Patrick Bateman

That was incredible, absolutely incredible. There were some times when I had kittens, but Man City are a quality side with some quality players, so to prevent them playing like we did was impressive. I want to talk about the back 4 as defensively there was some extremely good tackling all round. Richardson with some crucial tackles when he came on, Yoshi outstanding again, Jos solid, composed and large and I thought Fox had a great game too. He seemed to be playing different, so he may well learn from Pochettino, who knows, but he did well tonight. Couldn't really fault anyone in the whole team today - they look like they are playing for each other and for the manager according to his wishes. Very very impressive stuff.

You can't honestly suggest he moves there from Bournemouth. The A326 is bloody awful, even worse now they've duffed up the speed limits and introduced weird layouts - bloody horrible road and will take him ages to get to Winchester. It used to take me ages in the mid-90s when I lived with my parents down there to drive to Winchester, rubbish commute. I grew up in Blackfield/Langley and was "Hardley" educated - although that's now a stupidly named school isn't it?? Anyway, to the original poster - I travelled from Bournemouth (Southbourne) and Christchurch for 6 years up to Basingstoke and Hook every day. Was stupid really. Then I got divorced and moved to North Hampshire (village just outside Fleet) in 2008 - best decision ever. Waterloo is 40 minutes away (from Fleet I mean), Winchester is 30 mins on the motorway and you're generally going against the flow of commuting traffic which is a bonus. Don't be put off by Basingstoke either - it's had/having a lot of money pumped in and apart from the original duff areas, there are some great houses at good prices. But I can't recommend Fleet enough - quiet, but enough bars and places to eat, plus loads of great proper pubs in the surrounding countryside. If you really want to stay round that area down there, then Chandlers Ford is meant to be okay isn't it?

Depends how fast you want. These aren't the fatest, but are fantastic fun. I bought one when they came out in 2001, had it for 3 years and even though I've owned several great cars since, I would still like one of these again as a runaround - the noise when at full revs is amazing. This one seems like good value and has had the belt done, looks tidy, alloys look good too. You can tell it'll be well kept as they have a tidy driveway and garden (seriously, it's a good indicator of how they look after things). Plus being Japanese it should be reliable for years yet. So I give you; http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201301295107928

Ah, I can reply again! All the places I'm recommending are on the Pest side. Buda is for tourism, Pest is for eating, drinking and stuff. Okay, so for a hotel, I would stay at the Hotel Danubius Astoria (where I can be found every 6 weeks for a week at a time), http://www.expedia.co.uk/Budapest-Hotels-Danubius-Hotel-Astoria-City-Center.h6139.Hotel-Information, it's cheap, but it's actually quite nice and the best thing about it is the location - it's really not far to walk anywhere as it's really central. It's on the corner of Karoly krt Rakoczi ut. The other hotel that's not a bad location but is more expensive is the Kempinski. It's a decent enough 5-star, comfy etc., but I prefer the Astoria, feels more like "old" Hungary - and you get free breakfast (just croissants). So bars. About 5 minutes walk (up Rakoczi ut. ) is Szimpla Kert (http://www.szimpla.hu/) which is probably one of my favourite bars. It varies every night - Thursday nights is the best usually and it doesn't really get started until 10am. It's chilled out and in the summer when you're going, the garden (kert) will be very nice. It's also one of the only places open late Sunday and Monday nights. Wednesday night, head to Corvinteto (https://www.facebook.com/corvinteto) (all the way up Rakoczi ut. at the next major crossroads) - this club is superb, I've been there until 5am most times. It's on the roof of an old department store from communist times and the stairway up is amazing - covered in graffiti. The area it's in isn't wonderful, so don't go straying around in single numbers. Corvinteto is almost totally non-English speaking, you will only see locals in here, caning away. Do not buy shots (except Palinka), they'll cost you a packet. Between Szimpla Kert and Corvinteto is Doboz (http://doboz.pm/) which is a decent bar too. Lots of outdoor rooms, different bar areas and some cracking Palinka. If you fancy going where all the uni kids go, go to Morrisons 2 (http://www.morrisons.hu/morrisons2/) - there is a great Turkish place to eat if you've got the drunk munchies next door. Further down near the main downtown the Basillica is great to see during the day and during the night. In the summer, there are outdoor wine bars by the Basillica at night and the place is full of chilled out people drinking outdoors. On Zyrini Ut you have Otkert (http://www.otkert.hu/) again, another chilled out, outdoors bar. Good mixture of people in here, students, tourists, regulars, etc. Between the Basillica and the Kempinski hotel, you have Deak Ter which is open air, loads of bars, loads of people, loads of women wearing next to nothing, loads of alcohol. Food; Behind the Kempinski there is a Vappiano - I go there sometimes - nice upstairs in that one as there are sofas and more room. On Raday Utca - about 5 mins walk from the Astoria again, there are LOADS of bars and pizza places and other places to eat - all dead cheap. All the pizzas are good - Pizza and a bottle of wine, about £7, it's ridiculous. On Baross Utca about 10 mins walk from the Astoria is the Stex Haz (http://www.stexhaz.hu/) - I like it here, great, really good Hungarian food and SO cheap - I took my team of 12 out last time - 3 courses, wine, beer etc for 13 people ... £98. Seriously, it's stupid! (But it's out the way of tourists) If you want tourist places, then head down from Otkert to the chain bridge and there are loads of pizza places along the river banks. Then at night, it'll start to fill up with women who will, er, "want money". There are loads of places to go - like I said, Buda is great for tourism, but I know nothing about the night life over that side. Watch the taxi drivers!! Regulation is crap over there, so if you jump in a cab off the street, prepare to be stung. You're better off calling one from where you are (most speak English - I think the 222 2222 one is the best company??). At the airport - don't get a taxi driver from inside the building, leave the airport and there is a little booth outside - give you address to the girl in there for a fixed-price cab to downtown - normally around 4500-5000 ft (10000ft is about £30). It is really cheap there, if you go to the right places. In Szimpla etc, you can still buy a beer for a quid. But just don't buy stuff like rum. If you want shots, stick to Palinka and Unicum. Think that covers it for now

