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Fixed.

Are you schizophrenic?

You are refering to the OP and not what paris just posted above?

The Dambusters

Yes, although it wasn't voluntary. It was during DJ Campbell's looping header in injury time against Birmingham 5 years ago. If you were there, you will know what I mean.

It's around that time of the year again. We start seeing what inovate ideas the worlds best automotive engineers can come up with. Sadly this season Caterham (Formerly lotus, not Renault the one with Kovalainen) have come up with this. I think I speak for everyone when I say, Christ on a bike that's ugly. Sadly this concept could well be the norm as the new safety regs require nose cones to be lower (something to do with side on, T-bone accidents).

On the subject of RBs, what's the story with Butters? I'm guessing he is inured any idea how long for and when his contract is up. Wiki says a 1 year deal signed in 2010, so I'm guessing he has a 1 year extension until this summer.

I think he's been as good as anyone recently. From most accounts it sounded like he had a decent game against Palace and he was no worst than anyone else on Monday or again Bristol. He's had some decent cameos too, like our trips to Coventry and Reading. He sprinted to the length of the pitch against Boro to set up Lambert for THAT volley which would have been goal of the season if it hadn't been saved. The whole idea of a scapegoat is that you pick on someone much worse than the other players. Steve just isn't.

With Lee, Falque and Puncheon on the bus, it has to be asked. Wide men and strikers were the main priority for most people it now seems we have: Strikers: Lambert, Guly, DC, Lee, Barnard Wide men: Falque, Lallana, Steve, Holmes, Puncheon I think we're pretty well covered, although I wouldn't cry if we signed Marvin Sordell. The only other place I can see we need covering is a month loan at CB, depending on the fitness of Jos, Jose and Jaidi. Poll mods?

Well, it's a clean slate as far as I'm concerned. Everyone acts like a nobber from time to time, let's hope Puncheon really has put his differences behind him.

His girlfriend seems quite impressed by it.

Appart from Lallana, Falque, Holmes, De Ridder and Fox there is litterally nobody who can play there.

I'd go with Bart Frazer - Martin - Jaidi? - Harding Steve - Hammond - Morgan - Puncheon Lambert - Lee Depending very much on fitness and Lee's signing being complete.

He ate Redknapp's dog He ate Redknapp's dooooooooog Lee Tadanari He ate Redknapp's dog

I've been saying it for months and I haven't changed my mind; Connolly is one of our best players when we are playing brilliantly. If we are anything less than brilliant he goes missing. It would be unfair to pick him out for last night, although he was our worst player along with Harding IMO, however he was never going to score. Lambert, one decent cross or a free kick and we might have nicked a goal. Guly can find himself a yard of space and nick a goal when you least expect it. Other players have a bit of pace or trickery which makes them a threat, but not Connolly. If you stick it on a plate he is a good finisher (see Boro and Forest) but otherwise I don't rate him.

Where's the fun in a quick and painless death. I hope they survive, but have to sell everything which isn't nailed to the floor and end up playing their kids with Darren Powell and Jermaine Wright. *Sighs and drifts off into day dream".

Fair point, deluded probably is a bit strong. "Living under illusions" maybe, although that kind of amounts to the same thing I suppose. The point I'm trying to make is ART is a very long way off the mark taring us with the same brush as alpine. There are thousands of fans living outside of Hampshire who couldn't have made last nights match even if they wanted to. Many that did probably had to sit in traffic for ages on the M3, struggled to park, missed the first 20 minutes and got home at 1am on a work night after the game. That's not nice and opting to watch from the convenience of your own living room is not fickle, not by a long way.

The same reason we cheer when we score. How pointless is that? The players know scoring a goal is good, so why bother jumping around shouting "Yeah! Get the f**k in!" It's about raw emotion and passion. No it's not rational, not nescessary and doesn't help the players. I can't see it knocking the players either. Anyone who can't take 5 seconds of booing after a display like that needs a good talking too. If that was me walking off the pitch I'd be thinking, "Yep. Fair enough, we were sh*te".

You're deluded. When a player considers a move they aren't going to be looking on the internet at what muppets like alpine think. "Fickle supporters who prefer watching their football on TV". I suggest you give up football and go and watch the Albanian chess championships instead. Every other sporting event with television coverage suffers a relative drop in attendance. If you think a Monday night football match is any different you're on another planet. In any case, 21,000 with a pretty low away following is nothing to be embarassed about. Especially 3 weeks after Christmas with big games against our rivals coming up and 2 FA cup away trips. I think you're just looking for a reason to hate Saints fans. The number of people being unreasonably negative on here is probably in single figures. Plenty of people saying 'we were sh*t, need to improve, need signings, bad injury list etc.' but very few people saying 'Adkins out, we wont get promoted, we have no ambition etc.'

Can understand Maynard going to Wigan, as it stands they are a better prospect than Saints. They are likely to offer better wages for a start and there are enough sh*t teams in the Premier League at the moment for Wigan to stay up. Even if Wigan go down, they will have a decent shot at promotion for a couple of seasons with their parachute payments. All off this makes them more appealing than Saints and much more appealing than Bristol City. Sharp... I have no idea what personal issues he may or may not have at the moment. All sorts of rumours that he wants to come here, but we aren't bidding enough etc. etc.

So would you expect Bristol City fans to boo after they beat us at Ashton Gate? Afterall, they were still in the bottom 3 after being crap all season. People weren't reacting to our League possition, they were reacting to the game right in front of them. Which was sh*te. If people were upset about our league possition they'd be singing Adkins out etc. Not 5 seconds of booing at the final whistle.

Last night really made me want to sign Sordell more than any of the other names being spread around. Need some pace up front badly.

Christ on a bike, why are people so obsessed with Vokes? According to the Football League website he has scored 2 goals for Burnley this season and 1 in the League cup for Wolves. He can barely get into Burnley's side, so why would we want him. People are just obsessed because he is a Saints fan.

I don't see the problem with booing at full time. Half time no, because there's still time to turn it around and make up for a poor first half. Anyone who pays good money to watch a performance like that has the right to boo a team. Why not, that was dreadful. I know we've had a brilliant season, 2nd in the league etc. etc. but that counts for nothing if you play like we did last night. Booing is the fans way of saying "that was utter sh*te and I don't ever want to see it again". Personally I want the players in no 2 minds about it.

So you are of the belief that people are put off crack and heroin by the law? The law is even less of a deterant for people on hard drugs than those who just do a bit of weed every now and then. People who smoke cannabis quite often have a job, a family and a pretty decent grip on reality. Heroin junkies don't. ALL they care about is where their next hit is coming from. They will steal from anyone, including their own ofamily to pay for their habbit. They don't care for one second about the law. The best we can do for these people is: 1. Make sure they are getting clean drugs, as opposed to the stuff laced with rat poison off their dealer. 2. Make sure they are getting FREE clean syringes and a place to safely dispose of old ones. I doubt this will be very effective, but anything which reduces the use of dirty needles can only be good. 3. Make sure the government is getting the money from these people instead of criminal gangs. 4. Make sure some of this money goes into rehab centres, councillors etc. to get people off drugs.