Gloucester Saint

Saint in Paradise - one of the most consistently right wing posters on SWF during its existence. Quelle surprise.

Out of those, only on Ramsdale has cost what I would call a market PL value for their position, and Bijlow who we were also interested in and proceeded quite a way on a transfer for, had a significant absence record for Feyenoord. The club got very athletic/technical and strength from Mane, Tadic and VVD because they were paying the rate that type of pre-ECL player was attracting £12-15m in 2014-15. It didn’t keep up with the times under Reed and Wilson so more injury suspect players with quality were signed as a gamble. One worked spectacularly - Danny Ings - and the others like Boufal didn’t (Mane would already have cost £20m from Austria at that stage). Now the market for those emerging future ECL are £25-40m and being paid in key positions by Bournemouth, Brighton, Palace etc. Saints have got stuck in a twilight of spending quite a bit by Champ standards but not adapting on going up and spending the same, and less, on quality. Plus what they spent bigger on last season - Charles - is loaned out - and Stewart is glue. If you’re going to break the Championship record or get close, that player should be a fulcrum when you go up. Paid £18m to make Downes to make him permanent for Russell Martin, I like Flynn but not sure that spend, Lallana wages and BBD shouldn’t have gone on a big Victor/Bouba Diop tower of power for £25-30m from Ligue 1 instead.

Yellows! Yellows!

It’ll need to increase on some of next season’s replacements in the Champ to get into the autos let alone the PL. Charles was £10-15m and Stewart £8-10m and no disrespect but we need to aiming a fuck sight higher than that.

Makes Ings look like JWP or Wayne Bridge fitness and reliability records by comparison. Oh, I mentioned the Ings word…apologies for anyone subsequently mentioning signing him (we shouldn’t, great he was first time around).

Ankerson is phoning Michail’s agent as we speak. Loves a severely injured player does Rasmus. TBF I think Hypo meant the type of player and stage of career.

When he does it in an important Championship game in men’s football on loan, even I might start changing my mind on him. Disappointed there’s been no takers so far, I hope the club aren’t asking for a loan fee or 100% of the wages, he needs to play at Champ or a good League 1 level to see if he’s developed at all, take a few whacks from centre forwards and get low firm shots fired at him. I’d take no wage contribution if it got him 4 months good exposure to demonstrate he’d improved significantly and got stronger or whether he’s as he was and needs to be written out of next season. Looking good in lads football plus some decent games for them is how the club got its pants pulled down embarrassingly in the first place. When he does it in the seniors somewhere in a relegation six pointer or a play offs game, then he’s getting back towards contention.

Yet Gao was allowed to buy the club despite failing FFP and the rules were then changed afterwards. Yes, I know that was the PL and the FA are official sponsors for football-management related visas but the inconsistency of applying rules when they want and ignoring them when they don’t by governing bodies does my head in. Home Office panel will have made the decision but if the FA is sponsor they have a key role.

Derby’s is the worst ever although from a 38 game season, Stoke must have been as bad with 17 points from 42 games - remember them being very poor - in 1984/5 - although they managed a 0-0 at the Dell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984–85_Stoke_City_F.C._season If it’s just the PL, Sunderland, Huddersfield and Villa were pretty horrific https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-is-the-lowest-points-total-in-premier-league-history#

There was more fighting still at the Doncaster game… I think with SR being more remote it’s harder for the fans to get as worked up, whereas Rupert Lowe was always a very marmite figure even in the WGS good times and by that stage was loathed widely but a hard core bought into the ‘youth’ fig leaf and taken for mugs. Those games were a culmination of the penny finally dropping, frustration from that group at the boycott (I was still a STH at that point but I could see why people were staying away) and realisation there might not be a club beyond that summer.

Here’s an MLG post I agree with. Solak has made some horrific mistakes including putting Ankerson and Kraft in roles for top leagues they have/had no right or place being in. Hopefully the Home Office sorts out Spors permit and the club gets a new scouting team because that’s been rotten since Les Reed and Ross Wilson. Da Grosa would have no better than Pinnacle - that was another sign MLT’s common sense radar had gone.

I’m glad my dinner is a while ago. Man Utd get everywhere don’t they?

I think she got confused between celebrity and notoriety https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9qpp5zpro

As long as he gets on the protein shakes and adds some bulk, I agree. In a midfield three he was excellent last season but far too lightweight in a two.

Phew, thought it was two.

Here’s what - or who - Whelk is referring to https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ld7enjj9eo Heroin junkies one and all, perverted ones which is even worse.

They’ve still got all of those amenities here bar the greengrocer (would love one of those but we go to one in Tewkesbury instead, Woody’s which has amazing local produce). The Co-op tbf to them does stock a lot of local produce (the Mid Counties ones are quite good), the Nisa has become a Morrisons which is stacked with snacks mainly although useful for the odd thing that the other places don’t have in stock eg ground almonds for my Pasanda the other day). The estates built since the 1990s have increasingly crammed in the housing and ignored amenities. Very isolating for the residents and often not on bus routes, with nearby main roads to cross to reach amenities which are dangerous to cross on foot.

Very sorry to hear about your Granddaughter WG, although good that it sounds like she’s getting more specialist support. Having just looked at the shops in Chandlers Ford it seems to revolve around takeaways, Costa etc. Given it’s always been a fairly affluent area and the large supermarket has been going 50 years with the novelty worn off you’d think more independent shops would have popped up.

He seems to have a link to Jim White. Manji was reporting that he was kicking chairs around in hospitality on Saturday in frustration (Solak, not White). Be interesting to see to what extent frustration comes across or whether he’ll put a face on it. I hope they ask about the WP progress for Spores.

Yes, about five streets from our house. The town, population around 6k, also has a butcher, deli, craft/gift shops, small supermarkets, cafe, boutique, and four pubs. No candlestick makers though.

In more severe ADHD cases, Ritalin can be prescribed but very sparingly as it comes with a number of side effects, albeit many of these are temporary https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/ritalin-effects-on-body

McCain Naked aren’t too bad for frozen ones when we’re tired and back from work late, but we try and make our own seasoned potato wedges.

It’s all of the emulsifiers, monos and preservatives which concern me, we still don’t really know in the long-term what impact they have on the human body. And no need for many of them to be there, especially not in frozen food. Shop bought cakes and biscuits are one of the worst offenders. It’s everywhere at work and just before lunchtime out of meetings it does get tempting sometimes. Being lactose intolerant has some benefits though as most of the time I can’t eat it!

Buy mine from the local baker in the town, four ingredients, crusty whole meal loaf. It toasts and cuts superbly. Agree on the part-baked bread being better on less ingredients, I never buy supermarket ready sliced stuff.

The longer the ingredients list the less we should be buying it.