KelvinsRightGlove

Did you see Spurs on Sunday? Or City, Liverpool, Chelsea against us last season? Plus Norwich spent a fair bit themselves. We were rubbish, no doubt, but it isn't the end of the world.

Ah yes, what was the phrase that kept cropping up this summer? Carlos Kickball. Don't sign that Damiao bloke, much better have a good solid Englishman. Should have signed Darren Bent.

You are a parody of yourself. You know you are equally as guilty of all of these things yourself. What did you compare us to again Alps? A B&B was it? Where was the invitation for discussion there, or in any of your threads or posts for that matter? Edit: Just seen this thread - you mean the one started by the notorious Mr. Super-Serious-Never-Sarcastic-Glasgow-Saint? 2nd Edit: Just read the thread, and you comment on said thread that it is a trolling thread. Really?

I too am interested to know where this has come from? I have only seen Glasgow post this, any where. If he is willing to show where he gained this insight from, then fair enough. Considering he likes to make things up from time-to-time, I will take this with a pinch of salt for the time being. Some of us like to base our opinions on facts and reality.

He scored one more than Gaston Ramirez, who was an abject failure according to most on here. And also created 2 less. Yet one is utterly useless and should be hounded out the club, the other is a massive loss to the club. Am I the only one that struggles to see how people's reasoning works around here? Yes Puncheon dribbled on the ball a bit more than some of our other players, but he was not THAT effective at doing so. His inefficiency at decision making ultimately slowed him down, by the time he had done all his unnecessary extra turns and drag backs, he had undone any territory he gained by running. Headless chicken. Reminded me of Fabrice at times.

I just don't get it. He had a bit of pace, but often just ran head down and into blind alleys. He was also really slow to move the ball on, often turning back on himself and taking ten extra touches before he made a pass - usually undoing any good his pace had done. Once again, hardly had a whole host of prem clubs banging the door down for his signature.

Why has puncheon been elevated to hero status on here? He really isn't that great.

The thing is, Lukaku & Barry on loan isn't going to be free. It will still cost them a lot of money, Lukaku had a loan fee for sure - they had to outbid West Brom to secure him, plus they will both be on big wages. Then at the end of the season and they have finished their loans and go back to their clubs. Wanyama & Osvaldo are both assets of SFC now. Wanyama has a very good chance of returning a profit, or at least returning what we paid for him. Harder to say with Osvaldo, due to his age, but if he has a good season and a good world cup, who is to say it wouldn't be possible to recoup at least what we paid, though in those circumstances I don't see why we would want to. Don't get me wrong, Lukaku will be a very good signing for them, I'm less sure about Barry, I think he's on the downslope now in my opinion - would much rather have signed Victor all day long. In answer to the OP: I'm very happy. We have signed 3, very good international players, all with Champions League experience, in positions we needed strengthening. Yes, it would have been nice to have had them all in for July 1st, but seriously, does this really need saying again? THIS IS NOT AN IDEAL WORLD!! THE TRANSFER WINDOW SIMPLY DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY!!! There were probably as many (if not darn close) transfers being completed yesterday as in any given week in June/July. Players sold - As you say, players not likely to get much first team action have been moved on and we have kept hold of Luke Shaw (one of the most coveted young players in the country), Morgan Schneiderlin (one of last seasons stand out players), Nathaniel Clyne, James Ward-Prowse,. In fact we have even extended the stay of some key players (Boruc, Shaw etc). So yeah, I'm delighted with that. Probably the best window in the 12 years I have been supporting Saints if I'm honest. I'm genuinely at a loss as to what it is people want.

Horrible news. Definitely one of my favourite film makers. An absolute genius.

To be fair Bear (lulz), it isn't exactly a sensible thread to start with, yo!

He had one game where he didn't look amazing. Therefore we need several threads discussing how useless he is, and what a waste of money he is. On top of the multiple threads discussing the manager/tactics etc. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Don't lie. Clearly certain posters on here are football geniuses. Sign them up! Poch out! SWF in!

Yeah mate. It was them calling for Cameron's head, who I actually for was very statesman like in defeat, whilst still in the house moments after the vote yeah? And it definitely wasn't EM talking about Cameron's authority 5 minutes later. This is not about either of them, it's about those poor people in Syria who are suffering in the most inhumane way.

