benjii

Two of the most repulsive people on the planet.

Correct. They get something like £65k don't they at the moment? Complete pittance considering the demands of the job.

They will have no infrastructure, Gaydamak will probably still own all the land, who will own PFC? They are still in for a massive load of rubbish. And why is everyone suddenly ****ting themselves that they'll win the cup? Pathetic. They will not beat Chelsea. No chance. You're probably the same bed-wetters who start whistling after 88 minutes when we're defending a lead.

Can't see Gaydamak agreeing to sell the land for 30% of his debt. Not that there's a buyer lined up anyway. Or rather a bona fide buyer.

I can't agree with the view that making a final is something amazing. The final we made in 2003 was no big deal IMO. If we'd won it then great. But we lost. As will the Skates. I don't look back on it now as some sort of glorious adventure. It was a great laugh but ultimately we've got nothing to show for it. As for how many different teams have won the cup - I agree, not many. But that doesn't mean PFC put themselves in that position by any dastardly doings. They got a very lucky draw. The only notable result was a lucky win at Man U. They didn't buy the cup and they weren't "living the dream" in that sense. Any one of a number of other clubs could have achieved the same thing save for not having the luck of the draw - we would have done in 2003 had our easy draw continued into the final and we had faced Cardiff instead of Arsenal. But hey, that's cup football (I remember Milwall in the final, not long ago). I don't see the link between a few lucky cup runs and their off-the-field antics. Yesterday, a poor Premiership team got a win against a slightly-better-than-average Prem team that played badly. It happens. The seeds for many a year in the doldrums have been well and truly sown though. If they were "living the dream", then so were we. Their "dream" was one year of success and a few years in the top flight. Our dream was one which is likely to position us within the premier crop of English football clubs equipped to deal with the financial realities of the game in the 21st century. I prefer our dream.

Chill out! Chelsea will spank them. It will hurt the Few. They are down. They are a useless business proposition. They owe money to people you really wouldn't want to owe money to. All is sweet. Let W******d have another day at Wembley... the next one will be a long time coming (well, they might have a good campaign in the JPT one year). As for "living the dream" - if the dream is a cup win and a couple of years in the top flight then, yes they have, but it's a fairly modest dream that any number of clubs could realistically achieve.

I don't blame them for trying this at all. If you are the administrator and there is a possible revenue stream that can be opened you might as well fire of a quick missive saying "look, sorry we didn't apply, any chance of reconsidering?". It's a whole different kettle of fish to their antics this season IMO.

Didn't the Lib Dems win Winch or Romsey by about 200 votes last time? If so, I would expect that to go Blue.

I think they all deserve a 6.

Well, I think there is a gulf in class between Chelsea and Spurs and I still expect them to get battered. They will probably not be gifted two goals either.

Labour will probably continue to embarrass themselves throughout the campaign. I would expect their vote to be lower than currently predicted. Who that vote goes to (if anyone) is harder to predict IMO.

The Wellington has been recommended on the Main Board.

His physicality is superb.

I wonder what that looks like? Probably like a scene from Saving Private Ryan. But with pigs.

Well, I think yesterday's performance showed that they should have got a lot more points this season. That will be hard to take IMO. Losing a final will suck too. Especially when it is the last thing remotely positive about the club. When we lost to Arsenal it was ok because we (thought we) still had a bright future at the time and we had PL stability and Europe to look forward to. Their match against Chelsea will be the only positive thing on the horizon for years and years. I think it will be hard for them to take. Of course not everyone thinks the same.

Ok - well I only read the Saints stuff on the Echo so if that's the case and Dan is being edited badly then I apologise to him.

Yep, 8 players booked, one of whom twice.

I think they should appeal to UEFA. If they get let in it will probably be funny. Yesterday was, in many ways, the perfect outcome. Redknapp failed, PFC achieved, well another trip to Wembley to get destroyed by Chelsea. Whoppee doo. It probably made them a couple of £m. Again, whoppee doo. Drop in the ocean. It's made Redknapp look silly and will only make the relegation pill harder to swallow.

Obvioulsy I echo the sentiments but why does he insist on starting a new paragraph every sentence? It's quite an odd style and inhibits expression beyond the superficial. All it does is make everything sound like a hackneyed truism and inhibits the development of any sort of argument-flow.

He still needs to improve on his defending but he has the potential to be one of the best players in the world in his position. No exagerration IMO.

Pub anyone?

Exactly. This is the third tier. No team goes through a season without losing to a ****e team now and again. We are also likely to be stronger at RB next season than we have been this season.

Most of them are utterly clueless. We all know Alan Wiley got his two big decisions wrong today but even putting those aside, there were numerous occasions where he stopped play and hindered the team who had been fouled (Spurs, usually!). Just rank bad refereeing. Mind you, some of the ones you see in Europr aren't much better. The problem is that football refs usually seem to be gimpy malcordinated geekazoids who obviously have never played any physical sport to even a competent school-boy level.

Lol. They're not going to beat Chelsea and old Saggy Face is going to miss out on Europe as Spurs' season has just ended. Every cloud

Thought I'd lob it in there! I'm pretty sure 90 points would always be enough for second place. Looking at the table now, Leeds would finish on 92 if they won their last five matches and Milwall would finish on 93 if they did. Also, if we win 4 or 5 of our last 6 our average will creep up a bit more. Basically, for three quarters of this season we have shown virtual top 2 form. The quarter where we didn't was the first; it wasn't some blip in the middle. That suggests to me that we are consistent enough and good enough to finish top 2 next year. On top of that, I think the league will generally be weaker and over the season we will probably be stronger.