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Saints striker in line for top award
7:27am Wednesday 10th October 2012 in Sport
Saints striker in line for top award
SAINTS striker Jay Rodriguez has been shortlisted for the Championship Player of the Year honour at the 2012 Northwest Football Awards.
The 23-year-old, left, who scored 21 goals for Burnley last term before completing a £7m move to St Mary’s in the summer, is up against Blackpool’s Alex Baptiste in the voting.
The awards, which were established five years ago, cover the 23 professional clubs in the north-west region.
Rodriguez won the Championship accolade last year as well.
Fans can vote on northwestfootballawards.com/voting before 5pm on Monday, October 29.
Comments(43)
SouthamptonLegend
says...
8:23am Wed 10 Oct 12
Hobson82
says...
8:26am Wed 10 Oct 12
SouthamptonLegend wrote:Good question??
Who's the South's best player?
Surely it has to be Lambert or Lallana.
OSPREYSAINT
says...
9:00am Wed 10 Oct 12
Block41row0sfc
says...
9:10am Wed 10 Oct 12
St Retford
says...
9:30am Wed 10 Oct 12
If that had gone in we might only have lost 3-2.
:(
RedArmy1
says...
9:32am Wed 10 Oct 12
Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals.
Good to have some additional quality in the Team.
Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling.
In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again.
They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !!
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON
Dickosfc
says...
9:59am Wed 10 Oct 12
Licky_Rambert
says...
10:16am Wed 10 Oct 12
how about duh-duh-duh-duh Jay Rodriguez!?!
Confucious
says...
10:29am Wed 10 Oct 12
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
SFCOLDBOY
says...
12:04pm Wed 10 Oct 12
COYR
P.S. Good luck with your nomination.If it was confusion it would be no contest.
Strasbourg Saint
says...
12:18pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:I remember that award for Hitler and it was a close run thing.
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
From what I remember, Tebourba's many complex personalities all encouraged each other to vote and the combined total of these came to more than the combined total vote for Adolf.
Alas, in his (their?) confused and complex state, the many minds of Tebourba cast votes for Slugger, Bill, Cortese and Seedhouse and, alas, he (they) split the vote.
Seedhouse was glad, though, because, if Slugger had won, his acceptance speech was so long there wouldn't have been time to get the second round in at the bar.
One mystery remains, though. How the hell did those three get on the short list? There's clearly some mischief in the ranks, Confucious.
Tebourba, meanwhile, was said to be beside himselves (sic) with grief. 'If only I (we) hadn't split the vote,' he was heard to sob.
Hindsight, it appears, is a wonderful thing.
Block 34
says...
12:34pm Wed 10 Oct 12
have you sent your protest email yet!?
'matchdayhospitality
@saintsfc.co.uk'
Block 34
says...
12:35pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Confucious
says...
1:14pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Block 34 wrote:It's not an issue for me. I am a quadruple season ticket holder and Percy, my butler, sends his chauffeur's chauffeur to fetch us all one.
Just one minor correction Confucio... no matter how long the speech there STILL wouldn't be enough time to get a dring at the Saints bar!!
have you sent your protest email yet!?
'matchdayhospitality
@saintsfc.co.uk'
Confucious
says...
1:24pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Seed, Slugger and Bill should fear not. Awards are like haemorrhoids - sooner or later every @rsehole gets one.
Confucious wrote:I remember that award for Hitler and it was a close run thing.
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
From what I remember, Tebourba's many complex personalities all encouraged each other to vote and the combined total of these came to more than the combined total vote for Adolf.
Alas, in his (their?) confused and complex state, the many minds of Tebourba cast votes for Slugger, Bill, Cortese and Seedhouse and, alas, he (they) split the vote.
Seedhouse was glad, though, because, if Slugger had won, his acceptance speech was so long there wouldn't have been time to get the second round in at the bar.
One mystery remains, though. How the hell did those three get on the short list? There's clearly some mischief in the ranks, Confucious.
Tebourba, meanwhile, was said to be beside himselves (sic) with grief. 'If only I (we) hadn't split the vote,' he was heard to sob.
Hindsight, it appears, is a wonderful thing.
saintkenny
says...
1:49pm Wed 10 Oct 12
RedArmy1 wrote:well wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season.
Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals.
Good to have some additional quality in the Team.
Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling.
In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again.
They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !!
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON
spyware
says...
3:05pm Wed 10 Oct 12
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
SaintMax
says...
3:25pm Wed 10 Oct 12
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
TEBOURBA
says...
