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Even a hand held GPS and a chart would have at least ensured knowing where they were. Standard procedure even in a mate's little Westerly on the Solent at weekends. So maybe the steering was affected. The bridge logs are going to be interesting.

As The Guardian match report stated "The goal came on the break but Southampton looked a side preserving their energies, not one inhibited by Forest. " Even on a stuttering stream the game was a delight to watch.

So far, so good. Yah, Guly!

Yeah, working! Off to the fridge

There should be a stream as the game is showing in the US, ME and Asia and is showing on one of the TV sites. Off to be productive and back in 5 hours.. Hopefully now I've paid I'l be able (HINT, HINT STEVE) to post lots of "hurrah, Guly" or "Laallllana!" type messages. If I don't reappear this afternoon can someone let SG know: he has a very protective spam filter on his email which doesn't like Italian stuff!

Good oh! Skiing in the morning before it gets busy and down to watch the game with supplies from the UK: Marstons Oyster Stout and Pedigree, Fullers Bottle conditioned, then hit the town as we're still on our winter footie break and can sleep in Sunday...

Just had a look at those videos/articles Buctootim mentioned. Ha! Complete blagger, and on Youtube the comments show that the Italian fans realised early on..

I'll have a look later when I have time. Steve Grant - ta for email, sorted online yesterday so check yr account.

Oh dear, I'm 178cm and weigh 77kg. Not sure how much me boobs and bum contribute but at least fit legs!:-) Having a Japanese player certainly adds a new dimension to our team, and although no predictions from me I'm quietly excited. Looks like we've been tracking him for some time.

You're not going to get any reaction out of me..:-)

You haven't really been paying attention, have you?

In case you were wondering snig ger.

Those two words sum up this thread for me. (*giggle*) (*s*******)

I would have thought he'd shop lift at Waitrose...

I think most of what I feel has been said already, but yesterday was the first time I have ever put someone on ignore. Thanks to the joys of quoting I believe I may have been referred to as one of the attention-seekers. Rarely have I come across such lack of self-awareness ,sense of irony or sense of humour! As for the abuse the OP thinks he's received, it's never been from me as I don't always post what I'm thinking, but I've seen enough offensive language from him: 'dweebs', 'happy clappy', 'mutual masturbation' and a generally unpleasant patronising attitude to anyone who doesn't exactly share his own opinion. Plus straw man arguments - I've seen no one say they're happy with our recent form or that we don't need new players. Then he plays the victim and even starts a thread about it. We even got 'is it coz I'm an expat?' - my paraphrase of one of his statements. Well, as somebody else in the Alps I can assure you it's definitely nothing to do with your location..

Jwpjwp!

My hangover after getting up at 4 this afternoon is causing me to suffer, as is Saints performance, but the worst thing is reading this thread. I'm going off to put somebody on ignore...

Not long up after a bit of a night last night... Depressing at the moment, and even more depressing reading the predictable and dogmatic comments from oh... why bother even mentioning it.. Whispering Dave things we need width - lets see what happens second half...

Well, he wouldn't want to accept an offer from someone who wouldn't pass the FAPPT.. My goodness, this thread is entertaining..

Incontinent. Plus he has verbal diahorea...

Petrol is no more expensive in the UK than where I live in Italy or in France on the trunk roads. I filled up in Switzerland and Luxembourg on my Christmas trip over and will definitely make sure I get a good full tank in Lux on the way home. Italian rail fares are cheap: if I want to go to my nearest big city Turin (Torino) on the train it costs €7.90 single. The motorway tolls alone would be €11+ let alone petrol etc. As for "31p a mile to get to a well paid job" - possibly fine, but not everybody has a well paid job. When I move back to the UK I'll need to work part-time (to pay for footie season tickets and the like) so I'll be scrabbling around for work. Transport costs will definitely have a big part to play in my planning spreadsheets. In many societies public transport has an important role in maintaining the flexibility of the economy and reducing pollution and congestion costs (for businesses and customers alike). It's patently obvious the current government don't care about any business except finance, and little concern for the environment either, although reducing the ability of people to travel probably helps in carbon reductions..

Yeah, so is the term happy-clappers. For what it's worth I haven't seen one poster saying they are happy with our December points, I haven't seen one post not agreeing that we need to strengthen and freshen up in the January window. I got in late yesterday afternoon and was happy to see that we were still top by two points, so from that perspective I am happy, and with the comments from NA about their work behind the scenes to strengthen. But I have seen over-reaction, as quoted by the OP, who notably didn't say who he was quoting but 2 minutes later was replied to just to confirm who! Made me laugh anyway.

No problems, as I'm sure plenty of people will do the same to you if we go up automatically, although they may use another orifice. I wouldn't be surprised also if it wasn't a more popular event on here too. We do need to strengthen and freshen up, but it must be easier to sell the club to new players based on still being a couple of points clear as we enter 2012, and being watched by crowds of 30k. The promise of promotion bonuses and future premiership wages might help too.

I think the bid is unlikely but then I remember Keegan's signing which was so completely unexpected all those years ago. But one thing the club don't seem to do these days is "dicking about", so IF there has been a bid it will be entirely serious, and there will have been discreet soundings out before anything gets really made public.

Lack of the affluence of incohol, easy controlled win, saving ourselves for Friday, even the overseas visitors. ;-)