Humble pie on the menu
Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson predicted before the start of the season that Rickie Lambert would not score more than five league goals for Southampton over the 38-game campaign. Well, Lambert already has four, and there was something beautifully predictable about the fact he netted a brace against Merson's old club Aston Villa on Saturday
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Sadly Saints fans have short-term memories. Fonte has become a donkey, Jos, looking at the Maya thread, is crap, and now Kelvin is useless. Hey- Ho.....
IF and it's a big if, Cortese decides to replace NA it will not be with a run-of-the-mill dinosaur EPL manager. Expect something "different" IMHO.
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My other great love is Speedway. I grew up watching Southampton Saints who were one of the best teams around at the time. Love watching it on Sky, especially the GP series and always go to the British GP at the Millenium Stadium.
Following on from the Retro Football Games in Computer forum, do any old gits remember these, or indeed any other footy board games that we enjoyed before the age of the the ZX Spectrum? I particularly enjoyed playing "Tackle"as it involved the use of strategy rather than the throw of a dice.
http://www.vintagetoysgames.co.uk/wembley_board_game_1960s.html
http://www.oldfootballgames.co.uk/in...?pageid=124080
Pah! Football games didn`t start with the computer age!! We used to play this, and we loved it!
http://www.vintagetoysgames.co.uk/wembley_board_game_1960s.html
...and this one. Really liked this. Wasn`t just luck. Involved strategy!
http://www.oldfootballgames.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=124080
Even Youtube clips are better that condemning a player before seeing him play or basing an opinion on a 15 minute sub appearance/EPL debut against Man U.