OldNick

I could be wrong but I thought Dubai Phil had intimated that there was a man as a front for Tescos / a supermarket some months ago, when the fans were taking over

I assume they will want the company to hire a cherry picker at put it back at their cost. The parts that were put in the clock that had to be replaced could still be the property of the company who repaired it. I assume they can take those pieces out and send the clock back not working.

see it seems their tight budget overseen by the FL may well be forgotten pretty quickly. They are crack whores of football, they want to kick the habit but the urge to have another high is just too much to resist

when my membership is renewed I will PM you with that....as long as I remember ,a week is a long time with my memory lol

Surely most of us only have interest in things that matter to us, it would be impossible to learn about every country. We Europeans think we are very important but we are fast becoming irrelevant. In the next 20 years there will be more Spanish speakers in the USA than English speaking, that could suggest that in the next few decades South America will be far ,more important to the US. Add the CHinese and Russians on the world stage and I suspect Europe will be pushed down the scale and the UK will be to them what Iceland is to us, we know of their capital city only

fun to read some of that again

If most English people met somebody from Boston and asked them 'where are you from?' and the reply was Boston, the majority would say i love visiting America not ever thinking of the English Boston.

It is the arrogance of the British who think Americans are thick. You ask people from the Uk and i doubt many would have a decent knowledge of geography and history....now 100 questions on Eastenders, C list celebs and Neighbours and then you would get full answers. If you look at it logically, they dont really need to know much about the rest of the world, much like us having to know about Mongolia etc

i accept that, and hope the FL do keep an eye on it. The owners are enjoying their day in the sun, if the fans turn on them i suggest they might try a few ways to appease.

I suspect the wallets will be opened when the locals start getting restless. The 3 amigos are bathing in the adulation of the fans,but as soon as they start giving them grief I wonder if they might not follow the tightening the purse strings that long. Of course if they really are under the restrictions of the league etc they may well not be able to. Then they will have to make the decision to throw some more of their money into the pot

I wonder if he uses the image rights dodge?

yeah, apart from that what have the Yanks done for us?

We are such a free society. Lol, we are not allowed to park our cars on our streets, we have to take passports,even when in Europe, to go to a solicitor or open a bank account we have to take a driving licence/passport. The lists of restrictions on our lives is massive, but of course we believe we are free. I believe in order in society and so am not too upset, but to think we live in free society is pretty naive IMO

Iam amazed that people are surprised this has been happening. The Chinese and Russians will be doing the same and after all I doubt our listening posts in Cheltenham are pure. As long as it is being used for the right reasons then fine, if only it had listened in to Rosie the dogs telephone it would have been good. There was a Hollywood film some time ago that basically told us this was happening.

its just a damage limitation piece. His initial comment was poor and now he is trying to do a patch repair.

perhaps this thread should be in the lounge,so that more people read it and send their respects

that is sad, so young. i remember her training as she would run around the sports centre

I like that one as Pompey are underwater

Just because these players failed at other clubs does not mean they could have fitted in well with us and improved. Some players fit in better at some places better than others,and players can click in certain teams but not others. Having said that there is some rubbish listed

Is Pearce the visionary we really want bringing the game forward? He is not to my mind somebody who is an advocate of silky progressive football, but more like aggression and hoof. We really need to start right from the bottom and put into these jobs people who have studied the top European youth systems. Pearce is the dinosaur of clenched fists and big talk about passion, we need intelligence , sped of mind , not just big blokes who can command in the air

Last year our best talent was a dog this year some people from Eastern Europe, can't wait to see what next year will bring.

Just watching the summaries of the Italy match and the presenter having trouble keeping his composure after Hoddle said 'the manager yanked him off' lol

lol, but this idea was debated at the time

I seem to recall in the late 60's early 70's that there was talk of merging Saints and Pompey and setting up as Solent City. I was only about 9 and so can't recall the situation exactly. I can't see that it would have worked. But obviously some thought it would have worked

but I am correct on both counts lol