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Bridge would be happy to stay for good (From The Argus)
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Bridge would be happy to stay for good
9:30am Monday 27th August 2012 in Albion By Andy Naylor
Wayne Bridge is enjoying his football at Albion
WAYNE Bridge has revealed he could remain with Albion for good.
The former England left-back has opened up the possibility of turning his season-long loan move from Manchester City into a permanent deal following his first league goal for nine years in Saturday’s 5-1 home win against Barnsley.
Bridge, 32, pictured, told The Argus: “You never know. Obviously, I want to do well for the club and if the opportunity comes up it might suit me. I have enjoyed every minute here, so I definitely wouldn’t say no to that. “Everyone that knows me, friends and family, have seen the change in me. “Over the last few years it has been difficult but they seem to think that I look like I like football more, so it can’t be a bad thing.”
Bridge has made an impressive start to his Albion career, despite still feeling the effects of a groin injury which sidelined him from most of pre-season.
The ex-Chelsea defender said: “I’m still struggling with it a little bit. As long as I can keep playing games and get by I’m not too fussed about it. It is a lot better and touch wood it stays better.
“The doc helps and I get a lot of treatment off the physios as well. It’s just the Saturday-Tuesday games that become difficult. I haven’t done that for a few years now. I am enjoying playing football every week and I want to play every game, so it doesn’t really bother me.
“This is the last year I’m contracted (to Man City), so I want to enjoy it because you never know what will happen afterwards. I want to play as much as I can.”
Albion have offered a contract to versatile former Liverpool academy defender Matt McGiveron, who featured in the pre-season friendly at Crawley.
McGiveron, 18, is expected to play in the development squad’s first home game in their new under 21’s league against Bristol City at Lancing today (3pm).
Comments(55)
Camicus
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9:55am Mon 27 Aug 12
golddene
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10:00am Mon 27 Aug 12
Camicus wrote:this
Bridgey is awesome love watching him play in the stripes if he wants to stay its all good. Happy days
SMF20
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10:06am Mon 27 Aug 12
Rhodes Seagull
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10:12am Mon 27 Aug 12
Always seems to want to come forward and scoring on Saturday will I assume spur him on even more. If the medics can keep him fit he will have a big say in how we perform this season.
I see that M Owen still not found a club and is saying he is in talks with many but with only a week to go he sounds like he may be panicking a bit, is he worth a shout for the Albion even though he has stated he does not want to drop divisions, he needs a club and quick so maybe a bargain for a season or two?
SMF20
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10:24am Mon 27 Aug 12
Hovite
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10:28am Mon 27 Aug 12
Bridge is a fantastic addition to the club and it is great to see him enjoying football again. Many Prem clubs can kill careers but we can revive them. Bridge is a great example of this.
pjwilk
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10:34am Mon 27 Aug 12
seagullsays
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10:36am Mon 27 Aug 12
SMF20 wrote:£1.5 million for Grant Hall? Wow. For a bloke who's only got a few first team appearances, I'd say that's more than fair!
Spurs about to swell our coffers with £1,500,000. Im sure this will help with the new target man purchase or perhaps could be kept back to offer Bridge permanent pre contract terms in January. Either way i think the 1.5 is a fair figure for a guy that only featured a hand full of times for us. UTA
Re Wayne Bridge, if we can sign him permanently, excellent, but it would mean a massive drop in wages. He's in the shop window at the moment, so may get a better offer, and as we all know, money talks. Would love to see him stay with though, as he and Bruno have been superb so far.
dave from bexill
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10:56am Mon 27 Aug 12
Great game and result Saturday UTA
Clean Sheet
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11:06am Mon 27 Aug 12
Clean Sheet
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11:09am Mon 27 Aug 12
Hovite
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11:11am Mon 27 Aug 12
If it is really bad reboot your pc and see if it makes any difference and if it is none of the above and is still slow, it may be your provider having an issue.
