Scummer

Is the idea that Merrington would be chief exec then?

Ideally you do what SISU did with Coventry. Wait until the club are about five minutes from going into administration. That way you get the club cheaply, with none of those nasty points deductions.

The article is written in a very strange way. Why is the official site putting things like: 'Poortvliet sighed'????? What is this, a creative writing course?

Ok, so we are continually being told how skint we are, and I readily accept that. But does that not make some of these decisions seem a little odd? Signing Forecast, a third choice goalie. Signing Pulis, a player in his mid twenties who has yet to make the grade anywhere, and who was injured when we bought him. Signing Gasmi, who was injured when we bought him. Employing Wotte, who doesn't appear to be doing much of anything. Giving Dyer a new contract. Giving McGoldrick a new contract. Sidelining several players who we are paying plenty of wages to (Skacel, Euell, Thomas etc - I know injuries come into play here but does anyone think we'd be playing them if they were all fit?). Do some/all of these decisions not strike people as more than a little wasteful?

Read this thread: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2141

Several have, but they predated the new rules.

It's not only last night though is it. That's 5 bad games in a row.

Isn't it the third year in a row that we've been knocked out by a league 2 side?

Swansea are in the same league as Cardifff, and only two points behind them, not sure what is so shocking about that.

What if he's being told he can't?

Sod player of the month, I'd hand him the player of the season trophy right now.

You need to put your preconceptions of Alpine to one side, and actually read what he wrote. He, like many others, feels sorry for a man put into a job for which he isn't qualified, and who then is asked to manage with his hands tied behind his back.

I didn't realise you'd stopped going nickh.

It is hip, not lip.

It's a particular talent that St Marco seems to have.

Are Saints a charity?

They don't pronounce aluminium stupidly, they spell it differently. For the way they spell the word, the pronunciation is fine. Whether you like the way they spell it is a different matter.

Virgin. That's not an insult by the way.

They seem to have won their tribunal over the Tevez affair, West Ham have to pay them £30M. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7630777.stm

Thanks for letting me know that, watched the first episode last night. Dexter is a quality programme. Read the first book recently and was a bit disappointed, might have been better if I hadn't already seen the series I suppose. I'm sure I know the answer to this, but why does it appear in widescreen yet not at full size on my TV? I have a few inches of black around all four sides.

Family Guy.

It didn't hit the advertising boards, it hit some poles which were lying on the floor behind the goal. Poles which were used before the game to hold up some netting to the side of the goal. I'll bet we started storing them somewhere else after that match.

I've been looking for hours, but unfortunately there is no youtube footage of this game: So we'll just have to settle for this (can't link directly but it's easy enough to find): http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/Football/PremierLeague/VideoIndex/0,,12555,00.html David James had a shocker didn't he.

But he clearly did have access, hence being able to do what he did.

Yeah, that's why I said he must have confused about which way the teams were kicking.