Puddings and Monkeys

Although Storrie is on a big wedge, I think the bulk of the extra is PAYE/NIC on the 1.8m players' wages. Still, it all adds up. (smiley)

Well said - too many knee jerk wimps on here.

The distance from the pitch thing is (I beleive) a requirement from one of the governing bodies, possibly Uefa, for all new stadia. It would be better to be closer to the pitch and I beleive the club wanted that but had to fall in line with the directive.

Well said that man. Despite strong competition (i.e. he can't be carp can he?) he has chosen to come here and be part of our project. We should be pleased not bloody moaning based on people seeing him for 1 game when he played for a struggling team at SMS.

I bet Ferdinand was well up for the move.

Cheating ****er.

Me too; I stopped taking the p1ss out of them on their message board for almost half an hour before realising how stupid I was being.

Sam Vokes' agent has been asked to see if Saints are intertested in taking him on loan. Nothing heard back yet from the club; my source thinks that a loan move to Derby may be more likely though.

PMSL - nice one!!

You seem to be having lots of them today. (smiley thing) Those bodies/support mechanisms do exist; whether or not they do any good or are fit for purpose is another debate.

Yes, and a ****ing stupid thought it is too.

I remember your fans' bhaviour during the minutes silenece for Ted Bates. You are an embarrassment to football and I hope your club is wiped off the face of the earth. No one outside your flea infested island will miss you.

Bit harsh with your "total lack of effort" comment aren't you?

Two foreign teams; who gives a ****. All these faux Irish loving English people make me sick.

Hypo - what's your race number? I'll be out there for on Sunday cheering a mate on and will look out for a fellow Saint.

Every team, big or small has a hooligan element. This myth of "a family" club is just that...a myth.

Lapland mid December - absolutely brilliant.

Come on....Pulis is going to suddenly come good?????

Don't read it or comment then.

Post of the century.

But he clearly does want to move away (if we believe what's been written) so it will happen; maybe a loan in a week or so's time, or he maybe sold in January. He's not therefore going to be part of our future plans either way. I would have thought it better to move him on now and bring in a replacement who is going to be here for a while so we can create that strength of unit/team identity that Pardew is looking for. Let's sell him now rather than in 4 months when it will cause more disruption to a team that by then might be settled in it's style of play and approach. We have new players bedding in now; let's get his replacement in as part of that process rather than have to do it later.

Hold your horses..we haven't signed him or anyone yet. Or sold Saganowski for that matter.

Real intent though might not mean names of players we have heard of. Who had heard of Trotman before he arrived, yet he seems to be a fantastic player at this level. There's no point paying for superstars in L1 when decent players costing a lot less could still get us out of this league. I think NC has said that they will spend appropriately for each division we're in and I think that makes sense. Still, like you, I remain (naively) hopeful.

There's plenty more laughs coming about from your joke outfit fish boy; 6K last night? Massive club you lot eh?

We're all wrong - they are a massive, massive club!!!! No, honestly, they are.