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Le Havre is also handy for keeping an eye on him, although not quite as handy as when the Portsmouth ferry went there. If this were to go ahead presumably with recall option but then how many games would he play? It's all a bit subjunctive..

More competition. You also have to attract better coaches and young players with your facilities. Plus Tunit wasn't asking you to be interested in women's football, so why you had to tell us I don't know, but the fact is he was pointing out that there were other teams to be catered for by the facilities.

My match day experience depends on which pub I go to beforehand, who I meet and whether the trains are on time. The performances and results I no longer rely on but a win always improves it, I seem to recall. Many clubs have decent screens and I often wonder when we'll get some. RobM, I've renewed too.. Sigh..

And a few tips as to what to avoid in terms of back post defending from TAA. It very much reminded me of some of the goals we conceded..

With regard to the coaching team I think there was a bit of paralysis under Gao after he got his funds frozen, and following the takeover the decision might have been taken fairly quickly to change matters but with a season(and contract) end the natural time to do it, for at least two of the three. It will be interesting to see what funds are released this summer, and it will be more than we've had recently, so perhaps RH will be given more time. It's a close run thing but think I'd be happy with that: when we've played well it's been good to watch, and perhaps a little more quality will mean we can sustain it for longer and get more points from the Norwichs of this league too.

His son is called Horatio? Poor bu&&er.

Ooo, so I must have been semi-pro then when I played in Italy! Training twice a week and away matches were at least an hour away and up to 3+ on occasions. Plus of course I kept myself fit by going running etc. Just without any pay but at least no subs to pay either!

Still want them to lose mind..

Before you make too many judgement calls before the facts come out a la Hillsborough, it does appear they've been pepper spraying crowds including children, and those with tickets. A twitter from a media person : Just watched police charge and tear gas parents with kids at Gate Z 8:29 pm · 28 May 2022·Twitter for iPhone Have a look at correspondent Mark Ogden's twitter - fans in a queue with tickets on the other side of a barrier from police being gratuitously pepper sprayed..

I wasn't going to bother but I might wander down the pub now and be one of those English supporting Real..

Nah, the flippancy was me talking about Heighway et al. I agree on the difficulty of the decision, particularly if you took a more vocational subject where you'd want to use it as soon as possible. I come from a period where there were things called grants (!) and did history at Southampton before joining an essentially random large company, unencumbered with student debt. I appreciate it is different now. Further in to your twenties the decision gets more difficult, but I suppose my attitude is based on the fact that jobs for life have gone. In my forties leaving IT was a blessed relief from boredom but it did involve a very drastic reduction in income, and in my twenties I wouldn't have coped so well.

Well, as fans we know the reasons, and I don't think it's much of a surprise. When I was made redundant (actually I volunteered, pretty please!) I dealt with a fairly low level of HR even if in other situations I'd talked directly to the HR director.

Just remembered that Stevie Heighway of Liverpool was a university student when he first played for them.. A friend's son started refereeing/lineing when he was at sixth form college following a taster day: I'd have been happy at uni with £40 plus expenses a match to see me through college, although higher level players wouldn't be able to manage two games over the weekend! Flppancy aside, is the choice been football and another career that difficult? I always demur at the argument that footballers need to be paid so much because their career is so short. Most of us will have to change career or retrain or do CPD during our working life. So the dilemma Dr Who? talks about may not be a major issue depending on the salaries offered and the potential alternatives in each individual case. Either way, interesting times ahead..

Sod it. I knew I shouldn't have got an EV.. Still, I suppose I could always try electrocution in some form.

Judging by their age surely some must be at school or are students?

Ok.. them too. 😉 But your point about professionalism and development is an interesting one. It hasn't been worth investing too much personal capital and effort in football as the returns have never been there, nor the support, whether in professional coaches or other support, so that you can do extra training and not get a Saturday job, for example. None of this applies to me: I never even had a volunteer coach until I was about 46/7, but having never been very blessed with coordination or sporting ability at least I don't think I've missed the opportunity. Still love training and playing though, and seeing the opportunities now brings a great smile to my face. Whilst I'm here: team in the Havant area looking for players and particularly a keeper as ours is off to uni.. Contact me!

Why not, I remember Keegan!

I'd agree with this, and the speed with which it has been done after the end of the season looks like it has been planned for a while. I suspect under Gao there were no funds for a shake up and mid-season wasn't the time to do it. Now for a re-shaping of the team, and then we'll be in a better position to assess RH. I have to say that when we were playing well we were a delight to watch but... If we cut out the worst of the errors and get some backroom staff who can instill better concentration and organisation in certain situations we might do a lot better.

I believe that 'nightmare' is the correct technical term.. Anyway, try and include the coaches going, that may soften it a bit.

Behave and don't do that to us! Thought my eyes were misbehaving..

Given how young some of them are they won't be on too much. They at least won't have the problems we have raising a team at amateur level where one of the girls might get called in to a shift at the supermarket, or for the older ones can't find someone to care for a young kid, or similar.

True, and the only consolation is the fact, mentioned in this article regarding the number of players who have come up the leagues together. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/21/southampton-women-win-promotion-to-second-tier-after-victory-against-wolves

I notice that you don't say he is the slowest and that's his saving grace I feel. A bit more strength would serve him well as he's not a hopeless case, like Djenepo, for example.

What about his distribution??

Have you seen the ferry prices? We couldn't raise a side for a fixture over there this past season as we no longer have contacts for getting a discount!