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still no decent guesses on the saints Youth question. Some clues. The player still lives locally He was a right full back He was blond Appearances in early 60's (I think)

Theory Players come to Saints, like the area, get in a comfort zone, switch off Other players go somewhere cold, miserable and north of Newbury. Cant wait to get away, play out of their skin.

Rumour is it's going to be sold, along with other works of art, to finance the Titanic Museum at the Civic

Was up on the 2nd Floor of St Marys recently and looked at the interesting old photos and Honours Board in the corridor outside the Board Room. Someone had scratched out the name of our esteemed ex Leader from the Chairman's Board. Funny to some extent but shame that a nice old wooden presentation board had to be defaced. Wonder if his predecessor, Mr Askham, will face the same fate? Interesting to know who did the dirty deed. For those who may be interested the Doncaster steam engine has been consigned to the basement and Lawrie and the Cup reinstated in the Board room Finally a question for the anoraks, which Saints Youth player has the most England Youth caps? Difficult one. I would never have guessed. Duncan, any idea?

Can anyone beat the mighty Saints? Davis £1m Thomas £1m (A Burley joke!!) Schneiderlin £1m (Where did Rupes find the money?) Lambert £1m Saga £0.6k Hammond £0.4k Bart £0.1k Total £5.1m plus Agents Fees/Sign on/Higher than average wages All great value!! Interested if anyone can compare with other L1 or, indeed, Championship clubs

Recent rush of money being put on him to be sacked. Apparently there has been one big bet which has had the bookies scurrying to slash the odds. There is some suggestion that a person very close to the club has been giving some advance info to a mate who likes a cheeky bet. Obviously no idea who this could be but would be proper nawty if true.

Wonder how much Messrs Pulis, Molyneaux, Forecast are costing the club. Say £10k a week in total? None of them are likely to feature this season (or in future?) Shows how out of touch the previous regime were. £10k a week would fund the wages of a decent striker (or two?)

Since Saints joined the Football League (just after WW1), i think this is the lowest position the club has been in ie bottom of the League 1 or, Div 3 in old money. If Duncan is viewing perhaps he will confirm. Sad state of affairs. We were truly poor from start to finish today and lucky to survive the shot against the cross bar and Lisbie's miss

Presume we are not in the running? Each of the interested locations have been visited recently incl Portsea Island. The Portsmouth News reports that the Selection Committee toured the city and were 'impressed' by Fartton Park (???), Training Facilities (where - Eastleigh??), Hotels (really?? even Milan Madaric used to stay at the De Vere here in Soton when he was involved with the blue few!!) They were also taken by the 'very friendly atmosphere in the city'.. Sounds like Portsmouth has it in the bag!!!

Now Chief Scout at Fartton park Originally shown as 'Ex Saints Scout' in Portsmouth News, now changed to Ex Celtic. Can't remember if he did anything good for us

Understand this was written by a PR mate of Piers Morgan who, apparently, is a staunch supporter of the Fake Sheik. Can you honestly believe that someone from the dark side of Hampshire could be so erudite?

He will return when the Gob*ites pick up a win which, unfortunately, is likely to be before we post positive points on the L1 table.

All sorted now. No idea what i did but thanks to all who responded

Mike I go into Microsoft Office Outlook email icon and that's when the blue circle appears temporarily. Once it disappears I'm left in limbo No messages appear whilst I can access emails on the other PC's in the house, I can't access my work's email details which are contained on my laptop

Nick/Steve Thanks for in put so far. Orange provide the Internet connection to the house. There are two other computers in the house and none of these have a problem with emails The lap top is company provided (I work from home) and there is no fault elsewhere in the company, they all seem to be receiving emails OK Appear to be able to access all sites bar email

Any young whizz kid out there who can offer some assistance to a poor old pen and ink man who doesn't understand the new fangled lap top thingy. I have a good internet connection but trying to access my emails all I get is a blue circle which rotates for a while and then disappears. I have tried switching the lap top off but this doesnt help. Appreciate any guidance.

So Mr Storrie is promoting himself as Pompey's saviour. Surely he must have been working hand in glove with his close friend Mr Redknapp to spend money on transfers/wages way beyond the means of the club. In addition he was one of the highest paid Directors of any Prem club. Seems to me he is only staying to maintain this high salary and keep on station to act as a knight in shining armour as and when the new owner realises he has done the wrong thing

The Echo seems to be reigning in our expectations. Wonder what they know to adopt this stance? Normally every new player gets talked up, even Young Pulis!!

I remember seeing a clip of Ali Dia on South Today training at Staplewood just before the infamous appearance. I thought, at the time, he didnt look much of a player but obviously considered Souness knew more than me. As I recollect he almost scored but fluffed a decent chance. Wonder what would have happened if he had scuffed the chance in?

Wade I worked in the Docks in the 80's. The men had a decent job, good pay with plenty of time off due to overmanning but still they had disputes about the most obscure reasons. They even had internal disputes with people within their own union (eg if a lorry driver did not carry a union card he might not get unloaded) The NDLB Scheme was the prime reason for this which basically provided a Docker with a job for life. It was probably easier to sack a High Court Judge than a Docker The NDLB scheme ports were very ineffective in comparison to Continental or non Scheme ports. The men were v poorly led by their Union (TGWU) and, if the union had been more realistic it would be highly unlikely that Thatcher would have sought to repeal the NDLB act. As it was the NDLB was disbanded, many Dockers lost their job and the ports became far more competitive with productivity per man increasing by 300% on the first year the NDLB was disbanded. Individually the men were good people and great fun but collectively they were a pain in the arse

Proper nawty but spot on Shouldnt the sponsors be Gob s*hite

Andy Thanks Forgot Mellis. Wonder if his loan arrangement guarantees him a starting place?

Andy, Thanks Forgot Mellis. Wonder if his loan arrangement guarantees him a starting place?

B*ggar!!

One last try. Preview post looks fine so fingers crossed