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Australia are into the tail now unless Broad can turn the clock back 10 or so years!

For the sorta fee being discussed I think McMenamin should be an automatic first team pick (like Aitken & Charnley}) - straightaway. Given that he's coming from a League that is a sorta FT/PT hybrid I don't think this will be the case and I don't think we should be paying more than a nominal fee for him - say £10-20k.

25 years is short term for these guys. I'd say nowadays they've got the same relevance as Morris Dancers - although sadly they retain the obnoxious element from the bygone days of yore.

....and today's award for the most one-sided post goes to Johnny Martin!

SR might not have time to discuss Stubbsy's failure at our club but we forumsters certainly do. However I'm signing off for now as I have to continue with my son's education - I 'm about to introduce him to The Godfather.

OMG - I'm about to make a post sorta defending Stubbsy! The problem with Stubbsy's philosophy was that he "threw the baby out with the bathwater" in terms of destroying the morale of our 17/18 Championship winning team. If you look at the last two matches of his tenure (against Hertz & Livi) we started with 5 of his EPL Academy acquisitions which is 4 too many. That market is still a decent one for a club of our stature though - look at Thierry Small last season. As an aside - Oran Kearney!

That's a bit of bad news, the one thing I liked about the Bolton deal was that it was gonna be completed early in the window, the pessimist in me now fears a last day exit for Baccus with it being too late to get a quality replacement.

Fair enough my post was a bit OTT - i've just finished a run on N/S but just because we won a watch on the Brophy deal it doesn't mean we should give it away on buying McMenamin for the reasons given a few pages back. Given the speculated fee I still feel that I still think he has the potential to be right up there in terms of bad signings although Josh Heaton is maybe out of reach.

Fair doos - I'd actually managed to forget about Stubbs.

This has the potential to be our worst signing since Dougie Imrie.

9/10 - Who eats vegetables anyway?

Should I stay or Should I go?

A good age (20) for us to be signing him as there is clearly scope for development. In contrast I am less happy at the prospect of signing signing McMenamin who is 27 and still playing in a League which can't be entirely Full-Time - IMO he's 5/6 years too old for us to take the gamble.

The Fury I feel for only getting 9/110 is driving me Mad. As an aside I'm sure we've had the Red Admiral question quite recently although I do do (sic) other trivia quizzes - I got it wrong the last time..

I can see the company filing for bankruptcy.

Still potentially 16.4 overs to go, will England risk more MTC points in order to avoid a massive score against them - what's the situation on floodlights?

Classic Test Match error from England - I expect Australia to push for 500+ before they even think of declaring. ************ On a funnier note when will they ever learn, England Leg-end Ian Bell attempt at trash-talking (an essential part of Bazball) looks a bit less convincing now than it did at 10:30am. England have psychological grip on Australia says Ian Bell

On N/S, had a quick cheque @Ric @Arch Stanton at breakfast (sic) then 8 hours later we've moved on 8 pages - never a dull moment!

Her body may well be a-moulderin' in the grave but Mrs. Ts legacy just keeps on a-givin with news that Thames Water (in particular) & the other companies are in financial trouble.... Mounting debts and public anger could finally sink UK water companies | Water | The Guardian

10/10 Q6 - elected/inaugurated shurely some mishtake

Yeah, but what does that have to do with closed record shops in Paisley?

Stereo 1 had a second store in Johnstone before t'internet decimated CD sales. Ooops I see you already mentioned that.

I always like walking along St. Jamesy's St. on the way to the ground.

A strip with an in built beer belly - nice!