benjii

Poletrix was next to it.

Being a ****-pit is sometimes a quality to be commended in a bar. I quite agree. Unfortunately, not this one IMO. Incidentally, the stone that The White House in Washington DC is made from was quarried on the island of Brac, just off the coast of Split, Croatia. Split is also the home of the only ever Wimbledon wild-card winner, Goran Ivanicevic. No ****.

It was indeed called Bar Centro and before that I think it was called something else... Polar? It tried to be a trendy bar but that never seemed to work for it, so it turned into a complete ****-pit. Which seems to work pretty well for it.

Yeah, Gazza's a great example of someone who didn't let off-field issues hamper them in achieving their potential.

In more ways than one.

We will never "know".

Not convinced Pardew's sacking was a bad thing in the long run!

"It's cos of them ooman rights innit mush".

It is indeed upsetting that a load of public money has been given away and that very little was demanded or achieved in return (see previous government for explanation).

Eh?

Presumably anyone to whom the answer "yes" applies who doesn't want to commit benefit fraud?

Obviously he doesn't have time for the red tape and cost of establishing a system that regulates the benefit in a more complicated way. This will apparently save £1bn each year and is quick and easy to implement and isn't going to push anyone into poverty IMO. A sensible way of trying to balance the ridiculous balance sheet he inherited. Over time, once the absurd finances have been put back on an even keel then maybe the rules can be adjusted to take account of that anomoly.

He wasn't very good on Saturday - it was the worst performance I've seen from him, I think. That said, he showed bottle, nerve and skill with the two penalties. No point dropping him IMO. We are good enough to carry him through a period of bad form; it'll be worth it when he starts firing again.

The Whitehouse FFS?! I can understand players wanting a beer after a good home win - especially when there is no match for a week. But why go to the Whitehouse on a Saturday night? Silly.

For the last time and for the benefit of our newest dinlo poster, when AFCB got promoted last year there were cheers at St Mary's; for as long as I've been going to Saints home matches an AFCB win being announced has been greated by cheers. There is no feeling there other than wanting to see our plucky near neighbours in their nice town that we like to visit occasional do well. Now, if you want to erode that by being nasty and bitter then fine but you're just throwing away goodwill, and for what? The chance of a "proper" derby in 50 years' time?

TBF we are already on a good run of form. If we beat Tranny it'll be 10 pts from 12. Top form in anyone's book.

FFS if we don't sign Antonio soon we're going down for sure FFS!

Can't comment on your dietary musings but re the sentiments on Puncheon, I agree. His attitude is first class. Always puts mistakes behind him, always hungry for the ball and work rate is excellent. We ate lucky to have, in him and Lallana, two of the fittest and hardest working players in the division who also happen to be two of the most gifted.

That's the acid test. They really have made themselves look pretty stupid and pathetic over the last week or two. Don't they know there were cheers at SMS when they got promoted FFS?

Bajereegah, I accept your apology.

Improved access? WTF? Some of you would do well to remember you're running a business not a fiefdom.

Are you thick?

Ok, I'll divulge something for a change but I can't tell you who my source is - it's some ****ed up bloke who hangs around the cheaper parts of the corporate hospitality areas spouting his mouth off to anyone who'll listen; he was probably a car salesman or builder with a liberal attitude to compliance and a penchant for hanging around golf clubs thinking it makes him a bit better than his real mates, not the ones who pretend to like him, and has an awful lot of low-grade "status symbols" purchased on credit and pretends to be knowledgeable about wine, whisky and brandy but is in fact a complete dunderhead - Pardew hasn't actually been fired... He observes matches under the guise of a goal post. You will have noticed that we only ever hit the left post. Look a bit closer at the right one on Saturday...

This is not Saints related at all. It is, at heart, a thread about the field of psychology.