Budapest. Get on it.

Not Jerry F**KING Edwards ...

I REALLY wouldn't bother with the superhub, it is complete cr*p. I've still got the original modem/router combo and sent my superhub back. It looks nice, but it's bloody rubbish. Also, I don't understand the need for broadband bandwidth to be honest - I've still got the 10meg package and even though they've upgraded to 30 now, I don't notice any difference, but I guess I wouldn't - all I do is work from home, browse the web and that's it.

When did your bloke propose then Andy? Is he a One Direction look-a-like? Congrats!

Likewise, my mates and work colleagues are a bit bored by it, but I've got one other along now. But it is great fun - hours of proper stuff, no messing around with sparring, just getting stuck in, learning techniques and being forced in to stress situations, brilliant. Especially after a really w**k day at work.

Likewise, loved the bat sessions, best yet, especially in the stress scenarios. (off topic, but, "whatever")

No.

Some of his skills were really good today, some "Lallana-esque" - growing in to an impressive player, I think there is room for him and Rickie together this season, but next season, I can see him leading the line.

Yawn.

So he gets 1 in 5 wrong? For a "pundit", I don't think that's very good actually, I reckon most of us could equal that if we did the same week in week out!

Marching In - I forgot you did that! Did you start that when we were at college ... 20 years ago ... (scary)? Dave also did the "official" Saints site didn't he during that period? I think we must have been one of the only clubs to have an "official" site!?

Ahhh, Saintslist, I forgot about that! I spent too much of my early working life reading emails from you lot from about 96, 97 I guess?? Does it still exist??

Agreed. I actually thought it was one of the best autobiographies I've read. People may hate Keane, but he worked REALLY hard to get where he got to and people may hate Man Utd and Sir Alex, but Keane is right - there is something about that team (well, Fergie) that makes players play to their very best every week.

Ah ********, well I'm lost then, too many with the same bloody name!!

Sorry mate, I didn't see the reply underneath Turkish's reply - it is this one I meant; http://www.thesportscafe.com/london/...eFor=30/1/2013 It's on the new Mezzanine at Waterloo, opposite where Eurostar used to go from before it moved to St. Pancras. I might actually stop in on my way home to watch if their site is right and they ARE showing it? Might be worth a phone call to check ... ?

You mean the new one on the mezzanine opposite the old Eurostar terminal? That's actually quite a nice bar.

Agreed, it's a total non-story as usual.

haha, remember it well - I can't remember what he did to deserve it now

Those were indeed the best days of the internet - no social media morons, no Twitter, just good old p*ss-taking on the banter forums and proper football talk. Been using 'Patrick Bateman' since the Network54 days. As Turkish says, 14 years ago ... that's scary.

"I want to punch you in the head to make it round, it'll help you head better"

"Southampton Football Club spokesman Jordan Sibley said the restriction on where vox pops could be carried out had been in force for a long time. He said this was down to the stadium’s health and safety guidelines because the club would be liaible if a photographer with a camera injured someone on its land. But he added there was public land at the front of the stadium where journalists could carry out vox pops." It's a sad state of affairs when the club are probably only doing this to ensure they don't get fined by some numpty who wants to blame someone and get a "no win no fee" solicitor to get him money for the cut on his head. But personally, I don't want to hear the opinion of some chubby fan frothing at the mouth, neither would I give mine. I'd also manage to steer clear of a camera and not injure myself. What a sad country this is.