There's no reckon about it mate. He is 100% playing politics out of it. Personally I find this absolutely abhorrent. I know I have been critical of lefties and their blood lust for maggie in the past, and I totally accept this makes me a hypocrite - but being honest - I 100% wish bad things on ed as a result of his actions. Trying to make political capital out of this, whilst so many suffer in such a barbaric way makes me feel physically sick. For me, he will always be viewed as an absolute scumbag. I genuinely hope he suffers in vain as much as the innocent Syrians.

Also, do not scroll back through this page! My friend Papster may ruin things for you!

I mostly concur with this. It's very compelling, I watched the first 5 1/2 series in less than a month. I don't want to give too much away, but there were points where it got a bit silly, and I started to really dislike all the characters and almost gave up on the whole thing. I stuck with it and am very glad I did. Absolutely keep going with it. It does get a bit silly, but the ride is totally worth it. Not comparable with Lost. They clearly had no idea where they were going with it, and once they started in a place where polar bears are on a tropical island and all this silly black smoke stuff they could hardly go back from that. It was always going to be bizarre (granted I was never a fan). Whilst Breaking Bad could perhaps be a bit far-fetched or overblown, it certainly isn't as based in fantasy as Lost. BB is great, #2 only to The Sopranos for me personally, but this final series is drawing in closer by the episode.

I do think it is also possible for DOING NOTHING to at the same time be DOING THE WRONG THING. I do agree though it is an extremely hard situation at the moment (probably harder now than when the conflict first arose - due to some pretty undesirable groups getting involved also), and stronger evidence would be necessary. This Edmund Burke quote comes to mind: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” I really think this whole thing has the capability to really spiral. I really don't have the answers, and can understand people who do not wish to be lumbered with another crisis. I'm not exactly frothing at the mouth wanting us to go wading into another war. But the argument of "why let our boys come home in body bags" I find quite disturbing. It seems to suggest that the lives of Brits are of greater value than the thousands of Syrians being butchered. Yes we haven't (and obviously cannot) get involved in every conflict - but is that really a reason to simply never do so? I also wonder what the consequences, on a wider-reaching level would be, if every country took an 'it's not our problem' approach. Would there be more people willing to carry out such mindless and horrific violence, as the perceived threat of repercussions for such action diminishes? I'm not suggesting it absolutely would, or that there is evidence that may suggest it (there may be - I honestly do not know), but it is certainly something worth considering. It's just such a horrible situation. Over 1m Syrian children have become refugees. It is not their fault. They did not ask to be born into that country, nor embroiled in such a conflict. Personally, I am extremely uncomfortable with simply shrugging my shoulders and saying "well it's not our problem", simply through blind luck that we happened to be born in such a great country (yes, the UK has it flaws - but really, there are only a handful of places I would rather live). Whether or not intervention can or will make things better is questionable, but it is absolutely a worth while debate. I do not believe inaction is going to solve anything.

If every country in the world took the same attitude nothing would ever get done. Also, yes there may be around 200 countries, but how many are actually in a position to do anything? Moldova, Andorra etc are countries, but have very little scope to actually go about stopping these sorts of atrocities. It's nothing to do with us is also a complete nonsense. Just because it isn't on our door does not mean it will not impact us.

Personally I really do not see that being the case. Miliband & Labour, are (shamefully, in my opinion) banging a drum over this 'victory' and trying to make it a huge political gain. I agree with parts of that article Trousers posted, particularly the walking on the other side of the road part. I don't really feel comfortable in proclaiming that as a great victory for anyone. Yay, we here in our cosy comfy British isles are going to be fine (like we were anyway), whilst thousands of people continue to suffer, be forced from their homes, and lose their lives. Innocent men, women and children. Be proud of that Miliband and co. I'm not advocating we go rushing in, certainly whilst things are still so muddy and unclear. But it is clear that simply sitting back and doing nothing really is not going to do anything. Also, the idea that trouble in the middle-east has no bearing on us here is utterly moronic. Conflict in any one nation has impact across the globe, of course it does.

Also, something relating to Gaston being rubbish/unfit/waste of money etc. Usually inhabited mainly by his biggest fan boy in the world.

How many times have we heard that this summer? What's the betting one signs shortly now?

I watched Weeds for a while, then it just got all too silly. Nancy is such a yummy mummy though. Andy was a great character too.

Splashh Chomp

You mean the Townsend that has started their last two games?

Looks like Lovren is a fan too. Good lad.