suewhistle

Well, all of Boris's mistresses seem to have been blonde, as well as his various wives - it's so easy to lose track. But please don't introduce that other idea, I have a strong gag reflex. 🙂 With regard to injunctions and all that it's handy that after he got one of his girlfriends to procure an abortion another one refused and then sued him for child maintenance. The advantage of having such things reported in open court is that they are then a matter of public record... It might not get reported in The Telegraph or Mail but other publications are available..

I agree! But you're only 58? Had you down as much older..

Preferably out the window, surely?

Gosh! Interesting mention of Boris Johnson.. he does like a blonde, doesn't he?

Another idea.. from a very respectable ~80 year old season ticket holder to whom I told the good news about Peretz. Regarding the Middlesborough games, and I quote " all Saints fans should wear t-shirts with a picture of Hellberg's broken heart and his single tear on, together with two fingers". I told her that was vulgar dear.. When do the t-shirts come out? We both can't wait..

I didn't think there were many public toilets there Verbal. These days it's probably all country lane laybys and steamed up windows.

At Italia 90 in Cagliari all the FSA (football supporter's association) volunteers went off for a meal at a local hotel.. The Hotel Flora.. I wonder if it's still.. ahem.. the same.. I'd buy any of them a pint if they did!

Is that MattPB a parody account? Or just somebody with more issues than just supporting Middlesboro? Henry Winter I can understand as he used to work for a parody newspaper along with Alison Pearson, Allister Heath and other right wing mouth frothers at The Telegraph, and it seems to have infected him.

Line them up?

You'd very much have to come to that conclusion, fingers etc crossed. This place is always trying to predict reading the tea leaves, of perhaps more appropriately, the entrails!

We heard you the first time..

I was never very ambitious but the biggest lesson I learned in my working career was never to assume, check and refer upwards if necessary. Somebody responsible for high level decision making should be the same and take specialist advice if necessary. As in traffic accidents never admit liability even if you were at fault. If what we did was "rife", do we have evidence of that? Decision making has been appalling, communication worse and I truly hope that as CEO if he is truly on holiday he's constantly on the end of his phone. Of course we've been stitched up, but we've allowed ourselves to be.

Was it on this thread that I read that a lot of the evidence that the EFL relied on was oral? Was it subject to cross-examination? Stupid question, I know.. Does _anyone_ emerge from this affair with any credit?

I read the title as Radclyffe Hall and got all excited..

What weighs on my mind is the sheer bloody stupidity. Did the manager or anyone at the club conduct a risk analysis and cost benefit analysis or was the idea so normalised in their minds that "everyone does it", which, apart from the EFL does seem to be the case. Did they assume points and a fine? There's plenty of people on here who will know that assuming is fatal to judgement making. The actual execution of the offence was also incompetent. How about some binoculars and telephoto lenses and a bit of subterfuge? Put on a hi-viz or carry some shears or something! As for the morality and seriousness of the cheating, it doesn't seem that Gibson was too worried about the offence to the extent of building a fence or growing a hedge. Nor does it seem to concern other leagues. Having only played at a level involving twice a week training do teams only practice secret stuff in the last 72 hours? What about 74 hours? Mind you, this goes back to the benefits, which seem pretty paltry. They've got a season of video to pore over and any change on the pitch needs a reaction. That's where Russell Martin was so crap, stuck in his rut of 'process'.. As said above, the players' opinions matter, and they can't be very pleased with their manager or the club.