Clyne pulls out of squad (From Daily Echo)

City Saint wrote:
Another dead leg! What ARE they doing in training? Gaston has the same problem.

Do they practice Charlie Horses while defending set pieces?

If Guly is behind this one too, we need a steward's inquiry.

Confucious wrote:

City Saint wrote:
Another dead leg! What ARE they doing in training? Gaston has the same problem.

Do they practice Charlie Horses while defending set pieces?

If Guly is behind this one too, we need a steward's inquiry.

I'm not pulling your leg when I say it was Fox who killed Clyne's leg. Soon we will be on our last legs ie legless - and will not have a leg to stand on.

I heard that the academy lads were all put to work today strapping shin pads to all the legs on the tables and chairs at St Marys because Guly and Fox hate legs.

slugger wrote:
puts the "clyne was left out because he was caught drinking in town drinking on sat night" to bed at least . COYR !

dadofmy3sons wrote:
we cold disregard both of the drinking really then?

Confucious wrote:

City Saint wrote:
Another dead leg! What ARE they doing in training? Gaston has the same problem.

Do they practice Charlie Horses while defending set pieces?

If Guly is behind this one too, we need a steward's inquiry.

I'm not pulling your leg when I say it was Fox who killed Clyne's leg. Soon we will be on our last legs ie legless - and will not have a leg to stand on.

I heard that the academy lads were all put to work today strapping shin pads to all the legs on the tables and chairs at St Marys because Guly and Fox hate legs.

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
Maybe Clyne and Ramirez can strap their dead legs together and play as one like in a three-legged race?

Seriously, people keep naming Guly as the one who made the tackle that's put Gaston out for 6 weeks - but that only seems to come from the comment threads, messages quoting earlier messages. There is nothing in the orginal news articles that says what actually happened to either Ramirez or Clyne and if any other player might be to blame, and I very much doubt that the Club would make such information public. So let's just be thankful that at least we don't have a game this weekend to be affected by these injuries, unlike other clubs in lower leagues.

dualsy wrote:
Jay rod champ striker only,we will need 40 plus goals to stay up , 40 or less to give away ,danny fox doesnt stay switched on for 90 mins ,you cant do it all on the cheep ,cline is a good player ,we need another centre back a right back and as i said a prem striker ,but heres the thing there is none available ,its not rocket science nigel
C.O.Y.R PS stop giving the ball away?

slugger wrote:

slugger wrote:
puts the "clyne was left out because he was caught drinking in town drinking on sat night" to bed at least . COYR !

disregard either of the "drinking" and hopefully it'll make sense .

City Saint wrote:
Another dead leg! What ARE they doing in training? Gaston has the same problem.

Do they practice Charlie Horses while defending set pieces?

If Guly is behind this one too, we need a steward's inquiry.

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

slugger wrote:

slugger wrote: puts the "clyne was left out because he was caught drinking in town drinking on sat night" to bed at least . COYR !

disregard either of the "drinking" and hopefully it'll make sense .

Drinking always makes sense, Slugger, especially after a beer or two.

SFCOLDBOY wrote:
Didn't we once sign a player called Tadanari Lee.
I seem to recall that he was rummered to be a revelation.
I think I remember him scoring a great goal at SMS.
I seem to recall that he had great pace and ball skills.
When are we going to see this player.
Does anybody know when he will be fit to play?
We need this player!
What is going on?
COYR

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

Alicesdad wrote:
The main news today is that there is indeed no news today.

News of this news has not made the news thus concealing the news from those whose business it is to report the news. This surely comes as news to nobody. Assuming they even knew this was the case.

Does this count as a news blackout or a news whitewash? Either way the absence of news will continue until new news emerges. You all knew that.

warrens 76 wrote:
The last words my Dad said to me were
"you selfish boy"
I am now a fishmonger...

Alicesdad wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

Have you written to NA or NC about possible making these mandatory legware for our defence ?

The cunning device appears to stop unwanted intruders getting past a certain point. This would certainly help our defensive resources.

I love invention !! Apart from god knows how many boot designs there has been no major innovation in football kit technology since Robbie Fowler used to wear those nose strips to stop himself snoring during Liverpool away games.

