dronskisaint

I always thought you seemed to have a good heart...I really hope today it's proven:nod:

Great memories ....I won money from a Spuds fan too!

Perhaps the only crushes Hypo has are man crushes?

Yep, like someone as cute as that would sleep with you....

This - We've been down this road a good few times over the years

I want them to stay down because it's the closest ground for me I want them to stay down because we beat them a lot I want them to go up because I think Drew Surman's a good guy/player who would rather have stayed with us but 'took one for the team' 2-1 then...stay down Canaries. Also half my staff are supporters and they'll be gloating...make that 3-1!

The only typical part of this is the predictability of your response...you must lead a sad little life to let this get to you so badly. Never mind

Lallana...has the makings of a Saints legend!

Check out our away record...it's comparable with our immediate competitors. Bit less hand wringing would be good....Fonte called it right when he said the others are looking at us as much as we're looking at them...and we are ahead with a game in hand. Would you swap?

I'm always satisfied:D

Clap banner is a good idea...could carry it as a warning of what you might catch should you get too close to the holder. What a numpty, desperate and pathetic attempt to generate intersest in a foul-smelling and failing entity - I wish theey'd just add the death to the smell of it that pervades at nottarF kraP!

What are they celebrating...one year in to the CVA?! Astounding...'Sing if you're glad to be skint...sing if you've ripped off the world'

Excellent bit of insight - thanks for posting this on here.

Big Ron on here? Big Ron Davies? Or...as Malcolm Allison called him - Fat Ron - of the fake tan, bling and sacking!

Harding has had two poor games this year...the beauty of our squad is that he's been keepin Dickson out and look how well he's done since coming in! Sometimes we take the quality of our players for granted...nice to see they're appreciated by their peers. Well done to all concerned

Go-go, go Jonno go go go Go Jonno go go go Jonno For-te To the tune of Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode chorus

'If you want to visit a town more desperate than Rochdale, try Great Yarmouth in November - the only "great" thing about it is the A47 westbound.' Partly true - I have an office and warehouse in Great Yarmouth. I only question - why just in November? It's a shythole 12 months a year!

As opposed to Thatcher's rape of our public service contributors by selling off electricity, oil, phones, water etc to private investors? There are many more examples but I'll keep it simple for you. Take a little look at yourself...then another longer look at history. Thatcher destroyed the manafacturing industry in this country, sold the family silver (gold reserves pale in to insignificance in comparison but I agree that was a Brown mistake) to benefit her supporters and funders. She should be tried for crimes against the British economy.

With respect - the perfect example of why there isn't a 'Just back from the highlights thread'!

IT Helpdesk - 'Can I help you sir?' User - 'I hope so - I seem to have lost access to the net' IT Helpdesk - 'OK, let's see if we can help - can I have your name please sir?' User - 'Fernando Torres.....'

I think it's more likely that he'll be reviled like Thatcher - I'm not a great fan of Brown but he had a better understanding and was less driven by dogma than Cameron.

Lifetime ticket? How does that work? Genuine question and how does it get honoured through the various owners/companies? When was it issued? The club has died twice in recent memory and smells like it's been dead for years.

