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Frank, Here is one example of why I think this all band-wagon jumping : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215910/Jimmy-Savile-What-Stoke-Mandeville-nurses-told-patients-Jimll-Fix-It-star-came-calling.html A HOPSITAL, not some scared intimidated individual, knew about it and could have reported it....

Icing on the cake. I remember how those tw*ts at the top of Cadburys made a fortune each after throwing the company to Kraft. I fully expect some sort of hook-up between BAE Systems and Boeing to occur now. Thank heavens for German intransigence..

Maybe there is a decent explanation, but imo it makes the whole issue look opportunistic.

Hopefully this takeover is about to die horribly today.

Yes. Lynch mobs are even more distasteful and vulgar when undertaken posthumously.

This act disturbs me. He hasnt been found guilty of anything by trial, and has no recourse for defence. Until the end of whatever investigations are now planned he had a right under the norms of justice to rest in peace. I also find it concerning that incidents of alleged abuse dating back many decades are now coming out like a floodgate has been opened; if a few people had spoken up at the time of their alleged abuse, many many others might have been spared from it.

Desperate thread, more like.

Oh, how I hate the word "gelling". It brings back the worst memories of Georgio Burlinho's reign as manager..... To respond to your point, this is one of the reasons I get so damned frustrated about transfer activity always being left so f**king late; we are never ready when the season starts....

LOL, I do like his comments about the skate sh*t-hole.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson

Indeed the relationship between him and the public is somewhat unique in British politics. In a way, he reminds me of another Boris. The guy who brought stood up to the communists in Russia 20-odd years ago.

Someone has posted on here (cannot remember who, but dont want to steal their thunder) that maybe, just maybe the difference is that it isnt Kelvin between the sticks behind him any more...

How about dropping the player for the next game ? Oh, we cant, we have no squad depth because we spent 2 months and 12million chasing a single player around Europe. Who is now injured.

Superb. Lets face it, John Major looks like a great PM now considering the past and present 3 incumbents. As for Boris, I would give him a go as PM. I really like the straight-speaking rebellious streak he has. He would go down a storm in EU summits.

Right. so the squad arent up to it. What I said in post #64. Only god knows if that confidence is going to come any time soon - if at all (Hooiveld sounds pretty low at the moment for one...) - or in time to prevent our relegation.

Well, that was my point.. Maybe they are just not up to it.

Good post.

I dont understand the mutual exclusivity you infer. That negative posts must come from Skate fans. I think its perfectly OK for some, like me, to make negative comments about the team set-up and performance yet still want NA to stay and finish the job he started.

Yep. Probably for the best.

I've had a dead leg as a kid, it caused me to hop around swearing for a bit. What hit Gaston, a double-decker bus ?

Any self-respecting Saints fan with half a brain will see that the team issues and lack of improvement in those areas drag well back into last season, so its hardly crystal ball-gazing about the next 6 months.

For me there are two possible sources for our current predicament : 1. NA isnt up to it, is tactically naiive, maybe the communication isnt going too well (he often tries to get the team to puch up and they dont respond) 2. We have weaknesses in the squad that all our opposition are aware of, because we screwed up over the summer. Personally think 2 is playing a bigger role than 1, hence I dont want to see NA sacked. But his subs are worrying.

Nope, dont see the hypocrisy. The difference between taking comfort over what has happened and concern about what will happen going forward is easily explained by taking into account the overall quality of the squad in all positions, and the ability to improve the weak areas in a short space of time. Fair enough. Hope that it does indicate cause for hope over the next 5-6 months, but I have my doubts.

I havent taken it as a prediction at all, all I've said that its a completely meaningless piece of information so dont understand why anyone can draw any comfort from it. He posted it as a positive, not me, so it is him that must think pointing the fact out is of some use. Which it isnt.

OK, you dont. I think you are just arguing for the sake of it, especially as I know you share my feeling that the summer transfer campaign was a failure and has left the squad with severe shortcomings.

Utter rubbish. FF was making a sort of vaguely positive prelim judgment after 7 games. I pointed out it bears no relation to where we are after 38 games. Do you disagree ? From my perspcetive we have learned a lot about the squads ability to compete at this level in the last 7 games - and it has significant shortcomings. Therefore with limited ability, oppoprtunity, and probably money (after our summer spunking) to improve the squad, and the weaknesses on view for all to see, drawing comfort that we are out of the relegation zone after 7 games is ridiculous.