I think these tin enemy repellents are going to catch on. Get them now before Confucious realizes their potential and triples the price.

redsnapper wrote:
This is worrying:-

Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards.

How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back?

Any advance on this trio?

John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly.

Guys we need you!

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
Maybe Clyne and Ramirez can strap their dead legs together and play as one like in a three-legged race? Seriously, people keep naming Guly as the one who made the tackle that's put Gaston out for 6 weeks - but that only seems to come from the comment threads, messages quoting earlier messages. There is nothing in the orginal news articles that says what actually happened to either Ramirez or Clyne and if any other player might be to blame, and I very much doubt that the Club would make such information public. So let's just be thankful that at least we don't have a game this weekend to be affected by these injuries, unlike other clubs in lower leagues.

Mush On The Beach wrote:

redsnapper wrote: This is worrying:- Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards. How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back? Any advance on this trio? John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly. Guys we need you!

Dennis, Golac, Steele ...... Come and have a go if you think your hard enough!!!

Mush On The Beach wrote:

redsnapper wrote:
This is worrying:-

Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards.

How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back?

Any advance on this trio?

John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly.

Guys we need you!

Dennis, Golac, Steele ...... Come and have a go if you think your hard enough!!!

Mush On The Beach wrote:

redsnapper wrote:
This is worrying:-

Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards.

How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back?

Any advance on this trio?

John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly.

Guys we need you!

Dennis, Golac, Steele ...... Come and have a go if you think your hard enough!!!

TEBOURBA wrote:
With the two week boring lay off due to the Internationals there isn't much debate about the Saints.
There doesn't seem to be much middle ground in this column, contributors either think that NC is infallible, can walk to the Isle of Wight and turn water in to wine, or like me, think he has no respect for his customers or his employees and at the first sign of a major problem will show a clean pair of heels.
Working most of my life in the financial sector of the City of London it has been my privilege to meet many Chairmen and CEO's of Billion $ International Companies that make SFC Ltd look like a market stall.
To a man (or woman) I haven't met any who didn't genuinely care for their customers and their employees.
Unlike NC these men and women contributed the bacon to the English breakfast plate, not the egg.
Many Saints supporters (customers) have expressed a number of concerns, surely this 2 week layoff would be an ideal time for NC to come out of his bunker and give an exclusive interview to the excellent SDE, to address and hopefully allay the concerns and fears of his customers.
The vast majority of the Captains of Industry I have met, wouldn't require a second asking.
Will NC take up the challenge? --- I hope he does ---- but I doubt it!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

Rising_Son wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:

redsnapper wrote:
This is worrying:-

Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards.

How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back?

Any advance on this trio?

John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly.

Guys we need you!

Dennis, Golac, Steele ...... Come and have a go if you think your hard enough!!!

Dennis Hollywood, Docker Walker, O`Niell and Cliff Huxford.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

City Saint wrote:
Another dead leg! What ARE they doing in training? Gaston has the same problem.

Do they practice Charlie Horses while defending set pieces?

If Guly is behind this one too, we need a steward's inquiry.

All very well but if you kept up you would know that he picked up the dead leg in the Everton game, nothing to do with training accidents at all.

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

Rising_Son wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:

redsnapper wrote:
This is worrying:-

Our self inflicted injury list includes Cheung, Clyne and Ramirez and then there is Cork and probably another 2 or 3 following some of those sly Fulham hacks, and next Prem game is against the team with most yellow cards.

How about suggestions for Saints Men of War from way back?

Any advance on this trio?

John McGrath, Hugh Fisher and Marsden who were always up for it if I remember rightly.

Guys we need you!

Dennis, Golac, Steele ...... Come and have a go if you think your hard enough!!!

Dennis Hollywood, Docker Walker, O`Niell and Cliff Huxford.