3:51pm Wed 10 Oct 12
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
Strasbourg Saint
says...
4:47pm Wed 10 Oct 12
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
skin2000
says...
5:36pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:Very good
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
saintand266
says...
5:37pm Wed 10 Oct 12
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
Tye-Dye pt2
says...
5:44pm Wed 10 Oct 12
saintand266 wrote:I blame Guly................
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
......and Fox!
Strasbourg Saint
says...
5:45pm Wed 10 Oct 12
saintand266 wrote:Of course it's not Jay's fault ......
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
....................
..... it's Guly's :)
Strasbourg Saint
says...
5:47pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Tye-Dye pt2 wrote:Ha! You just beat me to it. Weren't Davis and Fonte partly to blame in the build up? :)
saintand266 wrote:I blame Guly................
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
......and Fox!
CB FRY LIVES
says...
5:48pm Wed 10 Oct 12
saintand266
says...
5:52pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Maybe that's why NC brought Guly in,to throw us all off the scent of all his darstardly dealings
saintand266 wrote:Of course it's not Jay's fault ......
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
....................
..... it's Guly's :)
Tirau Dan
says...
5:58pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:sterner stuff.. hahaha ask Robbie Deans if the wallabees at stern stuff or melons. They go down quicker than Schwazer.
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
Strasbourg Saint
says...
6:07pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Tirau Dan wrote:Ouch! I fear I may have opened an antipodeans wound here, Dan.
Strasbourg Saint wrote:sterner stuff.. hahaha ask Robbie Deans if the wallabees at stern stuff or melons. They go down quicker than Schwazer.
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
With respects to all Aussies (especially the Saintly ones), I do get the feeling they throw their dummies out the pram when things don't go their way.
Still, all that's forever forgiven for the fantastic times I once enjoyed down there. Had some good ones in NZ, too, mind you.
Tye-Dye pt2
says...
6:26pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:I believe they were Stras, and Jos was looking a tad guilty too? Ultimately though Teboura looking North West cant be a bad thing, its going to be so quiet on here!
Tye-Dye pt2 wrote:Ha! You just beat me to it. Weren't Davis and Fonte partly to blame in the build up? :)
saintand266 wrote:I blame Guly................
TEBOURBA wrote:As usual you have nothing positive to say . It's not jay s fault he has been nominated , Im surprised you haven't accused NC and NA of creating this award for their own benefit
Good luck to JR, I hope he picks up this award which he richly deserves.
I know the contributors here are the font of all wisdom and I would be pleased if one or more could advise me of the other teams, apart from Burnley, who participated in last season's North West of England, Championship Award.
How far does the NW of E stretch?
Anyway if he wins it I'm sure he will treasure it in the same way as I treasure my colours for swimming one width of the Old Baths.
About time JR started doing something for his South of England Premiership Team!!!!!!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
......and Fox!
dadofmy3sons
says...
7:43pm Wed 10 Oct 12
We could put bars up on the pitch 5 minutes before half time.
An alternative would be for straws to drop down from the roof for each individual seat, orders placed online.
Waitresses with trays and short skirts.
Sprinkler system adapted to be able to pipe the lager straight from the barrell and operated at half time. Drink all you can catch.
slugger
says...
7:53pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:me and you are gonna fall out .
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Seed, Slugger and Bill should fear not. Awards are like haemorrhoids - sooner or later every @rsehole gets one.
Confucious wrote:I remember that award for Hitler and it was a close run thing.
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
From what I remember, Tebourba's many complex personalities all encouraged each other to vote and the combined total of these came to more than the combined total vote for Adolf.
Alas, in his (their?) confused and complex state, the many minds of Tebourba cast votes for Slugger, Bill, Cortese and Seedhouse and, alas, he (they) split the vote.
Seedhouse was glad, though, because, if Slugger had won, his acceptance speech was so long there wouldn't have been time to get the second round in at the bar.
One mystery remains, though. How the hell did those three get on the short list? There's clearly some mischief in the ranks, Confucious.
Tebourba, meanwhile, was said to be beside himselves (sic) with grief. 'If only I (we) hadn't split the vote,' he was heard to sob.
Hindsight, it appears, is a wonderful thing.
City Saint
says...
8:10pm Wed 10 Oct 12
dadofmy3sons wrote:It's not so hard to do, dad. Two thirds of the crowd stay inside the stadium, and the remaining 10,000 thirsy punters are spread across at least 20 outlets inside the stands that serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic areas.