Gull rush
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11:20am Mon 27 Aug 12
Really admire the way this player opens up and breaks down the left flank, it's a thrill to watch.
championshipgull
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11:21am Mon 27 Aug 12
MarkBrighton
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11:37am Mon 27 Aug 12
golddene
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11:53am Mon 27 Aug 12
Hovite wrote:Maybe try unplugging your modem if wireless as mine sometimes loses speed and resetting this by unplugging tends to cure the problem.
Not me DfB, if you have lots of webpages open and other programs running in the background it can cause a problem. If your pc is running out of memory space it can also slow down.
If it is really bad reboot your pc and see if it makes any difference and if it is none of the above and is still slow, it may be your provider having an issue.
The Phantom
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12:36pm Mon 27 Aug 12
seagullsays wrote:Wondering where this 1.5 Million figure came from? Was not expecting anything more than 500K - would be a great deal if we got 1.5M for somebody who would have been 4th choice center back. I assume that Bridge's comments were as an answer to specific questions - not sure when the time comes and he is not being paid 90% of his salary by Manchester City that he will not be looking for the highest bidder. Certainly Brighton's style of play suits him and he is thriving on it - it would still be a hell of a drop in his standard of living though if he was to sign a deal with us.
SMF20 wrote:£1.5 million for Grant Hall? Wow. For a bloke who's only got a few first team appearances, I'd say that's more than fair!
Spurs about to swell our coffers with £1,500,000. Im sure this will help with the new target man purchase or perhaps could be kept back to offer Bridge permanent pre contract terms in January. Either way i think the 1.5 is a fair figure for a guy that only featured a hand full of times for us. UTA
Re Wayne Bridge, if we can sign him permanently, excellent, but it would mean a massive drop in wages. He's in the shop window at the moment, so may get a better offer, and as we all know, money talks. Would love to see him stay with though, as he and Bruno have been superb so far.
dave from bexill
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12:58pm Mon 27 Aug 12
dave from bexill
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1:01pm Mon 27 Aug 12
VegasSeagull
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1:53pm Mon 27 Aug 12
dave from bexill wrote:I am in USA and the same is happening here so no, not your pc.
Apologies for oing off the subject, but I'm having a real problem with the site, as keeps freezing. As I'm not certain whether it's my computer or the Argus site can someone out there please let me know if they are experiencing similar problem. Thanks in anticipation. Great game and result Saturday UTA
I have now managed to be able to navigate the site but it has taken four attempts. Maybe they have been updating the site.
SiWilki
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1:54pm Mon 27 Aug 12
dave from bexill wrote:Have had issues too, not pc, as I built mine so know it ain't it. Live in Banbury so guess not area network issue! Do run firefox, don't know if you do also? Seems better this afternoon - this morning could not get onto albion part of site at all, fantasy league section was fine however.
Hovite,Golddene and Clean Sheet. Many thanks for your responses. Much appreciated
Bridge stay at Albion would be great, will need him when in Prem!!!
mikeygit
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1:57pm Mon 27 Aug 12
gardens04
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2:04pm Mon 27 Aug 12
whatmost of us think
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2:16pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Camicus
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2:20pm Mon 27 Aug 12
VegasSeagull
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2:27pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Bridge has made his money over the years, come the end of the season he should sign for life with Brighton. If we get promoted he will have another taste of prem soccor and if we don't, he can just go on enjoying playing.
Would love to know where the news of the 1.5million payment from Spurs came from, this is not a report that I have seen anywhere.
Crunch time now for any new signings, I hope that the sales that have gone through above us will allow for our targets to come. So far no news on players leaving Brighton, I hope work is ongoing in that area too.
I would leave Vicente out of our next match, that would allow him two weeks to recover properly.
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Rob_in_Tulsa
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2:58pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Also for those of you having computer/site problems.. no problems here except for Saturday when I couldnt get the Albion commentary for the game but could get the Barnsley commentary for the first 25 mins or so until the Albion fixed it.
I suggest you guys get ccleaner.. its free just go to ccleaner.com and download it free off there (I choose the piriform download - you'll see). It'll clean your computer up and it will run better. Also they have a great defrag tool thats free called defraggler, try it.
