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I've been emailing with Tom Glick, CEO of Derby, whom I know through a friend. No surprise that he fully expects to "keep Saints in 22nd place" tomorrow.

Our local sports radio station has a section entitled "The Athletes Arrest Of The Day". Maybe that would be fun in the UK too? BWP would now make the top 10. Finally something to root for?

How stupid these boys are! BWP seems to have a bad behaviour problem, and keeps dragging others with him. This being a second time for BWP he may be in real trouble now, and for the moment I think both should be left out the squad.

Respect to Wotte, so far he is definitely exceeding my expectations. I am happy to say that he is well on his way to proving me wrong.

Tranmere is! English club targets U.S. buyers By DANIEL KAPLAN Staff writer for Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal Published March 02, 2009 : Page 08 Another English soccer team is for sale and has possible American buyers, but this deal, if it occurs, is not likely to make international headlines. Tranmere Rovers FC, a team that’s in the English soccer equivalent of Class AA baseball, has hired a U.S. firm to sell a majority share for $6.5 million. Dornoch Capital, a North Carolina firm started in part by former Wachovia banker Joe Kosich, is brokering the sale of the team, owned by Peter Johnson, a former chairman of Premier League team Everton. As part of the deal, the new buyer would have to agree to put in $4.5 million in new funding over the next four years, Kosich said. Johnson, 70, said he is selling because he is getting old. “I bought the club in 1987 and I am ready to go off to pasture in Europe,” he said. Kosich is targeting Americans because he hopes Tranmere will align with an MLS team, though the American league has never before partnered with an English club not in the Premiership. Tranmere is in northern England, near Liverpool. Several top English clubs, including Manchester United and Liverpool, have been acquired by Americans as part of a global international rush into the Premier League, but that interest has waned with high prices and the global economy in recession. Kosich is hoping some buyers will be willing to look a little downstream. English soccer practices promotion and relegation. The top three teams in a lower-division league are upgraded to the next level and the lower three are downgraded after each season. That means a team like Tranmere can be had for a relatively cheap sum, and if it’s promoted, the payoff is huge. Tranmere competes in League One, which is a bit of a misnomer because it is the third league, behind the Premier and the Championship leagues. Tranmere last week was ninth in the 24-team League One. “Our firm views Tranmere as a club with great potential and a great deal of operating as well as financial flexibility due to extremely modest debt levels,” Kosich said.

dropped the "young team" approach Dropped the "Total Football" sham Second manager this season Sure, he was right!:rolleyes:

Whatever happens now: Well done boys. And credit where it's due also to mark Wotte, it sounds like he had the tactics and overall team selection right

Working now!

saintstv commentary is back!!

some of us emailed and called them. they know they have a problem, but can't seem to solve it.

are we playing plymouth??

If so, it still won't be available abroad?

I guess it's only fair: Those fans paying to go to the matches get no value for money, so now those of us forced to listen from a distance don't get value for our membership of SaintsTv either.

Its now 20 minutes before the match, and SaintsTV doesn't seem to work for me. getting this recorded voice telling me they will start an hour before kick-off. Anybody else having that problem?

Damn SaintsTV - I think they forgot to plug the mike in?

SaintsTV not working?

Maybe the responsibilities that come with the job have something to do with it?

The article is nothing but smug, pompous, verbal diarrhea.

Version 2 of the Trust? Because the first one worked so well? He's getting good at bringing back things that didn't work the first time around isn't he?

winner!

It's all getting very polarized, and more than a little monotonous, but that's the result of the situation we find ourselves in. The stakes are high and anxiety levels have risen. But this is still a great site for "taking the pulse" of everyone, and I would not want to do without it.

Wilde; " I am trying to get my smug-face-smile as good as yours Master. How am I doing?"

Why isn't our anger directed at Wilde? The question assumes something that isn't true, at least not for me. They are both total morons. I am as angry at Ru**rt as I am at the Quisling!

Nice idea. Should have some good press if sufficient people participate