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What I find it difficult to understand is if we were to live like monks and give up most/all of our polluting ways and produce zero emissions, it will have a very minimal effect on the world's pollution. It is estimated that the UK is responsible for between 1-1.5% of the world's emissions, equivalent to that produced in the process of mining Bitcoin. Coal consumption remains at 8.5 billion tonnes pa with China tripling its mining of coal since 2000. Poland is one of the countries deciding that it would rather increase pollution than run short of energy and ignores a daily $50,000 EU fine for using highly polluting brown coal (lignite) So, on that basis, it seems that spending a lot of time and energy to protest in the UK is not going to achieve too much and irritate the hell out of a lot of us caught up in the protests.

Good piece about the Saints being Ed Chamberlain's (and his son's)favourite club in today Sunday Times. His favourite player was Steve Williams

0-0 then?

I went in the early 70's when Leeds were in their prime and I lived up that way, standing on my own around the half way line. Joe Kirkup scored a terrific own goal (headed) and we then equalised. Gerry Gurr caught a corner and, as he was about to clear upfield, Billy Bremner gave him a dig and Gerry reacted. Crowd shouted, Referee didnt see what had happened but turned round to see Bremner fall to the ground as poleaxed. Ref gave a penalty and I yelled in protest. I guess the Leeds fans around me had a degree of sympathy and surprise and I received no grief. We lost 2-1.

The dreadful 'Fake News' criticism of Mr Grayling is most unfair. He has not had a catalogue of 25 failures whilst in Government. At the last count it was only 19. Also the Seabourne Ferry 'arrangement' actually only cost the country £15m not the £25m indicated in the left wing press. And the £100k per annum Mr Grayling receives from Hutchinson Ports actually requires him to work 7 hours a week, sometimes over the weekend or at times when he would normally be in the Commons Refreshment Rooms. Let's put it all into a sense of perspective

I wonder how we stand in comparison to other clubs, particularly those of a similar size to us and how much risk the new owners are prepared to take with a cash influx to maintain/improve the club?

I am no expert on cruise ship wages but remember having a chat to a waiter on one of the P&O cruise ships a few years back. He was from Goa and working on board to help pay his student fees to become a doctor and also send money back to his family. He seemed quite happy. Likewise our table supervisor on a Cunard ship (from India) had been an employee for many years and owned two houses in India. His son was working on another ship and presumably doing OK. I guess everything is relative to the type of work available at home and wages paid.

Forster has been playing well enough recently. Need to sort out his wages but would rather spend £20m or so on an outfield player than on a 'keeper at the moment

Agree with this. Just goes to show what I know about players. Thought he was overpriced when we bought him from Spurs. Must be in the running for POTY

According to the Sunday Times today, Saints lost £117m during the two seasons 2018/19 and 2019/20 which was £2m more than Man City!!!! However in comparison Everton lost a total of £252m over the same period Everton also spent £668m on player recruitment over the 6 years Moshiri has been in charge. more than £40m in paying off sacked Managers and eye watering sums on remunerating players & agents. Their wage bill has doubled and wages to turnover is now 89%. Presumably the debt situation at St Marys is why the recent sale price was 'only' £100m

'give them the....' seem to be missing words!!

Has anyone watched the BBC programme on Abramovich tonight? Just confirmed that he was as dodgy as most of us thought and scammed the Russian public in cahoots with Yeltsin and Putin. There is also credible evidence that he conspired with Putin and others to 'persuade' Blatter to give Russia the 2018 World Cup and then lose the background details which supposedly was lost when hired computers were returned to their owners!!!

Like most Saints fans I always feel disappointed after a defeat. However the performance was OK against a decent Newcastle team who have been given a new lease of life with the introduction of new management and players. In these sort of games there are always fine line aspects of the game which affect the result. In our recent run we have probably benefitted from the majority. Last night we saw Adams thunderous volley hit the underside of the bar and bounce out. Their keeper made an excellent save near the end to paw the ball away into the centre of the penalty area. On another day one of our players would have been perfectly positioned to equalise. Also as Ralph mentioned the free kick given to Newcastle on the half way line just before their second goal was soft in the extreme. We find it very difficult to thread our way through massed defences and unfortunately Broja was unable to make his presence felt against their back four. No real criticism as young players like Broja are not going to excel every game. Ward Prowse and Romeu did well again in mid field and Stuey Armstrong ran his socks off. For me the best Saints performance by a country mile was KWP. Lets hope we dont continue the losing run on Sunday. Watford are more or less at the last chance saloon so this could be an interesting game.

