Badger

Agree. That evil bastard will serve no purpose during the rest of his life.Although some form of more appropriate 'punishment' might come his way in prison,I object to the cost of keeping him breathing,and 'protected' for 'his own good' whilst in prison.

I have heard - from an impeccable source - that the money is definitely in place,although not sure if its from Canada,USA,or middle east.The problem now is that it cant be released yet due to a minor technicality*. *Barry has lost the key to his briefcase.

or "lawrie,lawrie,lawrie,lawriieeeeeeee..."

Come on you red and white MACHINES...

How does a "jobless mum of three" afford cigarettes ? Especially to give them to one of her kids. ..presumably at more expense to the taxpayer ?

He'd still be a vast improvement on those available to us at the moment though...and will score c.25 goals this season.

How did Skacel play ?

Good.He is obviously playing for a new contract with them. Lets hope it pushes his value up.

Would have accepted the point before the game,so happy with the draw.

Lose 4-0.

Thats fine except we probably would not afford the extra salary for another coach.

I expect this will be the subject of many sweepstakes.

Maradona is back.

Interestingly though, if this were in the High Street many stores might honour the 'incorrect' price.

This appears a new name to me,and it has appeared a couple of times today on this thread.So can anyone fill in the speculation and let me know who/what he is ? Is he a Fulthorpe connection ? Thanks.

..or perhaps a camel's mouth ?

Not wishing to intrude into general nature of your thread but: theres a bit of a clue in the name that they might not be entirely without risk. (Whatever one is)

Another episode which I believe left the club on the ropes for a while, if not mortally wounded,as events turned out over the next three months was the 'Strachan to Leeds' saga. Whilst not on its own as significant as some of the other factors listed on this thread it became tedious and many at the club seemed exhausted by it.It wasn't particularly well handled by the two leading characters at SMS in the saga either, Rupert or WGS. If anything I think WGS is more blameworthy than Lowe, a simple unequivocal "not interested" or "not going" from him would have culled it.The fact it drifted for a while with only a "we don't comment on speculation" line from the club,suggested - to me anyway -a strain in relationships at SFC.I didn't buy the not 'dancing to the media's tune' ********,nor the RL/WGS 'hug in' against Chelsea.

All of which is very interesting. However I do not anticipate the takeover happening in a month of Sundays. That includes 'Sundays' as either european or arabic Sundays.

Glad someone else detected that turning point(as I also noted,post 35 on the thread).

Already done.

I agree that after the 2003 Cup final we had something to build on.It was a golden opportunity that was criminally allowed to slip away. However I think that there was also something afoot within the club during that time and before Cardiff,which understandably the cup run papered over. In hindsightI feel there were two matches which were pivotal in our slip away from an exciting stylish and attacking team under WGS.Boro away,when we lost a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2.After that match I sensed WGS lost the confidence to attack as we had done before,and we became more cautious.Then the 6-1 defeat at Highbury which left a phsycological scar on all those involved,even on cup final day.From that point on the team seemed to look at fixtures as just trying not to lose too heavily especially away from home. Had WGS been given the chance to rebuild his squad in the summer of 2003 I expect he would have refound his enthusiam for the job again,but of course he wasn't.

Dr Finlay. (shows age...)

I'd agree with the first suggestion,the appointment of Wigley and Lowe persevering with him when it was so obvious he was not- and never would be - up to the job. Previous contributory events are possibly the failure to appoint Hoddle when WGS left,and the decision to sack Sturrock.However on both counts alternative options were available.By the time Wartface was installed and given his chance Lowe really had taken us too far up a blind alley.

Good point.There is obviously a potential conflict of interest here. I am sure Seymour Price or any other brokers however are reliable,trustworthy,and conduct everything in an extremely scrupulous fashion,rather like the estate agents you refer to.:confused: