L1-10 Goalkeepers and Defenders Review

Kelvin Davis was the man in possession of the keepers jersey whenever he was fit in 2009/10. In contrast to when he first started playing for us, the only thing he dropped all year was the team captaincy which went to Dean Hammond. A sound season really and I reckon you could count the mistakes on one hand which is pretty good going over a season. Every so often comes along a game when he appears to have been nailed to the goal line but as a League 1 club we are lucky to have him and he would walk into most Championship sides. Let us not forget that he could have cleared off when all was shocking before the takeover and taken the easy money, sitting on the bench at West Ham. He got injured once this season which let in Bartosz Bialkowski for a few matches to the horror of many. I take pleasure in saying that I wasn’t in the least bit bothered because I knew that given a run of games, Bart’s confidence would soar as long as he remained clanger free for the first couple. Due to our territorial dominance of many matches, he managed this and went from strength to strength, culminating in saving three penalties in the JPT game at home to Norwich. He was stood down as soon as Davis was fit again which I thought was harsh as he had done nothing to warrant losing the shirt. Next year I would like him to start in all Cup games at least and would have no problems if he was first choice as I believe in time he will prove to be a better goalkeeper that Kelvin. He’s out of contract as we speak but has been offered a new deal. I hope he signs it because then we can try and shift Tommy Forecast who has now been with us for two seasons without getting anywhere near the first team which is somewhat surprising given that he was a ‘future England keeper’ when we signed him. He went out on loan this season to Grimsby and they sent him back after one game. They managed to get relegated out of the Football league so imagine how badly they’d have done if he played two games. I like him because of the middle names you can give him as puns on his surname – Bleak, Dreadful, Piss Poor, Dismal, Shit, Bollocks and Crappy being some of the better ones. Here’s my forecast – he’ll never play for England, or Saints. Good job Rupert Lowe only gave him a 5 year contract otherwise we’d be stuck with him. Our 4th choice keeper was Michael Poke who played a few games last year and spent this year on loan at Torquay. He’s been released and good luck to him. He reminded me a bit of Daryl Flahavan who was our 3rd choice for a while and he had a decent career in League 1 and 2 so hopefully Poke can do the same.

Right back has been a cse of mix and match for the entire season, until the last few months when Jon Otsemobor nailed down the spot, only he didn’t really nail to down – more like he put a bit of blu-tack on it. I remember Jon playing a few games for Liverpool and of course, the aforementioned ass-shooting incident but sadly, he made me remember two right backs of Saints past in Darren Kenton and Uli Van Gobbel. All three were blessed with very good pace but no brain whatsoever. The pace was a device to make up for this. If Jon didn’t have pace then he wouldn’t be a footballer as he has nothing else – offering not a lot going forward and seemingly devoid of will-to-win, as indicated by the amount of tackles he didn’t quite make. He signed on a six month contract and has not been offered a deal for next season which I think is a good thing as we are aiming high and he’s not good enough. Also not good enough and on his way is Lloyd James who played a few games at right back this season in which he proved that he can’t cross a ball or defend. It’s all very well saying he’s versatile but it doesn’t really matter if you can play badly in a number of positions. I feel that he may prove to be a decent player somewhere down the line but he’s Jack of No Trades at the moment. Wayne Thomas had a few games at right back as well despite being a centre back but he had the strength to give it a go but when he got up the pitch, his crossing was terrible. Also, when attacked with pace he got absolutely slaughtered and didn’t know what to do. He has a mercurial talent for winding up the opposition though, is a big tough bastard and did contribute the ‘best right back goal’ since Ivan Golac (v Ipswich) but again, is not the long term answer and has also been released. I personally would have liked him to stay but when you consider his injury record and the fact that he’d only ever be a cover player, it’s not really surprising. The man slated to play right back this season was Graeme Murty who signed on a free from Reading and looked good whenever he played, which unfortunately was the grand total of 9 times as he picked up two bad injuries. He’s also been released but offered the olive branch of training to get fit and then we’ll see what happens. Whilst he’s been unlucky, he looks like he likes a pint and a pie and you can’t really see him getting back to peak fitness. I hope I’m wrong but I think he could be appearing in a Sunday Morning Veracity Ground game soon. So, 4 right backs, none of whom will be at the club next season, which leaves Dan Harding as the only other player who has played there this year and he’s a left back whose right foot is only there to stop him falling over.

