RonManager

Olly http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1844_5812869,00.html

I thought you were going to Blackburn to tie up the McCarthy deal?

I wonder if that is what the club would have liked to have done, had the takeover taken place earlier. However, by the time a new manager was selected and installed, just who of any real quaity would have still been available at that point and would want to come to a club bottom of L1 on 10 points? 4-5 months have now passed, things are settled concerning the running of the club, we are doing very well all things considered and AP and NC have had a good chance to sit down and decide exactly what they need, not only for the rest of this season, but for next as well. I expect there is a Plan A for promotion this season and another if not. Both would consist of buying good players on good contracts to cover both eventualities. The difference may lie in whether they buy now or line up players for purchase in the summer. I think on that basis, with promotion still very much an attainable goal, January could well bring some high profile signings, but we shall see.

That'll go down well with HMRC. Let's just prod the dragon with a stick while it's thinking about burning us to a crisp.

260 online and rising - can the server cope?

Sauce?

Indeed. I've just received a £250 rebate in the post!

Well we do have Matt Paterson.

And i've just received a £250 rebate in the post, but I pay my taxes on time!

Southend have just been through this. Once threatened by HMRC they moved heaven and earth and after a week's extension, coughed up thanks to a benefactor. IIRC they owed £250,000.

Juliette Lewis

Well you're closest to Blackburn, get down there and sort it out!

Benni McCarthy?

Yes you are. On behalf of us all (because we're all too shy, polite and reserved), could you get the train down to SMS and march upon Cortese's office and tell him to stop 'fannying about' ffs. Thanks in advance.

Steve Wigley in charge.

One breeds the other in any walk of life, as it's so much about confidence and feeling ok about trying to express yourself without getting sh*t if it doesn't come off. COYR

We picked up 38 points in the first 23 games, and with a slow start to boot. I'm sure we'll improve on that in the last 23, so that ought to be enough to get us close, if not in, the playoffs. Either way it's going to get more exciting the closer we get. COYR

Smoooooth peanut butter, spread on as thick as humanly possible.

I fear MS was taken off with concussion as he took a wack to the head (which went unpunished btw) and was all over the shop for the rest of the half.

Retreads are dangerous

We have 2000 tickets http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10280~1918176,00.html

Walthamstow? Gone to the dogs

Wouldn't it be easier to refer back to one of the many old threads on this topic- it would save wasting precious time typing repeats. I have no idea where he is and care even less, he is history, gone gone gone.

And it got better each time as more people started to understand. Hopefully that will transfer back to SMS. Just as AP's team is still a work in progress, so are we in terms of getting the singing sorted out!

You have to try though - I'm not going to give up yet.