benjii

He is good mates with Rupert Lowe and the car park attendant at The Dell.

Oldham?! FFS - we should be signing players from the Premier League. And when I say "Premier League" I don't mean some kid from Fulham, I mean someone who regularly gets on the bench for United of Manchester.

That's quite a sensible plan, no? I don't think posting a treatise on a forum would be particularly commodious.

Let's hope he doesn't read this then!

Thanks, there is a clear application process on the NATS website so I think I know what I need to do. They go into a reasonable amount of detail about the various stages of the process. Another big plus is that the college training courses they run appear to start at several different intervals throughout the year so there is no time pressure to meet a 2011 deadline which means I can really mull it over for a while.

Cheers. Like I said earlier, I don't intend to apply until later in the summer, if at all, as I don't want to rush into something but I will certainly bookmark that.

As if Aresenal would be interested in Schneiderlin.

This thread made me think of this: I'm not trying to be inappropriate or funny but it really did bring this song to mind.

Sorry to hear it didn't work out. That's interesting because academically all they ask for is 5 GCSEs. If the maths test is really that stiff then you wonder why they don't save themselves some time by asking for people with mathematical A-Levels? I have Maths and Physics A-Levels but, blimey, if I sat them now it would be a horror show!

Yes, I think the standard shift pattern is two mornings, two afternoon/evenings, then two nights. But then 4 days off (which I like the sound of). I only encounter stress when my work messes with my life outside work. I am happiest when I'm working in a fast paced and intense environment so if I could do that but have the certainty that I will be going home at the right time then I think I would thrive.

I should probably add that my current job required me to do two more years at uni and incur some hefty debts so it will raise some eyebrows if I do quit but my view is that it's better to waste two years that have gone than waste the next 35-40 years that are coming!

Well, it's a bit random but I quite fancy being an Air Traffic Control Officer! You are paid to study for around a year (the £10k bit, although I think it might be more like £11k actually). After that you train on the job for two years and you qualify at the start of your third year. Once qualified, the money is comparable to being two or three years qualified in a regional firm doing what I do now (I am currently 1.5 years' qualified). So basically, I would be taking a pay cut for three years to get back to what I am on now. But, the thing I don't like about my current job is that it can follow you everywhere. You sometimes have to cancel plans, you have to work evenings for no extra reward, you might have to work to the small hours then be on a train to London the next day at 07:30 and you don't get any real reward for doing those extra hours. You might get a bonus at the end of the year but once the tax man's had his 40%, the NI has been taken off, the student loan company has had their cut.... the reward is outweighed by the effort and the risk of not hitting targets anyway. The major plus about my job is that after about ten years, if you're doing well, you have the potential to earn anything from £150k-£2m p.a. But, in the current market, career advancement is difficult without lateral moves which carry their own risks and are harder to achieve at the junior level. The major plus of the Air Traffic Control job is the regular hours and the fact that when your shift is finished that's it! You can make plans, you will not have a Crackberry winking at you from the corner of your lounge... etc. You work 6 days and then have 4 days off and of course the main control centre is in Swanwick so it's convenient for the Saints. I am seriously thinking about it. I think I will stick with my current job until late summer and reassess then.

Alpine, you crack me up.

TBF, but for a bad decision we would have won so I don't really see the issue.

It's like explaining something to a child

Right, let's get this straight so we can all learn our lessons and move on: If someone is being a bellend, whether in a Tory Party, a bastard, or a troupe of bellends or individually, it is your duty to inform them of this regardless of the likelihood of a bout of fisticuffs occurring. If the person who has been reprimanded then sticks a snake up your rectum or waggles his willy at you throught the clenching of some sort of pelvic sphincter you must not, however, inform or cooperate with the police. Anyone observing this whole spectacle is well within their rights to stand up but may be asked to sit down.

I can understand that.

Exactly. It's all very well saying a yogurt is more important than a player if you've just won.

If it's actually a radio link you're after then yeah, link yourself into 96.1FM in the Solent region!

Have you got past the wan-king stage yet?

As per every league match, I believe Saints Player will be your only chance. Saints Player is not a radio however it broadcasts audio content online.

The chap who says it is in their interests for us to get promoted makes a good point. I think any mid-table team should really be lying over and letting us wallop them. It increases their chance of promotion next season.

Well, good luck with that. I couldn't possibly face going back to uni again - too many overheads now. I am weighing up a career move which would require me to drop down to about £10k p.a for a shortish training period (less than one year) and I'm not sure that is feasible. It certainly isn't without seeking rent free accommodation from the family!

It was in our hands before the Bournemouth win. It has been in our hands for some considerable time.

It has always been in our hands. You are a prize pillock.