Dark Munster

If you promise to stop posting irritating animated gifs I'll take you off my ignore list.

Top bloke, excellent player. 22 goals in 42 England appearances says it all. A Crouch type player is what we've been missing for several seasons now.

And those two had ability, so there was at least a chance of them being decent for us. On the other hand everyone knew how awful the Donkey was before we even signed him. Everyone except of course Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and the Clown. So pound for pound he has to be the worst ever signing.

In fairness he did have an operation on it, so I suspect it was real. I don't mind him moving on after 2 years if that was the agreement he had with the club (which it appears to be). But that was with the tacit understanding that he'd give 2 good years of service to Saints. But he didn't. He missed a large chunk due to the injury, while receiving wages and treatment by the club. So I don't think it's unreasonable to repay that and give one more (hopefully injury-fee) year for us before moving on (at presumably a much higher price if he performs well next season).

Maybe it's something to do with the recent forum upgrade?

I think great goals by players who rarely score are all flukes by definition! In stark contrast to the many beauties by MLT.

You're right, he's not (yet) a brilliant player. But on his day he is brilliant, which I think is the point. Unfortunately "on his day" is extremely rare.

Donald thinks this is a 50 over match. 21 fours and 5 sixes already! Making a statement about being dropped in place of Soames?

Holland 122 n.o. Donald 157 n.o. off 126 balls

That was then. After the Clown and Sparky fiascos (and near disastrous relegations) it appears the owner and board now realise how priceless a quality manager is. They seem to be doing everything to make Ralph happy, and I wouldn't be surprised if that includes big bonuses. Money well spent (unlike the litany of disastrous Reed purchases and player contracts).

No, he belongs to the "Inexplicable Saint legends who were actually rubbish" thread.

They should use head to head as the first tie breaker. That would avoid a lot of the NRR shenanigans.

In fairness Soames did twice as well in the second innings as the first. In the first innings he only lasted 3 balls, but in the second he managed to last for 6 balls.

Club hair stylist?

The plane to Macau?

This. That's what happened at the World Cup in Russia. And we had one of the best tournaments in decades.

Fair enough. But if Cedric goes we do need a replacement.

The donkey, definitely. But Osvaldo clearly had talent and seemed an exciting signing at the time. No one predicted he'd be a complete nutter.

Not a chance with the opening pair of tail enders. Without wanting to sound like Dalek, the main thing is to avoid finishing bottom. Fortunately Warks, Notts and Kent should make that a straightforward task.

Shame they weren't bowled out for 40 something. Would've made an even stronger claim for an unsatisfactory pitch. Maybe Essex let the tail enders add a few runs to make it less obvious.

What's Hants' record low score?

https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?60717-Saints-1-Cardiff-City-2-post-match-dissection#.XQVw6_lKjOQ

This. Give the VAR ref 30 seconds maximum to rule an offside, etc. If they can't decide by then, then it's not a clear and obvious error and the ref's or assistant ref's original decision holds. Simples.