And donate all the income (less Vat?) to Ukrainian related charities???

I have just finished reading 'Disloyal' a book by Michael Cohen who was Trumps Personal Attorney for many years. What a insight into the life of a proven liar, fraudster, racist, cheat and many other disparaging adjectives. Trumps association with Putin was based on his admiration for Putin as 'the richest man in the world' and the fact that he was essentially the absolute ruler of Russia and could basically do want he wanted something that Trump did in a much smaller way as head of the Trump Organisation.

One other thing to factor in. Ukraine is a significant producer of wheat, as is Russia and there is likely to be an interruption of supply this year, Also Russia is a major supplier of phosphate which is used in fertiliser. If there is a reduction in the supply of fertiliser crop yields will fall and foot prices will increase. Belt tightening for us all I think. Perhaps back to the days when I was growing up ie no central heating, a wash in the sink and taking jam sandwiches to The Dell and away trips as the only means of sustenance.

Isnt it nice to go along to St Marys and see a succession of decent home performances and not leave the stadium with the sound of away fans celebrating in the Northam after the visitors have scored a late goal.

My ratings as had to watch on TV due to illness Cabillero 6.5 Brilliant save near the end made up for his error for the goal KWP 6.0 An average game for one of my favourite players Peraud 8.5 He is really coming into his own now and his goal was spectacular JWP 8.5 What can I say about this human dynamo. Just one misplaced pass in the whole game Stephens 8.0 Possibly an 8.5. An imperious display at the back. Well done Jack. Valery 7.5 Exceeded my expectations. Diallo 6.5 An in and out game but overall a reasonable performance Smallbone 7.0 Decent performance. Seems to be improving and hopefully one for the future. Long 6.0 Typical Longy. Plenty of effort but not much more. Adam A 7.0 Plenty of energy but not much goal threat and shanked the one half reasonable chance he had. Djnepo 5.5 Looked rusty/out of his depth but give him credit for some decent defensive work Livremento 6.0 Did Ok when he came on. Adam S 7.0 As usual impressed with his energy. Redmond 7.0 Thought he did well when he came on and nearly scored a worldly. Broja 8.0 Probably worth more but only played a bit part but an Oscar winning performance. Oriel 6.0 A bit part but a majestic bit part.

My ratings as had to watch on TV due to illness Cabillero 6.5 Brilliant save near the end made up for his error for the goal KWP 6.0 An average game for one of my favourite players Peraud 8.5 He is really coming into his own now and his goal was spectacular JWP 8.5 What can I say about this human dynamo. Just one misplaced pass in the whole game Stephens 8.0 Possibly an 8.5. An imperious display at the back. Well done Jack. Valery 7.5 Exceeded my expectations. Diallo 6.5 An in and out game but overall a reasonable performance Smallbone 7.0 Decent performance. Seems to be improving and hopefully one for the future. Long 6.0 Typical Longy. Plenty of effort but not much more. Adam A 7.0 Plenty of energy but not much goal threat and shanked the one half reasonable chance her had. Djnepo 5.5 Looked rusty/out of his depth but give him credit for some decent defensive work Livremento 6.0 Did Ok when he came on. Adam A 7.0 As usual impressed with his energy. Redmond 7.0 Thought he did well when he came on and nearly scored a worldly. Broja 8.0 Probably worth more but only played a bit part but an Oscar winning performance. Oriel 6.0 A bit part but a majestic bit part.

I have no idea how all this modern currency type stuff works but feel sure I read somewhere that a lot of Bitcoins are mined through computers in Ukraine. Is this correct and, if so, how will the conflict Bitcoin?

Boris would concentrate on the womens team and turn them into Wiff Waff champions!!

Can you just turn up for the game today?

Spot on. Also on the other flank Max Aarons did OK but would rate him well below our three full backs and yet he is highly rated in the transfer market.

Interesting point about Chelsea (and Bournemouth) Abramovich, who got rich at the expense of Russian citizens, is likely to have a significant proportion of his wealth tied up in London so there is the possibility of him being sanctioned along with other Russians who have laundered money through our capital city. it will be interesting to see how much of his vast wealth he is willing to waste on Chelsea bearing in mind he has, apparently, 'invested' around £1 billion in the club so far.

Saints won Giant Killers of the Season for that game. I think Derek Reeves scored 4 of the goals. Unfortunately we were beaten by Watford in the next round.