John Boy Saint

Like has been alluded to above, played like his backside was on fire whilst on loan. Got a permanent contract and reached for his pipe and slippers. bit like Rasiak and Skacel who flattered to deceive in reality and like a mate said while we watched Saints V Norwich on the eve of the transfer window closing "Blimey Rasiak and Rudi will be up for a drugs test tonight!!" next day one was at Bolton the other, if I am correct was at a Berlin club.

What a shame you don't get stamps in your passport anymore when traveling in Europe as Mr & Mrs Saint Armstrong would have a nice little collection after this pre season is done.

As well as his pending day in court, not long after he turned up at QPR didn't an underlying per existing injury appear on the horizon? I think this chap has the whiff of Delgado about him.

Thats...............Nah changed my mind.

We're Doomed- Doomed I say!! We must spend billions to be a great club!! It appears we have another draft of nippers coming through from the academy. Anybody got any issues with Luke or James from last season? I expect Calum will be the pick of this years crop that all the big clubs will be sniffing around in no time. It baffles me that people think that we should just piddle money up the wall on alsorts of ordinary to gain any credibility in the world of Football. I expect a slagging for this but based on last years performance we got mugged right off with the £12m we coughed up for Ramirez, compare him to Shaw who by comparison cost us mere bobbins by comparison, which of the 2 were the big fish reputitly sniffing round. If Cortese was to open negotiations today to sell him whoever bought him probably wouldn't see much change out of £15-£20m+ especially as he has Prem experience under his belt and is English born. So Chelsea for example buy Shaw tomorrow (for those who dont know Chelsea had Shaw on their books before telling him he was too small to make it with them at the age of 12!!) for £18m plus add-ons etc does that really make Chelsea better than Saints because they have spent £18m more than us on what we got for nothing?!!

I often thought he never got the ball he wanted played for him, there was no doubt he was fast but far too many times a ball to him was played behind him making him slam on the brakes to collect the ball which just nullified his impact. He got to the stage where when he did come on he just tried too damn hard to make an impact which just made him look ordinary.

Ditto for Palafrugell. Jos was sat behind me in the stand, and going on his comments he was impressed with the way Calum was playing, especially his corners were very good too.

I think I might just go for the Travelling/Support Staff Polo shirt should it become available is very smart. IMO

You wonder if the tattooist wanted to write Pillock!!

Although I only saw Chambers against Llagostera, I have to say that I was impressed that for a big lad he has some pace, and that he has a good eye for the game and the positioning of others. Took far superior corners to Lallana too. In the grand scheme of things with 2 academy lads getting a run out in the Premiership last year and being un-fazed by it then another 3-4 being groomed for first team action this year, any promising youngster out there being given various academy options is going to see that with Saints they stand a damn good chance of actually playing at the top level of Football if they really want it. Unlike Chelsea who have bored kids who will be extremely lucky to make the first team in the prem bringing knives and smoke grenades into the training ground to pass the time.

Who was that other nipper on the books at Manure who was a pretty gifted footballer? He carried on hanging out with his scummy Mosside mates robbing stuff and Mugging people when he had no need to. Last I heard he went to West Ham as United just lost patience with him.

And all you perverts will be able to stalk his cranially vacuous girlfriend round West Quay!! Which is probably the real reason so many on here are keen to see it happen!

I have to say seeing the Training, or Travelling Kit, Polo shirt in Black and White on Wednesday night, it is very smart, and given the choice would be my option this season.

I was sat in front of him on Wednesday night, he seems to be a very nice young man. The one observation that surprised me was he asked Jos "what formation are we playing now?". Not a negative but a young player keen to learn something that has maybe passed him by in his career so far, he certainly is eager to play a greater part with us.

I knew that I should have stayed another 2 days then set off on the 900 mile journey home at the final whistle!

Where are you staying as we saw you meandering up the road in Palafrugell as we headed of to Llafranc for easy dinner and more drinking back at camp. Hi light of my 3 weeks of Holibobs down there. Saw you posting the match report from the stand: we'll done for that. Team are staying bloody miles away!!

Jos sat behind me in the stand said they had a very hard training session this morning. So 45 minutes on a close evening was a good work out, the Llagostera goal was well worked and taken. Rickie was dripping wet at the final whistle. Both Rickie and Kelvin were very chatty with us when they made their way to the coach genuine blokes the both of them. Lovren was amusing too. comedy moment of the night was when my mate asked where they were staying Jos replied "**** Knows!!" "Middle of nowhere!!".

Bloody hell €15 to sit in the little stand out of the Sun (still chuffin sun burn hot on the beach at 7:30pm on the beach tonight) that's......that's 4.5 kilos of juicy king prawns for cooking in lashings of Garlic and white wine from Carrefour just round the corner from the ground: blimey going to have to re budget the last of our Holibob money!! Drive home after 3 weeks down here on Friday and this game is going to be the highlight of this years holiday: I won't be able to sleep tonight!!

Missing fact is that they play on an artificial pitch hence why for my Holibob treat they are playing in Palafrugell (an answered prayer) cos its real grass and MP knows the ground. So beach tomorrow then get scrubbed up, head to the game then dinner in Llafranc afterwards...... What I call a right touch!

Just in Llafranc 5 mins from Palafrugell and not one poster or notification of the game v Saints! Friends went near Palamos today not one poster there either: we must really be viewed as small potatoes Premiership!! At this rate I hope Wednesdays game is free to get in!! :-)

If you are Salzburg and want somewhere to eat try Alter Fuchs just over the river from the old town in the shadow of the Kapinzburg (?) hump in the town damn good feed in there and just for a wheeze try the Pine schnapps it's like drinking a Christmas tree!!

Those going to Palafrugell and Palamos checked at the airport bus station at Girona Airport and you have to catch the bus into Girona from stand 1 then the Sarfa bus to Palafrugell/Palamos. with a week to go no posters up yet!! Or anyone to ask re prices to get in, the Palafrugell game could be viewed as so incidental that it might be Gratis!!

I heard from somewhere that Mr Cortese does not like Stripes, so as when my bosses are acting the goat my default setting is at the end of the day it's their bat their ball, so just go with the flow! That said I don't like the new home shirt, the fact that Brizzle City has the same shirt raises the question: just how hard did Adidas have to work to get our signature on the contract, Chelsea have a £300 million deal we must have signed for a half chewed toffee a conker, and a cigarette card of Bobby Charlton. As for folks falling over themselves to get there hands on a shirt down West Quay that is pure marketing hype. The Sash is by far and away the best selling shirt, I was told by so done in the know that we sold our normal 6 months average sales in 2 weeks!! And the delay in getting more stock in was due to waiting for the next available production slot. So a best selling shirt is when you can't get Large to XXL July until October!!

Actually the turning up an hour early is not a bad thing as despite being against a local La Liga side my last experience saw them only having 2 windows for tickets open and a real bunfight to get in. It's a friendly so everything will be low key all round.

If you are flying in on Ryanair then you will arrive in Girona Airport (best check this out before booking accom) which is about an hour north of Barcelona by road, and about an hour from Palafrugell thanks to the first 10 miles being on single carriageway. If you arrive in Barcelona El Prat and hire a car you are looking at about 1 hour 45 drive with good traffic, Palafrugell and Palamos are about 10-15 minutes apart and driving you will go past the Latter. Otherwise from Barcelona you can get the train to Girona then the Bus to Palafrugell/Palamos, the bus company is called Sarfa and they serve most of northern Catalunya with a hub in Palafrugell. That should give you a few options to start with.