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236 all out. Rudolph didn't add many from his overnight total. Once again, full bowling points (we've dropped one bowling point all season!). Now let's see if we can repeat the Kent batting performance and get a few batting points.
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It depends on how the question is posed as to the answer you get. For example, if you were given the option of Lowe or, say, Keith Wiseman, at this moment in time, many (I suspect) would say Lowe. However, if you were given the option of Lowe or someone who was prepared to **** their own money down the drain to ensure the club was successful, Lowe wouldn't ever be the option chosen. I would suspect (and I have absolutely no evidence to back this up, it's merely a guess/assumption) a majority of Saints fans wouldn't have Lowe as chairman by choice, but - in the interests of sorting the mess we've found ourselves in - are willing to see how this season pans out. There's also the fact that there is sod all we can really do about it given the share distribution.
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To be fair, what could he have said along those lines that you wouldn't label as platitudes, etc?
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Exactly. Regardless of what the less rational among us might think, the lineup of the board makes absolutely bugger all difference to the attendance. A very small number (perhaps a couple of hundred) might decide not to go if they didn't like who was in charge, and a similar sort of number might decide that they are going to return because they now DO like who's in charge. It pretty much cancels itself out, in my opinion. The real factors that determine the average attendance over the course of the season are almost entirely dependent on the performances on the pitch and the appearance of the league table. Of course, you get one-off games like the Sheffield United game where there's a lot riding on the outcome, but generally if the team is struggling, attendances are poorer than if the team is playing well and getting results. Since when has principles ever had anything to do with football anyway? 99% of the fanbase was quite happily singing "Harry and Jim" in 04-05 (and even continued to sing Redknapp's name despite relegation!) despite what they'd done at Pompey. 99% of the fanbase was quite happily singing "Glenn Hoddle's red and white army" back in 1999/2000 despite having been sacked by England for gross misconduct. Football fans are the most hypocritical section of society, since when do principles matter in football?
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Which is fine as long as your total no-claims bonus after doing that isn't then longer than the period that you've either had a licence or been entitled to one. I'll have 8 years' no-claims in November when my current policy expires, but if I did an accelerator that took two months off to increase the NCD by a year within 10 months, none of the online insurance quotes would work for me as they'd all say "your NCD is longer than the period for which you've been entitled to a driving licence".
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I think the award for the most contradictory post of the year has already been sealed. Oh, and here's a statistic to throw a spanner in the works... Average attendance figures: 2005-6 (Lowe here) - 23,614 2006-7 (Lowe gone) - 23,556 2007-8 (Lowe gone) - 21,254
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The prediction league will be resurrected in the next day or so.
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I would liken Pearson's management style to that of Martin Allen, and we all know how long his relationship with Mad Mandaric lasted. Given that they are overwhelming favourites to absolutely **** that league next season, he's probably under even more pressure than Allen was.
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I can think of one immediately who is infinitely worse...
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I agree with that (although it was 3 wins in 14 games, not 17 ). While Pearson's demeanour was what we were all looking for after the worryingly lax attitude of the tail-end of the Burley era, and he certainly said the right things, it's another thing putting it into practice (which I guess makes it fit quite nicely into this thread!). While he made us harder to beat in his brief spell here, of that there's no doubt, that was at the expense of being able to score goals. One goal per game isn't enough in this division, particularly when the defence was (by force, not by design) being changed all over the place every week. That said, in the interests of a bit of stability, I wouldn't have been against him being offered a contract extension. Lowe and Wilde have said they're going to be cutting costs and making unpopular decisions. The fruits of those pledges have already started to bear, whether you or I like it or not, and while we're in the situation of basically being run by Barclays and Norwich Union, there will be more around the corner, I'm sure, including player sales. That said, judging by the reports of the contrasts in first half and second half from last night, if some of the more experienced players did leave, it wouldn't be that much of a loss.
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Pretty sure Panesar was born in England.
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That is a very good point...
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Kevin Pietersen as England captain - good or bad decision?
stevegrant replied to Fowllyd's topic in General Sports
Nope, I'd have been 5 years old at the time... -
I think there's also doubts as to whether Sidebottom is actually any good against the top Test sides. It's all well and good getting excellent figures against the likes of the West Indies and New Zealand, but it's the likes of South Africa and Australia that are the real test.
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Very Very interesting (if you have any debts...)
stevegrant replied to Crouchie's Lawyer's topic in The Lounge
To be honest, anyone who tries to get out of a credit agreement on something as ridiculous as that is a **** and should have the interest rate instantly doubled, IMO. When you take out a loan, you are provided with the interest rate and an illustration of what the total payments over the course of the loan will be assuming you keep up with the repayments. The contract will also state penalty fees for late payments or defaults and also whether interest will be applied to those payments as well (and the rate, if different). When you sign the contract, you sign it to state that you have read the contract and agree to every single clause that is written in it. -
Well worth calling Bopara up as a "straight replacement" for Vaughan then...
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I take it you've got proof that it was a lie then?
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Three Cheers for the Admins In Getting Us Back Up And Running Again!!
stevegrant replied to 1976_Child's topic in The Saints
I think you'll be surprised to know that the stats don't appear to have changed very much at all in terms of the number of active users and the number of posts. The number of topics themselves have been reduced because non-paying members can't start new ones, but I don't see that as a problem because whereas now we appear to have people able to respond to an existing thread whereas before whenever anyone had anything to say (even if it had been discussed on a 5-page thread already on page 1), they'd start their own thread. Of course, on the old forum, people frequently resurrected threads that had dropped off the front page a week or two previously. That option isn't available at the moment as the post database has only been running for a few days. -
Three Cheers for the Admins In Getting Us Back Up And Running Again!!
stevegrant replied to 1976_Child's topic in The Saints
It would be fair to say that he's a hell of a lot closer than you are. -
There's no hard-and-fast "cheapest" provider, it really can be completely random. In the 7 years I've been driving, I've been insured by: CIS (now Co-Operative) Tesco Direct Line Bell Elephant.co.uk My premium will be cut by about 40% when I renew in November as I'll be 25 with 8 years' protected no-claims
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Ironic, given that that's what they're supposedly in place to fund...
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Excellent. So instead of using technology to improve the environment, we're going to be forced into walking or cycling everywhere because the roads are in too poor a condition to drive a car anywhere because all of the council's money has been blown seemingly on a competition to fit as many traffic lights as possible onto one 5-exit roundabout. Millbrook Roundabout did need work on it, but the only work that was needed was resurfacing due to all the holes created by lorries.
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There I was thinking roundabouts were for cars and to aid traffic flow... Anyway, there are hardly ever any pedestrians on that roundabout. The only time there are any is if they want to walk from KFC/McDonalds to Megabowl/whatever it's called now, and there's been a pedestrian crossing further up Tebourba Way for that purpose for years.
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Yep
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It never was paul allen(Takeover thread 1866)
stevegrant replied to AwaySaint1's topic in The Saints
I would imagine the OP meant that whoever this mystery person(s) is, is looking at two clubs and may or may not make a move to buy one or the other. Personally, I think it's all a load of rubbish.