I know, the above is a little off the original subject but looking forward to the Albion handing out a few more thrashings this season!
namgo49
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3:01pm Mon 27 Aug 12
On other matters the Argus website always gives my computer gip and often fails to respond to commands. I put the problem down to the site and not my computer.
On other football matters Berbatov is a good hold up player. Bit like a classy version of Murray. Is he (Berbatov) looking for a club still or has he signed elsewhere?
VegasSeagull
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3:18pm Mon 27 Aug 12
namgo49 wrote:Berbatov, it is reported, has had a meeting with AF and has asked to be let go. There are clubs very interested in taking him.
The combination of Bridge & Bruno gives us a real difference in the pattern of play. Bridge as is, is pure class, get him fully fit and he will be awsome, same as Bruno will be. On other matters the Argus website always gives my computer gip and often fails to respond to commands. I put the problem down to the site and not my computer. On other football matters Berbatov is a good hold up player. Bit like a classy version of Murray. Is he (Berbatov) looking for a club still or has he signed elsewhere?
Rooney picking up his injury may have some influence on the Berbatov situation, and maybe not.
Linking Brighton with Berbatov is a bit of a stretch, it would have to be a loan deal, can't see us having the cash to buy him. His wages would be big, but then so are those of Bridge.
I just can't see a any reason why he would drop down a level when he is bound to get offers from so many clubs, Southampton surely would be interested, Stoke might well be. I guess PSG would take a look at him.
I would love it, but can't see it happening.
dave from bexill
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3:24pm Mon 27 Aug 12
gordongull
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3:41pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Camicus wrote:Bridgey signing a permanent deal could depend on our status next season. He's a Premier League player, and a very good one.
DfB I think you will find its the adverts taking a chunk of your bandwidth. The video window on the right hand side is massivley resource hungry.
Championshipgull: That's it precisely!
Btw, hope you haven't got the hump over my less than complimentary 'literary review'.
That must be why my Adobe flash plug-in keeps crashing, Camicus.
The Phantom: I also expected around half a million for Hall. £1.5 million seems highly unlikely.
Berbatov: wishful thinking.
Hove park irrelevance: The difficulty for Bridgey playing twice a week is in the context of him still feeling the effects of a groin injury.
Michael Owen cost Newcastle £1.3 million per goal.
championshipgull
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3:47pm Mon 27 Aug 12
VegasSeagull wrote:This is from the Sun about Grant.
Brighton doesn't need Owen, Heskey might be able to do a job for us but his playing days are very numbered now.
Bridge has made his money over the years, come the end of the season he should sign for life with Brighton. If we get promoted he will have another taste of prem soccor and if we don't, he can just go on enjoying playing.
Would love to know where the news of the 1.5million payment from Spurs came from, this is not a report that I have seen anywhere.
Crunch time now for any new signings, I hope that the sales that have gone through above us will allow for our targets to come. So far no news on players leaving Brighton, I hope work is ongoing in that area too.
I would leave Vicente out of our next match, that would allow him two weeks to recover properly.
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http://www.thesun.co
.uk/sol/homepage/spo
rt/football/4506347/
15m-Hall-yours.html
championshipgull
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4:03pm Mon 27 Aug 12
championshipgull
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4:10pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Hoarder12345444
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4:15pm Mon 27 Aug 12
pjwilk wrote:Yes, Owen is finished, at just 31.
Owen wont move if the wage drop is too much and we would be lucky to get a handful of games out of him.He has a big record of being a crock.
Bridge is a great player and had an outstanding game saturday. Pace, touch and a great strike at 32 is a huge asset.
gordongull
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4:27pm Mon 27 Aug 12
championshipgull wrote:I'll start writing the review now :)
Gordongull Not at all. Will think about vandalising the Gettysburg address next time we beet the champions league cup holders.
VegasSeagull
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4:35pm Mon 27 Aug 12
So just a few days left and the window gets slammed shut, the will we won't we tension is building.
The temperature in Vegas will be 100+ today, always is so no problem, the temperature of the transfer market, off the scale.
