Tokyo-Saint

I take it all back. The level of goal keeping is sh!t, we could all score 30 over there... http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/63153/

I think you are right, that in general they are some way off the standard required. However, the very best players are definitely good enough higher NPC lower Prem. This has been proven over the years with players such as Nakata and Nakamura. I would rate Park ji Sung (I know he is not Japanese) as one of Man Utd's better players and Ryo Miyaichi as one of Arsenal's best young prospects. I am not saying this guy would be a world beater (I don't know much about him) just that the standard is not pub team as many 'little Englanders' think (by no means a dig at you St Jim). A couple of the younger players at the right price are definitely worth a gamble or at least a trial.

To be fair the J league is of a pretty high standard now-a-days as is the Japanese national team. This was proven in their performance both against England before the world cup and during the world cup. There is a culture in the UK that if he is not a big name or on the cover of a magazine, he is not a good player. Look how the English 'superstars' get on internationally to see how true this theory is...

Dean Hammond has diarrhoea was my highlight. Hope none got on the bus or in the building.

As Dune can't be arsed to go back one page, I'll repost it with the link to the tune.

MLG will you please answer all of these questions so that we can close this thread. While you are at it, what happened to tommy Pavlova?

Agree, it does fit better. The other option was something like 'he's first class' or similar but I think the above version is best.

How about: Ooooo Steve de Ridder He’s from Belgium, different class Has mayo on his chips but when he runs he’s f*cking fast And when he gets the ball he’ll put your left back on his arse Oooooo Steve de Ridder Not 100% sure about different but it has to be something with 2 syllables to fit the tune. There is a better version of the tune here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfqvsP9jB0

Pretty much agree with Griffo, that it will never get sung. I did think about not bothering posting it as we would just go for some da da da na na na de Riddler type song. Anyway, here is my final version, I changed it about to make the words fit a little better with the tune: Ooooo Steve de Riddler He’s from Belgium he’s ****in class Has mayo on his chips but when he runs he’s ****in fast And when he gets the ball he’ll put your left back on his arse Oooooo Steve de Riddler

It's a Belgium thing. It was either that or something about eating Waffles. On reflection maybe has mayo on his chips rather than puts fits better. Feel free to tweak it if anyone has a better idea.

Changed it a bit as a few mistakes with the first one.

The best song around at the moment is the Oooooooo Balotelli song sung by Man City So howabout: Ooooooo Steve de Riddler He's a winger, he's ****'en class Puts Mayo on his but when he runs he's ****en fast and when he gets the ball, He'll put your left back on his ar5e. Ooooo Steve de Riddler

Should be on saints player really. What's the point of paying through the summer if they don't put at least the big friendlies on?

OK, MLG, I see your FM2011 (version 7.35) and raise you PES stats... http://pesstatsdatabase.com/viewtopic.php?f=101&p=268720 Don't ever play me at top trumps, I have memorised the entire pack and cannot be lose.

Sounds like my ex girlfriend!

We have a winner!

I heard he did the bleep test on a mobility scooter.

Completely agree. I knew who had been promoted and relegated but had no idea we would have to play all the teams in the division twice. That is just mental!

Yeah, he had a broken rib at the time of the match so couldn't sing the songs properly.

My brother made this video, terrible camera work however a pretty good spint from the Northam after the game. Left me on the pitch wondering where the hell he was.

I did not call him a knob because I did not get his sense of humour. You are the one not getting the whole picture here. I am calling him a knob because of what he said after the tsunami in japan. The tsunami in which my sister in law became homeless. He can not defend himself now on this board but believe me I gave him the opportunity to discuss it face to face.

Good, gals to hear it. If he was even half as funny as he thought he was, he would be doing stand up. He wasn't, he was just a knob.

Good, gals to hear it. If he was even half as funny as he thought he was, he would be doing stand up. He wasn't, he was just a knob.

Absolutely not! If there is one thing that would stop me going to games it is this. I absolutely hate 'the England band'. The bastards down out the proper atmosphere by playing suit songs again and again. The worst thing about wembley of any really big saints game for that matter, is that some bellend decides to cash in and sells kids and morons those little horn things. The kids and morons then proceed to blow the tubeless things non stop for bloody hours, like a hive of bees has just been disturbed. I fecking hate it. If you want drums, kazoos and that kind of sh!t then feck off to Pompey or MK dons or some other no Mark team...please.