Cliff Huxford was probably the hardest tackler of the lot.even Hollywood steered clear of him in training.Ted Bates used to play the first X1 against the stiffs in training.he encouraged the first team boys to kick pieces out of the youngsters.character building.but woe betide any youngster who had the audacity or stupidity to kick one of ted's first team darlings.
getting back to Cliff Huxford he led by example from the front.i think we got him from Chelsea in exchange for forward Charlie Livesey.Cliff turned out to be the better part of the deal.i can remember him skippering the SAINTS when we won the DIV 3 Championship.Our centre half in those days was John Page a mountain of a man.In goal we had another big lad-Bob Charles who i think was from Wolston.He was in the same England schoolboys squad as a young Norbert Stiles.
Another hard man from the Bates era was Jimmy Gabriel.He could tackle some.he had won the League championship with Everton and was a grizzled season pro when Ted signed him.Not only could he tackle but he could also drink some.Bill Shankley didn't call Southampton an ALEHOUSE FOOTBALL TEAM FOR NOTHING.In those days we fought and tackled harder than anyone else on the pitch and drank more than any other team off of it.
One last name in the hardman stakes what about David Webb,he could put it about a bit too.After he left us he went on to win the FA and European Cup winners cup with Chelsea.He went to the Kings Road and we got JOE KIRKUP in exchange.i think Joe was in the WEST HAM team who won the European Cup WINNERS cup at wembley v some Kraut team in 1965 or thereabouts.A lot of our defenders had a lot of big time footballing experience in those days.NA and NC take note.Experienced quality top flight defenders needed in the Jan transfer window.COME ON YOU SAINTS.ONWARDS AND UPWARDS.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Never ceases to amaze me that when faced with a far superior intellect how many people resort to inane verbal abuse.
Says a lot more about them, than it does me, but then I I don't for one minute believe they would understand this response.

TEBOURBA wrote:
With the two week boring lay off due to the Internationals there isn't much debate about the Saints.
There doesn't seem to be much middle ground in this column, contributors either think that NC is infallible, can walk to the Isle of Wight and turn water in to wine, or like me, think he has no respect for his customers or his employees and at the first sign of a major problem will show a clean pair of heels.
Working most of my life in the financial sector of the City of London it has been my privilege to meet many Chairmen and CEO's of Billion $ International Companies that make SFC Ltd look like a market stall.
To a man (or woman) I haven't met any who didn't genuinely care for their customers and their employees.
Unlike NC these men and women contributed the bacon to the English breakfast plate, not the egg.
Many Saints supporters (customers) have expressed a number of concerns, surely this 2 week layoff would be an ideal time for NC to come out of his bunker and give an exclusive interview to the excellent SDE, to address and hopefully allay the concerns and fears of his customers.
The vast majority of the Captains of Industry I have met, wouldn't require a second asking.
Will NC take up the challenge? --- I hope he does ---- but I doubt it!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Isn't Butt-splattered Bertie the one with the Jim'll Fix it badge?

Mush On The Beach wrote:
Chopper Harris and ????... at Chelsea, apparently he could do some damage in old footy laws of engagement

TEBOURBA wrote:
Never ceases to amaze me that when faced with a far superior intellect how many people resort to inane verbal abuse.
Says a lot more about them, than it does me, but then I I don't for one minute believe they would understand this response.

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:
Chopper Harris and ????... at Chelsea, apparently he could do some damage in old footy laws of engagement

Chopper Harris was hard but he was done good and proper by Eddie Clamp when Eddie was playing for Stoke in the old 2nd division against Chelsea.it was a top of the table clash in the early 60's.Stan Matthews was still playing for Stoke and Harris was kicking him black and blue.Clamp told Harris to lay off the old man.Harris ignored the warning.Clamp went in on the young chopper with the cool skills of a seasoned hatchet man.young ronnie nearly became the first englishman launched or rather kicked into space.after the kicking that Eddie gave him Chopper wouldn't say boo to a goose for the rest of the match.I think stoke won the match and ended up getting promoted.
Eddie Clamp won a couple of League titles and FA CUP with Wolves.He played for Entgland in the 1958 World cup finals in sweden.Brazil won that competition but when they played England it ended 0-0.Clamp marked the Brazilian midfield schemer DIDI out of the match.When Clamp left Wolves he went to Arsenal but the arsenal manager,Billy Wright who was Clamp's captain at both Wolves and England showed him the door for dirty play.a fact i have always found to be ironic because they played alongside each other at wolves for years.Eddie then went to Stoke and became Stanley Matthews on the pitch minder.I have heard rumour that when he quit the game Eddie went to work for none other than MR NICE aka Howard Marks.I think he died a few years ago.His mother was the laundery lady at Molineaux for donkeys years.I cant remember ever seeing Eddie play at the dell but he might have done in the season he spent at stoke in the old second division.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

