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Not irrelevant at all if it helps get the issue discussed and educates people about it (which clearly some people need). I really do think it needs stating clearly however that everyone's vote is counted the same number of times. If delldays votes Tory and others' votes are discounted because their candidate has the least votes in the first round, then in the next round, delldays' vote is counted again, and so on, until either his candidate is elected or eliminated.

And the less said about the end of the Hampshire game the better...

Yeah, was thinking about it Steve. Haven't played for about 14 years mind you!

293/9 at the close then... Those dropped catches (FOUR of them) came back to haunt us as Patel made 116! Gotta get that final wicket and concentrate on building a steady second innings total. If Patel can do it, why can't we?

Bad light (I think) stopped play at 128-5... possibly a bit of rain in the air too.

127-5 now... need to get Patel though (48no) and to snatch whatever 1st innings lead we can.

I never knew that I didn't know it, so never had the need to ask.

I've actually just learnt something from (the Guardian via) SaintsWeb. Who would've thought it?

4th wicket down for 221. Certainly seems to be a good batting track.

This Sunday. If he avoids a yellow on Saturday, he's in the clear.

Probably my second favourite photo behind the one I got of Brett Ormerod running to the Saints fans at Villa Park after scoring. God, I loved that job.

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I may have to try and play myself this year. As for photos, I never did post up all of them from last year, it just took too long to go through them all and I never found the time. I'll see if I can get some of them done before this years, as a taster.

So basically, this is a non-story?

I still have bad memories of the Valley... Paul Jones red card, David Howells in goal, Clive Mendonca hat-trick, 5-0.... ugh. We WILL win. Trust me.

He's followed it up this morning: "U now all that I mean "clean Sheet" ... 0 goals conceded ). 3 points et zéro but encaisser c ça !!!"

She's actually quite talented... I wouldn't tarnish her name on this thread!

3-0 now...

Mostly fine for me. Slow to load a few times, but much quicker than it used to be, no database errors, and far shorter wait times than it used to be.

Oh please. Were you there? Have you just watched his 12 minutes on the pitch? It doesn't get much more knee-jerk than that. Red card certainly sounded harsh to me for his only foul, and yes, perhaps it was silly and his inexperience showed. But no one can judge him for it so soon after the incident.

Forum been fine for me btw.

Still an open game, but we're showing more now... Lallana coming into the game a lot more. A lot more positive.

Possibly but I have to be honest, IMO Peterborough are definately the team to watch in our battle for second. But that's for another day. We can't do anything about them today, so lets deal with Bournemouth first.

For all their closing down and putting us under pressure, they've not created a single thing other than the goal. Patience, once again, is the key here. See off their threat and then pick holes in them as the game goes on.

Sounds like a typical game where the 'underdog' puts their all into the game early on, but if we stick with it, they'll tire, and we can make our ability count later.