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Doubt if you'll be able to get a half-n-half scarf though..

Absolutely, walk and get lost. Nip across to the Giudecca, try back street bars where the locals go and generally keep your eyes open. Glass jewellery is a great gift: my last visit was by sail so I bought myself a square glass pendant with a dolphin image, but there is something for all tastes.

Yep, 5p a bag towards grass-roots football: my team could do with a few new training balls..

Funnily enough, that was more or less what the BBC said about Liverpool's strategy..

and.. 'STEADY ON GUYS !! AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE ALMOST A THOUSAND "GUESTS" LOGGED IN, NO DOUBT LOOKING FOR A SHED END MELTDOWN !!!' How true. :-)

Just back from the pub in a PO postcode, with a couple of other happy Saints fans also in there, and it nearly kicked off with a mouthy Chelsea fan. If I weren't playing tomorrow I'd have stayed on to watch the rugby and have a few (more) celebratory pints. Very satisfying, and no fluke.

This is Italy, everywhere has their own dialect and Rome's distinctive. Haven't been there for years but lived there in the 60s! My more recent experience is in the North where dialects vary from valley to valley!

Thanks, that is good. I was expecting =>£15.

Beh.. direi di no! Do you speak romanaccio?

I think Caulker's ball-watching at that corner showed why he's down the list of starters for the first team. He handled the rest OK enough at u-21 level, but failed in one of the most important tasks in his role.

Well, I normally drink elsewhere pre-match, but the opportunity to meet the legend of the PTS thread is sorely tempting.. ;-)

Did you name our scorers?

Quote from the OS: 'The game against Sunderland kicks off at 7pm BST and will be shown live on Southampton’s official YouTube channel.'

I'm surprised you didn't mention Newport's away win!

Ooh, can we all be patronising ****s then? I happen to agree with Vectis that he has added 'snap' to his play and did an awful lot off the ball. You didn't notice that then, you only notice the obvious stuff? Bit of a lack of understanding of the game, I'd say. See, how you express yourself makes a difference, so do you think you could tone it down a bit and try not to come over oh-so-superior/ If you are a top-level coach with all your badges then I apologise, but I can assure you that that is not the impression you give.

Go back to sleep and dream up another one. That was a 'mare. ;-)

Incidentally, was anyone else surprised that Bertrand played the full 90 minutes on Saturday? Does this mean we're not rushing players back until they really are ready? Back outside now to look at the lunar eclipse again..

That machine looks great for some pre-ski season training!

Sure it wasn't Anusol, with all that bench sitting?

I'd agree with your view. At the beginning of the game some of our football was grin-inducing. A number of things to note: was anybody else surprised that Bertrand managed 90 minutes? You could see how we've missed him. Davis had an excellent game picking up all the loose stuff in midfield: was his substitution planned, because he seemed to put a great deal of effort into the time he was on the pitch? JWP seems to be getting more 'snap' to his game as well as covering so well and being a right pain to the player in possession. Soares was not in the least a worry in his defensive role, as well as adding a fair bit in attack. VvD looks like he is getting far more comfortable and Pelle continued to do some excellent lay-offs and was never dominated by his centre half. To be honest, although Koeman was not entirely happy you couldn't say anybody actually had a bad game.

My gran's a bit past it, as in deceased but she did train with Fulwood Barracks Women's team in 1916..

Again! I'm not putting the score down though!

Long!

Made by a ball from Gaston to Juanmi..

Long! 5