scotty

Pm.

I didn't agree that they were stirring it up, I was pointing out that what information they supply is usually accurate. I'm grateful that they post snippets on here whether it's perceived as good or bad news.

They (guan and k billy) usually turn out to be right.

True enough. The likeable managers never seem to quite cut it towards the top of the table. I can't remember who said it, but there was a quote from a chairman (not a saints one) where he said if all the players like the manager then he isn't doing his job. I've sometimes wondered whether Nigel fell prey to that.

Maybe it's a question of the sooner the better, to give the club more time to regroup before next season? And I really find it difficult to believe the shane long rumours about leicester or the dippers. I thought the main reason he agreed to come here in the first place was for family reasons, doesn't his mrs come from reading and he wanted to move down to the south coast because of that?

Head says utd. Heart says palace.

To be honest mate, whatever anyone here hopes for isn't going to make any difference to the match result. I'd say utd are very strong favourites, but I doubt that spiderman is watching this thread and thinking "blimey!! I'd better try a bit harder than I would have. If I get on, that is."

Hignfy, with lineker in the chair. F*cking hell. Can't believe the beeb would have broadcast that.

Chalk up another order. Top work.

This, absolutely.

...and yes, that is a lovely picture of all of them. I liked the reaction between big ron and pochettino after the first game at whl when our fans gave him a real going over. Poch looked genuinely amused, much like in the photo on this thread.

I think you're right. I don't recall the exact timescale, but pochettino definitely said he was leaving if cortese left, but wound up staying for the remainder of the season.

Oh, and on a side note, Katarina has particularly nice legs. Very shapely.

I only recall the pochettino interview I mentioned, in which he clearly stated that if cortese left the club than he would as well. I don't recall the interview dodds quoted where pochettino recanted that, although I'm sure he will have quoted a later interview than I remember. It's possible that he may have wished to reassess his options after the cortese exit before deciding whether or not to stay here, all I'm saying is that his initial reaction was if cortese goes there's no point in me staying. I also notice that dodds doesn't refer to his assertion that pochettino didn't bother to learn English while here but suddenly became fluent in it within weeks of joining spurs, which is clearly nonsense.

Sorry, but that is utter ********. He was asked clearly about his situation here before cortese was sacked, and he gave what turned out to be an honest reply to the effect that cortese was the man who had convinced him to join the saints project, and that if cortese left he would as well. He wasn't ambiguous about it. As for not bothering to speak English, I very much doubt that he speaks it any better now than he could while he was with us. He occasionally broke into English despite having an interpreter there, and clearly understood the questions being put to him before the interpreter translated them for him.

You're forgetting his England career. Now that he's playing for a "big" club he is guaranteed a place in the England side. So we can look forward to him failing there as well.

Only just seen motd. Oh christ, that's funny. Even down to that tool in the crowd with tears pouring down his face, that result is f*cking hilarious.

No. No, we're not. We'll be hoping they win that particular game in our own interests, but no, we aren't man utd fans.

I remember that as well. Such a good player, but almost seemed jinxed.

It certainly was.

I think one of the itks is a guy who does taxi transfers for the club. So he wouldn't necessarily be privy to whether transfers were actually happening, but would know who was being ferried in and out of sms. He also claimed to have helped with players accommodation, including srl. In that particular case I know it was accurate, but I suppose he could have got the information elsewhere.

He's one of very few genuine itks on here. Monk and Kbillysupersound are among the others.

If you could look at his bank statements, I believe you might find that his year wasn't entirely wasted.

Managers sometimes just don't fit a particular club. They do well at one, and people assume they'll do just as well anywhere else. Hoddle was a case in point, his stock here was very high when he jumped ship for spurs, how long did he last there?