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Reply | Shin pads
at 19:39 17 Jul 2025
It would be curtains for your shins if you tried using windows phones as shinpads. Far better off with a pair of Nokia Communicators š [Post edited 17 Jul 19:40]
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Reply | SFC Ticketing Site
at 15:23 16 Jul 2025
obviously being run by AI
This is what happens when test tube babies grow up and become football club website designersā¦. |
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Reply | Euros
at 12:33 7 Jul 2025
Is that against the women or the BBC? š |
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Reply | Tall Paul fee instalments taking the proverbial
at 14:33 6 Jul 2025
I agree, itās fairly normal for players to be paid for in instalments, in fact, probably common practice. My original point (perhaps not explained too well) was that after three transfer windows of haggling we end up with a disappointing result. The amount of time and effort that must have been wasted dealing with these people in Turkey for what was ultimately achieved is unbelievable, and I agree 100%, now itās done letās move on.
SR most certainly can win, you wonāt hear me criticising them for holding out for the best deal either by refusing to sell Tall Paul last summer as the offers were derisory, or for refusing to be bullied by the likes of Liverpool over Lavia where they were trying to get him in at about Ā£20m less that Chelsea paid until they panicked at the last minute and made a reasonable offer.
SR can also win by doing the right thing in this transfer window, good quality Championship players donāt need to cost Ā£20m a pop so they can win by investing in players with proven ability at this level that can do a job for us that might be the difference between a very successful season to come or one just treading water. I will admit that I do have some trust issues with SR because of their performance to date, however, I am more than happy to give praise where it is due, such as holding out for top dollar on players being sold whenever they can. Perhaps Tall Paul had to be the exception to the ruleā¦ |
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Thread | Tall Paul fee instalments taking the proverbial
at 14:35 5 Jul 2025
According to insidefutbol.com Trabzonspor have reported to the Turkish stock market that the fee paid for Tall Paul was ā¬5.67m and they are paying it in 4 separate instalments! FFS, thatās taking the p@ss isnāt it? For a start, thatās only Ā£4.9m or a fraction underā¦ That means we get just over Ā£1.2m now and with WS admitting in The Echo today that we need to sell first before making any more additions to the squad what use is Ā£1.2m?? We all know the way buying Clubs do their business, they will fart-arse around until deadline day or the day before if you are lucky and then try some take the p@ss offer as we were relegated. At least we usually stand firm for a proper offer.
Add to that the future hassle getting the instalments paid on time, Trabzonspor (donāt give a toss if thatās spelt wrong) have previous for pi@@ing clubs around with late instalment payments so good luck getting the money in!! All in all another brilliant SR dealā¦. |
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Reply | Club staff in everyday roles
at 21:40 3 Jul 2025
Got a feeling I remember Parsons saying before the start of last season that they werenāt going to employ loads more staff now they were back in the PL again but were going to be more lean & efficient. There will obviously have been a few people taken on in key areas that will have been busier last season like corporate hospitality and perhaps mail order if there was an increase in demand for merchandise but if my recollection is correct then I think the cull will be minimal.
Of course, I could be mistakenā¦ |
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Reply | Diego Jota
at 16:16 3 Jul 2025
Absolutely tragic news. As has been said, this is about human lives not football rivalry. Devastating for all his family who have lost two loved ones.
RIP Diogo & Andre [Post edited 3 Jul 21:22]
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Reply | New shirt
at 13:17 3 Jul 2025
Thatās a state of the art jiving room in Paulsgrove, minus the empty Stella cans and takeaway cartonsā¦. |
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Reply | Damian Downs - Cologne striker
at 10:18 3 Jul 2025
Add ons can work in different ways, they can be appearance based or performance based.
Appearance based might be a set number of games based on the length of the contract, so if you sign a āpromising playerā the buying club may try to argue that the player is not the finished article or is unproven at the level they are going into so might not play a key role and therefore look to pay less. If the add on is set at letās say +50% of games the buying Club plays and the player becomes a regular starter it would trigger an additional payment when they passed the line in the sand.
Performance related could be goals scored for a forward, or even goal involvements these days (to include assists) . So an additional payment could be triggered after a set number of goals are scored by the player in a season.
Another performance based add on could be promotion, if we go up at the end of any season within the initial contract term then an extra fee is payable.
Add ons can work for or against a club. In some cases players donāt get played by a club who would be liable to pay extra fees when they get near the threshold that triggers an additional payment, frustrating for the selling club and the player. Other times they work well and the bonus payments come through if the player turns out to be a quality find for the club who purchased him. |
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Reply | Saints shirt in Pompey
at 13:02 30 Jun 2025
Good story, well remembered; thatās one up on the Celtic fans injecting oranges with vodka to beat the alcohol ban in the seating areas when it was first introduced.
I remember going up to Sheffield very soon after the alcohol ban on trains came in if you were going to football. My g/f at the time was a Spurs ST holder and got tickets for their FA Cup S/F v Wolves at Hillsborough. Booze ban in place, just about everyone smuggled booze onto the train, those fairly flat half or quarter bottles of bacardi or vodka seemed popular. It was old compartment stock so people took it in turns to be lookouts in the corridor and if the onboard police came along theyād start up a song! Worked a treat and by the time we got to Sheffield more people were half bladdered than sober. One of the S.Yorks cops on the platform that was helping to heard us all towards the waiting buses said to one of the London cops from the train āDidnāt you lot get tāmemo? This lot look like theyāre as pissed as parrots!ā
Not as good as your story but itās all Iāve got š |
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Reply | Saints shirt in Pompey
at 13:59 29 Jun 2025
Brave lad! Of course, I expect it may well scupper any chances your daughter has of winning.
Kate Aidie is available to ride shotgun on the way home if you need her servicesā¦
Please let us all know how it goes. |
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Reply | Glastonbury Thread
at 19:52 28 Jun 2025
Wet Leg, Ur Mum, that was a scream 
Caught up with the Morissette set on i-player and you are not wrong, that was quality. |
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Reply | Glastonbury Thread
at 14:12 28 Jun 2025
A ticket to Glastonbury this year is Ā£382.50 including the booking fee, to watch that shower I wouldnāt give you Ā£19.75!
Jo Wiley in trying to hype them up pre-performance was trying to tell us all how lucky we were to be able to see them as this is their only live performance this year. Thank God for that at leastā¦ |
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Reply | Nearly Bonus Time
at 13:57 28 Jun 2025
After a 12 point season, the players should be paying every ST holder a loyalty bonus in the form of a renewal discount. If I was a player Iād be donating any performance bonus to the Saints Trust as Iād be far too embarrassed to pocket the money. |
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Reply | Glastonbury Thread
at 22:44 27 Jun 2025
Agreed,
Self Esteem / I do this all the time
Thought I was watching a counselling session not a music festivalā¦ |
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Reply | Why arn't all police armed with Tasers?
at 21:19 26 Jun 2025
Totally agree, a good friend of mine was caught up in the London Bridge attack and witnessed it all first hand. He said the police were incredibly brave on that occasion too. We ask them to put themselves in what can be very dangerous situations so surely giving them all tasers is not an unreasonable ask. |
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Reply | Glastonbury Thread
at 22:53 24 Jun 2025
Thatās a very good point Sir, actually, I did wonder why Michael Eavis had left it so long to do this considering what is a stake in their case and 96 is a fair old innings to clock up. I remember seeing him on TV either last year or 2023 sat in that little inside gallery at the side of the Pyramid stage with a blanket over his legs and thinking he was looking his age. |
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