Mush On The Beach wrote:

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:
Chopper Harris and ????... at Chelsea, apparently he could do some damage in old footy laws of engagement

Chopper Harris was hard but he was done good and proper by Eddie Clamp when Eddie was playing for Stoke in the old 2nd division against Chelsea.it was a top of the table clash in the early 60's.Stan Matthews was still playing for Stoke and Harris was kicking him black and blue.Clamp told Harris to lay off the old man.Harris ignored the warning.Clamp went in on the young chopper with the cool skills of a seasoned hatchet man.young ronnie nearly became the first englishman launched or rather kicked into space.after the kicking that Eddie gave him Chopper wouldn't say boo to a goose for the rest of the match.I think stoke won the match and ended up getting promoted.
Eddie Clamp won a couple of League titles and FA CUP with Wolves.He played for Entgland in the 1958 World cup finals in sweden.Brazil won that competition but when they played England it ended 0-0.Clamp marked the Brazilian midfield schemer DIDI out of the match.When Clamp left Wolves he went to Arsenal but the arsenal manager,Billy Wright who was Clamp's captain at both Wolves and England showed him the door for dirty play.a fact i have always found to be ironic because they played alongside each other at wolves for years.Eddie then went to Stoke and became Stanley Matthews on the pitch minder.I have heard rumour that when he quit the game Eddie went to work for none other than MR NICE aka Howard Marks.I think he died a few years ago.His mother was the laundery lady at Molineaux for donkeys years.I cant remember ever seeing Eddie play at the dell but he might have done in the season he spent at stoke in the old second division.

Well done CB, good old facts to fill in the gaps for us youngsters.
You should join SFCOLDBOY, AlicesDad, Hedghend Bob, Osprey and the rest of the OLD GANG
at the next Tuesday Night Bingo gathering. Eyes down at 8, Strippers start at 10.

Snebs wrote:
I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Isn't Butt-splattered Bertie the one with the Jim'll Fix it badge?

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

did you know the goalie for porpoisemouth in that final was the grandad of the future SAINTS and ENGLAND UNDER 23 full back, STEVE MILLS who would have gone on to play for the full England team if he hadn't have been struck down by a career ending illness.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:
The last words my Dad said to me were
"you selfish boy"
I am now a fishmonger...

What's the price of skate at the moment?

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

did you know the goalie for porpoisemouth in that final was the grandad of the future SAINTS and ENGLAND UNDER 23 full back, STEVE MILLS who would have gone on to play for the full England team if he hadn't have been struck down by a career ending illness.

saintand266 wrote:
Is it just me or would Tebourba make a great character in a comedy sketch show with his classic sayings "Im considerably more intelligent than you cretins , when I was a high flyer in the realms of big business and that old classic "remember you heard it here first" .

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Isn't Butt-splattered Bertie the one with the Jim'll Fix it badge?

I had wondered what that was dangling around his neck. I had assumed it was a bit of flesh from yet another of mother's misguided (and somewhat misdirected) squirrel hunts.

At least I now know his nervousness is only partly down to the pellet gun.

Confucious wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Isn't Butt-splattered Bertie the one with the Jim'll Fix it badge?

I had wondered what that was dangling around his neck. I had assumed it was a bit of flesh from yet another of mother's misguided (and somewhat misdirected) squirrel hunts.

At least I now know his nervousness is only partly down to the pellet gun.

Interesting that your mum has a pellet gun - and Seed of course has at least one shotgun. A bit galling really.

I've been having loads of psychiatric therapy this year. It wasn't required, but I got loads of psychiatric gift vouchers which all my family and friends clubbed together to get me for Christmas.

What I actually wanted was a rack & pinnion drawn crossbow.

