Lighthouse

1 minute ago, gio1saints said:

Andriy Lenin. 25 yrs old. 1.91cm ( ie giant) Ukraine national Goalkeeper in final year of contract. Been loaned out 3 times. Now back at Real Madrid again but won’t be a starter. Transfermkt has him at €25m but he is in final year so I think that’s negotiable. Salary current €2.5m ( c £50pw) 

What a coup that would be and he has resale value also. 

0.5/100 he would join Saints but that would be a fucking statement…

We tried to sign him last year but negotiations kept stalin’.

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

and some people believe in evolution. 

I’d say this is fairly solid evidence of evolution, personally. We’ve found the missing link between brachiopods and early crustaceans.

8 hours ago, Window Cleaner said:

Doh, Albert gone already with 1 on the board. Bowling too good for him. Needs to bat middle order, Organ might be better opening.

Haven’t we already tried that a few times? Good match from Midds though, 74 and 58.

3 hours ago, Saint Scott said:

I think he's above Brighton, personally.

Could see him heading to a club on the up such as Villa. Champions League football to offer next season too

Crawley?

Donnarumma lost his sh*t there. 😂

We’re going to get five wickets and let them off again, aren’t we.

11 hours ago, StDunko said:

He got a knee in the back of his leg...

11 hours ago, danjosaint said:

So orbans knee didn't take out stus leg then, ok then

Yes, if you stick your arm and leg in front of a person who is running, you’re going to get a something in the back of your something. That doesn’t mean you’ve been fouled. Stu knew exactly what he was doing, it was clever play but didn’t fool the ref.

10 hours ago, Baird of the land said:

Should have been a penalty imo. Armstrong was clever in getting his body across and was caught in the back of the knee.

Just because it’s clever doesn’t mean it’s a foul. He’s clearly sticking his arm and leg out, trying to get bundled over. The ref got it right, so did VAR.

2 minutes ago, Micky said:

Gotta be honest, I did think it was a pen though, I'd want it if it was us. 

On Stu? Never, he checked his run and threw his left arm out to instigate contact because he knew he was never getting a decent shot away. Good reffing, not falling for that.

A draw wouldn't have been enough anyway. 2 points with Scotland's GD wouldn't get them through.

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

I think it was the general casual pace of the stretcher coming on….

It's still not helpful. Medical professionals can decide for themselves what equipment they need and when. Loud booing and cheering when they're trying to communicate with each other and the patient is beyond idiotic.

It looked like the 'keeper clattered his own defender with the brunt of the force. If anything it looks like Gunn caught Varga with his knee or elbow on the way past.

35 minutes ago, aintforever said:

Can’t agree with that. The last election was a Tory landslide but still more people voted for left leaning parties than them. The whole system is outdated and is why we end up with having to choose between the likes of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn for PM. 

But that's the fault of those parties and the centre-left of politics in general. If the Tories get wiped out in July and a fair chunk of the disillusioned right vote reform, you wont be saying that it's not fair that the right aren't represented by a proportionate number of MPs. Let's be honest, if a safe Tory seat ends up being 14,000 Lab, 12,000 Tory and 7,000 Reform, you will probably find it hilarious.

If the 'left leaning' parties can't establish a clear and concise direction, with an obvious favourite among the electorate, then you can't really umbrella them under that term.

1 hour ago, The Kraken said:

How do other countries do it then? Certainly in Europe we’re in a minority of countries that use FPTP, most countries have a version of proportional representation.

I don’t know, I’m just advocating for the principle of what I believe is best. Overall I think our current system strikes a reasonable balance between representing the population and giving one party enough authority to rule the country.

As for Sheaf’s mention of Finland, they’re a much smaller population, spread over a very large area; a completely different prospect to try and manage.

17 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

https://x.com/tfinsider/status/1804601628055711808?s=46

 

Could be worse, Ipswich linked with Alexis Sanchez. Guess he'll take up a large chunk of their budget and deliver very little.

