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No KWP, but he's a versatile sub to bring on if we are under the cosh. I wonder if Armstrong will play slightly more withdrawn and make those space making runs into space?.. It will be interesting to see how they set up.

Bo**ocks.. I've been a Saints fan far too long..

Presume injured or ill..?

I'm a Saints fan. Hubris is dangerous and a precursor to a depressing come down. But we do need to score a few goals in a single game so today is a good opportunity. Plus it would be an opportunity to sing to Dean Smith.."can we play you every week"..

Cuco Martina used to live at Chilworth. My best friend was working on an alarm system nearby and apparently he'd locked himself out so she helped him get back in. As she hates football she had no idea who he was - "some Saints player" - who I identified by a process of elimination. Apparently he didn't have much of a clue about anything really, she's too polite to call someone thick..

Well, good luck with that. But Josh, poor bu**er is 20, 30, er, 40 years younger than us!

And the people who service them. One helicopter came back from maintenance without the Jesus nut tightened up.. Apprentice engineer and supervisor both at fault. Mind you, a proper A check would have picked that up. Most accidents need more than one contributor it would seem.

Thanks for that, it explains a lot. As someone who recently had a suspected TIA and heart arrhythmia I can say that his stress must have been off the scale! I restarted training last night, and goodness, it makes you feel better.

Yeah! 🙂 But joking aside DT is right. Parking and traffic is crap as are house prices but more or less everything else is better.

It's a good question and maybe issues are more prevalent on the boundaries of private and commercial aviation, but I think personal attitudes impacting flying can impact anywhere. Have a look at the incident report for the Air Maroc ATP incident a couple of years ago and you'll see horrifying levels of incompetence by commercial pilots. I mentioned above my bestie now doing her PPL rating on the Robinson. Recently she went up as ballast on the back seat for a check ride for another experienced PPL pilot. The instructor afterwards told her not to use that pilot as an example.. and she had already noted herself some sloppiness in the pilot's flying.. But I think this case is pretty exceptional, and I'd agree with others that the sentence doesn't seem harsh. I think we can guess Derry's view..

I have to say the notion of an appeal disturbs me too. All pilots want to build their hours but Ibbotson was culpable too and apparently not the most accurate of pilots. My best friend has not long got her PPL (H) and one of the reasons I feel safe going up with her is because if there is any issue - with the conditions, the aircraft, whatever, I know she'll say NO.

Good old Vesty, playing his old mate onside..

As I mentioned above the story I heard is that Rupert asked the goalkeeping coaches about him when he was offered as part of the Bale deal. They told him that Forecast was crap, and Rupert, I suspect not wanting to believe him because he wanted to do the deal, asked how he knew. "Because it's my job" replied the coach/scout. The rest is history.. Mind you, you have a good point as to how he was ever offered a contract by Spurs: maybe early promise never materialised?

Wish Rupert had said that when we were offered Tommy Fourpast. The goalkeeping coach told him to do so but was ignored..

Thanks, that's saved me a few quid going down the pub to watch..

Surely that would be one reason why he'd stay well away?!

The other thing I noted was how well-weighted some of the passes were. Behind the defender but not overhit so that the covering player/keeper could collect. There seems to be a good level of skill and I can't see how someone like Dan Nduludu will ever make the grade with us compared with this cohort of players as he just doesn't have the touch.

"Good character"? I haven't heard that in connection with L.D. before! @Chez is a poster whose opinions I respect and, like T.War, I see that he surmises that the use of substitutes last season was very much in the context of their quality. No manager, apart from Bare Bones 'Arry, is going to ruin morale by painting this fact too explicitly in public. This season we have more options (at the moment..) and are able to rotate and rest players. I'd like to see Livramento given a rest on the bench after the targeting by Villa, and have him available to bring on to hopefully nail Norwich's coffin down. As for playing him further forward, now is not yet the time. From full back he runs into space made by others and playing him further forward is not going to automatically strengthen that side.

You're not in block 9 are you? I have somebody like that near me..

Me too, although I can get where I'm going by the 10.30 and change at Havant. So if a puffing older woman comes past you it's me ignoring my doctor's orders not to strain my heart. Apparently I shouldn't have been playing those 90 minutes of football in September and October! Sensible shoes and loitering around the entrance is the way to go as I hate leaving before the final whistle. Hope there's no injury time..

That's my view too, and it's good to see they aren't hiding and shirking responsibility. I had an ex-coach as a colleague once and he highlighted how a particular player (not Saints) was "hiding" by the positions he took up and it's the sort of thing I've noticed since then.

Well, they're fellow football fans. It's part of the illness for all fans..

Quoting from Emery after the game last night..: “I have been told of their interest and I pretty much don’t have more news than that. There is no offer, which in any case would have to come via the club. So there’s no more beyond that [which would make] me say I’m going.” From the article I read:

Greener pastures? 🙂 Ok, I'll certainly give you better paid.. That's why we need to win on Friday!

No, next time..