Snebs wrote:
I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Never ceases to amaze me that when faced with a far superior intellect how many people resort to inane verbal abuse.
Says a lot more about them, than it does me, but then I I don't for one minute believe they would understand this response.

saintand266 wrote:
Is it just me or would Tebourba make a great character in a comedy sketch show with his classic sayings "Im considerably more intelligent than you cretins , when I was a high flyer in the realms of big business and that old classic "remember you heard it here first" .

Sainty saint saint wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me how people are STILL responding to Tebourba's posts. Can't you tell he just tries different tactics to get a rise from people until one is forthcoming?

Classic trolling behaviour. Just ignore him and he'll get bored, I promise.

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

TEBOURBA wrote:
Tebourba - 1 Saintshorse 101 - 0
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!

TEBOURBA wrote:
With the two week boring lay off due to the Internationals there isn't much debate about the Saints.
There doesn't seem to be much middle ground in this column, contributors either think that NC is infallible, can walk to the Isle of Wight and turn water in to wine, or like me, think he has no respect for his customers or his employees and at the first sign of a major problem will show a clean pair of heels.
Working most of my life in the financial sector of the City of London it has been my privilege to meet many Chairmen and CEO's of Billion $ International Companies that make SFC Ltd look like a market stall.
To a man (or woman) I haven't met any who didn't genuinely care for their customers and their employees.
Unlike NC these men and women contributed the bacon to the English breakfast plate, not the egg.
Many Saints supporters (customers) have expressed a number of concerns, surely this 2 week layoff would be an ideal time for NC to come out of his bunker and give an exclusive interview to the excellent SDE, to address and hopefully allay the concerns and fears of his customers.
The vast majority of the Captains of Industry I have met, wouldn't require a second asking.
Will NC take up the challenge? --- I hope he does ---- but I doubt it!
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Crossley Place Saint wrote: His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

I hero worshipped him and based my own game on his, laughable I know, but those were the days and I never harmed anyone. Later it was mastery of the David Webb slide tackle that led to shredded knees on the Veracity pitch which doubled as gravel pit.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Tebourba - 1 Saintshorse 101 - 0
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Confucious wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

Confucious wrote:
Not a shred of Saints news in the Echo today.

However, I can reveal, exclusively, that if you cut the metal from an old 5 litre oil can and batter it into a conical shape and then attach it (wide end pointing down) to the leg of your bird table, it will stop squirrels from stealing all the bird food you put out this winter.

That is spankingly interesting. I'll inform my mum immediately; she's something of a hazzard with a pellet gun! Ask her neighbours; Short-arm Sharon, One-eyed Win, Nervous Nel and Butt-splattered Bertie.

Isn't Butt-splattered Bertie the one with the Jim'll Fix it badge?

I had wondered what that was dangling around his neck. I had assumed it was a bit of flesh from yet another of mother's misguided (and somewhat misdirected) squirrel hunts.

At least I now know his nervousness is only partly down to the pellet gun.

Interesting that your mum has a pellet gun - and Seed of course has at least one shotgun. A bit galling really.

I've been having loads of psychiatric therapy this year. It wasn't required, but I got loads of psychiatric gift vouchers which all my family and friends clubbed together to get me for Christmas.

What I actually wanted was a rack & pinnion drawn crossbow.

My weapons are fear and surprise.....

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Snebs wrote:
I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Why am I suspicious that this is an old poster with a new name, I must fight off this paranoia, that's what you get after a barrage from Thomas, GHK and Tebourba.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Snebs wrote: I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Why am I suspicious that this is an old poster with a new name, I must fight off this paranoia, that's what you get after a barrage from Thomas, GHK and Tebourba.

ghk230473 wrote:
Osprey you are a wet weekend, with nothing of any relevance to post. You are a follower, a sheep, a social chameleon.
This is my last post with regards to you

Snebs wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Snebs wrote: I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Why am I suspicious that this is an old poster with a new name, I must fight off this paranoia, that's what you get after a barrage from Thomas, GHK and Tebourba.

