be having something resembling a training session at Millbrook Rec (next to Goals), also starting at 11am.

OS Preview: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=10506 BBC Preview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7578466.stm

It's at times like this I'm even more ****ed off that I'm currently sat about 2 miles from the Oval but can't even watch it on TV, let alone be in the ground...

Certainly wasn't expecting that. Cracking fightback from a seemingly lost cause. Makes the table look a hell of a lot better as well: 1. Somerset 12 146 2. Nottinghamshire 12.5 145 3. Durham 12 139 4. Hampshire 14 138 5. Kent 12.5 136 6. Lancashire 12.5 126 7. Sussex 12.5 129 8. Yorkshire 12.5 124 9. Surrey 12.5 106

I had to say something about some form of cricket so felt it was best to jinx the already-comfortable England team...

Portsmouth v Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) Not the easiest, but they'll expect to beat them over two legs.

SA win the toss and field first. England off to a flyer, 99/0 from the first 15 overs, Bell reaching 50 off 36 balls (currently 62 not out) and Prior 33 not out.

Full system scan came back clean. Wouldn't worry too much...

I've already restarted my PC this morning after visiting PO to see what the fuss was all about, and nothing bad happened. I am running a full system scan using McAfee Total Protection just in case though

Yes

Not yet it's not. They have to get through the first round before it becomes a group stage.

*frantically checks server security and makes a backup*

An irritatingly addictive cricket game: http://www.foddy.net/Cricket.html Although probably not in the same league as Stick Cricket, mind you...

Yep, we're screwed. Oh well, should win a few games next season in Div 2...

Oops... :smt033

179 all out, leaving 240 to win. Tough ask, although given that their last two wickets added 63 to the total, it's not a lost cause yet.

Keeping tabs on the other games... as I mentioned yesterday the forecast for Manchester was more rain today (who'd have thought it ) and that's how it's proved with play already abandoned for the day, so neither side has any points at all yet. Kent were bowled out for 227 by Yorkshire, who are 223/3 in reply. Sussex managed 339, while Nottinghamshire are 37/0 in reply. All of which leaves the table as follows: 1. Somerset 12 146 2. Nottinghamshire 12.5 140 3. Durham 11.5 139 4. Kent 12.5 135 5. Sussex 12.5 128 6. Lancashire 12.5 126 7. Hampshire 13.5 124 8. Yorkshire 12.5 120 9. Surrey 12.5 106

If you'd bought them in plenty of time, they would have been £8. Or even as little as £3 if you're a student.

Only the two days behind, mate http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=948 Edit: glad to see Setanta are up with the times as well

2000 called and asked for its news back

Yep. If at all possible, do not accept or reject anything in this meeting. Make it clear that you wish to have time to read through their offer carefully and that you wish to discuss it with an employment solicitor. They may even offer to pay for this (can be quite expensive - I [or rather my former employer] paid £300+vat for 2 hours' work) to ensure that there is no scope for any claim after you've signed it.

Isn't that a case of cutting your nose off to spite your face, though? You won't buy a season ticket (which saves YOU money) which I guess you've had for many years because of the board, and yet you'll go anyway because you don't go to watch the board... The word "principles" continues to be thrown around on here, with people claiming they have "principles" because they won't support the club financially so long as Lowe is chairman and blame him for people losing their jobs, and yet the very thing that would probably keep those people in their jobs is the paying support of the fans! It's just a vicious circle. For the record, if people can't go anymore because of financial pressures, work, distance or things like that, fine by me, not a problem. If people are choosing not to go because they don't want to watch Championship football, also fine, as long as you actually state as much rather than hiding behind feeble excuses. If people are seriously choosing not to go because of who is chairman (despite having continued to go under his chairmanship when we were in the top 10 in the Premier League), I think that's quite sad. Entirely up to you, of course, but I won't be at all surprised to see those "principles" go flying straight out of the window if we end up having a successful season.