Block34...have you ever considered how exactly to serve 30,000 people at the same time. We could put bars up on the pitch 5 minutes before half time. An alternative would be for straws to drop down from the roof for each individual seat, orders placed online. Waitresses with trays and short skirts. Sprinkler system adapted to be able to pipe the lager straight from the barrell and operated at half time. Drink all you can catch.
That is a turnaround of 500 customers in 15 minutes, at outlets usually staffed by at least 5 people each. So each server needs to satisfy 100 buyers, which is the source of our problem at its root. It is difficult to sell ten drinks a minute, even with multiple orders and pre-lured saints ales, especially if you factor in food and our lackadaisical serving staff.
But this is a nut that any professional caterer could crack, and actually one that many pubs have already cracked, with better planning (preorders with receipts nd collections; priority queues for drinks only, vending machines for soft drinks and snacks).
If you wonder why I have put so much thought into this, i've had plenty of time to think it over.
While queueing of course.
Confucious
says...
8:25pm Wed 10 Oct 12
slugger wrote:That wasn't me. Guly and Fox have nicked my login and are stirring sh!t up.
Confucious wrote:me and you are gonna fall out .
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Seed, Slugger and Bill should fear not. Awards are like haemorrhoids - sooner or later every @rsehole gets one.
Confucious wrote:I remember that award for Hitler and it was a close run thing.
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
From what I remember, Tebourba's many complex personalities all encouraged each other to vote and the combined total of these came to more than the combined total vote for Adolf.
Alas, in his (their?) confused and complex state, the many minds of Tebourba cast votes for Slugger, Bill, Cortese and Seedhouse and, alas, he (they) split the vote.
Seedhouse was glad, though, because, if Slugger had won, his acceptance speech was so long there wouldn't have been time to get the second round in at the bar.
One mystery remains, though. How the hell did those three get on the short list? There's clearly some mischief in the ranks, Confucious.
Tebourba, meanwhile, was said to be beside himselves (sic) with grief. 'If only I (we) hadn't split the vote,' he was heard to sob.
Hindsight, it appears, is a wonderful thing.
slugger
says...
8:31pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:very funny .
slugger wrote:That wasn't me. Guly and Fox have nicked my login and are stirring sh!t up.
Confucious wrote:me and you are gonna fall out .
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Seed, Slugger and Bill should fear not. Awards are like haemorrhoids - sooner or later every @rsehole gets one.
Confucious wrote:I remember that award for Hitler and it was a close run thing.
Best of luck Jay. No doubt, like me, you will be on tenderhooks for a few days until the announcement is made.
I've always been rather suspicious of awards since "Best fascist dictator" was won by Adolf Hitler. It's also sobering to think that when that great achiever Mozart was my age he'd already been dead for over 25 years.
Nonetheless, I'm delighted to be in the running for "Best Fan in Kingsland Block 33 Rows T to Z." I must admit I'll be amazed if I win it and in fact the lengthy acceptance speech I've written starts with the words: "I'm amazed I won this."
Of course, it's important to accept these things with due modesty and Keith Richards is my model for this behaviour. He was the first person at our Music Club to accept a posthumous award in person.
From what I remember, Tebourba's many complex personalities all encouraged each other to vote and the combined total of these came to more than the combined total vote for Adolf.
Alas, in his (their?) confused and complex state, the many minds of Tebourba cast votes for Slugger, Bill, Cortese and Seedhouse and, alas, he (they) split the vote.
Seedhouse was glad, though, because, if Slugger had won, his acceptance speech was so long there wouldn't have been time to get the second round in at the bar.
One mystery remains, though. How the hell did those three get on the short list? There's clearly some mischief in the ranks, Confucious.
Tebourba, meanwhile, was said to be beside himselves (sic) with grief. 'If only I (we) hadn't split the vote,' he was heard to sob.
Hindsight, it appears, is a wonderful thing.
Baddesley Bill
says...
9:19pm Wed 10 Oct 12
City Saint wrote:I quite like the "straws from the ceiling" idea. Only problem being, we would have to pay in advance via the Club's website...which (in my experience) would take longer than queing at the bar.
dadofmy3sons wrote:It's not so hard to do, dad. Two thirds of the crowd stay inside the stadium, and the remaining 10,000 thirsy punters are spread across at least 20 outlets inside the stands that serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic areas.
Block34...have you ever considered how exactly to serve 30,000 people at the same time. We could put bars up on the pitch 5 minutes before half time. An alternative would be for straws to drop down from the roof for each individual seat, orders placed online. Waitresses with trays and short skirts. Sprinkler system adapted to be able to pipe the lager straight from the barrell and operated at half time. Drink all you can catch.
