OttawaSaint Posted 30 November, 2011 Share Posted 30 November, 2011 For some reason I have just reminded myself of the teamtalk Saints page and the "discussion" forum there. Did anybody here post on that back in the day (late 90s, early 00s). I think the admin for saints was a guy called Andy Penders? He would add a nugget of his own wisdom to your post if he felt fit. Does Andy (?) post on here now?? If you submitted a post it would often take a day or two to appear on the page so you couldn't really get a discussion going but it was better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 30 November, 2011 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2011 guess not then, LOL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 30 November, 2011 Share Posted 30 November, 2011 Oh yeah mate - I remember those days. I was on there way back then too. Can't believe that was the late 90's. If I recall, Andy Penders was the chap on the line doing the news pieces when you phoned up. If memory serves, he left there to move to Australia at some point. Remember there being a guy called Brian O'Halloran from Ireland posting on there too. Wonder what happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanghai Saint Posted 1 December, 2011 Share Posted 1 December, 2011 There's an Andy Penders working for ESPN/Star Sports out of Singapore. Football pundit, presenter, commentator and a Saints fan - it must be the same chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 1 December, 2011 Share Posted 1 December, 2011 I posted on there I think as farawaysaint actually but buggered if I can remember exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintoaks Posted 1 December, 2011 Share Posted 1 December, 2011 Use to go to school with him in at Crestwood in Eastleigh many many years ago !!, good guy. doing very well for himself on ESPN in singapore on our equivalent of Sky Sports News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypenders Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Hey. Yes I am in Singapore now. Been here for 12 years and working for ESPN. Following the Saints via Saints Player and radio! But still getting a mention of the team on most shows I do! Did a piece on World of Football about Tadanari Lee. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Hey. Yes I am in Singapore now. Been here for 12 years and working for ESPN. Following the Saints via Saints Player and radio! But still getting a mention of the team on most shows I do! Did a piece on World of Football about Tadanari Lee. Nice. Could you stop doing pieces on him and take the quick flight accross and help him pack his bags, if it takes much longer I'll start to think he's not real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanghai Saint Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Hey. Yes I am in Singapore now. Been here for 12 years and working for ESPN. Following the Saints via Saints Player and radio! But still getting a mention of the team on most shows I do! Did a piece on World of Football about Tadanari Lee. Nice. HaHa yes, been around Asia since 99 and did chuckle every time you mentioned Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Hey. Yes I am in Singapore now. Been here for 12 years and working for ESPN. Following the Saints via Saints Player and radio! But still getting a mention of the team on most shows I do! Did a piece on World of Football about Tadanari Lee. Nice. Anywhere where we can see that piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Fantastic. A mini TeamTALK reunion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 Oh yeah mate - I remember those days. I was on there way back then too. Can't believe that was the late 90's. If I recall, Andy Penders was the chap on the line doing the news pieces when you phoned up. If memory serves, he left there to move to Australia at some point. Remember there being a guy called Brian O'Halloran from Ireland posting on there too. Wonder what happened to him? I was working in Dublin and a rocked up for the office 5 a side and much to my astonishment, amongst all the Man Utd, Liverpool, Celtic and Gaelic football jerseys, was another Saints shirt - Brian O'Halloran. He picked his English team in the early 80s and it happened to be us. Fair play, he's stuck with it. Comes over once a year to SMS, still in touch with him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 I was working in Dublin and a rocked up for the office 5 a side and much to my astonishment, amongst all the Man Utd, Liverpool, Celtic and Gaelic football jerseys, was another Saints shirt - Brian O'Halloran. He picked his English team in the early 80s and it happened to be us. Fair play, he's stuck with it. Comes over once a year to SMS, still in touch with him now. Small world! (And you're right - Fair play to him for sticking with us) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 I can just remember them days. I was plain old Dalek in those days. I becam Dalek 2003 after one of the many re-incarnations. I only really stepped up my postings after the debacle surrounding the non appointment of Hoddle in 2004. Still mad about it today, if the mouthy few had kept their mouths shut we would have been in our 33rd year of unbroken top league football i am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 I was working in Dublin and a rocked up for the office 5 a side and much to my astonishment, amongst all the Man Utd, Liverpool, Celtic and Gaelic football jerseys, was another Saints shirt - Brian O'Halloran. He picked his English team in the early 80s and it happened to be us. Fair play, he's stuck with it. Comes over once a year to SMS, still in touch with him now. That is a good story, just read it again. I have to say, one of the nice things about League 1 was meeting fans who stuck with their teams through thick and thin, mostly thin. It would be so easy to be a glory hunter. i have a great deal of respect for them and often they are very knowledgeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 That is a good story, just read it again. I have to say, one of the nice things about League 1 was meeting fans who stuck with their teams through thick and thin, mostly thin. It would be so easy to be a glory hunter. i have a great deal of respect for them and often they are very knowledgeable. The is true. Used to infuriate me when Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool fans used to think you didn't know what you are talking about because you support a League 1 teah. Give me a chat with a Carlisle or Huddersfield fan any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 I can just remember them days. I was plain old Dalek in those days. I becam Dalek 2003 after one of the many re-incarnations. I only really stepped up my postings after the debacle surrounding the non appointment of Hoddle in 2004. Still mad about it today, if the mouthy few had kept their mouths shut we would have been in our 33rd year of unbroken top league football i am sure. On this one again are we?