This Charming Man

Of course teams have 'worked us out'. Any professional manager that does some research can work another team out. It's not rocket science. Teams that work hard against us and close us down quickly do well against us - Bristol, Cardiff, Leicester for example. That's because we're so slow at passing the ball and have little to no pace in the side (hopefully that will change with Puncheon and Sharp now in the side). So frustrating at times to watch us knock 10 passes around before it get's to the man it should've gone to 9 passes ago. It's all well and good playing like that when you're in the lead but we play like that when chasing the game. We need to be a bit more direct at times. People say they trust in Adkins to adapt but I haven't seen us adapt our style of play once this season, no matter what position we're in. As Arsenal have found, putting together hundreds of neat little passes will only get you so far. You need to over a little bit more than that at times, especially in a league like this.

Doubt they'll make general sale.

He's a Manc tout. Ban him.

I got mine on-line at 8am this morning whilst having a poo. I love my iPad. Took me literally 30 seconds (to order them, not the poo).

Or if you don't have many friends, you can do 3 for 2 groupsave and you get a 1/3 off the fare.

You out for a couple of beers on Saturday or do you have to run home to the Mrs like normal?

Yes, all 2,000 of us are meeting up in that Wetherspoons in Watford town centre.

That's because you're ugly and no one wants to be associated with you.

Assume you're taking the Mrs then?

Bizarre. But each to their own...

Assume this is some kind of wind-up? Surely no one would actually drive all the way to Birmingham, then watch the game in their hotel bar due to an inch of snow?

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2602799,00.html

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2602799,00.html

Therefore your opinion on missiles being thrown at him is pretty irrelevant.

Same as that though straight back after Hull plus trips to Germany, Holland and Glasgow for football as well. I'm going to be penniless come the end of March. Ha.

Just checked and it is sold out.

Apparently they're really strict on kids tickets as well. W*nkers.

Having visited India myself I'm fully aware of that. Though it's not our problem that wealth is so unevenly distributed.

A small, glass bottle of whiskey was thrown at him. He was waving it about frantically and looked like he was about to cry.

Filled me with pride, reading that article. He tries to play it down but even the fact he gave that interview would suggest it shook him up a bit. Let's hope he loses the plot at SMS.

This. He gives his all and helps drive the team on from midfield but he's not some genius whose going to run games for us. He was in the form of his life before he got injured but I'd be surprised if he replicates that again. Still, a very useful player to have.

I've always found it strange that we give aid to a country that has a space programme...

Drop/rest Lallana for Chaplow and give Puncheon another hour or so as he's still trying to get fully match fit himself.

Train was delayed by an hour at Birmingham. Tubes were delayed when I got back to London and after a mad dash through Waterloo, I just made the last train home to Andover. That's the train I normally get after Northern away's so didn't affect me too much, other than ruining my plans of a couple of pints in London before heading home.

I loved the Ipswich v Leicester game that was on Sky last year in the heavy snow. Great game.