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The Bugle and a quaffing pint of Flowerpots (somethingorother) sat in the sun whilst waiting for a friend to finish work. Probably around £1.50 more than the same pint in the GD or SW!

Not if they've any sense..

Not just that but it's combined with deceptive speed and great balance. As for scouts being at games: of course there are, there are no real undiscovered gems in professional football, but there is obviously continuous assessment and re-assessment going on. The optimist in me hopes to see him at the weekend, and if he scores it won't be a great surprise to anybody..

I popped into a 'Spoons once for a pre-match pint, think it was The Giddy Bridge, and they had Koenig from Antwerp, on draft. I'd had it over there but that was keg and it was so much better and more drinkable on draft. Can't remember the game though as I took the chance to have more than one.. The South Western and Guide Dog are both good bets and the prices are decent - I had a wince inducing priced pint in Hamble this lunchtime. As mentioned the former is popular with away fans and when a Hull City supporting friend told me, in jest, that she couldn't tell me where they'd all be drinking I told her!

One issue is that most women footballers play on Sunday afternoons so they and friends and family can't watch the higher level stuff. When Saints played Portsmouth in the cup at Havant's ground last year I saw plenty of local players I know as they didn't have games that week. ISTR but not sure that one or two games might even have been postponed. Obviously the same applies to higher level men's Saturday football, but the far larger Sunday amateur game isn't impacted in the same way.

It seems like it to us supporters!

All the players on that pitch immediately knew it was serious, the crowd too I think. Yes, never the same, although still a decent player, and you wonder 'what if' it hadn't have happened.

Even bigger shame..

Nope, data shows that they don't. The Luton airport and Liverpool city centre fires were both caused by diesel Range/Landrovers and the Fremantle Highway car carrier ship was also caused by an ICE and all the BEVs drove off unscathed. If you ever get caught in a riot and hit by a petrol bomb hope you're in an EV as you'll have a far higher chance of escaping with no fuel lines and tank to easily catch fire. An EV battery has a very strong outer casing to protect it. In August Norway car sales were 94% BEV, so if I were in an ICE there I'd start to be worried about petrol station closures! Obviously not yet due to the long tail of second hand cars, but there must come a stage where many outlets decide to give up.

Is that working days? Just match days, and how are you classing mid-week matches?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/sep/04/leicester-could-face-new-psr-charge-premier-league-accounts

Doesn't guilt make an appearance? Guilt at being a Saints fan?

Gawd, anything new would be a result!

I came to that conclusion whilst I was in the queue for the footbridge.. Early on I realised that I wasn't going to make the earlier train, but in the future I really don't want to join the early leaving crowd unless it's a late evening K.O.

That's so close to his normal posting style it's difficult to tell...

I used my last two at the Forest game.:-( Must be near (my friend's) renewal time!

6 out of the 9 teams featuring there lost: so dribbling per se is not necessarily the answer! Mind you, he was a breath of fresh air..

Goals in his blood? Ma che cazzo...

Um.. the other Sunday I put two weaker foot crosses into the box: both times I glanced up to see if it was worthwhile.. But we are so pedestrian, as has been pointed out by so many on here. It won't work in the Premiership, where we need more ambition, quicker thinking and not allowing the opponents time to reset. The defenders are, by and large, stronger, quicker, cannier and we need imagination and the unexpected to score. At the moment we show no signs of doing so, a few on target shots would help as would people getting somewhere near the opponents goal; the gaping gaps in the final third are embarassing.

We've all seen Adams miss them too!

I think, if you're not driving, you could probably allow yourself a couple of beers too.

I was thinking very similar. But when he comes in from the right he also seems isolated in our formation: that absence of an attacking focal point again. We need better support from midfield and nobody was doing it yesterday. It'll be interesting to see what our recently signed midfielders can do. The only bright spark was Dibling and his ability to keep the ball. I'd like to see him playing another ten yards up the pitch and receiving the ball rather than constantly having to come back for it. There was a Forest fan who went yesterday watching our game this afternoon and we both agree it was a shit game! Her gripe was about Hudson-Odoi, so all fans like a good moan whatever the result.

My bingo card has started well..

I suppose I'd better put a trigger warning on this post, but the town centre might be a bit busier than normal with Southampton Pride on. Saints shop have a nifty line in Pride souvenirs and I might splash out on a keyring. They have a Saints and Pride flag too, but as I'm not normally a flag waver won't break the habit, tempting though it is to wind up a few of our forum membership.

Your name is Bob Copper and I claim my £5..;-)