No I am not an old poster an old fan yes and still a current fan and yes I do think NA has done a brilliant job getting us into the Prem and for that he deserves all the plaudits received unreservedly. However I would much rather remember him for that than as the manager that took us back down. (Which he managed to do with one of his teams in the championship I believe) He is clearly struggling and results coupled with plainly wrong substitutions dont lie and dont forgive. The plain truth is we need to stop shipping goals and start grinding out results, not I think in Nigel's play book. So bring in Raffa or Glen Hoddle to help or replace him I don't mind. I mind that we look so ill equiped to cope in the Premier League. Before you all start screaming I am not a shareholder I am a fan of 55 years and have paid a considerable amount over the years to support the Saints. I dont have the right to dictate what happens at St Marys on or off the pitch but I do have the right to my opinion without malace or being rude or offensive. COYS forever

ghk230473 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Snebs wrote:
I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Why am I suspicious that this is an old poster with a new name, I must fight off this paranoia, that's what you get after a barrage from Thomas, GHK and Tebourba.

That's because your tiny mind cannot accept fresh ideas and you are confused by which fence you should receive splinters from.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Snebs is of the same generation as me.
I recall playing at the Veracity Ground, Mayfield Park, Green Lane Millbrook Rec.etc.
We have both seen some of the greatest players ever to pull on a Saints' shirt, (in my book none greater than Terry Paine).
We have seen the good, the bad and the ugly at the Dell and SMS.
I would much prefer NA to keep his job and if that means getting in some short term experienced help, then let's go for it, the cost of getting someone in, is miniscule compared with that of sacking NA and getting a replacement, or, heaven forbid, being relegated.
To me and no doubt snebs, it seems so basic, if it didn't work then what has been lost? --- next to nothing!
For some reason this idea seems to generate a lot of opposition and in my case abuse.
Why is is it that the wisdom of the few is often viewed as a threat by the masses?
RYRIHF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ghk230473 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Snebs wrote:
I would suggest that from his body language and change of message after the Fulham game Nigel is on notice. The team is not performing we lost two very important players in training incidents, one with a potentially career ending injury, other big buys are either not playing well or just plain are not playing. Looking at other teams that were relegated we are in a worst postion relative to them at this part of the season. We don't have many winnable games coming up and I would think if we don't get anything from the West Ham game then there will be changes. I have supported Saints through thick and thin for 55 years and always will be a supporter. I travelled 7,000 miles to see the Wigan game and plan on doing the same as often as I can. SFC is a privately owned business and as such NC has a duty to the owners to sustain the business and if that means bringing in a more experienced management team to maintian the EPL status then that is what he will have to do. My money is on Raffa B.

Why am I suspicious that this is an old poster with a new name, I must fight off this paranoia, that's what you get after a barrage from Thomas, GHK and Tebourba.

That's because your tiny mind cannot accept fresh ideas and you are confused by which fence you should receive splinters from.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Osprey you are a wet weekend, with nothing of any relevance to post. You are a follower, a sheep, a social chameleon.
This is my last post with regards to you

Promise?

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

Famous last words?

slugger wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

no mush ....... osprey is a supporter , a word you should wiki .

ghk230473 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

Famous last words?

Bah bah

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

Famous last words?

Bah bah

Bha? dyslexic sheep, and it's you making all of the noise.

Snebs wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Crossley Place Saint wrote: His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

I hero worshipped him and based my own game on his, laughable I know, but those were the days and I never harmed anyone. Later it was mastery of the David Webb slide tackle that led to shredded knees on the Veracity pitch which doubled as gravel pit.

I remember those days well no skin left on my knees at all still got the marks. Could never figure out when the whtie line actually stopped, small swimming pools in the goal mouth. I played in goal for our works team and we played a match after a week of solid rain. The area was just soft mud and the ball came back at me from the other centre half, rather that race forward and catch it on the drop I decided to let it hit the mud first. Mistake!!!! it hit the only piece of hard ground that side of Woolston and bounced right over my head and in.

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Osprey quoting "birds of a feather" surely Osprey, despite our differences, you must see the funny side!?

Ironic when he's not a bird at all.......... He's a sheep! Funny side is pulling the wool over my eyes.
Bbah bah bahhhh

no mush ....... osprey is a supporter , a word you should wiki .

