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I have PMed BS to ask him

Well he is not registered as an agent looking at the international agents listings? So advisor? He was the guy that sorted the deal for Wotte and Jan

Cheers jan, that the fella well done Kim Van Der Waals

The guy was the one that Barcalona Saints met at the airport. He sorted the deal for the"dutch duo" to come to SMS. Im hoping BS will come and and remind us of his name, I will send him a PM

I thought you were saying AP senior was going to sign another ex saint

in the related videos i saw this...............made my day http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2hUkOe_MBdM&feature=related

Funny you should say that! He was in there with his g/f and an older chap looking at tv's and laptops. Should think he is a decent wage now

Well Jan Paul Size was in Currys in West Quay at about 2 o'clock

You having a laugh Steve We wont beat Swansea at home

Norwich Away Swansea Home Sheffield Utd Home Watford Away Bristol City Away How many points?

100 % correct there! If this was any other club there would be major protests. 250 outside reception at the end should have been 2500 and more!

Nick sorry but after a **** day, that has made me laugh! So what your telling me is that fans singing and supporting the team works? Have I missed something then? Personally the anit lowe stuff / protests outside SMS should have started months ago!

well ?

I bet you the club will deny all knowledge and say it will discipline the person concerned. I then hope that person comes forward to say he was told from aboce to ask him to leave. This smells very much when Lowe dragged Graham Hiley in to the fans forum to say that was written was all Hileys doing and nothing to do with Lowe!

That happened in the Itchen too! Sorry but some old bloke saying we should support the team instead of singing anit lowe songs. Well sorry, Saints have had my support for the whole of this season and now it is time

Talking about Morroccans! CMFG currently resides in Cyprus and has loved the place for many years. In 2001 we were there and flew up to Aiy Napa to meet Dean Richards and Hassan Kachoul. Had a night there and Hassan was happy because he had verbally agreed a contract with Ipswich on about 8 times his salary that he got from Saints. In the morning Hassan received a call from his agent Eric to say Villa had renewed their interest and formally offered a new deal. Now Im not mentioning figures on here but this was 2001 and wages were silly, this deal was worth nearly 15 times his weekly wage at Saints! and even todays standards a frigging good wage with a nice hefty signing on fee as he was a free agent. So you can imagine he was chuffed very chuffed. Well on the way back to airport the taxi driver was a complete loon, driving like Lewis Hamilton through small one way streets, cutting people up etc. So Hassan perks up and says slow down you you fool! We are in no rush, Im enjoying and savouring being a poor man, because when I and back in the UK Im a millionaire!

See i told I would hog the board! Dave Jones is one of the most down to earth nicest guys I have met. I did some IT consultancy for Dave at his house in Chilworth and ever since have seen him maybe a few times a year. When we played Wolves in the cup in 2003, one of the lads I coached football was a big Wolves fan. His dad had promised to take him to the game in the Wolves end but was quickly whipped off to Iraq as he was in the forces. The young lad was heart broken about his Dad going to Iraq and was even more upset about missing the wolves game So I rang Dave and spoke to his secretary explained who I was and he rang me back 20 mins later. I took the lad to the De Vere where I was greeted by Dave Jones, was introudec to the coaching staff and a few of the players. They gave him a shirt and also gave him a pair of tickets for him and his mum! Again an absolute gent of man.

Yeah your right about JB, decent guy, and have loads of footy takes about him which Ill say later as Im hogging the board now! I think I remember the guy used to come in the player lounge quite a laugh

Sorry I might get boring now, I have loads My missus used to help run the Saints Supporters Club at the Dell with Betty with those of you who remember her. Well she was working one Saturday and there was a reserve game and in walked Nicky Banger, Perry Groves and Terry Hurlock. They were going to have a couple of beers, few games of pool and then go into watch the game. Well me and my mate hammering them at pool and about 5 pints later we went to the winston and stayed until about 9. I dont remember much but I woke up in the morning with a hang over and not very well!

With FF talking about Brucie, I will never forget the day we had to sneek him into the Dell! I was working as a steward in a team which is now the repsonse team, so we didnt really have normaly stewarding duties, it was mainly players and officals we looked after. We had a call to say goto (i think) 3 gate in the archers road. So off we trundled, we then had a call to open it. With that Brian Truscotts car came blazing down Archers Road stopped outside 3 gate and in dived Brucie! He also went out the same way and the press never got close to him.

Another story of mine, is when my best mates brother who was 13 at the time was diagnosed with a brain tumour (hes ok now 6yrs on) He was in Soton general and had been for a couple of months and really low. His fav player was Chris Marsden, and as I knew Chris, I went around to see him and he agreed to sort something out. Well after several more ops my mates brother was semi fit for visitors so I arranged for Mazza to pay him a visit. Well if you every wanted to me choked that was the day. In walked Chris with a bag of goodies from the club and I have never seen a young lad who was serioulsy ill smile so much. He spent a couple of hours with him talking about football etc and then went to see the 3 or 4 other kids that was also serioulsy ill in the same ward. When I speak to Chris even now hes asks about him to see if ok etc. Also to add to that, we also arranged when better for him to come into the players lounge. Again Maz stood out a mile that day but a certain James Beattie won the day. He took the lad into the changing rooms, onto the pitch and the gave him his shirt and made a real fuss.

Having worked at the dell both as a steward and in the players lounge I became quite friendly with a few of the lads. From about 96 onwards I had some great nights / trips out with many from the era and after. I said in a previous post that when Claus and Doddsie left my only connection within the club was big les! I have been lucky enough to goto the masters at Wembley and the party afterwards and from that met people like Zola, Poyet. Other experiences include Players end of season dos on the Isle of Wight, to a certain player throwing up out the window of my motor after a night out in town. There is too many to mention but all have been good. With my profession being IT, I used to get many a phone call asking for assistance, which used to make my stepsons day when he answered the home phone to find out he had just spoken a Saints player. I still speak to a few of the lads especially those still in Soton and some that have moved abroad, the one thing in common is that they all still follow Saints closely!

Todays result was good but not enough to convince me yet.

I have been in IT for 18 yrs and have always done the "next big thing" qualification wise, Novell, MSCE etc and did my Prince 2 and passed both the papers. To be be honest I personally think PM is going though a faze with IT. Looking back I was doing the same job ie Server installations, User Migrations all those years ago and all ran smoothly with out any PM knowledge. I would say take the role as the PM as it seems everyone wants PM, looking at various sites and it looks good on your CV, and to be honest that is what we want. In a few years it will be something else! As for pay? IT PM's, unless your contracting and have loads of experience doesnt pay much more.

Get in 14mins not to concede now!