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Jeff I do not want to sound rude but you come across as alpines older brother without his abuse and obscenities . Right back to the thread . I'm a happy clapper and cannot see any negligence in the clubs inability to sign a striker. I'm a patient about the process . Yes it would have been better to secure a player sooner rather than later . However I am of the believe it is the resistence of other clubs and agents who are holding up our potential signings and not Nicole

Alex Goring Crook ‏@alex_crook just off the phone to Damiaos agent he apologies for calling southampton minnows but we wil still talk to them if no one else comes knocking

Pietersen is arrogant enough to do somethning like this . If theres a way of cheating the system players in what ever sport will find away to get round the rules Kevin Pietersen has angrily denied reports in Australia which claimed he may have used special tape on his bat to prevent the detection of edges. The stories suggested players from both England and Australia could be investigated but only named Pietersen. "If I nick it, I'll walk," tweeted England batsman Pietersen, 33. "To suggest I cheat by covering my bat with silicon [in order to fool the Hot Spot system] infuriates me. Such horrible lies

I see the wee man doon the road has been supping lots of drams again and talking gobblygook Glasgae Saint The club (Nicola / MoPo) have been shouting their mouths off all summer about ambition, top 4 bla bla bla. A clever ploy to shift season tickets or simply niavity/stupidity?

Alex Goring Crook @alex_crook . Pompey threatening to sue saints as they want their shirt back so they can have a full strip for the coming season

This should be made a golden thread

Apps you saw a couple of friendly games . What were your honest opinions of all the players including Isgrove and the likes . Do we have a bright future . Please be objective with your appraisal of the players you saw . Forget about the actual games as they were warm up games . But you can tell a lot about positional sense speed etc

Happychappy @Alpine_triangularchocolate I beleive saints will have a top ten finish this season

Not quite true Ken about pupils getting them electronically . Not every pupil has an email address, In scotland the do use Text and emails , if the pupils signs up to that mode. But the traditional exam results are still sent in paper form > Its probably individual schools that have to put them into envelopes to go to the pupils, hence the reason they are recieved a few days earlier

Just seen this news report http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23586290 Can you imagine sitting on the loo and then there is an implosion caused by one of these fatberg build ups Talk of Sh*t happening

Jeff I can still see the need to have an additional striker in the squad but I think MP has a number of options he can use, How about Garston alongside Jrod or SRL , even AL, guly etc can play there. For me the important thing is our midfield attacking options , thats where the potent threat and chances will be created from. PS Is Barry also Stanley by any chance or am I rumbling about in the wrong sand dune ?

Ken Tone I beleive they came in last frida . and students only got them today. I guess its down to the logistics of sending them out across scotland and having teachers prepared for supporting those kids that have not done so well. Socttish schools education / holidays starts earlier (At least a week if not two ) than their counterparts in Endland Ken. Scottish pupils start back on the 13 /14th August while English schools start back on 2nd September

Watched BBC scotland this morning, and the article on exam results I was wondering how come the media go to a school to film two random kids opening their exam results , and hey presto they have 5 A grades bu they never seem to have someone that has a grade 5 or 6 , Then I realised that these two kids were specially chosen as the school knew last wek who had got straight A grades. Is it not time to stop this annual ritual of going to a school filming to alleged random kids who always seem to get top grades in every subject. Is this not demeaning to other kids and their parents who will be getting much lower grades or even failing I dont want to spoil the success of thosethat have done well , but these tv reports are stage managed with the help of the school as they had the results last week

By the way Jeff congratulations on becoming a full member and Im being genuine here

Jeff How can you come out with such a comment umless you are a disaffected member of the coaching staff "I feel it's been negligent trying to buy players that are quite blatantly out of our reach as a club. We've been knocked back by them all so far and as far as we can see they have no plan B in place (evident by the lack of rumours about other strikers" Like me you have know real Idea who we are trying to sign. We have been linked with scores of players this summer. I bekieve a lot of that is about agents get their player in the spotlight. nothing more nothing less. Look at the luke shaw issue. there were those on here who were convinced he was going to sign for chelsea. So which part of the word negligent are you referring to in respect of the clubs transfer dealings Jeff inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter" careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark" diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" Failing to take proper care in doing something: "directors have been negligent in the performance of their duties".