Why's that

Snebs wrote:
Yes I remember Terry Payne very well Johnny Sydenham ( I think that's how it is spelt) My uncle Reg was of the same generation and destined to be right wing for Saints until Grandad dragged him out and into an apprecticeship. I used to stand under the clock with my Nan at the Dell. Tony Knap was captain I think. As I said great credit to NA now please let's get someone in to help or replace him. It's the team that matters most not any one individual. My fav days were Micky Channon, Osgood, Alan Ball, Kev, exciting team to watch. I really enjoyed watching Strachan's team as well good slick passing well organized. COYS oh and I remember all those old parks as well as green park Mayfield park, weston Park, Itchen, Wildern, Peartree green....everynight after school until it got dark.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

Mick the Saint wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

What about big Jim Magrath?

saintshorse101 wrote:
why is it that the negative posters on here always resort to abuse? ghk is a prime example, look at the abuse hes given osprey tonight!, the booorer/uphimself also abuses saints fans, you are all plebs is a favorite of his! (never used the word until that tory did, thats a shock for such an intellegent poster!). why do you all resort to pathetic name calling? i can only think of 2 reasons,1 you arent very bright and are unable to articulate without foul language.
2 you are poopey fans on here as wums. my money is on no.2! oh calling you skates is not abuse or name calling as it is a common name used for poopey fans (all 5000 of them). dont be jealous of saints success, your team might hit the big time again one day, no wait what am i saying, channers is coming for you!

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

CB FRY LIVES wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Having supported Saints for much longer than most of the contributors to this column have been alive, the hardest man ever to don a Saints' shirt was Bill Rochford who played at left back.
Bill would have left Jim Steele, Dennis Hollywood, Kirby, the Psycho ( I forget his name -- put it down to old age), Fisher and Golac quaking in their boots.
Bill Rochford won a FA Cup Winners Medal with Portsmouth FC in 1939.

did you know the goalie for porpoisemouth in that final was the grandad of the future SAINTS and ENGLAND UNDER 23 full back, STEVE MILLS who would have gone on to play for the full England team if he hadn't have been struck down by a career ending illness.

I've enjoyed reading about all the old players. I certainly can't go back as far as Bill Rochford or Cliff Huxford but they must have been hard if Dennis Hollywood and Brian O'Neill were not their equal.

As for Steve Mills, what a brave guy. It's a bit pedantic to say it but the thing that ended his career was a broken pelvis caused in a car crash at the Railway Station Roundabout in Fareham in 1975.

The leukaemia struck in the mid-80s.

I bet many of us were at his testimonial in about 1988.

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

I hero worshipped him and based my own game on his, laughable I know, but those were the days and I never harmed anyone. Later it was mastery of the David Webb slide tackle that led to shredded knees on the Veracity pitch which doubled as gravel pit.

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

I hero worshipped him and based my own game on his, laughable I know, but those were the days and I never harmed anyone. Later it was mastery of the David Webb slide tackle that led to shredded knees on the Veracity pitch which doubled as gravel pit.

I remember it well.You also had to look out for the numerous dog turds.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

saintshorse101 wrote:
why is it that the negative posters on here always resort to abuse? ghk is a prime example, look at the abuse hes given osprey tonight!, the booorer/uphimself also abuses saints fans, you are all plebs is a favorite of his! (never used the word until that tory did, thats a shock for such an intellegent poster!). why do you all resort to pathetic name calling? i can only think of 2 reasons,1 you arent very bright and are unable to articulate without foul language.
2 you are poopey fans on here as wums. my money is on no.2! oh calling you skates is not abuse or name calling as it is a common name used for poopey fans (all 5000 of them). dont be jealous of saints success, your team might hit the big time again one day, no wait what am i saying, channers is coming for you!

No worries, I laugh with them, and sometimes laugh at them, but they are part of the scene. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
That didn't hurt

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Crossley Place Saint wrote:
His name is spelled DENIS Hollywood. No true Saints supporter from the vintage years would forget that. Am I the only person on here who genuinely remembers seeing him play??

I hero worshipped him and based my own game on his, laughable I know, but those were the days and I never harmed anyone. Later it was mastery of the David Webb slide tackle that led to shredded knees on the Veracity pitch which doubled as gravel pit.

I remember it well.You also had to look out for the numerous dog turds.

lol I remember them well and not all were from canines.