I am sure that the power brokers within Brighton FC are talking to people and that their counter parts at other clubs, agents and players are all wondering which way to jump.
My hope is that none of the deals that we maybe considering are being held up by brinkmanship, not on our part or on the part of the targets we have identified as right for us.
Anyone that comes to Brighton should see it as a good move for their careers and not for their bank balance. Anyone we buy must be an improvement on what we have and not, 'that's all we could get,' type of player.
If we can't get the right players on the right terms then we should not buy anyone.
The transfer market right now is like the final table in a poker tournament. Everyone has chips but some more thna others. We all have two cards of our own and five others that we can use to make the best we can of our hand.
Do I show the strength of my hand early, hope to take the pot down right there and then or do I hide my strength and hope to pull in more money to the pot.The one certain thisng in poker is, the more that stay in the hand the less chance you have of winning with a bluff.
I have a feeling that GP and TB know how to play poker.
rolivan
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4:49pm Mon 27 Aug 12
gordongull
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4:58pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Cabin fever has brought my dedication as a supporter into question recently, so in an attempt to move on from that, I've paraphrased Rudyard Kipling:
You're a better fan than I am, Gunca Bin.
gordongull
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5:06pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Camicus
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5:10pm Mon 27 Aug 12
gordongull wrote:Not even a little bit GG to be fair its been a testy couple of months with transfer idiocy foremost in peoples minds and 2who when will they sign and then after starting so well fizziling out. I think the vast majority on here are fans so we can understand depression corner at this stage :D
Btw, hope I didn't depress you guys too much!
VegasSeagull
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5:11pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Hovite
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5:12pm Mon 27 Aug 12
gordongull
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5:20pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Ken in Spain
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8:23pm Mon 27 Aug 12
hubby
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8:33pm Mon 27 Aug 12
Who knows?
SiWilki
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8:55pm Mon 27 Aug 12
davidinsouthampton
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9:11pm Mon 27 Aug 12
The Phantom wrote:Bridge's about staying permanently were not in answer to a question. he volunteered the information.
seagullsays wrote:Wondering where this 1.5 Million figure came from? Was not expecting anything more than 500K - would be a great deal if we got 1.5M for somebody who would have been 4th choice center back. I assume that Bridge's comments were as an answer to specific questions - not sure when the time comes and he is not being paid 90% of his salary by Manchester City that he will not be looking for the highest bidder. Certainly Brighton's style of play suits him and he is thriving on it - it would still be a hell of a drop in his standard of living though if he was to sign a deal with us.
SMF20 wrote:£1.5 million for Grant Hall? Wow. For a bloke who's only got a few first team appearances, I'd say that's more than fair!
Spurs about to swell our coffers with £1,500,000. Im sure this will help with the new target man purchase or perhaps could be kept back to offer Bridge permanent pre contract terms in January. Either way i think the 1.5 is a fair figure for a guy that only featured a hand full of times for us. UTA
Re Wayne Bridge, if we can sign him permanently, excellent, but it would mean a massive drop in wages. He's in the shop window at the moment, so may get a better offer, and as we all know, money talks. Would love to see him stay with though, as he and Bruno have been superb so far.
And I have a nepher who is a Spurs fan who has just asked ne who this Grant Hall blike is that they have signed from us for £1.5m, and I am sure he doesn't read the Sun.
dave from bexill
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8:27am Tue 28 Aug 12
SiWilki wrote:You've obviously never been to Newcastle SiWilki
Or as most may know Sussex women are more attractive than counterparts
Cabin fever
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9:07am Tue 28 Aug 12
gordongull wrote:I wasn't questioning your dedication, just the attitude that just because a team has nothing to play for, people would choose to not go and watch them.
I've emerged from my negative phase, and have been feeling only positve vibes since the MORNING of the Barnsley match.
Cabin fever has brought my dedication as a supporter into question recently, so in an attempt to move on from that, I've paraphrased Rudyard Kipling:
You're a better fan than I am, Gunca Bin.