Jeff why is it negligent the way the club have gone about not signing a striker . Armchair fans are so in the know how the club functions and procures players . . The club does its transfer business professionally and only announce a new signing when it is completed . Contrary to your views the club do not sit on their arse twiddling there thumbs . Ps I look forward to your remaining post for the day

Barry Thats some of the points I make. Normally Local education authorities have their own supply set up . I think the issue about agencies is another matter, Its possible that that agency has a poor reputation for providing teaching staff that the education authorities ignore them . So that is why your friend is used further afield. May some schools are using the older teachers who retired becuase they were in a clique . It does go on sadly. Back to the agencies , They charge the earth for bank staff such as nurses etc and the actual individuals do not get the full rate for the job I have been there and done that. Thats where the real exploitation occurs. Investigate recruitment agencies

Bridge If a teacher retires at 55 In scotland, which they are allowed to to do if they came into service after 2006 get their pension and lump sum and some can retire at 50 if they were in the SSTS scheme before then, I hear the complaint of long hours frequently , but since the Mcrone (Scotland) agreement teachers hours in scotland have changed a lot with the emphasis on a reduction in the amount of administration they are required time amd the need to focus on pupil contact time , I cant comment on what goes on in England Now my point is the same teachers who moaned about long hours who retire with their package and pension then come back almost imediatley to work nearly full time as a supply teacher. Is this right? In my opinion it is not, what about the decent young teachers out there , should they not get priority? So please do not think teachers are down trodden , they are not . particularly the over 50 group,

well there are thousnads of teachers on the supply register , call it casual or zero hours contracts. but the do get called in when the contracted Look at teachers sickness absence rates In 2011-12 a total of 2.2 million days were lost to teachers’ sickness absence in Englnad alone for those teachers who took sickness this equated to 8.1 day the cost of this sickness is horrendous , well in excess of £500M not including the disruption caused to pupils etc and then the cost of using supply teachers Schools in england continue to make extensive use of supply teachers, who account for 5 per cent of their spend on teachers, £875 million in total. Many of the supply teachers used have taken early retirement under the teachers scheme and then come back to do almost the same job of teaching they had before the took the option for early retirement But hey Barry dont let these facts cloud your judgement

Barry you have a terrible habit of twisting the facts of a decent debate, Those who are genuinely of sick should not be at work . however there are thousands who just throw a sickie because they cant be bothered to go to work . There are those that come to work at all costs because they feel it is their duty There are those that come to work when they shopuld be at home , Its called presenteism. I avoid the left wing right wing political debates that go on, but deal with the facts on each case/ Did you know that if a contracted employee goes of sick for what ever reason , their shift will be offered to someone on a casual contract particualrly in Education and Socal Care within the Public sector. You would have a fit if you knew how many billions are used to cover for public sector employees who are off sick whether care staff teachers or educational support staff. If these aspects were debated at the same time as the zero hours debate . then zero hours contracts would be put into perspective

As usual the media are jumping to all the wrong conclusions about Zero contracts or Casual contracts. The proper use of these does not exploit staff. although Im sure there are some employers who may use them for the wrong purposes. Fruit pickers is one area and private cleaning and care companies may not offer work to someone if they cry of sick or not cabable to do the job. Th Majority of casual work may well be filled by staff who have part time work. for instance a social care assisant might also have a number ofcasual contract for Home care or social care in another unit. cleaning etc and if offered work they will undertake it providing it fits in with their lifestyle or affects benefits etc I dont hear those bleating on about Zero contracts , mentioning care ,nursing building industry type agencies. Lets go back to gang workers AND THE LIKES OF o'KELLY vS Trust house Forte PLC or Nethermere (St Neots) Ltd Vs Gardner employment contracts, Then you will see exploitation

I blame unbelievable Jeff for the lack of acivity . is he a skate or windup merchant? 4 posts , Jeff you should understand football as a whole. There has not been much transfer activity United with Fabrigas, Arse with suarez, chelsea and rooney et al, There is a general lull in decent players being transfered Saints have been trying to buy players who are better than what we already have, also we have given a lot of long new contracts to existing players, Shaw, lambert puncheon spider etc etc do they not count.

Watched some of the cricket on Telly yesterday , cant help thinking that some of the english players are acting like Chavs. especially broad. This constantant appealling and reviews is not helpful for the game , And broad even tried to appeal to the square leg umpire even though the reveiw had saidnot out. Some of the players are using over paid prima donna footballers as their mentors. Even cook appealed when he was clearly out this morning PS given the amount of referrals, and the time it takes . I believe that there should be extra overs played at the end of each days play , in order to stop this time wastings. OH and you should only go of the pitch if you are genuinely injured or need a puncheon .

Hutch . She had over 2 thousand passengers when she arrived here yesterday . So they are not complaining

I enjoyed that too. QE was majestic in Kirkwall . It was fantastic being up close to her . I will put some pictures up later . She's on her way to Dublin and then St. Peter's port before she returns to soton .