Saints Expelled from Playoffs

[SNSUN]

3 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

That's because it's not even a carbonara FFS.

Next you'll be telling me you add bacon to it 🫪

Pancetta, mushrooms, onion and garlic. 

Ok fine I'll never be on Masterchef. 😁

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

28 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Carbonara doesn't have cream in. HTH.

Why haven't the mods pinned this yet?

[SNSUN]

3 minutes ago, TheSoundman said:

The Saints canteen do... although to be fair, they do just slip it in on the quiet when nobody's looking.

Filthy bastards.

[Costa del Solent]

I hear from a reliable source that P.Dawson has stormed the appeal hearing and ripped a fat dance routine. 
 

[supertadic21]

11 minutes ago, trousers said:

I think we'll need @stfrancisofbenali's to comment on Spors' supposed innocence first, given his post earlier today

 

For what it's worth at this stage, what I've heard in the last 24 hours aligns with @stfrancisofbenali's comments here.

Spors, despite that Daily Fail report, is not innocent.

[egg]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Pancetta, mushrooms, onion and garlic. 

Ok fine I'll never be on Masterchef. 😁

Only 1 of those ingredients has any place in a carbonara. 

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, TheSoundman said:

they do just slip it in on the quiet when nobody's looking.

 

[SNSUN]

Just now, egg said:

Only 1 of those ingredients has any place in a carbonara. 

You would know, Egg. 😁

[Mboto Gorge]

I believe football Martin is live from outside st Mary’s shortly 

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Costa del Solent said:

I hear from a reliable source that P.Dawson has stormed the appeal hearing and ripped a fat dance routine. 
 

Ah, the ace up our sleeve. 

[TheSoundman]

1 minute ago, supertadic21 said:

For what it's worth at this stage, what I've heard in the last 24 hours aligns with @stfrancisofbenali's comments here.

Spors, despite that Daily Fail report, is not innocent.

When this is all over, someone needs to still be around to rebuild the house.

I guess it may as well be him.

[O_Lord_Marian]

1 minute ago, egg said:

Only 1 of those ingredients has any place in a carbonara. 

Disagree, which one then?

[Suhari]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Ah, the ace up our sleeve. 

FF doesn't play for us anymore.

[SNSUN]

Just now, Mboto Gorge said:

I believe football Martin is live from outside st Mary’s shortly 

Did he hear about the new parking and opening hour arrangements for the shop? 

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

I believe football Martin is live from outside st Mary’s shortly 

This is great news for the unemployed 

[LegalEagle]

13 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

You don't put cream in it do you?

Heathen.

Garlic?

[Midfield_General]

23 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Disagree.

You can be both.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Without doubt with over half a century off supporting Saints this is our darkest hour and is far worse than the tumble down the leagues. If the appeal is unsucessful then i really fear for the club we all support. Don't anyone think players will want to stay faithful to Saints because they won't, they will be instructing agents even now to get the hell out and who can blame them, they don't want to be tainted by this shit show. What players would want to join us? certainly not many i suspect until the stigma fades. Then there are the fans, the lifeblood of the club who have been cheated despite the fantastic support they have shown this season. How much more can fans take before deciding enough is enough?

Right now i feel completely numb and am not entirely sure how i feel towards the club i have supported for over half a century!

[PortugalSaint1]

I hope Tonda is with us next season.  Spaghetti is crucial in a carbonada

[O_Lord_Marian]

1 minute ago, LegalEagle said:

Garlic?

Pasta, eggs, guanciale, black pepper and salt water from the pasta to make a creamy sauce. 

[Cascadia Saint]

3 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

Garlic?

Nope.

Eggs, cheese, guanciale, pasta, and most importantly a bit of pasta water. Black pepper to taste obvs.

[PortugalSaint1]

oh I don’t know there were dark moments with Rupert Lowe

[pingpong]

I only get 3 posts so being very careful with what I can say here.

I can with absolute certainty confirm that none of those ingredients belong in carbonara and whichever one ingredient egg refers to is crazy talk.

Ironic, given that egg is in there.

Egg...

Pepper...

Guanciale...

A hard cheese mf.  Like pecorino romano.

Pasta, if you are completionist.

Nothing the fuck else.

 

 

[Cascadia Saint]

Carbonara CTAJFU?

 

[LegalEagle]

Just now, O_Lord_Marian said:

Pasta, eggs, guanciale, black pepper and salt water from the pasta to make a creamy sauce. 

Lot of snobbery around this. I always add cream and garlic and my lot prefer it that way to the classic Italian recipe which you’ve given. Got more body.

[trousers]

Would it be reasonable to assume the longer the appeal goes on tonight the more chance there is of a different outcome to yesterday? In other words, if there's no significant new evidence then the new judge / panel is likely to rubber stamp the original verdict relatively quickly...?

[Cascadia Saint]

Just now, pingpong said:

I only get 3 posts so being very careful with what I can say here.

I can with absolute certainty confirm that none of those ingredients belong in carbonara and whichever one ingredient egg refers to is crazy talk.

Ironic, given that egg is in there.

Egg...

Pepper...

Guanciale...

A hard cheese mf.  Like pecorino romano.

Pasta, if you are completionist.

Nothing the fuck else.

 

 

It's just a weird soup without the pasta, tbf.

