Saint Garrett Posted 26 January, 2013 Share Posted 26 January, 2013 Reading are on a decent run And they have some favourable fixtures. Will have a say in who goes down for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 26 January, 2013 Share Posted 26 January, 2013 Do you not think Villa are a bigger club than Saints? Lot smaller now .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 26 January, 2013 Share Posted 26 January, 2013 Lot smaller now .......... Or not. Being knocked out of a couple of cups in one season does not, funnily enough, wipe out decades of history. They can go down and they'd still be bigger. Just like Leeds are still bigger than just about half of the Prem now, including us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 26 January, 2013 Share Posted 26 January, 2013 Or not. Being knocked out of a couple of cups in one season does not, funnily enough, wipe out decades of history. They can go down and they'd still be bigger. Just like Leeds are still bigger than just about half of the Prem now, including us. The criteria for bigger need to be defined in order to have a definitive answer! criteria could be any or a combination of 1) Historical performance since day 1 2) Performance in the last 20 years of the premiership 3) Current position in the league 4) Support and crowd size now or on average over a number of years 5) Financial backing 6) Worldwide brand recognition and many others Dependant on the criteria used to define "big" the answer could be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 26 January, 2013 Share Posted 26 January, 2013 A few oop north think he's a big possiblity for 'udders. http://downatthemac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=80792 "Pink shirt and Chinos" hey...wonder if 'dubai_phil' is familiar with 'Trader Vics'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Mikie Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 A few oop north think he's a big possiblity for 'udders. http://downatthemac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=80792 "Pink shirt and Chinos" hey...wonder if 'dubai_phil' is familiar with 'Trader Vics'? Yep that's the word on the street in the UAE already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 A few oop north think he's a big possiblity for 'udders. http://downatthemac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=80792 "Pink shirt and Chinos" hey...wonder if 'dubai_phil' is familiar with 'Trader Vics'? Yes we all know Trader Vics out here there are actually 3 of them in Dubai at least! Will keep an eye out for Adkins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 Sounds like if he wants the job it's his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 ooooh.... Just done some googling of photos trying to see if I really did see NA's back yesterday. Not gonna repost what I put on the NA to udders thread BUT Someone now needs to do some googling to see if a certain Mr Lerner happens to be in the UAE at the moment. Now they were 70 yards away but the google pics I have found look close. May be worth a fiver peeps So the scoop is that as impossible as it seems I think I saw NA meeting RL yesterday on the terrace at Abu Dhabi Golf Club at around 5:30 local time. I did NOT have glasses on, it was heading to dusk & the person In white shirt Tie & dark pants had his back to me at all times yet the mannerisms were so similar - looked like a bloke at an interview seemed to be taller than the guy he was meeting and then I looked on Wiki Wow D_P you complete dickhead for not checking closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpie the sinner Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 ooooh.... Just done some googling of photos trying to see if I really did see NA's back yesterday. Not gonna repost what I put on the NA to udders thread BUT Someone now needs to do some googling to see if a certain Mr Lerner happens to be in the UAE at the moment. Now they were 70 yards away but the google pics I have found look close. May be worth a fiver peeps So the scoop is that as impossible as it seems I think I saw NA meeting RL yesterday on the terrace at Abu Dhabi Golf Club at around 5:30 local time. I did NOT have glasses on, it was heading to dusk & the person In white shirt Tie & dark pants had his back to me at all times yet the mannerisms were so similar - looked like a bloke at an interview seemed to be taller than the guy he was meeting and then I looked on Wiki Wow D_P you complete dickhead for not checking closer You are the worst secret detective ever Phil lol!!! Too busy downing bullfrogs with Tiger and Rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 Huddersfield are a bigger club than Saints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 ooooh.... Just done some googling of photos trying to see if I really did see NA's back yesterday. Not gonna repost what I put on the NA to udders thread BUT Someone now needs to do some googling to see if a certain Mr Lerner happens to be in the UAE at the moment. Now they were 70 yards away but the google pics I have found look close. May be worth a fiver peeps So the scoop is that as impossible as it seems I think I saw NA meeting RL yesterday on the terrace at Abu Dhabi Golf Club at around 5:30 local time. I did NOT have glasses on, it was heading to dusk & the person In white shirt Tie & dark pants had his back to me at all times yet the mannerisms were so similar - looked like a bloke at an interview seemed to be taller than the guy he was meeting and then I looked on Wiki Wow D_P you complete dickhead for not checking closer I think we can dismiss this as utter tosh!! 1/ NA is much shorter than Rickie Lambert 2/ Villa's manager is Paul Lambert not Rickie - and why would he be interviewing NA to take over his own job? 3/ I Googled "mid 50's guy with short cropped grey hair who was wearing a paleish blue Polo shirt and shorter than NA" and didn't come up with Villa's owner. Pretty conclusive if you ask me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 I think we can dismiss this as utter tosh!! 1/ NA is much shorter than Rickie Lambert 2/ Villa's manager is Paul Lambert not Rickie - and why would he be interviewing NA to take over his own job? 3/ I Googled "mid 50's guy with short cropped grey hair who was wearing a paleish blue Polo shirt and shorter than NA" and didn't come up with Villa's owner. Pretty conclusive if you ask me!! Hi Phil, thought I'd PM you this message so that nobody else can see it.. I think I've managed to put everybody off the NA to Villa idea. So how much money shall we put on NA to AV, before the news gets out and the odds go down, 50 grand each? Luverly jubberly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 I think we can dismiss this as utter tosh!! 1/ NA is much shorter than Rickie Lambert 2/ Villa's manager is Paul Lambert not Rickie - and why would he be interviewing NA to take over his own job? 3/ I Googled "mid 50's guy with short cropped grey hair who was wearing a paleish blue Polo shirt and shorter than NA" and didn't come up with Villa's owner. Pretty conclusive if you ask me!! I think the main issue with the whole situation is thanks to my 140kph front tyre blow out last week coming home from AUH I was at a free beer event and was drinking Diet Pepsi Now IF I had been in my normal state when free beer is present then my brain would have worked far better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 Hi Phil, thought I'd PM you this message so that nobody else can see it.. I think I've managed to put everybody off the NA to Villa idea. So how much money shall we put on NA to AV, before the news gets out and the odds go down, 50 grand each? Luverly jubberly. Already found we have VPN at work so already put the entire wedding fund on it. Don't tell FMDP though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 Already found we have VPN at work so already put the entire wedding fund on it. Don't tell FMDP though I was about to go all in too but heard Al Wasl are guzumping Villa for Nigel as Maradonna didnt cut the mustard last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 28 January, 2013 Share Posted 28 January, 2013 Or not. Being knocked out of a couple of cups in one season does not, funnily enough, wipe out decades of history. They can go down and they'd still be bigger. Just like Leeds are still bigger than just about half of the Prem now, including us. I'm sorry but leeds are no longer in the realms of being automatically be assumed to be bigger than us. For my entire life football supporting life they have been a nothing club, who have one nothing, and just harp on about their old successes. Even in League 1 and the championship they were wary of us. They are on a par or below us on the football pyramid now. And with the way things are going, they will continue to stay there. If a clubs size could be gauged by how much the fans go on about how great they are, the skates would be bigger than Manchester united. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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