John Boy Saint

I don't like Cress Head he is a lazy toad who thinks his £50m price tag confirms he is great, so he doesn't seem to like, on the flip side I do like this nipper Rashford seems prepared to work, just got to hope Jose doesn't bugger him up. Sturridge should send his missus down Thomas Cook in the morning

I think you would find if they asked you to evacuate the stadium for no obvious reason there would be a bit more gusto about the pace of deoarture, instead of the final whistle ambling that goes on, like stopping turning round and talking to your mate or stopping on the landings at the top of the stairs to exit the "bowl" to tell your mate that you will see them next week and probably give them a call when that conversation could be had on the concourse.

The frustration with him was you had to check the weather vane on the spire of St Mary's Church, just to see which way the wind was blowing, for an inkling as to which Anders would take to the pitch for us that afternoon. Some days un playable, others "oh I forgot he was on the pitch".

Surely that's Shortist? Still just as shocking !!!

Pardon? As as has been said before you would have hoped with VEHO there might have been someone to have worked with on this. I expect this has been looked at, but when the stadium is empty with no background noise from 30k people gabbing away, then again as others have said, strange how Justin wishing Maude from Freemantle a happy birthday, and Ampshoires own North Car Park Darth Vader can be heard.

I can't be the only person who has happily had an Outlook - Hotmail email account for many years allowing them to merrily check your emails and sort them out with ease. Only to in the last week have a new inbox pushed upon them, which with a mobile device in particular, is absolutely bloody useless, almost to the point where it is possibly worse than when email accounts were invented. How can someone actually sign off something so woefully backwards from what it was.

If we were Bilbao fans reading their spread of the La Liga TV money, this place really would be in meltdown as soon as you see Real Madrid and Barcelona getting 55% of the pot!!

Applemakeyoulookatit autocorrect strikes in style again, it will spark an international incident one day. Still fair play to Turkish in his attempt at breaking the annual monotony of a Vacuum cleaner photoshopped under a club crest, along with the headline: Henry signs for Stumblebums United

Unai Emery had been head coach at Sevilla since 2013, so is obviously happy working under the format the club works under. In reply to a later post. Pardew was shown the door and alledgedly would have been earlier than he was as Markus didn't like him and the fact that the impetuous of the team was distracted by the progression in the JPT, Cortese stepped in to put his finger between the hammer and the back of the bullet. In the end the JPT apparently turned out to be one of Markus favourite days ever. Having saved a hasty decision Cortese was less than impressed that the attitude of Pardew after winning the JPT was akin to putting his feet up on his desk lighting a fat cigar and sipping a fine Malt rather than pushing on to the play-offs. When all the nonsense of the next season pre-season and various other rumours and stories emerged Cortese probably saw for himself what his now late boss had already seen, and pulled the trigger himself.

The Celtic board probably saw him fritter away a quarter of a Billion pounds on players at Liverpool and achieve very little on that outlay, and promptly hid the key to the safe. Hoping they get the Brendan Rogers of Reading and Swansea management.

Funnily enough I was driving home last Wednesday evening listening to Radio 5 and their Europa league final build up, they had a Spanish football journalist on there speaking about Sevilla. After a couple of minutes I had a déjà-Vu moment and Mark Chapman said my thoughts as he mentioned a comparison to Southampton. Sevilla seem to have accepted, embraced, and altered the way they operate in accepting that they will end up selling their best players for top dollar and go again, And here they are in the Europa League Final yet again. To cap it all they pretty much have the mindset of, you come to Sevilla we will improve you as a player and you are free to go for top money when the time comes, the players come into the club knowing they will be free to move on when someone comes knocking. Alberto Moreno of Liverpool was mentioned as being one of these players who went through the Sevilla system, Liverpool bought him for big money, and at the final whistle, and his very inert display, you thought, blimey it is like Southampton these good players going elsewhere for big money and they just become a shadow of their forma self.

Looking forward to that moment as FF says he will give him a piggy-back as a celebration.

Too many slippery buggers in European footie, with the Premiership all over the world his issue v WBA will have been noted, his little reaction against the Turkish guy will have also been noted, any opposing manager worth his salt is going to have his players running their finger nails up and down that edge of wallpaper.

..... Not forgetting the Hatters, Shakers, Glovers, or Greecians in the cup.

Pass the Carbolic and Bleach

No wonder United sent Zaha back, get Puncheon in there.

Just as an aside had a peek at KUMB to see if they have the same thread as this. Alas not. But they do have a mega thread going back a few months questioning whether they will get to Europe. The latter pages I read are quite interesting as should Man U prevail this evening they will have no where to play the home qualifying leg as the Olympic stadium has athletics at the beginning of August, there is also a storm brewing in that they are selling tickets for THE 1st game at the OS, a friendly v Juve, for an eye watering £50 a pop!!!!! and it might not be the first game as originally billed. ........ It would be funny if an upset taxpayer with Gypsy blood had slapped a curse on them.

Coffee..... Let me introduce you to iPad screen!!

Did that years ago jumping out of an aeroplane with the Parachute Regiment display team. I'll take the cards as they are dealt.

Feyenoord stylee one year rolling January announcement?

I can confirm he did speak English, not the best, but enough for a brief chat about him previously taking Espanyol to Palafrugell and my attendance pre season, the night Saints played Llagostera pre season. Tony Jiminez (sp?) was on his shoulder though as his English was exceptional.

Sorry Whelk...........My Girls went to the last pre season game at the Dell aged 5 & 6 the youngest was quite happy just looking about taking it all in the eldest was a bit more interested, their next game was the very first league game at SMS v Chelsea, the youngest drifted in and out of watching but just loved looking at all the people, the eldest was right into it for very long stretches. Click on all those years the eldest just switches straight into that slightly detached state of watching football, the youngest will still often give us the low down on goings on in amongst the away fans literally out of the blue. Just be prepared for the mixed emotion of when you know for certain they are hooked, my eldest then 9 years old, Saints v Pompey under the lights in the League Cup, Pompey chimes go up, Saints fans respond with gusto, out of the corner of my eye I see a little finger pointing at the away fans, turn a bit more and she is stood on her seat slap bang in the middle of the Family stand, belting out "F off Pompey, Pompey F off"!!!!! Half of me wanting to hide with embarrassment, the other half close to exploding with pride.

What great viewing, if you haven't watched do so, raise a glass and wipe that pesky bit of dust (honest) from your eyes. Very glad I went, just for those couple of moments where the promotions XI surged forwards in the sash shirt with the same style and elan that they did back then as if they were all playing together still for the Saints brushing teams aside in style.

I think the thing with Martina is he is maluable, seems like he is willing learn and benefitting from being taught, mix into this lots of enthusiasm: what's not to like if you are the manager. There was obviously a footballer in there, otherwise how did his name get spat out of the black box?

If the greedy little shoite hadn't selfishly wanted the glory of nicking a nailed on goal off a team mate, amusingly Lovren, things would have been a tad different....... That quick fire goal from Sevilla in the second half was a kick in the guts...... If only he hadn't been such a spawny little git...........