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It will be when Rupert Lowe is found hanging from the tree.

And when are you harking back to, Cromwell ? He was not particularly pleasant to many in England either. Bringing it forward a few hundred years,were the British ,(or English as most of the Catholic Irish seem prepared to overlook the involvement of Scots,or Welsh in blame) responsible for the Potatoe Famine ? Troops going into Northern Ireland in the late 1960's were to protect the Catholic community. Admittedly this is only a very few extracts from history,but its easy for the extremists in NI to perpetrate the myth that all their ills,social,ecomomic and natural,are the fault of the English.

For the unitiated amongst us, is Cat C, a high or low priority ? I'm surprised if we have a high grading on the 'punch up' rating.

I'd settle for the first part of that frankly.The continued plight of the skates would be a bonus. I'm totally with Ponty on this one:

Neither did I.Please don't leave us in suspense without telling us the manufacturer. What is the favourite tractror on the forum ? Maybe we could have a poll.(it might even turn out to be a "straw poll"). John Deere gets my vote.

A pertinent question asked at the time though,was the deal "right" for the club,or "right" for Dullieu,Hone and Andy Oddknob - or whatever his name was - who were going to pocket out of it ? Then as now,such serious issues were clouded by the personalities involved and doubts over their true motives.Did Lowe and Wilde look to 'spike' the deal to prevent others taking from they considered their own trough ? Frankly,we will never really know. To paraphrase your final comment : The futures sh1te,the futures Low(e).

As I recall there was some inrigue as to the possibility of the two Dutch coaches,but no protests or 'backlash'. After relegation,the 'Arry saga,and of course the SCW/Simon Clifford circus hitting town, most Saints fans were numbed to whatever could come next.Afterall,anything was possible on Planet Rupert. The only feature or article at the time to question the wisdom of the appointment was that written by,attributed to Alan Ball.Shortly after GB's appointment Wotte was quoted as saying AB's article had been instrumental in "costing" him the job.Perhaps Wotte is now a little too cautious to speak ill of Alan Ball in fear of really upsetting the Saints faithful. This bit intrigues me also :

Agree with those I've marked in bold. I'd want Ted Bates in the legends,and for me Alan Ball as well given his contribution as a player,and then briefly manager in keeping us up. Others with an outstanding claim to be "legend" status are Mick Channon,Terry Paine and Ron Davies. Icons : John McGrath,Jimmy Gabriel, Ivan Golac and Brian O'Neil.

That is probably a fair summary. Above all though I'm pleased that he is making a recovery.

He'll probably end up at Watford anyway.

Didn't do Brian Clough or Mourinho any harm did it ? I think we want/need a manager to get wins,and points not win a popularity contest. Personally I feel a lot of antipathy towards Wotte will remain as he is seen as 'soiled' by association with Lowe.

And Barnsley.

Two home wins out of two is probably morew than we might reasonably have expected given our form at SMS this season,but achieve it we have. Sadly I think we have left ourselves far too much to do.Rather like our relegation from the premiership we have frittered away too many matches that were winnable in the early part of the season,whilst Lowe keeps faith in an underperforming manager.

Remember a bloke in a pub complaining of no bog roll when he returned from the gents,and saying he had resorted to using his cheque book as an alternative.

On a similar theme: You're going home in a Hampshire ambulance

Think I've already answered this for you further up the thread.(post 17) Have checked,it was Alf Charles 1936/7 although he only played one match.

Think it was easrlier than that.1920's. Alf Charles from memory.Will have to consult one of the history books when I get home.

Maybe we could get a modern Michelangelo to paint the boardroom ceiling with a Saints related theme. Using this as a brief,also from Wikipedia : .."Nah,b0ll0cks to that", said Rupert,"draw me a steam engine instead".

Wow, democracy in action !

Alan Sugar was a pr!ck;even Lowe got that bit correct. The nearest chairman to Lowe in terms of ego is possibly Ron Noades ( who did actually put himself in charge of team selection once) or Simon Jordan. I expect Wimbledon also have a pretty low - no pun intended - opinion of the f^cker who took them to MK as well,and Sam Hamman who wanted to relocate to Dublin.

...unlike some of our players who go missing in matches

Peter Swales. Ridsdale at Leeds.

Just seen this on the news forum: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4151050.Man_lived_with_dead__wife__for_more_than_ten_weeks/ Reminded me of the old joke,(possibly Billy Connolly) about the man with a dead wife being asked by the Police did he not think something was wrong with her ."Well, our sex life was much the same but I did notice the washing up piling up a bit..."

The article seemed more of a prestige event for the City Cruise Terminal rather than Saints to be honest. But perhaps it vindicates His Rupertship's long held view about "best catering in the south".After which nothing else really matters,

Does singing "ba,ba black sheep"* offend two minority groups for the price of one ? *or a variation on it