Mix of doom & gloom and sense on here...my perspective after driving down today with a few hours reflection. Rochdale are 6th because they're hard working, quick and effective. They were well up for it against us and, on the night, had the run of the ball, a very, very capable keeper, the desire to throw themselves in to and after anything. We had a day when the quality of passing was strange at times...the number of times we, under no pressure, gave the ball away was a long way away from the standards we've set this season. That being said on another night we'd have won...we had the near misses, the well-saved shots, the corners, the blocks they put in are in the stats...I don't think we'd have scored if we'd played until midnight...it was just one of those and it's gone now. My ratings KD - 5 - A great stop kept us in it but he was beaten again at his near post and had a really worrying dash out without calling Richardson then, almost petulantly, seemed to wander slowly back to his line whilst the ball was still dangerous. Harding - 6 - Got shown up for pace by a very pacey winger...think it was tactical to get Dickson's speed to left back to keep up with him Jaidi -7 - Solid...experience put him in the right place most times...he'd never have caught their forwards for sure! Fonte - 8 - Just immense...put himself every where and was constantly geeing up everyone Richardson - 6 - Mix of good and bad...a bit exposed by his winger who (I think) got motm but was better going forward and was often available well forward on the touchline Deano - 7 - Wished he'd shot a couple of times when well placed but boy did he put in a shift...real Captain's performance. Stephens - 5 - Disappointed, was looking forward to seeing him start and still think he'll be a good foil for Lallana...looked very lightweight and gave the ball away a bit but think he'll be one who does the simple linking well, seemed to have speed and a tackle...jury is out still. Guly - 6 - What he did well he did superbly i.e. running at them scared them sh*tless but too often misplaced the easy passes. We know what he can do but the formation didn't suit him last night Barny -7 - Worked his nuts off, was unlucky a few times but never stopped running and fighting. Got some rough treatment and their second goal came after he'd been slung to the ground - HTF was that not a foul? Ricky - 7 - Worked hard, nearly in a few times and won a fair share of the ball in the air...looked classy. Subs Forte...looking forward to seeing more, 'kin quick and was a little unlucky to find their keeper in such good form Seaborne - looked a little uncertain but gave a bit more pace at the back as Rhadi was looking f*kt! Lallana - What can you say? Came on and looked a class above anyone else...nearly turned it round but, on the positive side, looked as if he wasn't carrying any injury. Ref -4...sadly about the standard for this league...pretty shyte for both sides in fairness. Couple of observations on my first ever visit there...their crowd were good and made good noise from both ends. I'd read that the pies were special so didn't visit the chippie across the road. Pie was good but the choice was meat & potato or ...another meat and potato. Not in the Wigan class I have to say. Parking 150 yards away on the road...really easy. Stewards were fine. I never want to go there again...get us out of this league! In summary - We didn't play that badly but lost goals early to a couple of errors but even with those errors our performance would usually have been enough to get points. I can't fault the team for effort...they really wanted it but it didn't happen - one of those nights, playing ok - move on & up.

Mix of doom & gloom and sense on here...my perspective after driving down today with a few hours reflection. Rochdale are 6th because they're hard working, quick and effective. They were well up for it against us and, on the night, had the run of the ball, a very, very capable keeper, the desire to throw themselves in to and after anything. We had a day when the quality of passing was strange at times...the number of times we, under no pressure, gave the ball away was a long way away from the standards we've set this season. That being said on another night we'd have won...we had the near misses, the well-saved shots, the corners, the blocks they put in are in the stats...I don't think we'd have scored if we'd played until midnight...it was just one of those and it's gone now. My ratings KD - 5 - A great stop kept us in it but he was beaten again at his near post and had a really worrying dash out without calling Richardson then, almost petulantly, seemed to wander slowly back to his line whilst the ball was still dangerous. Harding - 6 - Got shown up for pace by a very pacey winger...think it was tactical to get Dickson's speed to left back to keep up with him Jaidi -7 - Solid...experience put him in the right place most times...he'd never have caught their forwards for sure! Fonte - 8 - Just immense...put himself every where and was constantly geeing up everyone Richardson - 6 - Mix of good and bad...a bit exposed by his winger who (I think) got motm but was better going forward and was often available well forward on the touchline Deano - 7 - Wished he'd shot a couple of times when well placed but boy did he put in a shift...real Captain's performance. Stephens - 5 - Disappointed, was looking forward to seeing him start and still think he'll be a good foil for Lallana...looked very lightweight and gave the ball away a bit but think he'll be one who does the simple linking well, seemed to have speed and a tackle...jury is out still. Guly - 6 - What he did well he did superbly i.e. running at them scared them sh*tless but too often misplaced the easy passes. We know what he can do but the formation didn't suit him last night Barny -7 - Worked his nuts off, was unlucky a few times but never stopped running and fighting. Got some rough treatment and their second goal came after he'd been slung to the ground - HTF was that not a foul? Ricky - 7 - Worked hard, nearly in a few times and won a fair share of the ball in the air...looked classy. Subs Forte...looking forward to seeing more, 'kin quick and was a little unlucky to find their keeper in such good form Seaborne - looked a little uncertain but gave a bit more pace at the back as Rhadi was looking f*kt! Lallana - What can you say? Came on and looked a class above anyone else...nearly turned it round but, on the positive side, looked as if he wasn't carrying any injury. Ref -4...sadly about the standard for this league...pretty shyte for both sides in fairness. Couple of observations on my first ever visit there...their crowd were good and made good noise from both ends. I'd read that the pies were special so didn't visit the chippie across the road. Pie was good but the choice was meat & potato or ...another meat and potato. Not in the Wigan class I have to say. Parking 150 yards away on the road...really easy. Stewards were fine. I never want to go there again...get us out of this league! In summary - We didn't play that badly but lost goals early to a couple of errors but even with those errors our performance would usually have been enough to get points. I can't fault the team for effort...they really wanted it but it didn't happen - one of those nights, playing ok - move on & up.

Loovely weather oop North...in hotel and looking forward to this evening, hope not anyone caught up in the M6 hold up, I just missed it.