East Kent Saint

He could be the first teams Ollie !

Hmmm Cahill out of contract , can head the ball and experienced , no fee , …..

It showed how bad the pitches were , no grass in goalmouths and endless divots filled with sand at WHL . BTW Spurs beat WHU after the most blatant dive by spuds bloke Alfie ? ! Wouldn’t happen now with VAR Ha Ha !

Liverpool v Sunderland now

Even Billionaire owners of large companies in China have just been sentenced to 10 years or so for “being argumentative and disrespectful “ . He sided with the “wrong people “ who criticised the dictators , so this is not a joke , it’s very real . I see Abromavich has been mentioned as buying Chelsea at the behest of Putin , which is being denied but remember the World Cup in Russia where Putin told the press in front of him that they would be paying for it.

Wallet lifting exercises 😃

His motivation was approval by the dictators in charge to invest in football and get a toe in the money go round with the kudos of football success , they decided that too much money was being exported from China so blocked money transfers . GAO then had to fund the purchase of Saints by borrowing money outside of China . He is now in a bind . The dictators are suggesting that selling at a loss would be a loss of face so Gao could well end up in prison if he does sell out. You couldn’t make it up but it is how it is so we are stuck .

I think he was responding to the Chinese dictatorship that encouraged such investment, they then decided it had gone over the top with ridiculous amounts of money being ploughed in with no benefit . Now if GAO sells up he may be targeted for making the Dictators look foolish and end up in prison as a result so he is trapped …

Quite , they all should have the choice, the Norwegian softball team were fined for wearing shorts not bikini bottoms in the recent beach softball competition. This sexism should be eradicated from sport before people make the link between ISIS or the Taliban and OUR treatment of women.

Having been “forced” to watch gymnastics In Tokyo I thought being a judge would be ideal for MLG . They get docked 0.2 points for “not fully extending the foot “ or “ not quite raising the leg high enough to be as high as the head” etc ! I struggle to watch without feeling like a perv , hopefully the women will be allowed to wear body suits in future , I remember the total disgrace Blatter saying women footballers should wear tight shorts to make their games more appealing, spew …

I think we can accept light hearted comments on here without going over the top !

Snobbily ? I’m sure a few Saints fans would like a proven centre back to sort the defence out . No myth at all you just can’t resist being contrary then introducing another tangent to distract from your over reaction.

The WHU tag is because despite all their bluster they ended up signing older “proven” players . I can see why Moyes might have a soft spot for him though , a bit of a Walcott signing Ha Ha .

You forgot about him for good reason !

Rule 1 : Don’t feed the troll ! (No not “No Pooftas”)

He didn't want to stay here first time round , he wouldn't have come back her either !

The youngsters are getting the Pfizer jab instead of the AZ

We already have a divided society , it has always been that way . If you are rich and privileged you can behave how you like , the rest of us just have to suck it up . You can buy a passport to most countries these days if you are rich enough . You can fly to America and back during Covid if you have the privilege , ie people like Farage ! You can stash all you millions in an off shore tax haven in a blind trust if you are the Chancellor of the exchequer , you can buy a £50M flat in London registered to an off shore trust and avoid council tax if you are rich enough . If you sit on the govt committee looking after the betting industry you can get free £3000 hospitality tickets to the Euro matches or £1000 tickets to Wimbledon!

Well as long as only every other seat is used for social distance and we all promise not to cheer the team as it could spread Covid it should be alright …. Esp in our usual seats in the Kingsland .

Even Kane isn’t starting the season apparently!

Look this is Boris we are dealing with here , no doubt it will all change before football gets going again . Today he was saying anyone who has been a victim of a crime will be given the investigators name and contact number Ha Ha Ha ! A bit like Patel’s we have control of our borders Ha Ha Ha ! To JRM yes people do need the jab . We could go the Black Death route but even that involved moving to the country and isolation !

Yes but Pepe £73M was what I had in mind !

Currently the vaccine is thought to be the way forward as we couldn’t cope with the number of seriously ill people or the fact that we couldn’t all stay at home either. Another method has been used in other countries such as NZ and Oz , NZ have done ok so far but their situation is much different to the UK . Oz doing ok but has low jab levels so they are constantly in and out of lockdown and for example many Australians that were out of the country still haven’t made it back home yet ! The AZ jab which I have had hasn’t been approved in the US yet and the EU went to court to get more AZ jabs while not using it anyway due to clotting scare. The risks so far of having the jab is still very small but there have been enough instances of dodgy drugs in the past for people to be worried about what they are being given . The false research that linked the MMR jab to Autism has lead people to be wary of vaccines as well . Vaccines that have worked such as polio have seen polio nearly eliminated from the world . A proper test , track and isolation scheme would have stopped the spread but it appears it is only likely to happen where the Govt has total control ! The app based solution seems to have so many flaws we are now dealing with the pingdemic also a bit of a farce. So easy to see why people are unsure about what to do for the best , I have always had whatever jab has been offered throughout life because it seemed OK but when it came to statins it was a different story . I can’t take statins and even my GP has had to agree , after me trying all that were available on the NHS ! I am not convinced at all that statins are helping people to live longer and healthier and suspect somewhere along the line that may turn out to be recognised but that’s my opinion .

Saints are far from the only Prem team to buy players that never make it at the club . Think of all the record signings say Spurs , Arsenal and Man U have made who never made it into the team . IIRC Benitez managed to amass 60 players on Liverpool’s books ! It seems to be more size of squad in our case so a dud is a big deal.

Pony . The Bosman ruling changed the whole relationship which is why clubs want to give new contracts to players with 2 years left on their current contracts . Their objective now is to retain some value of their assets so they don’t leave for free so even with one year left it may be worth extending . We’ve no idea why Saints went overboard with FF’s long gold plated extension . Bale is another mystery , he was on the point of leaving but Real pulled out , explain that.