benjii

Yeah, I would have no problem with swapping Rudi and Surman around. I do think Rudi is a slightly better left-back though.

He would only have used it to bludgeon trout to death.

Listen mate, I didn't pay a fiver to look to the future and move on. I consider membership of this place a gold-plated licence to moan and I intend to use it to its full potential as and when I see fit.

Great minds think alike. Quiet day at the office mate? Loving the Chelts photos.

Corporate takovers aren't "transparent" though. They are generally confidential. They don't have to say anything but obviously there is a large degree of public interest and there is also a sensible commercial reason for trying to offer fans encouragement that there is a decent future.

Cheers! It actually looks reasonaly strong IMO. Certainly don't think that 11, in that formation (ie, proper wide players), would have spent much time in the bottom 3 this season.

Yes, but in a footballing context it doesn't really work. How do you identify the poor performers? What are the measurement indicators to apply? How do you sack one midfielder but not another? Do you take on-field discipline into consideration? Do you take brand commerciality into consideration? It just doesn't really work. As an industry, it is just too idiosyncratic.

Does making drugs illegal actually achieve anything, at all? If drugs were legal would everyone be monged out? I'm honestly not sure.

Good point. Souness wanted to but Lowe vetoed it. That's the real reason Souness left.

Those in uproar would have been idiots. Actually, that's harsh. Those in uproar would not have been fully appraised of the facts; unlike the board. He's gash anyway. In fact, I'm not even sure there would have been uproar. Everyone was expecting player sales. Fair enough, we hoped it would be Rasiak or John or Saga etc... but it wasn't, so it should have been someone else.

We would have raised approx £1m? Maybe a bit more. The team would not have suffered one iota. To allow SLH to fall into administration was lazy and incompetent and smacks of a half-arsed approach. Not surprising considering the CEO who came back to "save Saints", apart from beng barking mad, worked a two-day week. Not surprising considering the chairman of the football club is a tax exile. Useless, incompetent idiots.

Spot on. I hate waiting for French Fries.

Well, clearly he was wrong. People are allowed to be wrong. Even Rupert is allowed to be wrong. It's the endless repetition of the same mistakes and the inability to recognise that our failings are a symptom of these mistakes that really grates with people.

It's a routine internal committee meeting isn't it, and we happen to be one item on the agenda? That was my understanding. I don't think we're required to plead anything at this stage (although no doubt someone will have been in touch to ensure our position is known).

I agree with the premises; however the conclusion depends on the relevant interested party being of sound mind and is thus uncertain!

Is Billy Connolly involved in the takeover bid as well? Awesome! I like his little beard.

Celtic would be bloody expensive! It's not like Saints and Celtic will ever be in competition with each other either. (I am not, in any way, subscribing to the veracity of this rumour)

Lowe built it himself.

Gates fell by 1,563,000% under Lowe and we averaged 0.001357 points. Under Crouch our avergae attendance was 499,222. Of course there's no evidence in support of this but it is fact. I go on gut feel. If I am later shown to be talking nonsense I will just ignore these figures and plough on regardless with my weird, obsessive hobby.

Not trying to start an argument - just for a laugh in case anyone's missing the ruddy cheeked old bounder. On Steve Wigley: "No, but I believe that Steve Wigley - who is back, incidentally, as director of youth football - could have done it if people, the board and the supporters, had had a greater degree of belief in him." The old "blame the fans" - a classic tactic, mercilessly employed with the rapier precision of the preening matador. On Glenn Hoddle: "Everyone makes mistakes; the art is to learn from them" Rupert, the artless high priest of irony. On the grounds for employ of the gentle art of persuasion: "Harry's made it quite clear that if we remain in the Premier League, he's keen to stay. He is less keen to stay here if we don't." On stability: "Having Harry at the helm next season will add the stability that we needed so badly last year" On mixed metaphor: "Having spent ten years building it up, I have no regrets about putting my head in the lion's jaws and coming back. I just happen to be the chairman when the ship, which was holed below the waterline when I arrived, finally sank." Let's hope the lion doesn't drown. On bare-faced nonsense: "I bear no grudges"

I would pick: ------------------KD------------------ James---Perry----Saieaiaeijs------Skacel BWP---Schneiderlin----Euell------Surman ----------McG---------Saga------------

Jesus.... what does the guy have to do? He was one of our best performers yesterday in all respects: effort and output.

Not too sure about this actually!

But if they're sold with a clear health warning ie. "the club today offers fans the chance to help it survive the season financially. The cut-price tickets are sold on the understanding that there is material doubt over the ability of the group to survive this season" I don't think there would be a problem. Yes, wrongful trading (ie trading whilst knowingly insolvent) is unlawful but then we shouldn't be selling tickets for any home games this season on that basis and, as we know, the football club aint insolvent . Add to this the fact that any reborn professional guise of SFC will undoubtedly honour the season tickets and you have little cause for concern.

I think that's harsh. He posed much more of an attacking threat than Lallana managed in the previous 70 minutes and at two goals behind, frankly I couldn't care less if he didn't track back much.