John Boy Saint

My Daughter and her friend are attending an event in Southampton Saturday night, as she is uncertain when it will end and the trains get less frequent after 11pm we have decided to bring them into the City and obviously take them home. So an opportunity for dinner out has arisen for Mrs JBS & me so we were wondering if anyone has any good suggestions. A starter for 10 in my mind is Kutis Thai (if it still exists) in the old pier building. Being well travelled I will eat anything (Bee larvae & Scorpions included but can't see them being on offer in Southampton) but Mrs JBS is a little more choosy................ So step forwards all you Gastrominers.

Might find as the weather has turned a bit chillier, due to your past injury Rhumatism might have taken hold.

I saw a chap in the Chapel the other week that looked like he had washed his new shirt with an Arsenal strip circa 1970 (red body pink sleeves) so he a red and white- with a hint of pink stripe version. I thought modern plastic shirts didn't pick up foreign colours.

This has to be post of the thread................... Absolutely nail hit squarely on the head

From the Chapel it was one hell of a strike, I wouldn't be surprised if the crossbar needs replacing before the next game!

Like everywhere the indigenous people of the land get diluted to the point of extinction. Like to have seen the maligning of Red Heads a good few centuries ago when most folks neighbours wore woad on their bodies and hair of flame red................. liked a damn good fight too.

Just remember the words of Jim Bowen at about 9:30pm just as the beer goggles are coming into focus: "have a look at what you could have won!!"

I saw lots of Cranes flying about whilst playing Golf in Vilamoura Portugal back in May. hth

I was trained out of my Dyslexia at place out near Chandlers Ford, I spent every Friday afternoon there when I was about 10. I had no trouble with big words or reading in general, but my written work was prone to be jumbled, back in 1974/5 my teacher passed me off as being dim or stupid but someone independent of spotted it thankfully, and my parents investigated further and paid for me to attend this school. What they did miss was my numerical dyslexia, if I don't concentrate my processing of numbers can be woeful. (not too clever when you work with product codes all day long......... few big credit notes here and there!!). Sudoku just leaves me numb, my kids rattle through them. and computer macros just become a total blur on the screen, which is shame as that would be a great skill to have up my sleeve in my job. The case at the top of the page could just be ignorance, like people who always talk through you not even listening to you opinion, this person might only like what he has written, in the same way.

I have a Bialetti stove top coffee pot which when the water boils is forced through the ground coffee into the chamber at the top, so a simple Percolator. The only downside is that the coffe gets scalded by the boiling water which makes it a tad bitter. That said stick some Tesco finest Java & Sumatra ground coffee through there in a decent quantity and its quite Narcotic. I also have a French Press which is quietly civilised and is like a good pot of tea brewing on the table. Like a teapot a cosy is advised if you want 2nds from the same pot. Ideally I would like a Bean to cup machine like a Saeco or something of that quality, but getting Mrs JBS to buy into the idea is like pushing water up hill. So in the interim thanks to a rates for mates deal I have a Nespresso with the frothy milk do da, quick simple programmable, unless you are a total coffee buff the choices are limited to 16 "Cru's" and 28p to 33p a cup is probably a bit steep v Jar coffee: but the crema on the top certainly is a good sign that there is something right about the system............ and the Ristretto certainly hits the spot of a morning.

Saints at on time were reported as owning the land behind the west stand right out to Hill Lane but the disruption re housing the folks in the flats would have be great as they would have had to be bought out of their leases. Only Milton Road terrace rumour in the late 70s early 80s.............. It might have taken an age to get there but St Marys was right in the end: anyone sat at Old Trafford or Villa Park with their knees up round their ears?

About 9 months ago didn't they have a bit of a hard turf out of some of those lads who were hailed as the next best thing since the invention of fire only 2 years ago? I thought at the time our academy is taking things very seriously again. It will be very interesting when Fifa eventually force the number of home grown players in a team on the top leagues in Europe, just as long as they don't have the get out of being able to graze clubs like ours at will......................... or is that what is behind the big Man City plans announced last week?

