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6 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Broke the FFP rules...and still going...

hasn't FFP rules been stood down at the moment?

if they were ever really a thing?

Silva is awesome of football manager anyway 😎

soft penalty for England, let alone a 2nd yellow....

looks like the ref realises and gives a penalty to iceland a few seconds later

6 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Another vote for sportsmania here. I'm a lifetime member which I signed up to years ago and apart from the shutdown last year for a few weeks that affected everyone, it's been rock solid. 

I am also a lifetime member from years ago.  What player to you use to access it and what VPN?

I have heard one a site called prostream media.

It is like having the full sky package plus all the Prem football and EFL games where the club's use iFollow. 

Hear it is quite good but not used it myself....

All good today

15 minutes ago, sydney_saint said:

I find this comment lacking a lot of respect. Steve has served our community selflessly and often without thanks for over a decade. You have been a major beneficiary of having a stable platform for such a long time, with over 30,000 posts. We take this for granted, but our forum has generally been superior in terms of user contributions than alot of forums of similar sized clubs.

 

The selfish thing to do would be to just walk away. Or to give the site over to a random person. Imagine if this had been your baby project for over a decade. Would you just hand it over to some random person? 

 

No. 

 

I'm not saying it is the case that Steve is looking for new ownership. But if he were, I assume he wouldn't want to hand it over to someone without 1) Ensuring that person genuinely had the skills to look after and maintain the forum, 2) that the person is in it for the long haul. We don't want someone to take over, lose interest in a year, and be in the same position 3) Has the financial capacity to plug things if there is a gap in subscriptions, like Steve has admitted to doing (the oh very selfish man). These things take time to find the right person(s).

 

We just need to be patient for a little longer, don't throw our toys out, and especially -don't add further stress, and we will have an answer soon enough

I understand what you are saying but for the almost the entire time required, I (and others) have paid.  This is not a charity and donations were/are not requested.   Clearly, a few with expertise have offered assistance, and more probably have offline....so not a case of one man band (or needs to be)..... 

I am sure it is not the case of allowing this place to die and a case of my train set, no one else's. I know if I ran something that others enjoyed using, I would pass the baton over if I had enough/could not devote the required time to it...

Should this place fall apart, another will probably crop up with an almost identical name anyway

27 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I think that's what we all want to know, but it's all gone silent. A lot of people have offered their help on this thread as well, unsure if any have had their offers taken up.

I would like to think that if the capacity to sort/run this place is no longer there, why not hand the reins over to someone else?

seems selfish not to.....

hopefully that is not the case

What ever the reasons, this place is dying on its arse.  Shame really, as it used to be a hive of activity.

No idea what the reasons are but many other Forum's do not shudder like this and have far greater numbers (and no fee).  As said, if the current owners do not have the capacity to look after it (no slight if they do not), then please pass it on.........allow the site to keep going.  Maybe new ideas, freshen the place up and inject something else into it.....

36 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Our deals are reported in the media late on in negotiations. 

no they are not!

what universe are you in? You have had a mare.  

1 hour ago, Fabrice29 said:

Again, just like McKennie, we do not do our business in the media.

every single transfer we complete is reported in the media

what universe do you operate in?

11 hours ago, Red said:

Site problems is one thing - very poor as it may be, but for the owner (Steve) to not have given an update for about 2 weeks is even worse. Has he also given up?

Maybe time for someone else to take the lead with the running of this place?

I am sure Terry Hurlock liked the odd pint when the designated driver.....whether he got caught at Saints, I do not remember

totally oblivious if this would make a difference, but there is a lot of pointless content on this site?

Does there need to be a Computer Games and a separate Technology sub-forums?

Does there need to be 6 sub-forums in the off-topic section?

clearly, the answer is no to the above, but may not make much difference anyway

1 hour ago, austsaint said:

 

It's not so much that a few middle-aged white blokes having a laugh and watching Football has to be squashed.   More the case that there's a lot of people watching and listening to all things Football who aren't white, middle-aged blokes and therefore it's a good idea to have a range of presenters/commentators who reflect the changing face of Football and Sports fans.

racism just aint saintly....even positive racism

In response to this (as I am out of posts) - you'd have to explain what you mean by positive racism

Look, no doubt MLT and co where not sacked, rather told they would no longer be required (and on effectively a contract)

But as Lighthouse said, they have been 'moved aside' because of the age, race and gender.  The last time I looked, those are characteristics protected by law/employment law.

I do wonder if SS will remain as popular going forward...

The idea of a few middle-aged white blokes, having a laugh and watching football - just aint saintly and must be squashed

2 hours ago, igsey said:

I think going into the season with JWP and Romeu as first choice, and Smallbone/Jankewitz as back up is fine in theory, but if JWP got injured for example (or needs his oil changing!) then surely we wouldn't be content with Romeu and one of the other two for a stretch of games.

Then it isn't fine in theory, as what you suggest will happen.

Romeu tends to drift out of form (and is bad when doing so), alongside inevitable suspensions he will rack up

That squad absolutely needs a good CM addition

You know what they say ..

Buy cheap, buy twice

Accessing at 0430 whilst on a break at work, is hideous.

14 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

The bloke who has done the most for that club and who deserves a statue is whoever persuaded the qatar government to invest in City. Without him they would still be a mediocre Premier League team more concerned with avoiding relegation than with trophy winning.

Statue of Cortese it is then!

On 20/08/2020 at 00:54, Gordon Mockles said:

If you’ve got Covid, you’re not gonna feckin remain fit. Depending on the reaction, he’ll be lucky if he can do his boots up by day 9.

Please continue with your hilarious jokes... 😉

 

😆

8 hours ago, Jeremy said:

Yep, I'm putting money on a top six finish.

If they can keep up last season's results this could be a really good season. Actually, not could but should.

insane.  We simply do not or will not have the squad for that.

Guido Carrillo or Raul Jimenez....

Suck me sideways. That is unbelievable, even if remotely true.  That is not the actions of a well run club of the time.  Thank god Les and more so, Ross have long gone.

3 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

Funny this just came up on my FB timeline, jeez they must have been down the pub cobbling this steaming pile together. We have enough crap kicking around without adding to the stockpile.

30 and likely to be more broken than Lemina. Anyone would think Les Reed had decided to come back to Saints on day release for this to have any legs!

What makes this any less believable than the story linking us with the chap from Germany?

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