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You forgot to metion that Fabregas got sent off.. Reading The Guardian live report also gave me this link for me and Lou to laugh over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=144&v=a-c8bv7e6EI

Looks like your linking has bust the Mayflower's website!

'Thought'? I don't think that activity was involved.

I've an induction hob: quick, and for the messy cook (who me?) the ease of cleaning is a real bonus! I believe lots of commercial kitchens are moving too them as well. I had to buy a few new pans, but some of those I had were fine.

Ah, my train ticket, senior rail card!

It's funny about preconceptions, but I did hint that I was of sporty build and wore sensible shoes! ;-) Anyway, just bought my season ticket (whimper..) so I'd better start budgetting for next season's beers..

I can see his point in a way; if you're some not so good player coming from Doncaster or Chesterfield where you can probably get a semi-detached for £150k , it would make you think twice before moving to Portsmouth. Let's face it, they'll already have thought twice about moving to Portsmouth (will they pay me, why haven't they got a training ground, the ground's a bigger dump than Doncaster etc.)

Nice to meet you all. In their absence Lou and myself had an interesting discussion about Bearsy and Bletch, but because we don't want to embarass them we won't tell. My expectations were confounded though, Pap is not fat (I don't know where I got that from), Lou is not a truck driver, Bucks is an immigrant to Berks, Goatboy's laugh wasn't an obscene gurgle, we learnt the etymology of various people's names and I had to leave before I'd my ration of pints and so managed to avoid embarassing myself. Summer is on its way and my liver can now take it easy..

Thanks are due to Alpine I think: he get's it wrong so spectacularly it made me laugh as I've only just seen this thread but saw the game today...

Home, and just off out again. This is going to get messy...

Think I'll put a quid on Newport, just so I can empathise more with The9..

Didn't realise he was playing

Yes, you'd have seen it enough times...

That's why this thread is so funny; no sooner does someone make a joke than it turns out to be true...

Magari, ma dopo devo scapare in fretta..

Not until I get paid for this last job: first money I've earnt this year!

Oh, absolutely, when he moved inside: I was referring to his attempts to beat them on the outside.

Don't worry Ohio, we know not all inhabitants of your fair lands are completely bat****, although I must admit I've never come across anyone quite as ..... something or other .... as Sarnia. Are the Canadian authorities aware? Does he still have a gun licence?

Ex-council house here bought, from the people who got the discount, in 1983! Never moved although I did rent out for 7 years when I moved abroad for a bit. You could have problems, a few young scrotes in my road, for example, but the tough working class who bought their houses tend to keep them in check. Any problems by drunken kids on a Saturday night and everyone is on their doorsteps. My next door neighbour had her mum being a bit sniffy about being in an ex-council house - personally I'd have stroppily pointed out that the previous generation had it a bit easier - but my neighbour pointed out next door the systems analyst now teacher (me!), the archaeologists & senior trading standards officer and boat-builder opposite, forestry worker and sculptress ...etc. Mine is very well built so make sure you get a decent drill for making holes, but otherwise sod the resell value: these are places to live in.

Neither know, nor care. But how long does it take for you all to get to the SW? I've got long legs and will probably be on my first pint by the time some of you arrive. I'd like to get the 15.49 from St D, or definitely the one an hour later! Change of clothes ready on the bed, the consensus amongst the 18 year olds is dresses and heels !!!, quick shower and an attempt to not slur my words to the taxi driver - last year it was the first day of Ramadan! I'm glad to say that other team-mates are of the same opinion that the venue is a bit grot, although mine is more based on nothing decent to drink.. Anyway, this bottle of beer I'm drinking is celebration that I've finished my translation: longest sentence 99 words... I must get Bletch to do an Italian word cloud, I'm sure it would be fascinating...

From what I saw of the U-21s on Monday he doesn't look comfortable on the wing and was too easily controlled by the full back - not quite the pace to go past them, although he did try. More effective centrally from what I've seen. He may have been carrying an injury which affected his pace though - for his size he's no slouch.

I'll try.. Sod me, a sentence of 81 words to translate. It's meant to be on an explanatory panel for tourists/visitors - awful run-on style. I think my English version is going to be easier to read!

Hmmm, I've really got to work out my timings here as the opportunity to meet (inter-alia) Word Cloud, C-L, the Liverpool guy and the kid (28 is kid, trust me!) is not one to miss.. However Saturday evening is football club presentation night and because the kiddies teams are also involved it starts quite early. Mind you, arriving half-cut seems a good idea as the club bar we use is not great. Train from St. Denys, taxi pre-booked (unlike last year, ah yes, it is Saturday night). I reckon I'd be easily spotted : tallish, slightly butch, built rather solidly and with footballers legs! Anyway, this post is displacement activity for getting on with a translation from written Italian. Anybody who knows written Italian will wince: not in this document but they say things like "seasonal effing precipitation" instead of "snow". Rant over..

Some good sports and not bad acting by the players..

.. by making him weary as heck playing every game, in a league which is probably a lot more physically wearing: some of the tackling and blocks by centre halves must be giving his muscles a good going over. He's visibly frustrated with himself too. This applies to the whole team though, let's hope that the final home match and away to Citeh, along with the finishing tape in sight gives the players that surge of adrenalin to perform in the way we know they can.