[Sevvy]

I cheat, I just buy it from waitrose 

[Saintinnot]

On 02/05/2026 at 14:29, James G said:

Oh well, good victory. If we'd won all our games we still wouldn't have finished second, so all in all, what an effort to get into the playoffs

 

12 minutes ago, supertadic21 said:

For what it's worth at this stage, what I've heard in the last 24 hours aligns with @stfrancisofbenali's comments here.

Spors, despite that Daily Fail report, is not innocent.

At the end of the day whoever signs off the expenses for the Analyst team would be in the know  - that's likely to be the Sporting Director 

[thornhill_saints]

3 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Without doubt with over half a century off supporting Saints this is our darkest hour and is far worse than the tumble down the leagues. If the appeal is unsucessful then i really fear for the club we all support. Don't anyone think players will want to stay faithful to Saints because they won't, they will be instructing agents even now to get the hell out and who can blame them, they don't want to be tainted by this shit show. What players would want to join us? certainly not many i suspect until the stigma fades. Then there are the fans, the lifeblood of the club who have been cheated despite the fantastic support they have shown this season. How much more can fans take before deciding enough is enough?

Right now i feel completely numb and am not entirely sure how i feel towards the club i have supported for over half a century!

Welcome to the woke world mate!

[SNSUN]

18 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

You don't put cream in it do you?

Heathen.

The irony is I'm mildly dairy intolerant. 

Totes worth it though. 

Anyway can the EFL et al hurry up and make a decision please. Take the heat off my culinary skills for a bit.

[johnnyboy]

3 minutes ago, PortugalSaint1 said:

I hope Tonda is with us next season.  Spaghetti is crucial in a carbonada

What the fuck is carbonada is it a Portuguese carbonara with squid and cream ?

[ChrisPY]

1 minute ago, LegalEagle said:

Lot of snobbery around this. I always add cream and garlic and my lot prefer it that way to the classic Italian recipe which you’ve given. Got more body.

That’s not a carbonara. You’ve made a creamy garlic pasta which I’m sure is lovely but don’t bastardise a classic.

[Wade Garrett]

Dolmio works for me for Carbonara.  Not into cooking - that’s the wife’s job.

[sambosa75]

Are we still playing on Sunday?

Edited yesterday at 18:20 by sambosa75

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Would it be reasonable to assume the longer the appeal goes on tonight the more chance there is of a different outcome to yesterday? In other words, if there's no significant new evidence then the new judge / panel is likely to rubber stamp the original verdict relatively quickly...?

Give it up son.

[O_Lord_Marian]

1 minute ago, LegalEagle said:

Lot of snobbery around this. I always add cream and garlic and my lot prefer it that way to the classic Italian recipe which you’ve given. Got more body.

Not really a carbonara then, but a version. I did forget the Pecorino Romano, essential to the dish, so I have given myself an uppercut.

[PortugalSaint1]

1 minute ago, johnnyboy said:

What the fuck is carbonada is it a Portuguese carbonara with squid and cream ?

That indeed would be tasty, small squiddies

[SNSUN]

Just now, sambosa75 said:

Are we still playing on Sunday?

No. But maybe yes.

[Cascadia Saint]

And people said this thread was pasta it's prime...

[ChrisPY]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

Dolmio works for me for Carbonara.  Not into cooking - that’s the wife’s job.

Balance of probability suggests your wife’s out shagging and using Dolmio sauces to make up for time lost.

[egg]

17 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

You would know, Egg. 😁

Exactly! Me and my mate pancetta what's cooking. 

[bpsaint]

5 minutes ago, Cascadia Saint said:

Carbonara CTAJFU?

 

He was decent at Villa back in the day, but probably a bit past it now tbf.

[Cascadia Saint]

5 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

Lot of snobbery around this. I always add cream and garlic and my lot prefer it that way to the classic Italian recipe which you’ve given. Got more body.

I think all the cream is why you've got more body.

[Saint_lambden]

The stuff about Spors not knowing is nonsense. 
 

[Golactico]

11 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

There's been no breach of contract.

Contract says if you fulfil condition X you'll get a huge pay rise. Just as employee is on the verge of achieving X, employer then makes achieving X impossible, purely down to employers' negligence. Looks like a breach of contract to me.

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, Cascadia Saint said:

And people said this thread was pasta it's prime...

I’m pasta caring

[Oh no Mick Mills]

ITN news report guy said likely announcement will be about 10pm tonight. 

He said after talking to legal experts the liklihood of an overturned verdict was unlikely

[John Boy Saint]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Would it be reasonable to assume the longer the appeal goes on tonight the more chance there is of a different outcome to yesterday? In other words, if there's no significant new evidence then the new judge / panel is likely to rubber stamp the original verdict relatively quickly...?

Hey the longer it goes on with Carbonara-gate brewing, or should I say simmering, hopefully by the time the announcements made, this bank holiday weekends meal menu  in the JBS household will have been sorted. 😁

[SNSUN]

6 minutes ago, trousers said:

Would it be reasonable to assume the longer the appeal goes on tonight the more chance there is of a different outcome to yesterday? In other words, if there's no significant new evidence then the new judge / panel is likely to rubber stamp the original verdict relatively quickly...?

Seeing as Boro and a lot of the footballing world would rather we were dead, I guess...

...no noose is good noose.