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Sorry, not you OldNick...

It doesn't matter if he was or wasn't for my joke to stand, you prat.

Ah, the wit, empathy and positivity for which CB is justly renowned.

I've written the League fixtures in my diary, but not sure I should have bothered since so many will be changed for TV and Europa. When will we know the TV changes? For Europa think I'll just wait until we know what actual teams we are playing. I appreciate the slots are known but can't be arsed to note them down. I'll just keep an eye on here and The9's posts!

Oi, haven't you got a tree to climb?

The evidence is against it.. If I were being generous over my morning cuppa I'd say that Roy picked Jones for his height against a tall Slovenian team. We've seen Clyne occasionally outjumped at the back post when the centre backs haven't done their job... I _am_ being generous, aren't I?

I hope we can short circuit normal procedures to get him. Lets ignore the Regs for once..

I think he means Bala..

So which big team does Gibbs not play for?

He is just a kid, bless 'im.

I wondered why I couldn't get back to sleep after my early morning pee today - I normally have no problems - but it must have been the green glow to the West.

It must be love to traipse round with you watching footie! Maybe you've just worked out what you can get away with! :-)

It's an awkward balancing act. Firstly the risk of waiting to see Saints in a later round of the competition... (I didn't go to Steaua Bucharest...) I'm semi-retired with a small pension - if I do sod all I can survive without working, if I want to do a few things I have to work. This at least gives me some flexibility, so a low cost flight to some Ryanair airport a few days before a game and a cheap hotel may well end up cheaper than an in-and-out job by charter. Close enough and it's a channel ferry, car and sleeping bag with the additional advantage of some cheap bottles of wine/beer.. Obviously you'll keep us informed on here The9. after you've booked your cheap flight/ferry! In the meantime, to boost my income for such jaunts does anyone need any English as a Foreign Language/Italian teaching or any IT>Eng translation?

Samson

Mine's a more modern one; a wine bar in 2007 (I think). Still, opportunity to get a new one this year eh? Just make sure you get to a game before we get knocked out of the Europa.. :-)

Maybe they meant this link. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/10/premier-league-released-players-lists-abou-diaby-glen-johnson Anybody fancy Glenn Johnson? No, I didn't think so either..

Bottocks; much as I'm pleased to see Saints in the Europa it's a right pain for those of us who play on Sunday, even if I am only a bench warmer. A few Monday games would actually be a help.

Was that you commenting? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/05/portsmouth-fc-supporters-sponsorship-deal-spinnaker-tower

I was just reading the Guardian article: I was pretty certain it would already have been posted here, the convenient repository for every bit of information on the matter a journalist might need!

We could charter our own ferry!

You can still be witheringly patronising though: "Yes dear, it's a very good attendance for the 4th division, much better than when you were there last time.."

Thanks for all the work The9: a disturbingly large number of teams I've never heard of, and I'm not including the Welsh and Irish ones (or Italian ) ones..

I would tell you but I'd get grief from Hypochondriac. :-)

As I'm pretty well retired it's the expense that worries me! I do a bit of flexible freelance teaching and translation, so I might try and step it up a bit so I've some spare cash. I'll give Khazakstan and the like a miss, but western Western Europe would be nice! My Saints circle seems to consist of quite a few time rich and cash poor, so it might be the hare across Europe in a car job!

Not bad at all, but she doesn't want to go with you? ;-)