I would imagine that a bit of dampness on the surface would be right up our street, allowing the ball to zip about even more. This in turn will mean opposition will have to work even harder to stop our possession, which I have noticed has been the been the primary objective at the start of the second half in the last 2 games at St Marys, so the last 20 minutes of games should be quite entertaining for us as a result.

But they were try before you buy special offer!

There have been times in recent months when I just sit watching us play when I can not believe its My Southampton team out there. Some of the play is sublime beyond belief. Goals from all over the pitch is a real asset too, and a bench that offers no respite to the opposing teams, Spiderman, Chaplow, De Ridder, neither of those 3 are going to take it easy on you in the latter stages of a game. We have been dished up some real rubbish in the past few years, how nice it is to see us working for a Michelin Star or 2.

I would have coughed up the £10, like someone has said you get one stay of execution then you pay the price. I have a mate who did similar changed his coat felt the pocket before leaving the house, season ticket was where it should be, gets to the ground and its last years book. Ticket office gave him a temp ticket and said next time there will be a charge.

I like the fact that Dean Hammond has upped his game this season, probably knowing full well that Spiderman, Cork, and Chaplow are more than capable of deposing him and his older legs. Also nice we can change it up with just as potent a force whenever we want.

Even though we have been dished up some very fine fare by the team over the past months. There were times on Saturday when I still wanted someone to pinch me as the football the lads were playing was sumptuous. I am sure there will be a few times when we have a bit of a face plant, but there is a great deal of intelligence in our play, in the latter stages of the game I got the impression that we were not having a go at the Millwall goal simply because that would give them the chance to punt the ball downfield and put us under un-neccessary pressure: anyone remember Everton a few years back? I think 17th is a tad harsh. I think we will be in the mix at the end. My only fear is when we get to Christmas and the league has settled those teams feeling the draft from the division trapdoor will be parking the bus, and it won't be the claggy pitches providing the frustration. Ramble over.

Without any doubt. The Red Arrows are the best of the best, thankfully losing one is a rarity, when it happens it touches most of us. They flew over our house last weekend: faces were instantly stuck to the windows in excitement to see them.

Bring back the cane!!! The line was clear in the sand, you crossed it you knew what you would get: fair enough. Like you say if he took it knowing he was bang out of order: case closed.

Always like this thread subject when it pops up, as some helpful souls who have found free parking through their own research, especially in spots where 5 minutes behind schedule sees them lucky to be parked, freely invite that space to be occupied by passing on it's location. Then that person tells someone else & before you know it departue time from home has to be 15 minutes earlier to ensure getting parked in your usual spot. Getting one over the parking Stasi of Southampton City council is good sport but advertising where next to put a parking piggy bank defeats the object. Bit of a selfish attitude I know, but get into Southampton early and have a look about like most folks have done for themselves. If you have to pay to park close to the ground I always found Townhouse Quay under the Itchen bridge to be about the cheapest metered parking.

If being on the front cover means you pull a chuffin great rabbit out of the hat next time at work: happy days.

Always feel he does not like us after his premier league career dissipation light lit up like a Christmas tree when he lost count with the yellows a few years ago. Don't worry his replacement is itching for the chance to step up to the plate.

Leeds did that after 10 minutes........................................................= Just hope if they do come to kick us the ref has the minerals to reach for cards early doors.

Someone get that Mash of the Day back on the industrial eastate behind the Chapel. That was damn good fill for £2.50, tasty sausages funny but tasty mash, and a choice of Onion Gravy of Baked Beans. When my kids were smaller they use to like getting down to Townhouse Quay carpark (that is the one right on the water by the Itchen Bridge) having a car picnic. It was different most weeks, as they liked all the different rolls you can get in the Tesco Bakery and would choose allsorts of meats off the Deli to go in them: Garlic Chicken was the favourite though. I would say if you want a pre match picnic do a bit of research round the supermarkets, especially Waitrose. If you have a good butcher see what he has, especially Pork Pies not made of floor sweepings................. Brie and Grape always went down well especially if they are not put in a cold box as by the time you get to Southampton and parked the Brie should be softening a treat.