sadoldgit

I see what you did with the "clean sheets" things! Very clever!

Taking each game as it comes and enjoying then run while it lasts. Have no idea where will finish but anything above 8th would be fine and dandy and is well within our reach. Not worried about any of the top 4 at home. We are capable of beating all of them but I would expect a draw again Chelsea at best. I think we can take City.

What is with the crazy eyes? Really poor acting by Carrie - and as for seducing the boy! They did the right thing in getting shot of Brody but now they have turned Quinn into a love sick puppy. Pah. Should have quit while they were ahead.

Thanks Nicola but I am happier now. Surprised you are not CEO of one of the big Italian clubs and expect you are too.

The fact that we have only conceded 5 goals in 10 games is down to the way we defend and that includes the goalkeeper.

Finished tonight. A great series brilliantly acted and what an amazing finale. Something even the awesome Sopranos didn't managed to achieve (I like my loose ends tied up). RIP Nucky.

Very sad. Cream were so much of what made British music great in that era. RIP.

Only 5 goals conceded, half of the next best defensive record. Second highest scorers. Still in the cup. After the summer we had none of us could see this happening but enormous credit to the Board, the management team, the players, everyone at SFC. I get the feeling that the pundits are just waiting for the bubble to burst and while I don't think we will finish 2nd, at the moment I feel we are good for a top 6 finish. Bloody awesome.

So he picked up some English then?

Frank Saul. Decent at Spuds. Exchange deal with Martin Chivers. Don't remember that working too well for us. Kerry Dixon too.

Charlie George. Nothing like the guy who played for Arsenal but maybe shot by the time Lawrie Mac bought him?

Webb was a decent player. I think we signed him from Orient and he played full back for us but CH at Chelsea.

Brand is clearly "marmite" but I agree, he has an audience. I struggle with the whole narcissistic man-child persona thing he has going on but I guess it works for the ladies!

There is always an excuse with Poch. Poor referring. Small pitch. Weak mentality etc.

Another excellent result. Not sure we would have won that one under Poch? This season just gets better and better.

Not very exciting I'm afraid, but back in the 90s I used to post on something called the SaintsList. It was a bit like this (with the attendant meltdowns and ***** fights) only it worked by email rather than on the internet. When we weren't slagging off Rupert Lowe (it was around the time of the reverse take over and even at the beginning he was a hate figure) we used to wax lyrical about the good old days with Big Ron etc. I was of course much younger then but we often used to refer to ourselves (ironically) as sad old gits when the nostalgia crept in. When I found this place and needed a name Sad Old Git seemed perfect - not least because now I am definitely a SOG. There are a few of us remnants still here - Duncan, Minty, Mike, Throbber. All of us much sadder, older and not so wiser!

Spot on.

I don't think it works like that though. I doubt if many players stay with a club because they feel loved by the fans. Jay has yet to sign the new contract and looks to be keeping his options open. Can't blame him for that but when he comes to make a decision about his future wages and career progression will be far about Saints fans.

Wibble

Did a brilliant job for us and I hope he gets a decent job elsewhere because he is better than Reading.

One of several players we signed that were good elsewhere and pants for us.

No one else has bothered to respond in the way you have and you have spent more time on a non issue than any reasonable person would do. Frankly I have better things to do with my life than to play internet tennis with you over this so let us just both agree that there will be an appeal and move on.

You really are a strange little chap arent't you? I dont understand why you are getting your knickers in a twist over this. I'll help you out. When I saw the interviews with the parents immediately after the verdict and the sentencing they (especially the mother) seemed broken by the whole experience and (especially after the sentencing) said they we glad is was finally over. To me this does not sound like a couple who wanted to go through the whole circus again. There was certainly no talk of wanting an appeal and they just seemed like that was it. That is why, to me, I said it was interesting that there was now going to be an appeal. Because I thought they had already spoken to their layers and said this is it please. Nothing more sinister than that. Perhaps they (by they I mean the prosecution team) but that did not come across in the interviews with the Mum and Dad who seemed relieved that it was over. That is why I was surprised that there is an appeal. I hope this helps you? I do worry that you are getting yourself worked up unnecessarily. Oh and by the way, irrespective of what nationality the justice system is, dont you think it would be a basic requirement that the prosecution team would talk to the family involved about any decision to appeal?

I am not making stuff up either mate. Did you see and hear what the parents said after the sentence? I'll share this with you. In the British legal system it would not be "obvious" that there would be an appeal. These trials cost an awful lot of money and there would be a great deal of discussion about whether an appeal is a) likely to succeed and b) in the public interest before a decision was made about an appeal.

Not one of life's happy bunnies are you mate. Whatever. You clearly know a great deal about the South African legal system so I defer to your superior knowledge.