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Very surprised to see Scneiderlin up near thetop of the poll. I had a tough job picking a man of the match but my thoughts turned to Thomas for looking 'solid'. When it comes to Schneiderlin, I only really noticed him yesterday when he played awful passes to the middle of nowhere. And, I'm not a Schneiderlin hater. When he plays well, I give him full credit. I'd be interested to hear what people saw from him yesterday that merits a man of the match rating.

:smt038 Comparing a full Itchen concourse (one that is abiding its capacity safety limits etc) with the Hillsborough tragedy is certainly pretty ridiculous. I didn't notice a significant difference between yesterday in the Kingsland councourse and the way it has been earlier in the season. Perhaps the Kingsland has usually been a lot emptier than the Kingsland and so supporters in the Itchen felt the increase a little more? Either way, we should all be grown up enough to know how to deal with crowds. Yes, the queues are frustrating, but I really don't know what can realistically be done to appease the situation. Comparing it to a major disaster in which many lost their lives, is just going to make people look silly though.

It's illegal in so far as it represents a breach of contract.

Just back from the game and "stutter" is an apt verb choice, that's for sure. Lambert's freekick was class, as was the earlier one that he didn't quite get lucky with. Antonio was out of sorts and both James and Schneiderlin played some poor balls. Patterson (sp?) had a good spell when he came on though. The biggest moan has to go to the proportion in the Northam who were more interested in goading the large Luton support and trying to have a scrap with them after, than watching the on pitch action.

nobody had a go with the htc hero then?

Seaman in fond of Brighton shocker.

Yeh, it's diffuclt bringing money in from abroad apparently; I guess you have to stand in line at customs for a long time etc.

really?

pay up pompey, pompey pay up

she's definitely on something ... or very, very lonely. Could she not be sent to China or something?

what an utter load of tosh. It's a football stadium, not a boutique hotel. You really are clutching at straws.

But I'd say you're a little guilty of that too to be fair!

I thought you highlighted the bits in red as you were going to say that DellDays was suffering from bipolar-disorder :smt043

cheers

No, the fact that you need this to help you park but STILL get cheaper insurance premiums is ridiculous.

surely you'd have to be to do this (listen to the audio).

Did think about that, but getting into town from my place would usually involve a quick hop down the Millbrook Road and a 125cc scooter would obviously be a better bet. I could stick to Shirley HIgh Street I suppose.

That is exactly what I want to avoid! As I said though, bearing in mind I need to be wearing some sort of safety gear, I'm hoping it will be easier on a scooter. Realistically, my journey to work would be a couple of miles through the twisty streets of Southampton and I'd probably never even get to do 30mph. I'm hoping I can just get a 'protective motorbike' coat of some sort, some gloves and a helmet. When it's wet, some waterproof trousers will have to come out to protect my suit trousers, but apart from that I hope to keep things simple. Am I barking up the wrong tree though?

And we're too busy doing important humanitarian work in Afghanistan.

yeh maybe. But a colleague ( who has owned both bikes and scooters) did point out to me that I wouldn't be able to ride one wearing my suit trousers and whilst that probably isn't advised on a scooter, I'm hoping I'd have more chance of getting away with it. Unless you think it's equally mad.

dog = troll

nah, i started with that idea and then threw it out when I realsied it meant getting dirtier and having to manually change gear etc. The idea of scooter simplicity appeals at the moment!

thanks guys ... i think i'll have a go at my cbt as a taster and then take it from there! Until I've done that I haven't really a clue what I'm looking for. Am I right in saying that I'd be better avoiding the 2nd hand market seeing as I'm in no way capable of judging the condition of a bike for myself? With new prices being reasonable and depreciation being low compared to a car, surely it's a safe and easy bet to stick to buying new from a reputable dealer right?

cheers. Well the pirce is certainly something that keeps me coming back to it. I want something simple to get from a to b around town when the missus has taken the car out of town to visit family /friends and to get the 2miles or so to work. Being into cars in a childish sort of way I'd want something really special if I were to buy a car, but I'm too tight to spend the £300 a month that would cost me on a finance deal. Spending £2k-£3k on a car is a pretty poor option in my opinion as that will possibly buy me a banger and a headache. So the scooter comes into play. Aside from paying the Vespa premium, are there any other particular brands worth considering? Cheers.

I'm thinking about getting a 125cc scooter, anyone here ride a scooter of some sort (16yr old 50cc riders need not apply)? If so, how do you find it for the daily city run around? Having not read a bike before, am I going to be terrified / freezing, or is it a sensible way to go in terms of getting a cheap 2nd motor vehicle to run alongside a car?