Minty

You're all wrong, the 'm' stands for 'Mongs'.

Deepest condolences Vince... I played for Hythe Strikers and Dibden Metros against Fawley Falcons many times when I was younger although that was from about 84 to 88. I fear we may no longer see people like your Dad contributing to local football given the way some refs are treated these days, but I hope for his sake, there are more coming through who will make such a contribution.

My point exactly.

It's a few years since I was up there but there are a number of remote stands at Gatwick for which buses are used, but I don't know who routinely use them. Budget airlines tend to use remote stands most of the time but it varies airport to airport.

The public perception of flying is interesting these days... people who think anything over £50 is 'expensive' and haven't got a clue how their tickets are calculated and subsidised, and don't know the true costs of flying. There are good cheap deals available, but people expect the cheap deals to be the norm and then complain when it's not available. No different to many other aspects of life nowadays really, our perception of value has been massively skewed. You get what you pay for. I have used Easyjet and Ryanair and it's been fine, but I know what I'm getting. But the pressure on staff and crews to minimise turnaround times and maximise revenue is starting to impinge on safety IMO. It's all very well saying that safety is paramount but human nature being what it is means that things DO get overlooked or forgotten because of the pressure that some staff feel under, not to mention an increasingly demanding public who add to that. Given a choice I would always rather pay a bit more (actually not that much more in many cases once all the charges are taken into consideration) and fly with an airline that I have a bit more confidence and respect for.

Never let the possibility of a different result get in the way of a moan about the current score S-Clarke. You've been here long enough to know that by now.

I think the Simpsons are to blame for that one, along with 'D'oh' of course... although it has origins further back, twas the telly show that popularised it I think.

You accept you could be wrong but then try telling me that the 'fact' remains etc, etc... funny way to accept you could be wrong. No God complex either, just looking to understand what, if any, influence we have. That's just a healthy interest in my book, and as I've said many times, borne out of genuine concern for future generations. Absolutely agree that population is a big issue, but your solution to finding more food, whilst possibly true in the narrowest sense, takes no account of the knock on effects it could have to biodiversity and, of course, our climate. Not to mention all the other issues that an increasing population brings, but that's probably a separate conversation.

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OK, one I am guilty of myself sometimes: "With all due respect..." (I am about to completely disagree with you and actually show you no respect whatsoever...)

Same place most of their fans come from...

At the risk of opening a can of worms, you could almost suggest that some credit is due to previous regimes for some of the work done previously to set us on our way to where we are now...? {ducks}

Aha! Maybe the jokes on me then!

That's actually a good question... surely it must be based on what we are currently able to deliver, how we currently train players, otherwise it becomes far too subjective?

My irony detector just exploded.

Oh come on, Dig Dig was clearly mucking about.

Sounds like he's been to the Nigel Adkins soundbite school.

No no, it's definitely Wigan and Stoke, I'm ITK.

A bit more from our Nige today on this 'third way', which it seems is perhaps a little more defensively minded: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19011746

Well, for some context, here's Nigel's latest on things: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19011746

By introducing the Premium seats, it has actually kept some of the other prices at a more respectable level.

I don't think it's too bad... I feel sorry for those who were sat in seats that were not 'Premium' before this season, but if you're happy with Centre or Wings, it's not too bad an increase IMO.

Without overhyping it, this line is quite encouraging about what we're doing and how we're doing it:

I think Tomas Brolin is hard to beat. I still can't believe how fat and slow he was.