The Left back position has been the property of Dan Harding for all bar a few games around Christmas. I’m sure if you look up ‘consistency’ in the dictionary, it will have a picture of Dan next to it as he really never has a bad game. For a free transfer he’s been brilliant, getting forward and getting crosses in as well as not getting beaten too often at the back. That’s a bit of a mystery to me as he does look a bit slow on the turn at times but he does read the game well and always manages to just do enough. He was rested for a bit and Joseph Mills came into the side. He should be nicknamed 'Heather' (and not 'Fish'), due to only having one foot (as fish have no feet), he’s a player who looked promising but seemed to have lost his way a bit. When he played at left back this year, he has looked good and it was nice to see him get the nod for the JPT final with Harding stitched up on the right. Like with Bart, I hope he gets to play at least in all the cup games next season and he won’t let anyone down.

The centre back partnership used most often at the end of the year was Jose Fonte and Radhi Jaidi – two class performers who have a much higher pedigree than playing in League 1. Jaidi is a colossus of a man and must have headed away thousands of aimless punts up the field this season as our opponents often used to work on the theory that he’ll miss one eventually. Yes he’s a bit limited on the floor and yes he’s knocking on a bit but it’s fine when he’s complimented with a skilful ball playing centre half like Jose Fonte who is quite simply, class. Pace, awareneness, distribution, strong in the tackle, good in the air… check. Different class and no more needs to be said. How on earth we managed to sign him is a mystery but hopefully his assertion that Saints would be his quickest way into the Premier League will be proved correct. Jaidi’s regular partner at the start of the season was Neal Trotman, a loanee from Preston who was a big ungainly bastard who just tackled it or headed it away, or frequently, upwards. 50p head and it was very amusing watching him try to execute a pass or something technical like that. In my view he scored the funniest goal of the season when the Southend keeper had the ball in his hands and Trotters just put everything in the net, ball, keepers hands, severed head etc. 100% commitment though and he did a good job, especially when he came back when on loan to Huddersfield and we won 5-0. Dan Seaborne was signed from Exeter in the January window and the jury is still out on him a bit. He looks ok when everything is in front of him and he can attack the ball but when the opposition get it down and try and pass it through us – he looks like a fish up a tree. Likewise, he can hit a nice pass when he has time but if he gets closed down then he has the Benali touch when it comes to sliced, crowd endangering clearances. He will improve though, as will Aaron Martin who signed from Eastleigh and played the last two games of the season and looked like a decent prospect. He’s a big unit and communicates well for a young lad. Again, he looked a bit suspect on the floor but I have a real will for him to be a good player as he’s a local lad, signed from a local non-League team so I hope he gets a few games next season. When the season started, the only two centre halves on the books were Wayne Thomas who was always injured and Chris Perry who was 36. Perry played a few up until Christmas and then fell out of favour and down the pecking order when Seaborne and Fonte arrived. He’s been released for next season but I’d just like to pay a personal tribute to The Rash who has been a fantastic player over the years for Wimbledon and Spurs and even for us, managed to put in some very good performances, even in the relegation season with the Dutch clowns in charge. Hell, I’d have still had him in the team this season whenever one of Fonte and Jaidi was unfit. A model pro who I hope gets to continue in the game in whatever capacity he wishes. I was delighted that he got on the pitch at Wembley in the JPT Final in what was his last appearance for us. A fitting place to bow out. Wayne Thomas had a few games at centre back but Pards didn’t seem to want to pick him there unless he had to – maybe because he was a bit of a walking red card but when Thommo plays well (Luton at home) there are not many better. Sadly, he didn’t do that often enough. Last and least, we had Ollie Lancashire, one of the worst players I’ve ever seen play for Saints. Don’t let the door hit your ass.

For next year, in my opinion we’re ok in goal, at left back and at centre back. Right back is of course a problem and the only one we now have at the club is Jason Dodd who is as old as me and I won’t see 40 again. We’ve already been linked with Brighton’s Inigo Calderon so I would expect one if not two right backs to arrive in the summer. Maybe there will be another centre back arrival but I don’t think this is really a priority unless someone picks up a long term injury.

The Southern Daily Bullshit Mail

No sooner had the season ended then two publications in particular took it upon themselves to run with a story that Alan Pardew was going to get sacked and replaced with Steve Cotterill. Nicola Cortese was unhappy at failing to make the playoffs and Markus Liebherr was unhappy for the same reason and had boycotted the Southend game in protest. Nicola and Markus were allegedly unhappy enough to sack the manager despite Saints having started with -10, no squad and no pre-season and despite winning the JPT and being the best team in the league since the end of the January transfer window and every bookies favourite to win the league next year. There was to be a board meeting on Wednesday and Pardew was to be fired and then, due to unforeseen reasons, the meeting was to be moved to Thursday. The publications of course are the Southern Daily Echo and The Daily Mail.

Following this statement http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2051138,00.html made by Nicola Cortese on Thursday, you can see that the esteemed publications got just about everything wrong. Here’s the list.

1) The meeting was on Wednesday after all
2) Markus didn’t boycott
3) Nicola was not unhappy enough to sack the manager
4) Alan Pardew is still our manager for next season
5) Steve Cotterill won’t be our manager next season

In addition, on the Thursday that the statement came out, The Echo carried a story claiming Saints were being hindered by the confusion, the presence of which was totally caused by The Daily Echo. Of course, The Echo put up a new article about the statement and selectively picked out the parts where digs were made at Lawrie Mac and Matt le Tiss which were, in my opinion, a bit unnecessary even if they were basically true. The Echo of course, totally failed to mention the part about themselves which was completely and utterly 100% justified.

This story was totally spun from a comment Cortese made in January / February which was ‘our results haven’t been good enough’ and from the fact that The Daily Echo is banned from St Mary’s, having upset Cortese over a story regarding the new training complex. No other comment has been forthcoming from him since and no comment from Markus Liebherr at all. I don’t really know why the Daily Mail are stirring the shit as well. Martin Samuel (their main footy journo) took a big swipe at Cortese a couple of months ago for the interview he gave on the radio about how the club was being run and also, Charles Sale was allegedly a mate of he who shall not be mentioned but he had his own RL tracksuit (and I’m not talking Rickie Lambert here)

So, despite the lack of any fact at all, the papers spun and to my disappointment but not to my surprise, people swallowed it and we had messageboard meltdown.

Years ago it was called Chinese Whispers where someone would hear a story, misinterpret it or not hear it properly and then pass it on. Now, some people try to give their views more credence by claiming to be ‘In the Know’. These people hardly ever give a source as if they had a source, that kind of implies that they have a friend. The ITKers come in two categories, the first of which is ITK1 – those that try to sound credible and on the whole, manage it. Then we have ITK2 which is those who are complete idiots who haven’t got a clue and it’s totally obvious they need medical help, should not be allowed to drive a car or work with machinery. An ITK3 is a rare thing, someone who is genuinely in the know. If ITK3 exists at all then he is usually obliterated by all the ITK1s and 2s. Then of course, in addition to ITK1,2 and 3, you have the wind up merchants who are deliberately trying to goad people. I actually find these less irritating than the ITKers because you know that they ‘get it’ and are having a laugh.

So, take a quote from 4 months ago, add a bit of Daily Echo, add some Daily Mail, thrown in a couple of hidden agendas and a generous helping of shit, grate in some ITK1s, bring to the boil, add in some diced ITK2s and finally garnish with some Sweet ‘n’ Sour WUMs and voila…. Deep Fried Bollocks with a side order of Bullshit.

We, as fans, have got to have our own mind and find a way to see through all this crap. It’s like surveying the celebrity magazines on a newsagent where on the same day, you could see headlines of ‘Kerry Katona: I’m back’, ‘Kerry says I’m suicidal’, Kerry on Drugs, Kerry is clean, Kerry wants more kids, Kerry can’t have more kids, Kerry is fat again, Kerry is Size 8. None of them ever say the truth which is ‘Kerry is a Fucking Waste of Space who should be Put Down like you do with any Other Useless Old Dog’. I’m not going to suggest anyone boycotts this or that because it’s none of my business (and no one listens to me anyway) but consider the facts before getting all excited / depressed about something you’ve read.

As for Saints – the RL years saw plenty of farcical, negative things happen that were newsworthy and The Echo had a role in bringing those to the fans because otherwise, we wouldn’t have known about them. However, the Liebherr / Cortese ship is very obviously, very well run and there really is ‘nothing to see here’ on the negative side so far. Bad news sells more than good news though and consequently, in the absence of bad news, the media will always feel the need to make up shite, polish it and try and pass it off as a diamond, especially if they have their own agendas.

I like my Club – I like the positive energy coming out of it and I want it to stay that way.

League 1 Match 46 - Southampton 3 Southend 1

Last game of the season and it’s Southend at home who have sadly, already been relegated. We had them in the last game three years ago when also, they had been relegated and it was a good occasion with lots of decent banter between the fans and Saints winning 4-1 to clinch a playoff spot under the managerial genius of George Hic Burley Whisky please. We could have done with a really nice warm day to send everybody to SMS in a good mood but in contrast, the weather was cold, damp and generally shit.

Saints had done business with Southend during the season of course, in a transfer that rivalled the Ibrahimovic – Eto’o swap deal between Barcelona and Inter Milan where Eto’o plus £30 million went to Inter and Ibrahimovic went to Barca. In our case, Lee Barnard went to Saints for £200k and Matt Paterson went to Southend for a football, some cones, a book of stamps and an out of data Wagon Wheel.

Paterson was in the Southend line-up but Barnard wasn’t in ours due to an injury picked up last week. There were four chances to last week with Dan Harding coming in for Heather Mills, Radhi Jaidi coming in for Jose Fonte who was still on the toilet, Michail Antonio coming in for the ‘rested’ Lloyd James and some promising youngster called Lambert in the side in place of the aforementioned Barnard. Aaron Martin kept his place and there was a place on the bench for Alex Double-Barrel.

Again, the first half was pretty uneventful with neither keeper being tested. David Connolly was having a mare up front for us with nothing sticking and him being barged off the ball whenever it went near him. That said, the service up to him was dreadful with the midfield struggling to put anything together and it was all a bit one paced. Southend were trying to play but had nothing up front so the game was a kind of midfield mess.

There was a vaguely exciting moment on the 25 minute mark as the ball came out to Capn Hammond on the edge of the box but it sat up too high and despite getting the volley away well, it flew just over. Deano found himself free on the left a few minutes later as well but skewed his shot across the goal.

All in all it was a bit of a bore and half time couldn’t come soon enough. Half time was spent trying to listen in on the conversation that the Chuckle Brothers were having behind me. It was a vitally important as it centrered on whether they were going to renew their season tickets for next year. To my joy and delight…. They are renewing and I felt like rolling up my programme and making animal noises through it…. But I couldn’t because I didn’t have a programme and neither did anyone else, due to them being mysteriously withdrawn from sale before kick off. I went for a pee and a wander around the concourse and the reasons for the programme withdrawal that I heard were a) Pards took offence to something, b) Information about someone leaving was in there, c) printing problem, d) Page 7 fella spread of Nicola Cortese had the wrong vital statistics on it. Don’t you just know that The Echo or the Daily Mail will make a massive deal of this….

Michail Antonio failed to appear for the second half and was replaced by Papa Waigo so in effect, we waved goodbye to defending the right hand side. Saints nearly took the lead through the most unlikely of sources when football broke out on the pitch and we kept it on the ground for a few passes which allowed Otsemobor to get forward and lash in a shot which the keeper parried out.

Matt Paterson then found himself in on goal from our newly vacated right hand side having outpaced Jaidi and in front of 25,000 saints fans had the chance to prove why he should have been kept…. and he totally bollocksed it into the Northam. All he did was prove why we had to get some more banjos when he left as we now had forwards who could actually hit a cows arse with one. “That’s why were going down” chanted the Southend faithful in a great show of black humour, rivalled only by their “Que Sea Sera….we’re going to Shrews-bury” chant which made sporadic appearances throughout the game.

In a not entirely unsurprising development, Southend again built an attack on our right and the ball found itself with Frank Moussa who skipped inside a nothing challenge and curled a lovely shot into the top corner from 25 yards to give Southend the lead. Fair play to them as it was a bloody good goal and they’d been the better side. I bet the Southend fans knew what was coming next though and it took Saints all of two minutes to get level as Waigo took a shot corner to Puncheon who took on a defender and fired in a cross which Sir Rickie stooped to head home from all of four yards for League goal number 30 of the season.

Connolly was put out of his misery and replaced with Paul Wotton as Pards sought to add some guile and creativity to the proceedings. Whilst play was going on, a stern voice came over the tannoy instructing everyone not to make incursions onto the pitch. The last time I heard the word ‘incursions’ said in that tone of voice was on the news referring to Basra and Helmand Province. Five minutes went by and then the same announcement was repeated only this time it got shouted down as believe it or not, people were trying to watch the game.

Lallana then sparked into life and tricked his way down the left before feeding Puncheon whose shot was saved. Then Papa Waigo came up with one of those genius moments which will go in his ’10 Greatest Offsides’ end of season DVD. He was out on the right wing and looking across the line and still managed to be five yards offside. Pillock. Lallana had given him the ball and a few in the crowd were moaning at him but come on, he can’t have been expecting Papa to have got himself offside when he could see everything.

Saints were playing properly now and building up nicely but still finding the final ball an issue and Dan Harding took ownership of the problem and lashed a hopeless wrong footed Paterson of a shot miles wide from 30 yards out. Sub time and Alex Double-Barrel came on for Punch and immediately twisted his way towards goal from out on the left and had his shot well saved at the near post.

There was just 6 minutes to go as Lambert weaved (well, maybe he swayed a bit) into the area and was felled in slow motion by a clumsy tackle by M’Voto who had been a rock up to that point. After a request from Lallana to be allowed to take the penalty, (thankfully rejected) and a request from the crowd for Paul Wotton to take it (mercifully rejected), Sir Rickie blasted home, low to the keeper’s left for 2-1.

The game was done at this point but there was still time for Lallana to notch his 20th goal of the season as Harding picked him out with a nice reverse pass and Adam made no mistake as the keeper came out. He took the booking for removing his shirt, revealing the physique of a stick insect – the lad needs a few beers and some pies.

So, 3-1 and full time and it was time for a pitch incursion which would not have been any worse if they hadn’t made the stupid announcement. The few lads were cleared away and the players took a deserved lap of honour. We weren’t great today but we didn’t really have to be and just playing for 20 minutes was enough. In truth though, if Southend hadn’t scored it would probably have finished 0-0. Decent performance from Aaron Martin at the back and as long as he keeps improving, I wouldn't mind him playing a few games next season. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looked decent when he came on as well and is another who could have an impact next year.

For me it’s been a very good season and we’ve finished 7th, 7 points behind Huddersfield in the last playoff position having of course, started on minus 10. we didn’t win for 10 games as the squad we started with was desperate but once we were up and running and strengthened in January we were arguably the best side in the League. We eill do very well next season as long as things are kept in place and there are no major upheavals. On that subject…..

In my opinion and entirely predictably, the one comment Nicola Cortese made about ‘results not being good enough’ which was at the time (January) entirely justified has played into the hands of poor journalists who have rehashed the story every slow news day. We are unquestionably getting better all the time so in my view, the speculation that Pards is leaving etc is a load of balls. Get used to it though because there’s going to be a lot of it over the summer as there is too many media outlets and they all have to come up with something sensational to make you read them as opposed to someone else. Me – I trust Markus, Nicola and Pards and until they speak, I don’t believe a word of it.

So - last game but not the last entry on the blog. I'll throw together an end of year summary and individual bits on the players and then we're into the World Cup which has nothing whatsoever to do with SFC but you never know, I might cover it for a laugh. Thanks for reading so far....

Jon Otsemobor - An Apology

Since I published the blog on the Gillingham game, it's been pointed out to me that it was in fact Lloyd James who got skinned for the 2nd goal and not Jon Otsemobor. That said, I hope that Jon 'one game to go' Otsemobor still applies.

League 1 Match 45 - Gillingham 2 Southampton 1

Gillingham away at the Priestfield Stadium in what for us, was a dead rubber without those pesky playoffs to worry about. In the build up this week, much was made of the need to finish strongly and the fact that it would make no difference to our performance that we couldn’t get promoted any more. As an observer, you could either take that at face value and believe we would put in a performance or alternatively, you could draw on your experience of supporting Saints over the years and suspect that it was all bollocks and the players would already be in holiday mode.

The team line-up will tell us for sure whether anyone cared about this game and then Aaron Martin’s name was read out in the starting XI and Sir Rickie was a sub. The full list of changes was Martin, Joseph Mills, Lloyd James, David Connolly and Lee Barnard in, Lambert, Harding, Seaborne, Antonio and Waigo out. The only change that I read any significance into was Lloyd James in the centre of midfield as clearly, we need back up for Hammond and Schneiderlin for next season and this was a chance for James to stake his claim, a claim that I am 100% convinced that he won’t take.

We started off badly which is no surprise given the changes that had been made and it took us a full 18 minutes to go a goal behind when a ball was played through our defence and Davis came steaming out and instead of putting it out for a throw, wellied it straight into Fonte. The rebound could have gone anywhere but unluckily it went straight to Howe who had an empty net to shoot into which he duly did.

Jose Fonte was touch and go for this game with a sickness bug. I’m guessing that his first touch and composure were two of the things that came out of him and ended up in the toilet. Every time Gillingham attacked, there was Jose, slicing it up in the air, missing it altogether or carting the forward up in the air.

Half time and we had nil which was more generous than we deserved as we had been diabolical by all accounts so it was time for Pards to do something about it. Fonte was replaced with Seaborne and went for a lie down and Sir Rickie came on for Lallana, meaning we went 4-3-3 with Lambert, Connolly and Barnard up front. Sadly for all except members of his family and anyone connected with Gillingham, Lloyd James was still on the pitch.

We had an early second half chance with barnard’s shot looping up off a defender and landing on the roof of the net but things were to get worse before they got any better and on 50 minutes, Simeon Jackson headed against a post and we totally failed to get away with it as the ball found itself out on the left wing where the winger totally skinned ‘One game to go’ Otsemobor and crossed for Gowling to head home. 2-0 and deservedly so.

Gills nearly went 3-0 as Heather Mills headed one off the line but at least Saints were creating a bit now as Papa Waigo had come on for Barnard and as usual, the dancing man was making things happen and he almost scored with his first touch. This is the sort of thing they say on the radio or on an official match report but what in fact happened was that Connolly set him up and he dithered and didn’t even get the shot away.

With Lambert on the pitch, Saints are a different side and we put pressure on as Gills got nervous and the goal duly arrived on 65 minutes as Puncheon cut in from the right and toe poked a pass to Connolly who lashed it in from the edge of the box. So, 2-1 and 25 minutes of mayhem and hopefully exploiting our opponents nerves. Well, a bit…

Firstly Sir Rickie controlled a cross with his chest and then volleyed into the ground and the keeper flapped it over the bar. Papa Waigo got through on the left and instead of shooting, opted for the unselfish option of squaring it along the six yard line to the onrushing Saints player that only he had seen – because there wasn’t any bugger there. Out final chance fell to Connolly in the last minute but his falling volley just flopped into the keeper. All a bit half arsed and so the final whistle went and the Gills were happy.

And so we lost and does anyone give a toss? Not really, would be my guess. We played a bit of a weakened side but I think we could safely argue that many more high profile sides than ourselves have done much worse this year. It’s a bit naughty really because the win does Gillingham a massive favour in their quest to stay in League 1 and some of the other teams down there like Exeter and Leyton Orient might not be too pleased with us. The thought of Barry Hearn not being too pleased with us is one I can live with however. On the other hand, Gillingham have one of the best home records in the division so maybe it’s not such a big shock that we went tits up, especially with our tendency to struggle against the lower placed sides away from home.

From a Saints point of view, we remained in the same position in the League and we will finish 7th as long as we beat already relegated Southend at home next week. It’s worth finishing 7th because you never know, a team may get liquidated from higher up the pyramid (can’t imagine who I’m thinking of here) and then who knows what will happen with the promotion and relegation issue. Can you imagine Don Nicola if we throw the last two games and finish 8th and then an extra spot gets opened up in the Championship. Of the players given a chance today, Aaron Martin proved today that he could be a decent player for us and Lloyd James proved that he wasn’t, isn’t and probably never will be.

As already mentioned, last game of the season next week at home to Southend. It should be a decent atmosphere with neither team having anything to play for and the Southend fans are a great bunch. Looking forward to that one and bring it on.

As a post-script for today – today was the day Avram Grant went on the pitch at Fratton Park and gave his Braveheart / Winston Churchill speech – what a total and utter wanker. As usual, he complained again about a points deduction which had no effect whatsoever and a transfer embargo which actually prevented them getting further into debt (and therefore ripping off more cancer charities etc). You’ll get yours you twat.