To me that smacks of being a glory hunter/fairweather supporter, which just seems a little odd to me.
But glad to hear that you are seeing things in a more positive light. A 5-1 thrashing tends to do that, I guess!
gordongull
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10:51am Tue 28 Aug 12
Cabin fever wrote:The point was hypothetical, and 'thinking twice' doesn't necessarily mean not going.
gordongull wrote:I wasn't questioning your dedication, just the attitude that just because a team has nothing to play for, people would choose to not go and watch them.
I've emerged from my negative phase, and have been feeling only positve vibes since the MORNING of the Barnsley match.
Cabin fever has brought my dedication as a supporter into question recently, so in an attempt to move on from that, I've paraphrased Rudyard Kipling:
You're a better fan than I am, Gunca Bin.
To me that smacks of being a glory hunter/fairweather supporter, which just seems a little odd to me.
But glad to hear that you are seeing things in a more positive light. A 5-1 thrashing tends to do that, I guess!
Can you honestly say that you would perceive a match in which promotion could be gained, in exactly the same way as one in which 14th place was the only thing at stake?
If you had a social engagement the same afternoon, would you not go to the promotion game anyway, but think twice about going to the mid-table scenario?
In answer to your last point, I have enclosed my post from the morning of the match, ('Late decision on Vicente' thread).
gordongull says...
10:02am Sat 25 Aug 12
If Vicente is 'touch and go', he certainly won't be starting the match. Still, we managed all right without him in the corresponding fixture last season with Ryan Harley on the scoresheet.
Difficult to evaluate today's opponents after their success against Boro' on the opening day, followed by defeat at Molineux. They can't be taken lightly, of course, but today should see a turning point with chances being converted, hopefully by CMS and Barnes. There clearly isn't a lot wrong with the side and there has to be a law of averages that predicts a few efforts finding the net.
Only one yellow card from the first two League games is encouraging, and is the result of improved skills and temperament.
UTA
Cabin fever
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11:26am Tue 28 Aug 12
gordongull wrote:"Can you honestly say that you would perceive a match in which promotion could be gained, in exactly the same way as one in which 14th place was the only thing at stake?"
Cabin fever wrote:The point was hypothetical, and 'thinking twice' doesn't necessarily mean not going.
gordongull wrote:I wasn't questioning your dedication, just the attitude that just because a team has nothing to play for, people would choose to not go and watch them.
I've emerged from my negative phase, and have been feeling only positve vibes since the MORNING of the Barnsley match.
Cabin fever has brought my dedication as a supporter into question recently, so in an attempt to move on from that, I've paraphrased Rudyard Kipling:
You're a better fan than I am, Gunca Bin.
To me that smacks of being a glory hunter/fairweather supporter, which just seems a little odd to me.
But glad to hear that you are seeing things in a more positive light. A 5-1 thrashing tends to do that, I guess!
Can you honestly say that you would perceive a match in which promotion could be gained, in exactly the same way as one in which 14th place was the only thing at stake?
If you had a social engagement the same afternoon, would you not go to the promotion game anyway, but think twice about going to the mid-table scenario?
In answer to your last point, I have enclosed my post from the morning of the match, ('Late decision on Vicente' thread).
gordongull says...
10:02am Sat 25 Aug 12
If Vicente is 'touch and go', he certainly won't be starting the match. Still, we managed all right without him in the corresponding fixture last season with Ryan Harley on the scoresheet.
Difficult to evaluate today's opponents after their success against Boro' on the opening day, followed by defeat at Molineux. They can't be taken lightly, of course, but today should see a turning point with chances being converted, hopefully by CMS and Barnes. There clearly isn't a lot wrong with the side and there has to be a law of averages that predicts a few efforts finding the net.
Only one yellow card from the first two League games is encouraging, and is the result of improved skills and temperament.
UTA
Yes. I would go to both.
gordongull
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3:34pm Tue 28 Aug 12
SanFranciscoSeagull
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4:10pm Tue 28 Aug 12

HOVEPARKRESIDENT says...
9:45am Mon 27 Aug 12