Dark Munster

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hibs-ace-leigh-griffiths-fathers-1364667

Has he ****ing signed yet?

Don't particularly like the man, but I think he's spot on here. Meanwhile, Holloway has hit out at the state of the transfer market as he prepares Palace for their return to the Premier League. The former Blackpool boss wrote in his Sunday Mirror column: "The wages being asked when I was last in the top flight were mind-blowing. Now they are just plain crazy. "It's no longer a transfer market. It's a meat market - with vultures that like to call themselves agents picking the game down to its bare bones. "I have lost count of the number of players we have been offered since we hit a £100million jackpot with our play-off win over Watford. Many agents seem to believe that money belongs to them by right. Some approach you, claiming to have a mandate to work on behalf of players and the clubs that are selling them. In reality, most of the time, they have no agreement in place and are just chancing their arm. "A few times, we have been offered players who we are interested in - only for fees and wage demands to double or treble once negotiations begin. It has been very frustrating because we need to give ourselves a fighting chance and are still short of quality and numbers. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/165/8865681/holloway-hopes-to-help-chamakh

Beat Essex today in a low scoring match. Second in their group, with a match in hand. But only 4 teams qualify from the 3 groups, so the game against Lancashire could be vital.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?44154-Summer-2013-HCDAJFU-Transfer-thread#.UgezhWQ6WXI

If only we had a Summer 2013 HCDAJFU / Transfer thread. Oh wait, we do. It's hard to find I know, but here it is: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?44154-Summer-2013-HCDAJFU-Transfer-thread#.UgezhWQ6WXI

Not really Minty. I remember from 2007: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Worcestershire (227–6) v Northamptonshire (222–2)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Actually I lied. I got it from Wiki.

Hants win by 1 run. Madness!

4 needed off last ball

Hants 202-2 off their 20. Carberry a brilliant 100* (getting there off the last ball!)

The Cherries dropped 7 players for tonights gentle work-out. Anyway, congratulations to the plucky Cheats FC for holding the mighty Bournemouth reserve team to only a 1-0 defeat.

They'll be focusing on the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. The old yo-yoing from league to non-league strategy.

Plan D?

Brilliant!

And some said that it was time to close this thread. But as we nutjobs predicted, there are plenty more laughs still to come.

I 4-1 think it's a bit unfair to mock the afflicted. Oh, what the hell.

Well, his name often comes up if one of our players is up for a new contract: "If he signs, let's hope he doesn't do a Saganowski."

Not to mention the minus god knows what point deduction in February if they go into their umpteenth administration. Parachute payments don't last for ever. Or maybe they do, for the Cheats?

Well I can think of at least one, our ex-resident skate who left a year or two ago with his tail between his legs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Obligatory picture.

You plastic fan. No seriously, I have only one word for those like you who are not from Southampton, but chose Saints over Arsenal, Liverpool, ManUre, etc:

Yes. Yes they will.

This thread needs a bit of balance: