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And even there we'd have had a draw, but for THB's last act in a Saints shirt.

That doesn’t stack up to me. This would mean we overpay for Dobbin (being kind probably paying twice his value !), then struggle to eke out anywhere near our own expectation for THB. Even by SR standards that seems fuckwittery even beyond their standards. I don’t doubt there are some accounting ruses (and Villas trading with Chelsea, and a previous deal with Everton -possibly also involving Dobbin - raise questions) but this doesn’t seem one of them. Although also wonder if part of the THB deal might have involved writing off something on Archer. Agree he’s still “pony”. Over £20m on Archer and Dobbin. Would we have been better off donating it to charity for the tax relief ?

You’re right, but on a different note how long will it be before we see some copycat incidents of pupil/student unrest in the UK ? Seeing it on the news, it seems inevitable that some bastard will think that looks a good way of expressing some sentiment or other.

Something else came to mind today: The 5pm classified football results, with the iconic music intro on Sports Report. It used to be essential listening, especially if getting back to the car in time to hear them. Long before the days we knew them from looking at our phones and monitoring other games (whilst your own was still in progress)

A game we should have won and should be looking to win. But credit where it’s due they had a good result midweek and showed what they’re capable of. But had we been able to get a shot on target of course …

Okay. Had forgotten that. (Trying to erase the detail of the Will Still period from my memory perhaps)

Or just thinking that regulations don’t apply to them. No surprise.

Good call. At least with Rupert we could take heart in the catering and radio station after a disappointing result.

But at least the then manager considered Azaz worthy of a place in the starting lineup. That isn’t the case now with Dobbin. Same can be said of Mubama

Why ? Perhaps he wasn’t keen, and like it or not he joined an equally ambitious club. And we don’t know if we were really interested or just made a casual and half hearted enquiry. Pure speculation but from some of the snippets read it seemed we wanted Ratkov as our Stewart replacement.

And beating the skates in the week as well.

Yes. Except we should have been a bit more ambitious than a Man City work experience recruit.

That’s very true, that it might have been a difficult job selling the club to a player especially if coming from the Premiership. But my comment is not solely about Lankshear who has become the obvious focus on here. Other strikers on the continent were no doubt available and presumably we’d looked at. Or perhaps we spent too long trying to sign Ratkov after he’d already turned us down. Larin being here should not have been a barrier to another striker with some ambition and self belief.

This line has been trotted out a few times but I think it’s misplaced. There was plenty of game time available and who’s to say that Larin might not be the second option to another CF ?

Dreadful. It used to be said that strikers would shit themselves at the sight of Peter Shilton in front of them. Perhaps Bazunu had similar effect on Dobbin