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 18 January, 2012 Share Posted 18 January, 2012 On this one again are we?! Well, I used to be a normal poster until that moment. I suppose the whole debacle shook me. can't believe how casually our club was ruined just to satisfy the ego of a myopic few. Worst part about it, is they will never admit their part in the clubs downfall and probably are the same fans slagging off players at SMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freemantle Saint Posted 20 January, 2012 Share Posted 20 January, 2012 Well, I used to be a normal poster until that moment. I suppose the whole debacle shook me. can't believe how casually our club was ruined just to satisfy the ego of a myopic few. Worst part about it, is they will never admit their part in the clubs downfall and probably are the same fans slagging off players at SMS. Er actually they were not wrong...hoddle is a **** with the loyalty of an alleycat...didnt want him then and havent changed my mind. The debacle of sturrock wigley was all lowes fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 Well, I used to be a normal poster until that moment. I suppose the whole debacle shook me. can't believe how casually our club was ruined just to satisfy the ego of a myopic few. Worst part about it, is they will never admit their part in the clubs downfall and probably are the same fans slagging off players at SMS. I hate that I'm posting about this to you again, but I was also one of those 'minority' who didn't want Hoddle back. There were other option available. But yes, I guess it my fault we were relegated to league 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFHP Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 Well, I used to be a normal poster until that moment. I suppose the whole debacle shook me. can't believe how casually our club was ruined just to satisfy the ego of a myopic few. Worst part about it, is they will never admit their part in the clubs downfall and probably are the same fans slagging off players at SMS. So Hoddle was the only manager that could have saved us then? Whats he doing now? maybe he can save is from our slide to 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 I hate that I'm posting about this to you again, but I was also one of those 'minority' who didn't want Hoddle back. There were other option available. But yes, I guess it my fault we were relegated to league 1. You and the other small but vocal minority should take part of the blame because you put your own misguided feelings before the club. Hoddle, I am sure, would not have got us relegated at the very least. The sudden decision not to appoint Hoddle led to a chain of poor decisions and it started with the appointment of Sturrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 You and the other small but vocal minority should take part of the blame because you put your own misguided feelings before the club. Hoddle, I am sure, would not have got us relegated at the very least. The sudden decision not to appoint Hoddle led to a chain of poor decisions and it started with the appointment of Sturrock. Any idea how long you are going to continue to trot out this tedious response to just about anything. It didn't happen, get over it. Hoddle may or may not have saved us, there is nothing that can be done to prove one way or another, but the reality of Glenda is that without Gorman he is not the messiah you and others seem to believe. Look at it another way, if Glenda had saved us we would probably still be under the stewardship of Lowe, Hoddle would have left soon after when a better offer came along and we would now probably be in lower Championship level (17th maybe) without much hope of investment or promotion. I know where I would rather we were, top of the League (or at least in the Top 2) with NC and the legacy of Markus Liebherr, rather than the legacy of Lowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 Any idea how long you are going to continue to trot out this tedious response to just about anything. It didn't happen, get over it. Hoddle may or may not have saved us, there is nothing that can be done to prove one way or another, but the reality of Glenda is that without Gorman he is not the messiah you and others seem to believe. Look at it another way, if Glenda had saved us we would probably still be under the stewardship of Lowe, Hoddle would have left soon after when a better offer came along and we would now probably be in lower Championship level (17th maybe) without much hope of investment or promotion. I know where I would rather we were, top of the League (or at least in the Top 2) with NC and the legacy of Markus Liebherr, rather than the legacy of Lowe. You are entitled to your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 You and the other small but vocal minority should take part of the blame because you put your own misguided feelings before the club. Hoddle, I am sure, would not have got us relegated at the very least. The sudden decision not to appoint Hoddle led to a chain of poor decisions and it started with the appointment of Sturrock. I also think Sturrock would have kept us up. It was the appointment of Wigley that put us down that season. So either way, Sturrock or Hoddle, we'd have been safe. How about blaming Lowes decisions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 I hate that I'm posting about this to you again, but I was also one of those 'minority' who didn't want Hoddle back. There were other option available. But yes, I guess it my fault we were relegated to league 1. If it really had only been a minority of fans who didnt want Hoddle back then he certainly would have come back. Every Saints fan I know bar one was dead against him returning, and even the one in favour of it thought that the additional pressure on him because of the nature of his previous departure probably made it a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 21 January, 2012 Share Posted 21 January, 2012 I also think Sturrock would have kept us up. It was the appointment of Wigley that put us down that season. So either way, Sturrock or Hoddle, we'd have been safe. How about blaming Lowes decisions? Sturrock had lost the dressing room. He would have soon been in trouble. His sacking was justified, what happened next was bizzare. There are a lot of unanswered questions about this period in our clubs history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 22 January, 2012 Share Posted 22 January, 2012 I go back on the ugly inside every now and then, so I can go back to 2001! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 22 January, 2012 Share Posted 22 January, 2012 Sturrock had lost the dressing room. He would have soon been in trouble. His sacking was justified, what happened next was bizzare. There are a lot of unanswered questions about this period in our clubs history. This was a period even more traumatic than the later "appointments". In retrospect,losing Strachan (despite his shortcomings) was disaster. I believe that Sturrock had indeed lost it (for a number of reasons previously discussed) but forcing Wigley to take over was even worse. There had to be some sort of continuity, and the arrival of Sturrock saw the departure of a number of "behind the scenes " faces and Steve Wigley..(IMO a good coach in his own right who had the respect of the clubs junior players ) - was suddenly asked to become manager to an already struggling and dis-oriented side. What did we expect? .. even very experienced managers don't always turn things around so suddenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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