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Well, we're certainly showing off the future in our China squad. It'll be interesting to see who is going to Ireland and who is left out completely..

Yes, I wonder if not signing the contract was what led to his absence in the friendlies?

Chuckles and s******s...

She forgot to put her shorts on, but luckily the shirt is long enough..

Nutters then! :-) ..And rich!

Given that they weren't on the bench either I presume there'll be a few first teamers already guaranteed for the China trip: Romeu, JWP, Yoshida, Valery, McCarthy, Mo. I wonder if any of the shop window mob will go, in the hope they get left behind or bought by some local team with more money than sense? Who else will go, does anyone wish to speculate?

Saints twitter feed showing the goal. That was appalling defending at a basic level..

That's a Cabbage Face type of joke, consider yourself told off. :-)

Saints Twitter: Bodin finds space in the box before curling an unstoppable left-footed effort beyond the reach of @AngusGunn01.

LOL. Shop window eh?

Well, Pilchards does Staplewood, we've got someone at Soton Airport, but can't remember who was on Yacht Watch.. On the language front you can often understand a lot more than you are able to say; anyone remember Pochettino using an interpreter when he perfectly understood the question? I'd give a bit o leeway there, particular for such a different language as Chinese (whichever variety they speak).

They'll look sympathetically, say "dear me, what a shame, never mind" and giggle.. Was this action based on police advice or the realisation that the attendance would be p-poor? Anyway, I told you rallyboy was good at putting the boot in, welcome back!

I got that impression from the pre-season tour video last year. A bit tiresome with his banter and doesn't know when to stop, and if he is aware of it he doesn't care about other's feelings.

Being a bit of an old goat then?

Exotic rodents? is that what my GF is coming across when she installs alarms and camera systems in various Southsea kebab shops and curry houses. Or maybe it's what the rodents are eating, a bit like pre-salé lamb, or those pigs that feed on acorns that gives them a special flavour?

Hmm, the defence looked less vulnerable in the second half, but that was probably Altach tiring? Our forwards seemed less likely to score too although Redmond was lively. Dan N'D looks a unit but him and Obafemi look a bit raw. None of the kids looked out of place, no Lee Todds there (one for the older fans..). JWP had a bit of bite even in a friendly.

Adams has looked useful: good finish, hit the post, robbed a defender and had a shot cleared off the line. Sims has been well offside about 3 times. Elyonoussi sort of involved.. central defence vulnerable to the ball over the top. Ho hum.

Che Adams - scuffed. :-)

On the OS: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-07-14/live-broadcast-scr-altach-southampton-pre-season-friendly-austria

Well, I can hear OWTS on the feed!

I've just opened a bottle of Gruner Veltliner from Weingut Stadt Krems to get myself in a an Austrian mood. Any of our nutters out there? Steve? ;-)

That's the one!

No, can't remember the name now but it was just down the hill from the uni. I think complaints about attitude mainly relate to lack of professionalism and the 'couldn't give two sh!ts' approach you describe. Having a false view of one's own abilities is the other main driver, I feel.

Only if it's untrue. It's why I can tell you all about Boris Johnson, although even there it's difficult to find _exactly_ how many kids he's had out of wedlock, but it's a matter of record that he has. The thing about football players is that they are living in the community and they do get observed by others. Osgood and Steele went to a pub near the university when I was there and certainly drank more than I did! I can't remember which of my friends told me he saw Jimmy Case so **ssed on a night out that he pee'd over a cashpoint. So although some reputations may be unwarranted there will be fans who have seen or heard things first hand. I haven't so only comment about what I've seen on the pitch. Many years ago I saw a saints reserve side at Havant & Waterlooville, which is quite close to where I live, and they hoiked off one of our players for his attitude - you can hear a lot of what goes on on on the bench in those sort of games. For success you need a bit of attitude, but not the Nile Ranger sort.

If we can't get them to go what's the answer? Do we let them train with the squad when RH wants to work with his core to get them playing well together? Do we let them become the B team in training and hope they don't injure the A teamers?! Do we make them train with the U-23s? Do send them off on gardening leave? Do we accidentally leave them behind in China? Send them out on loan (Totton, Sholing, who knows) and pay all the wages? Ask someone from Chelsea how they manage it? Monk??!!