That is a turnaround of 500 customers in 15 minutes, at outlets usually staffed by at least 5 people each. So each server needs to satisfy 100 buyers, which is the source of our problem at its root. It is difficult to sell ten drinks a minute, even with multiple orders and pre-lured saints ales, especially if you factor in food and our lackadaisical serving staff.
But this is a nut that any professional caterer could crack, and actually one that many pubs have already cracked, with better planning (preorders with receipts nd collections; priority queues for drinks only, vending machines for soft drinks and snacks).
If you wonder why I have put so much thought into this, i've had plenty of time to think it over.
While queueing of course.
I can only assume Guly and Fox set up the new website! :O)
st1halo
says...
4:06am Thu 11 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Pushed the keeper??
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
Ive been studying sattelite pictures of the Stadium all week looking for a grassy knoll!! He went down like he'd been shot! I believe he's been offered a lucrative movie contract to make Saving Private Shwarzer!!
STID
Mush On The Beach
says...
5:24am Thu 11 Oct 12
st1halo wrote:Never doubt the Australian will to win guys, don’t forget the Underarm cricket ball involving the Chappell brothers in 1981 against the Kiwis.
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Pushed the keeper??
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
Ive been studying sattelite pictures of the Stadium all week looking for a grassy knoll!! He went down like he'd been shot! I believe he's been offered a lucrative movie contract to make Saving Private Shwarzer!!
STID
Strasbourg Saint
says...
7:03am Thu 11 Oct 12
Mush On The Beach wrote:I remember that and I'm sure Dan does. To be fair to you Aussies, from what I remember, the Chappells came in for a lot of stick from colleagues, fans and the general public.
st1halo wrote:Never doubt the Australian will to win guys, don’t forget the Underarm cricket ball involving the Chappell brothers in 1981 against the Kiwis.
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Pushed the keeper??
SaintMax wrote:I agree on that.
spyware wrote:Bring in the 4th tv official then like rugby key decisions can be properly scrutinised, divers can be booked or sent off and we won't be forever critising poor referee decisions.
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
Re: Punch, from what I saw on Sky, he raising his foor backwards, which, maybe, clipped Schwarzer. Still seemed minimal contact though.
Pete and Mush would surely agree that Aussies are supposed to be made of sterner stuff.
Ive been studying sattelite pictures of the Stadium all week looking for a grassy knoll!! He went down like he'd been shot! I believe he's been offered a lucrative movie contract to make Saving Private Shwarzer!!
STID
lowe esteem
says...
1:34pm Thu 11 Oct 12
spyware wrote:Unpunished
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.
OSPREYSAINT
says...
1:36pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:You need four seats and have another Percy, not Fat X Ford worker in disguise are you?
Block 34 wrote:It's not an issue for me. I am a quadruple season ticket holder and Percy, my butler, sends his chauffeur's chauffeur to fetch us all one.
Just one minor correction Confucio... no matter how long the speech there STILL wouldn't be enough time to get a dring at the Saints bar!!
have you sent your protest email yet!?
'matchdayhospitality
@saintsfc.co.uk'
saintkenny
says...
3:46pm Thu 11 Oct 12
lowe esteem wrote:yes but players know any contact a player could go down he took a needless risk ,there was no need to make any contact ,and allow the keeper to simulate a foul
spyware wrote:Unpunished
saintkenny wrote:I dont think Puncheon would have been substituted just for 'pushing' Fulhams goalkeeper.
RedArmy1 wrote: Great to get an Award - and I think he will do well in the Cup Runs this season. Due to his positional play in the League - he will have to work excepionally hard to get a decent tally of goals. Good to have some additional quality in the Team. Let's see him make a name for himself at leeds Away in the Cup with all their hard ars* tackling. In the league cannot wait for the wet spam game and the WIN. We dominated last year and will do so again. They have a few dangermen including Andy Carroll - hopefullly Nigel will have done his homework !! WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTONwell wish nigel took him off sunday and put on guly for him on not lambert ,could understand taking puncheon off ,he pushed the keeper and cost 3 precious points
In fact Puncheon seemed to back into him thats all.
Schwarzer dropped down like a ton weight.
Had he possibly stayed on his feet then the ref may have given the goal.
Unfortunately these are the 'tactics' that go unnoticed by referees.

Hobson82 says...
7:55am Wed 10 Oct 12