Deano6

Cringing? Lounging? Foraging? Swinging? Not snogging surely??

I'm pleased to see Bearsy is channelling his English Literatures Degrees for the greater good of the forum!

Ok, this is a little frustrating as I posted the opening quote earlier today on the board, meaning it in quite a different context (almost the opposite to what that OP implied). The way I see it the squad we had was very good for / played very well together in League 1. Then with only a few changes they played very well in Championship. In each case the reward for the success we had was to be promoted up to a far more difficult stage, until we reach a point where we are no longer top dogs running away with it, and instead for the first time in years find ourselves struggling and battling away for every single point. It was inevitably going to happen, and to quote a current Muse album track, our meteoric rise was . We are having to experience a shift in our attitudes, expectations and position in the system and it's uncomfortable. The players we have are collectively now one of the weakest in the league - understandably given its strength. In my opinion Adkins has not suddenly become a terrible manager after 2 years of genius, but just finds himself playing with a far, far weaker hand (relatively to the competition, no doubt the squad itself has improved) than in the past and has actually got the team making a good fist of most games (probably Wigan excluded), even if the end results so far have been disappointing with a series of defensive errors and inability to see games out. My invocation of the Peter Principle was in relation to the squad through the divisions, not of Adkins to the rank of manager.

The Peter Principle is a belief that, in an organization where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit, that organization's members will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability.

Why do the US want him? Would rather he was off my soil tbf!

Gary Hooper?

So the longer he tunes in the less his attendance will drop?

So whereabouts might you be found on a night out in town these days Turkish?

http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/profile-101630713-United_Kingdom_Southampton_Caf_Soleil.html

Hard to tell if my 4th floor walkup is a washout.

Are there really people in this world who think that 6-0+1=5, or has this thread just addled with a few brains? How would they answer "If you have 6 oranges and take 0 away and then add another 1, how many do you have?"

I'll stick my neck out and agree with the Thunderbird. I think if we lose the next 2 we won't come back from that.

Ummmm...there is tax on food!

...and if its a girl...he could call him RIRL?

Yes, it's the annual Jackson's Farm thread, but I can't for the life of me remember what happened with it. Did Liebherr purchase it as part of the "Saints package" in taking us out of administration, or did it go to someone else? I remember there was a time when it was thought it was going to be worthless (was that just a bookkeeping thing because it would have been subject to a distressed sale in administration), as well as being part of an argument as to why the Saints HoldCo in admin had other ventures than just the club (so not "intrinsically linked"). And if we do still have it, are there any developments on having it turned into a block of flats or whatever to unlock its value?

Worst maths ever?? Funnily enough Poppa Bear, the way our lecturer at Uni spelled it out was to imagine the game is a billion doors. You pick one, the host then opens all but one of the remaining doors (1 billion minus 2, whatever that is) which he knows don't contain Tokyos. What do you do now - stick with your 1 in a billion shot, or take the other side of that bet ("1 billion minus 1"-in-a-billion, whatever that is)? Remember it's Tokyos bum on the line here!

Ah, the classic old: Surely if X (someone else's player) is worth Y then Z (our player) is worth Y * (1+i)?

Why the f*** would it matter if they were Saints fans? They are still human beings.

Just did it on some paper (no calculator) scraping what I remembered of long division from primary school and making a few close simplifications and got 42 1/3 mins. I do have a maths degree tho for full disclosure.

4 goals in 2 games against last season's best two sides doesn't suggest a problem with scoring goals.

Yes! I thought exactly the same yesterday during the game and was trawling through google images trying to find the two best matches, tho in truth it's closer when they're moving about. No reflection on their relative footballing abilities tho. Can we make his song: "We've got James Waaaaard-Prowse...We've got James Waaaaaard-Prowse... etc" (be even better since we nabbed him from Pompey where he was a boyhood fan) All together now... Ooooh Posh Spice is a slapper Her knickers have pubic louse And when she's ****ging Beckham She thinks of James Ward-Prowse

I felt annoyed, then I had a vvank and the world seemed better. I suggest others do the same.

What are you talking about? The longest distance shot he had all day was from 15 yards and he saved it!

Not really sure what Davis did wrong there, other than give away a pen which he saved. I think ppl bring their prejudices into the game and look to confirm what they expected to happen. Why oh why when you're a goal up against Man U with 10 mins to go do you replace your 3 attacking players? They must have had 7 touches combined!