The Banana Factor

Me and the missus are over from Oz for christmas and didn't manage to get tickets for the game, anybody happen to have a couple spare or season tickets they can't use?

What i put, He who ****s her laughs now or something was the translation i got from my French friend who translates in to english for a job, she chuckled when i told her it though and said it could depend on the context.

Whoever ****s her laughs now! An interesting comment, wonder what it relates to!

Umm i am the Wow Factor, you cant patent it!

I forget that some people will have never played in goal. You sweep up when you can get to the ball, you go back to your six yard line and wait for the poor touch when you cant. Any of you ever watched a good goalkeeper? The backspin is no excuse, thats his job, to judge these things! Its stuck in the mud, Nige was talking about the fact the pitch wasnt bouncing before the game so he should have known! And he did miss it by a very long way, i dont think i need to get my ruler out, that fact is he missed it. There is a general rule of goalkeeping mistakes " did he look like a ****" yes he did! Therefore its a mistake! I also dont think bart is so much of an unkown quality that he would "derail" our promotion bit thats a bit sensationalist!

The exeter game seems to sum up Kelvin in a single game. Excellent shot stopper of "glory shots". As a keeper i love saving the ones full length dive a couple of foot off the ground as they look hard but are the easiest, you don't need to worry about holding the ball just get strong hands to it and parry it away. Looks magnificent but every decent goalie can do it. The true test of a goalie is holding the ones you need to hold, and getting to the edge/outside of your box to clear/gather the ones you need to. Remember as a goalie you are ALWAYS covering another players mistake. Kelvin did the first thing really well at Exeter, he always has, however he spilled a very weakly struck shot that fortunately Fonte was there to clear, and the goal was 100% his fault. Thats not to say they wouldn't have scored if he had stayed in the right position, (edge of six yard box waiting for the striker to take a poor touch then charge) it was a one on one after all. By running out and missing the ball by at least 4 foot he made it an even easier task. Bart is largely an unknown quality, we have seen some flashes of brilliance and a couple of mistakes. The main flaws he has is slight misjudgment of deep crosses and his kicking. Well Kelvins distribution is poor as well, he cant even kick from hand, the first thing you learn as a goalie. What bart does have is very good technique. An analysis pf his last game will show that he a) gathered through balls at the very edge of the area due to good judgment and good starting position. b) made the saves he would be expected to c) made one excellent save from the dipping nani shot that bounced in front of him. The hardest judgment call to make, Kelvin would have blocked that shot rather than gathered it. I am not guaranteeing that Bart will be our next No 1 as we hopefully climb through the leagues, however Kelvins games is getting worse as he gets older, hes has made 3 or 4 key mistakes in the last month, as well as the ones that haven't been punished. He is definitely not going to cut it in the championship. Wouldn't it be more sensible to blood Bart and see if he will before we decide whether to go shopping for a new keeper or not?!

Haha no some Brazillian girl, a friend of a friend knew her, i never saw her there but apparently she worked there amongst many other places

Did any of you every meet a stripper called Maia in there?!

Gonna make Come on you Reds a bit difficult!

Amazing how all his best quotes seem to have been whilst he was at Saints

Ditto! Got up same time to listen to Solent! Must say i got a little over excited when Morgan scored!

Phil, i cant send PMs cos im a cheap skate, any idea where i can watch Champs League tonight in Dubai. Cheers Gaffer!

The KFCs that open late anywhere in London serve through hatches or through screens, its to stop all the drunken working class people attacking them on Friday and Saturday night.

One from Australia! All though admitttedly it does just fit into my month off anyway!

Bear in mind its been a very early morning for Tim!!

Anyone in Perth with setanta or wants to go halves on setanta for the Sunday morning rerun?

Hopefully i will be there depending on my flight times and things.

BTW i know them both and no Crab Lungs isnt Dan Kerins!!

I thought Crab Lungs was Mickey Fialka?

Any of the internet knowledagebles likely to know which link might use least bandwidth, im on a download limit, paying by the megabyte in Perth and really wanna watch the game!

Pardew made a snap decision to take mills off after a very poor defensive header from him at the edge of the box. Pardew flung round and pointed aggressively at wotton. Wilkins then came rushing out of the box perhaps asking him the reason and pardew was visibly angry with him. Possibly pards felt mills wasn't keepin the shape as he had been asked to do and if so fair enough to AP to have the courage to take him off. it's just a shame for the lads confidence and that he had to be replaced by wotton who gave away 3 free kicks and possesion twice with his first five touches!!

Be a bit hard to be dating Versace now wouldnt it!!

Papa ****ing waigo hands down!!!

Stupid poll, papa waigo has actually contributed this year despite being very frustrating! Just look at his goals and assissts. Jermaine wright also did a good job for us whereas the others were just truly awful!

Looks good but that is one of the worst Planning Applications for something of such a professional nature that i have ever seen, littered with spelling mistakes and the supporting figures are limited and in places completely unclear as to what they represent. The plans look fantastic and hopefully they will go through but i am not particularly impressed with whoever the planning agent is on this!