John Boy Saint

Rickie - over age player. Adam Lallana Jack Cork Aaron Martin Kelvin- over age player

Cold?....................... .............................. Having just watched the weather on auntie Beeb!

I am working at the NEC for the week staying at Balsall Common like Colin says the roads round Birmingham are atrocious in 2 hours we saw 2 gritters which is disgusting considering the snow arrived exactly as predicted, took 2hours to get back so god only knows what time Saints fans will get home to Southampton. Tonight's game should not have gone ahead and Sky should be disgusted with themselves as they must have put the squeeze on Brum to see it on. As for the game it was a bit of a joke as the ball wouldn't run cleanly, we certainly adapted better to the conditions as most of the first half was played at the opposite end of the ground. Still a point on the road against a team on fire ATM keeps the tally ticking along.

Got my Manc mate in tow for this as we are working up there at the NEC so will be welcome diversion, on last 6 games form we will get dinked, on the second half performance of tonight though it could be an entertaining game if our Mojo is returning Just hope Nigel can get Lallana wired into the mains and every time he takes one touch too many he gets a right old buzz!!

I liked he made himself out to be a bit powder puff, a matter of moments later he has cleanly wiped out a player bigger than him. For the first time out he certainly looks like he could be a bit of handful, seems to be intelligent with it............. OP has his maggot in the water waiting for a bit.

After all the transfer excitement I had better go to bed as I have to be in Carmarthen tomorrow (er this morning) then trawl all the way back for the game, certainly looking forward to it as the team looks like everyone will have to up their game with someone waiting in the wings to take their place should they err!

Boo! Can't go working, strangely enough the last time we played Milwall in a 4th round reply I was working at the same trade show............ and look where that got us back then!

For a nice light smooth wee dram, have a go at Glenkinchie, it's the most southerly distillery in Scotland and quite a pleasant drop especially if you are not a great Whiskey drinker.

Fidel Castro's Cigar of choice: Cohiba

Close knit group of players?!: bunch of strangers out there tonight. Also played with 10 men for most of the game, Falique first half ignored when asking for the ball, second half De Ridder watching the grass grow while standing in space the size of the New Forest while the rest of the team played playground football on the other side of the pitch. Our forte this season and last has been spreading the ball from side to side to open up space tonight we passed the ball up Cul-de-Sac's emphasised by Leicester closing down for the full 96 minutes.

Our vision tonight was rubbish, more than once the ball was passed out left up a blue alley, rather than right where Steve just stood in acres of space doing the Times criptic crossword. Same with Falique made himself available in space only to be by-passed! De Ridder needs to be fed balls to run onto not ones played behind him!

It's all a cunning plan to winkle out the Rats. Or another cunning plan to get the oppo's hopes up.

He certainly suffered the Titanic effect that seems to curse certain players who they believe they are better than playing for Saints.

Why does this feel like a re run of Rudi Skacel in some ways................ Lots of Hullabaloo, just hope in the cold light of day this lad does not end up as the same disappointment. Also hope now we have agreed personal terms I hope we don't have a foreigner who has secured at nice pay day and is happy to sit on his backside taking a pay cheque like Delgado and that Pole who was S hot on loan but a waste of space once signed ( name escapes me).

If you need, or want, to give her an extra treat get up to Brum early and drag her round the Jewellery Quarter: a damn sight better value than a trip to the High St Jewellers.

Blimey I have one just like that at home, I would have got suspicious if you said she grew up in a house of Chelsea!!

I is going! And a +1

Or the Kiddie pile up in the Chapel - Kingsland corner at the Brizzle game.

He had many detractors who couldn't see what he contributed to the team Strange, for what many considered to be a pile of steaming whatsit, he was the fittest and fastest player in the squad at the time (WGS comment) plus he was always picked by the manager. Willo had damn big boots to fill, but he certainly pulled it off. (nice he is still with us).

Well that's where you are misinformed my friend: of course the moon is made of cheese!!!! They told you there is limited gravity on the moon that's why they had to wear big boots, pure myth. The big boots were to stop them sinking and they bounced when they walked because the surface of the Moon is rubbery like Edam! Back to the subject at hand we will believe it when it happens. Any deal to shed Puncheon seems to have a path that is potholed like Swiss Cheese!

My Sp30 knocked my £402 Aviva renewal up to £463. My heart sank last night when I gunned it to pass and clear a bit of messy traffic on the A12, in my rear view mirror a plain clothes Police car's blue lights ran their cycle I slowed expecting the worse, and the very nice Police lady told me to slow down and drove on............. Phew! I have to say driving 40k a year the Police without any doubt have upped their game This past 12 months, anyway driving slower does save a few quid re the gap between fill ups.

Spot on.

We will be lucky to see this completed in our life times, Flora and Fauna will pull on its hard hat and hi-vis and throw up hurdles all along it's diverse route...................... Not forgetting the tree people!

My Dad use to sell paint to the trade, in industrial volumes, the amount of times he would have specifiers on the phone maligning his paints opacity only after a trip to the lab for the report to come back and say the paint on the wall had been diluted with water by the contractor to the point of it being a surprise that it was on the wall at all.

iPad says Noooooo!!