OldNick

thanks for that, when i see a friend i will ask him about this. He is no longer at the club but was very much in the know and with the squad and so will be able to verify what you say.

WGS did well for a period when BT Bridge Killer and Marsden were playing superbly together. When he had to make signings !!!! We were left with a poor and bare squad. I still liked him but it was Emperors new clothes. he made us fitter and mean in defence but as soon as Briodgey and Marsden left we lost it.Then WGS decided to leave and let it be known and our spiral started then.

Ho's ok, he gets smarmy and precious at times but in the main he is just a football fan who defends his club.I bet he slags them off in company but defends them like mad when anyone dares to have a go....ring any bells with any on here.I know i do. i did smile when he put that Halford is in the squad and will play against Millwall but then qualifies it with 'allegedly' just in case it doesn't happen and he is found out again Lol. Even Ho is not 100% sure that AA etc are telling the truth

the Strictly Come Dancing Can Can routine has a difficult start

they'd have more if it was creditors

yep I forgot about Fabregas so lets make it 4

I agree that i would like to see the players belting out the song , but all people react different ways. i believe he loves playing for the country and does not need to sing the national anthem, afterall he may not be royally minded, isnt there a bit of irish in his background? Do you condemn Rebecca Adlington when she received her gold medal at the Olypics she was chatting to the girl next to her as the flag was raised, now that did p### me off

What about Crouch then? the granny thing is a bit over the top, i think she was in her 40's and had a child at a young age.I agree he went to a prossie and not someone throwing themselves at him, stupidity in many ways. It showed intelligence paying for it as in theory they don't spill the beans (bad wording lol) but if he picked up an aspiring 'model' they are more likely to go to the papers.

Just this morning i had a chat with Orange regarding their broadband package i have. it was 19.99 but they have reduced it to 15 pm plus 4 months free. They also had some other packages that included free weekend calls etc. They did say mine is unlimited and then went into a long thing about the extra GB i had compared to others and are sending me some fantastic hub thing.The operator was quite upbeat about it. I woulod look at them as i have found their staff very good and helpful (Geordies)

it is an interesting development, AA actually not agreeing to them raising their wage bill. Surely Cotterill had asked permission to get the lad in???? Perhaps AA doesn't rate him and is not one of his choices Lol

apparently he could have taken Papa back and did nothing to get Antonio signed up.

He is one of the few quality players we have, the problem being with all our so called world class players they end up making too many trips up and down the motorways filming tv adds etc. it tires them out. The agents are getting them deals but it is ruining their football. Rooney loves playing football but his body cant keep up with the constant stress As for his 'indiscretions' i doubt any red blooded male would be able to turn down what these men are offered 24/7 every day of their lives.

SAF won't walk away but will retire soon. He so wants to beat Liverpools record of championships but has not the squad to do it. Standing back and looking in from the lower leagues you can see the way the PL has waned. There are too many ESPN quality matches and not enough to get your blood rushing. To refresh, the big clubs will need to pull away again and make another league without the Blackburn Boltons Wigans of the world (and dare i say us etc) The PL has been diluted by many small clubs in the last few seasons and the glamour of big crowds and atmospheres from that is a big problem for them IMO. IMO there will have to be a minimum stadium size and regionally based league for them to keep generating money. If we happened to go up again, how could we hope to get a great squad together unless big money is thrown at it and i can't see us doing it. Football has moved away from the small and medium sized teams and can only really keep up by splitting away and creating a CL type competition every week. It is depressing but Man u and Liverpools debts are so big they will be looking to move the goalposts so they can generate more, how do thy do that? Have a much smaller league but play each other 4 times instead of twice a season. The Tv companies will love it and by negotiating their own tv deals the big clubs will cash in.

Man u are on the verge of pettering out, Man city within 10 years will be overshadowing them in football terms. The Pl is only Premier by name not product. There are only 3 footballers in the PL who would get into the Barca or RM team. Rooney Drogba and Gerrard, wheras their teams would fill our top clubs sides. Rooney would be more than hapy to take 500k pw and join Man c. He is frustrated at the poor quality of player around him and Mnau 's debts are so severe they will not strengthen. Add SAF age and close to retiring and that makes them all the more weaker long term

Pardew left us short. He oversaw the non replacement of Antonio and Papa, the same mistake the club not replacing Killer, we will live to rue the fact. It is obvious you cant rely on your centre forward to score 30 goals every season. LB and Connelly are of no pace and can only play of a big man not play alone up front. I fortunately did not believe that we would walk the league and others have overtaken us.

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Unbelievable if it was anyone else. Pompey and you know it is going to happen. Halford another multi million pound player that a club in admin has signed. It seems as soon as posters on here talk toast AA puts up a finger and moves to the next stage.

Pompey will be wound up only if it looks like AA's firm will be picking up the tab. The FL by letting Pompey kick off the season are in a position where it will mess up their league if they don't back them.Therefore I believe the FL will have ot back down to let them fulfill their fixtures. AA is cynical in his managing of this and knows he still has the best hand of the two. He is probably surprised that the FL have shown more backbone than the PL but still would expect ot get his way. he knows each time he runs to the press about winding up ,they back down just a bit.

It is a nonsense to attack the Chapel 2nd half and give the oppo the advantage kicking to their fans. The last 2 games we have kicked to the Northam and won. i would put money on that the % of wins us attacking the Northm being higher. Liverpool Man u etc aslways kick to their noisier fans 2nd half

that Italian club must be Genoa who have withheld payments regarding a player sold to them Boateng?

but it doesn't matter what the political commentators think, but how the man in the street does. He was put down by DC in his reply and EM does not seem to have the wit to counter. His brother does. As for labour improving their ratings when the cuts come, well that's a feaqther in his cap Bin Laden would if he led the labour party when that bad news comes around.

that's fine, football is all about opinions. AL has a quick brain and feet, not legs though.I believe that in the PL you need all three. He is playing against L1 footballers and so looks better than he would be against CCC or PL players. I want him to be the best as that means we as a club enjoy his skills but hopefully a good selling on fee (Bournemouth have a 25% sell on clause) The best youngster who I have seen at the club in quite a few years we have sold has become a top player and that is Bale. The first time i saw him play, I went away from the ground very upbeat about him.Watching him play now and you can see he will make it to one of the very top teams, and like Giggs its sad he is Welsh not English

Pardew is having a bad time of it, reading the front page of the Saintsweb Pardew has been sacked. Poor sod only 6 weeks ago he was sacked at our club.

I surprised you would have known what was going on