John Boy Saint

Amazed Barry Vennison slipped through the Speedie Dixon net - we bought a cut and shut with him.

With Obafemi - I thought there was something about him, Lemina and Leminas brother burning the candle at both ends but Ralph had a word, put a flea in his ear so hopefully all done and dusted......... seem to get the impression Ralph ain’t going to poke up with any horse poo from anyone in his squad.

We were indeed, teetering on the edge of the Abyss, when the great man came in and then said this club has no debt what a moment of relief as a Saints fan - thank you Markus. You can’t deny the ride back to the top division was a bloody wheeze, and all thanks to him.

At the end of the day another one where winning “the race” to his signature was probably pretty easy. harsh as it may sound but Gabbi was easy to get too, as he scored in flashes, if he was prolific we wouldn’t have been in the running for him. A Mane or Pelle will be along soon enough, never know Boufal might respond to Ralph.

Ah just found a Red Sharpie - please can you tell me which day that will be on so that I can mark it on my calendar please.

Discussion over breakfast regarding the White handball - VAR obviously called it then were so uncertain that they referred it back to the Ref for a final decision? Being a cynical old Hector, it was 33°c in Nice for the game what’s to say the ref just went “do I really want another half an hour out here in this heat?!”. One thing is for certain it’s going to be an interesting season coming up!

If that’s the one v Cardiff - then I don’t think I have seen a ball hit with such ferocity - that said my memory might be peaked by the fact that it looked like we had made a complete hash of the free kick - until Baird lit the fuse. I quite liked Matty Targetts goal against Bournemouth that was a perfectly executed header.

They will still be dusting off their RoboCop body armour in case one of them has one cream sherry too many! New kick off time suits us just fine for once, got relatives arriving Saturday morning from South Africa now we don’t have to feel guilty about buggering off Saturday afternoon or scrabbling about trying to get extra tickets.

Maya Yoshida

Cheers Steve - that means I will be able to take Mrs JBS to the beach tomorrow without fear of missing anything

Hardly a surprise - obviously not much else happened in Southampton over the weekend. We much have enjoyed the Tommy “Fourpast” experience so much that we thought we would have 2 of the buggers clogging up the roster.

I wouldn't be surprised if Under Armour actually own production, using the myriad of cheap labour factories around the world that they all use, they probably have a specific factory they like that churns out the right standard of product that maximises their margin. Trouble is any other clothing manufacturer with a good buying department will have found the same factory Nike and Adidas volumes might well see them getting the whip hand in production machine time........UA getting Gazumped on sewing machine time. Last season Goal Keeping shirts were available at the beginning of August by September sold out never to be seen again. Shop said they had no idea if they were going to come in again - they said not to hold out much hope though. I like UA Golf Shirts but it seems that churning out 10,000+ footie shirts is a bit of a squeeze for them...............................Of course Trump v China could be chucking a spanner in the works.

Who was that winkle we had from Spurs on loan, touted as the Cats Pyjamas (like em all) played one half looking like a fish up a tree never to be seen again! Might have been part of the luggage that came with Tommy Fourpast! While the goalie was a milestone at least we hadn't coughed up readies on this other Johnny.

VAR has just turned the Womens World cup into a bit of a farce, French missed a penalty (Var awarded) then blew the whistle again awarded a retake of the penalty because VAR had spotted that the goal keeper had stepped off her line before the ball had been kicked by milliseconds........and she also got booked for stepping off her line by a centimetre. We are going to see some funny stuff with this VAR if the rules are applied as they have been in this game where the goalie only just left her line, we could be seeing a few goalies sent off if they commit that crime in a game. you will need a good second goalie because if the shenanigans of flicking the ball at a defenders arm to gain a penalty we are going to see a few more this season and no doubt a few keepers totting up yellows as a result and incurring the 5-10-15 card bans.

Even when you are as rich as Man U - not being in the Champions League puts a dent in your finances, Brother in Law is a Chelsea ST holder, when they failed to make the Champions League last season he said if they failed again this past season and lost Hazard it could be the start of a nasty spiral. Europa League doesnt bring in enough to pay a bloke £450k a week (after tax) to sit on his backside getting splinters in his bottom.

Weird, its hard to get excited as we have bought some bigged up but ultimately disappointing players recently, just hope with still being a nipper he will adapt quickly to the league, Ralph can get him integrated quickly. Certainly looks a Hasenhuttl paced player. Think that is something we have all been crying out for in the team is pace. Another French speaker too hopefully he will be more aligned to Valery than Lemina - although the latter might get miffed with the Fashion competition.

Especially when you have been toiling away at something and a beer will be an unwise decision.

We got a new washing machine recently that will allegedly save the planet with its efficiency , amazingly for a bloke I had a skim through the book of words that came with it and saw a shirt wash setting. Having been away for just over a week with work I filled it up, spun the dial, and pressed play................nearly FOUR hours!!!!! Until the wash was set to finish????!!!!!! Still the pretty lights and tinkly tune as it set off on its marathon cheered me up.

Car Park Ticket machines that make you type in your Reg number but have an ABC “keyboard” rather than a Qwerty one, but despite knowing your abc’s for the last 50years has you standing there looking a little dense because H isn’t on the middle line and M isn’t on the bottom!!

I know it’s not Saints connected for this page, but jeez what a shock to hear he passed away after a Heart attack!! 49 is no age at all. He had done a splendid job getting Leyton Orient back into the Football League where they belong as a good old traditional team. Thoughts obviously with his family

- A Bottle of Wine, Red especially, picked up on my travels for not silly money that makes me go "oh thats a bit nice" even better when sharing with friends and they say "wow where DID you get this?!". - Fillet Steak that cuts like butter. - Walking down the hill into LLafranc at the beginning of our holiday and seeing the beach and the sea. - Just another 5 minutes in bed turning into an hour at least on a Saturday Morning. - just cleaned windows on the house - Free wood for the Woodburners, when a friend says "having that big Birch felled, would you like the wood as its saving me a quite few quid them not taking it away". - Chicken and Chips from Carn Padres just outside Pals on the Costa Brava, trust me you will struggle to find better...........so bloody good that the old boy who owns it only has to open the place June until the end of September.

Was that the one Mrs JBS mentioned tonight, with the bit about all the Ladies who worked in the munitions factories and the like during the war started playing Football as works teams and got pretty damn good at it, drawing in huge crowds. Then after the war he FA had a meeting and after just 15 minutes decided to ban any male coaches from working with Womens teams and Womens football slowly dwindled away? If its of no interest there are a gazillion other channels to watch and Love Island. I would say to anyone sat on the fence about Womens football if the USA are on song watching them is worth the effort, if the Final is USA v Canada might be an idea to cancel washing your hair.

He was very quiet but then so was Sterling neither were getting much service from midfield................also Walker behind him was having a stinker too.

He's a terrible player in this league, you need speed of thought and speed of feet. You have no time to have a brain cell committee meeting between your ears to decide what you are going to do next otherwise you will be having to appoint another committee to get you back to where you were for the original committee to decide on the original course of action you were undecided about......................... and sadly that reads exactly the way it appears to play out within his grey matter when he has been on the pitch for us.