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Typically sneaky: they didn't specify it was for the lifetime of the club and not that of the individual fan...

ccCleaner if it's still going..

"this season will see the introduction of specialised coaching, with each taking sessions based on their respective positions." This is new? Plus no mention of a goalkeeping coach. My Italian ladies side - in the league one up from the bottom of the pyramid here - has a soddin' specialised goalkeeper coach! It's toe-curling reading those articles...

But has anybody actually seen him in Southampton? Is he really that rotund?

I've had one. Je ne regrette rien. The guy is a plonker. (To be honest without checking I can't remember who, there have been one or two candidates..)

Oh I don't forget.. Ed Treacher, of Campbell Road, Eastleigh died over the Ruhr towards the end of the war. He was an air-gunner. My dad was in the same gang. He became a pilot, for which the training was a lot longer, and he never made active service. I remember all right.

It's Bernie trying to change the subject... Even in Monaco where they're used to it it takes a deal more than a week to set up and a week to dismantle. Nah!

I wonder who is going to print the programme for their first game, I wonder if St. Johns will turn up, will they get a safety certificate, will Hampshire Constabulary ask for payment in advance, have SSE asked for a security deposit for the leccy? So many questions...

What's the goalkeeper's top like, now that my team make me play in goal sometime?

Well, just remember folks that Italy varies greatly from place to place in everything from food, wine, bureaucracy, water supply, whether things work, the attitude to the law, driving... The attitude to say, seatbelts, motor-cycle helmets and whether to stop at traffic-lights can differ greatly between the Valle d'Aosta and Puglia or Calabria, Torino or Napoli. It would be interesting to hear Saintswebs opinions as you drive south.. Anyway, lets go and see the kit launch...

Obviously no Ulster Bank customers here?

Trousers' initial design but red on white would be good. On the back the toaster design with the toast slightly more burnt and some significant design on the toast itself. Not a club crest (copyright issues) but perhaps silhouettes of a skate?... Underneath WTFILN. Perhaps a bit fussy on the design front so just keep it to the initial design, and red on white if that works.

Yep, see above... As for Bomarzo... I went there as a kid in the mid 1960s and somewhere I suspect Mum has the photos to prove it! Dad did shiftwork at Fiumicino airport and during the week in summer and school holidays we'd disappear off from Rome into Tuscany and Umbria. Tivoli (and the Villa d'Este) we knew well. Bloomin 'eck, and I still ended up a Saints fan!

Trousers... :-)

I think we're getting near the time for a special commemorative t-shirt. "I'm a Pompey Takeover Saga Nutjob!" Designs guys?!

Perhaps they'll get some sponsorship money in.... Ah. OK, some shirt sales.... Umm.. Sell some season tickets... Err, hang on, isn't the money in escrow and released game by game? Sell some players... sorry, only joking... They are so ****ed.

Etoile Carouge on the fixture list. Quoi? Che? Off to google unless you've got any useful stuff SM?

How about a match at SMS in hospitality: he gets to choose the guests!

I would imagine for quite a few years after although they seem to have sorted it out by the time I got here! From my bedroom window I can see the big roundabout near the main hospital and sometimes spend idle but fascinating moments watching the traffic avoid collisions. They seem to manage it, which cannot be said for the pedestrian crossing on my study side of the house. Squeal of brakes and bang, there's another one. I've walked past on my way home and wondered how somebody could have done so much damage during the slow moving rush hour.. Once I heard a bang and a what looked like a newish Peugeot had driven over a kerb to hit a van in the parking below my house. No traffic, dry, good visibility.. I'm a cautious driver over here..

Fancy a shopping trip in August?

My credit card limit is more than my gross annual pension!!

That's true for anywhere down the eastern side. The Mont Blanc tunnel attracts the French and Dutch and Belgians who hack down the middle of France as they can afford the tolls and the fuel prices! The central passes I don't know about but the Great St Bernard + tunnel has never given me grief. I think you can check all of them online for traffic and I presume they all have webcams... I don't do long distance driving in Italy particularly in the summer, I go the other way, plus avoid Saturdays! (Jason, just a bit of common-sense, like avoiding the M25 on a Friday evening!) The train is a lot cheaper than the UK, even for the fast long distance services so you can base yourself somewhere and then explore that way. Was thinking about Rome in early September just before school starts (if they have funds to employ me, that is!). Even here in the mountains at 550m it's hot, so I plan to go up to 1800m and above on Friday. Don't forget the sunscreen, headache tablets and general toiletries folks; all a lot cheaper in the UK.

They tend to make a "ponte" - bridge, and turn it in to an extra long weekend... No Bank Holiday Mondays like in the UK! Petrol stations look for "Fai da te": do it yourself. Late night places with machines are often a good bet for prices (which have come down about 7/8c in the last month or so).

I don't know. Ask Turkish, he's got 50 thouand plus posts! Mostly sarcastic, negative and offensive. He occasionally posts sense, but it's dead easy to miss amongst all the drivel. If they're the target most people just keep a low profile. Personally I don't like bullies (or their snig gering mates) and so I'll point it out. It's not like he's a Portsmouth supporter too stupid to understand, he's actively nasty. Sad. Anyway, Sivok would certainly cover positions where we have a need, and I can't help thinking that for all the large crowds in Turkish football we'd have more money.

Rallyboy is tutoring you: admit it!:-)