Jimmy Gabriel's Halo

I especially liked Tartan Owls' prophecy and subsequent boastings about how good SW's squad was and how it was better, man for man, than ours. Oh dear TO, a case of too much whisky in the jar perhaps ?

I think BHA will actually do quite well in the Championship. They will last 3 seasons. Autumn, winter & spring. The old ones are the best.

You do realise you've just commited yourself to a life without any sh@gging don't you..... Nothing to celebrate there

It does not. You still have the planners to get past and that will not be easy. I remind you of the Falmer difficulties.

Dear Mr Cheeseroll, like a great big seagull I'm going to sh1t on your parade. Didn't you once have a ground that held 36,000 people and didn't you spend 95% of your existence playing at said ground in the lower tiers of English football ? My point being that a super duper all singing and dancing ground on its' own does not guarantee top flight football. Your infrastructure does not include a proper training ground either, you still train at Sussex Uni playing fields I believe. And don't tell me you are looking for suitable premises - where the hell in Sussex do you think a large enough green field site exists where you will get planning permission for this especially now the city is all but surrounded by the South Downs National Park where you won't even get planning for a toilet block now ? Lastly, can you please tell us all what will happen when your sugar daddy, the well known gambler Mr Bloom, puts it all on red - and it comes up black ? Thank you kindly.

You'll be wanting BBC Radio Sussex for full, unbiased commentary. And after you've digested that, you will NEVER, EVER slag off Dave Merrington again and will appreciate just how good sports coverage on Radio Solent actually is.

I think you will find that the good views only include one pier, The Palarse Pier. T'other, The West Pier, is nought but a shell of twisted, burnt cast iron.

Not so. I understand they receive it after the Uddersfield game which is their last home game.

Thimble: It's not just a few numpties on your NSC message board having a go at Saints. One of your bestest known fans and former radio show phone in host has even been having a pop at us via his weekly column in one of the local papers here in Sussex - you will know to whom I refer without naming names. And not just once either - 2 weeks running earlier this month. And I don't think he's a numpty. I, along with many other Saints fans, have no animosity towards BHA and I really don't get it.

I am not so confident as you on this. He has, apparently, a small groin muscle tear which will be bl00dy painful and cannot be rushed back. I speak from personal experience, you understand.

Exactly this.

According to NA quoted on BBC Ceefax this morning AOC is still on crutches and the earliest he may return would be against Walsall. So, in reality, that is him out for the rest of the season. Not great news.

OK, as there is now much nail biting and bum squeeking going on following last night's disappointing result at Rochdale I thought a bit of light relief might not be a bad idea and I wondered what song titles would be relevent to our current situation ? My choice would be "Nothing Is Easy" - Jethro Tull. Next ?

What about the mrs though...?

And they (the bookies that is) are very, very rarely wrong. They know something.

That did actually make me laugh Baj. But I have been fully employed since leaving school/college/Polytechnic etc which includes all holiday periods. I suppose I started work at 12 or 13 with various paper rounds etc and have never ever had a period of unemployment or redundancy. Of course, being a High Court judge probably helps. I suppose I've been lucky compared to some. Or unlucky, depending on your point of view.

I am 57 and a half and I have never been made redundant. I do not know why.

Today whilst in Brighton I saw a plumber's van with the company name on which made me laugh out loud - U BENDER I kid you not. It also reminded me of a a scaffolding company which operates along the coast - can't remember their name but on the back of their lorry was the legend "Satisfaction guaranteed with every erection". There's also the cobbler's known as R. SOLES - they do exist. So, anybody seen any other funny company names ? And yes I know I lead a sad and lonely life and should get out more, thank you. And yes, I have waited several years just to post this, thank you.

Nail. Head. Etc.

Correct. This has been confirmed to me more than once this season by some of their fans.

some corrections.

Get it back pronto because those Dyson's really are rubbish, very unreliable and yours will soon blow up/eat the cat/suck up all your carpet and will be no longer usable.

Leyton Orient will claim the last play off place ahead of MK Franchise as they have 4 games in hand on them and are currently 8 points behind with a better goal difference. Our away game there will be one of the 6 pointers for sure. Mark my words.

Buzzards are spreading into Sussex, I regularly spot them when on the train to Southampton for matches. And just to head off those of you so inclined, that's me on the train and not the buzzards. Thank you.