Almost as nuts as when Bolton tried to sign Rivaldo. Would be a weird one but probably sell a few shirts and unlike us Ipswich genuinely need a bit of PL experience in the door.

Edging towards 300 now after a little bit of a mid-innings wobble. I think I largely agree with the team, Turner is off form and I don't think piling more County games into him is necessarily the best idea. As Weston says, we've got BAA so we might as well use them this season.

4 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

The last Government that won a majority of the votes cast was elected in 1935, and no Government since Queen Victoria has won with a majority of the electorate. How is it right that you can get 42% of the votes cast yet have a commons majority of over 100 ?

Yes but think what that actually implies in the grans scheme of things. Regardless of your political preference, if you evened out the authority so that it was proportional to the vote, nobody would have had a mandate to affect any real policies since the days of Queen Vic. We'd be stuck in the same quagmire of bureaucracy, lobbyists and conflicts of interest indefinitely. 

16 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Would more people be encouraged to vote if we had PR? There are a number of pros and cons but the current FPTP system is not democratic and doesn’t reflect the voting wishes of the public. 

I don’t want a government which reflects the voting wishes of the public, in a PR sense, you need to give somebody a mandate to rule the country. If you dilute the authority of whoever’s in charge, you just end up with every party blocking policies they don’t like and nothing gets done. Give one party a decent level of authority and if they’re sh*t boot them out at the next GE.

27 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

I did one of those "Who should you vote for" questionnaires the other day and apparently I'm 60% Green, 20% Lib Dem and 20% Labour.  Not really surprising though as individually there's a load of Green policies that I like but put them all together and they'd crash the economy quicker than you can say Liz Truss.

I'm still undecided though - it's a toss up between Greens and Reform for me.

Those things always tend to come out a bit like that though because the liberal parties tend to promise more of what we want. I’d love to live in a world of clean, renewable energy, with no nuclear weapons, new hospitals, lots of doctors and nurses who earn a fair wage, so I’d probably get a very similar outcome. Unfortunately the questionnaires rarely factor in what you believe the parties can reasonably deliver.

1 hour ago, aintforever said:

He is someone who is aiming to become leader of the opposition and then our next PM so any outrage is totally justified. Imagine the outrage if Corbyn had said the same.

To put any blame on ‘the west’ is just nonsense, he talks about the EU/NATO ‘expanding’ as if it is some sort of colonial power invading countries and forcing them to join. These are free democratic countries choosing which trading block/political union they want to be part of or what is best for their defence. 

What do you mean ‘if’? He did.

4 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

£12M will be an initial fee. There will be additional add-ons based on appearances, England cap (Kalvin Phillips replacement Mr Southgate?) etc.

Just get it done. If we sign him our chances of staying up massively improve.

It’s very rarely that simple, unless someone is in a particular hurry to sell.

24 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Jose Fonte on 5Live now talking about Portugal, was introduced as the only man to win both the Euros and the Johnstones Paint Trophy. 

Get him in next year's Eurovision.

10 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Apologies to any Green voters here. I forgot to add them to list so you will need to vote for them under Other. I tried to set the poll up several times but kept getting something wrong. I had them on all of my other attempts but missed them off when I did the last successful one. Sorry! 🙄

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

That was Neser’s final game for us. Overall… mmmmmmm, I’d rather have Ellis back next year if I’m honest. We’ve got enough all-rounders in Howell, Dawson and Fuller. I don’t mind having a good old fashioned #11 batter, as long as he can actually friggin’ bowl. Wheal’s contribution to the last 48 hours has been 1-60 from 5 overs. Who chose him to bowl the 20th I’ve no idea.

Vince was clutching his chest area at times yesterday. I assumed he has some sort of stomach upset and had possibly caught the same thing Daws had the night before. I guess a good whack to the throat would explain it. A better performance from his though, unlucky with his wicket.

Halfway through their innings we had them 73-5 and we let them get to 184.

Daws in for Turner tonight. Hopefully we do a bit better than last night’s pie chucking.