OldNick

But isn't that the problem with all taxes, not all being fair?

True but in the main the 3low wage earners would be living next to an old lady struggling on a pension. Surely in a fair society we all should pay in.

lol look at the upset maths teacher who gets all uppity when he gets a bit back , someone who likes to dish it out but can't take it back lol

strangely in a way we got that as the government just upped vat when they scrapped the poll tax. No tax is fair but the principle of everyone paying is fairer than the way it is now. We had 3wage earners in my house at 1stage all using street lighting , council services, the parks and local facilities and paying the same council tax as the old lady next door. Is that fair? Surely very un-socialist

did you say that as you looked in the mirror?

Mike the poll tax is a fair tax.everyoone pays in,somebody who lives at home alone should not pay as much council tax as a household with 2or3 wage earners.they use 2or3times the services a person who lives alone does

that is some mark of remembrance as they have been doing so at home games for the last 50years

add to that the last gasp Boro equalizer

Why did NA not bring on the big forward, he had nothing to lose to go for it but took off Robson-kanu . To be fair to Redknapp he would have gone for it and if they had got 1 goal back who knows what would have happened. They went out with a whimper IMo

. Getting promotion was brilliant and that will be remembered but to me not to put NA in the 'great' category.

That I can agree with but the same would have been said qbout Readings chances. The position we had got ourselves in and well ahead of Reading it was poor not to win the league.

so you think we should have been overtaken by Reading??? Or am I misunderstanding your post

Kevin Phillips was really gutted for QPR . Did he play for them? I think when Harry took over QPR were 4points from safety, if so all those millions and they have gone backwards lol

I might be 'a nutter' in your poor tired head but we all look at things differently. He did well on both occasions but not a great, both times we should have won the league especially last season.I can only assume that NC thought so as well.

I don't get a box of tissues out every time NA is mentioned. He did well he was not great, there is no way we should not have won the CCC last season not doing so was a failure

watching the game it was clear that players like le fonder were winning headers against our centre backs, to not bring on the big forward they had on the bench was a poor decision in my opinion. To take off Robson-kanu was also odd IMO . 2 down and you don't throw the dice was poor, HR would have gone for it and sent on 2attackers. The way we were so nervy meant that if they had got 1 goal back we would have been on the rack. They went out with a whimper and the poor sub selection was very much like his tenure at Saints

Nobody is airbrushing NA out of history but as time goes on the penny drops that his achievements were good but not great. We should have won at least 1trophy under him. We have moved to a better level of performance already, Iam hopeful we will do even better when he has 'his' squad next season

i. Don't think so, Stoke and Sunderland play in that style kit and it is not recognisable as Saints first as it was when we were in the top league before

IMO you are wrong whilst I agree NA may have got a better result against QPR I do not believe he would have overseen positive results against Man C Chelsea home and Liverpool.as for getting anything today in a pressure game I doubt that as well. It is all opinion of course but the poignant fact is that without those wins against the big teams we would be right in the mire now

He is pointing to the truth though, we have performed better recently and players like Morgan and Jay have become better. It is also noticeable that he says he rather than Nigel etc

As the thread title says. He has done little wrong and so lets get behind his decisions and accept he is brighter and a better judge than most of us on here. I dont like the ticket tax etc but if we want to see top players and top football we have to accept there is a price to pay for us all.

i would have got rid of him before, the way the morale would have been knocked after the ridiculous subs during the Man U game could have been terminal. When we needed the points to be so reckless taking off the top 3 on the day with 25minutes woulod have made the squad doubt him

sadly the ingredients were lacking. It is all opinion, but there is no way NP would have got us where we are now, and as much as i do not rate NA as a PL manager I rate him higher than Pearson. Decent man etc but he has not done the business with a large financial backer.

of which division? it would not be the PL

Just me showing off my history knowledge Scotty,Lol. keep them coming though