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Tiss is there as we looked so unfit last season, he fancies his chances of getting back in. 🙂

Oh, I don't know... Nicholl's time with Le Tissier, the Wallace's, Shearer and Rideout; Under Koeman; Poch's system clicking; Ekelund and Le Tissier in the better bits of Ball in charge; That first moment of foresight in Anders Svensson's first pass, before he realised his team mates weren't good enough to see it. 🙂

I really should have had Golac in there. A period of sheer class in our history. 🙂

They're related, as revealed in torrid football expose, Lew Chatterley's Lover. 🙂

Released them?! Tell me you're joshing.

20 favs Nick Holmes Dave Watson Some other folk... 🙂 Mick Channon Ronnie Ekelund Matt Le Tissier Steve Williams Oriel Romeo Kevin Keegan Mick Mills Danny Wallace Steve Moran Ricky Lambert Antti Niemi Michael Svensson Tim Flowers Marians Pahars Alan Ball Jimmy Case David Armstrong Chris Nicholl

Tough as nails though.

I guess it's time to tell you that we don't read your posts. I didn't even read the one that prompted this post. It's pure coincidence if this post seems to follow on from it. 🙂

Meanwhile in the SaintsWeb Taser Rage support group...

And modelled by one our many invisible men from last season. Probably Stewart or Lallana, as the legs come off to pose next to the shirt. 🙂

Kits for the Euros shown in one article. Some nice designs in there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c873dgwlz8vo

If she was dressed as the vicar of Dibley, it's probably connected to the nun pics on here. And return the box to @Matthew Le God on the stadium expansion thread.

"He uses all his midfield grace, when putting out those cones," said Milner. "Our bibs are folded just the way you'd expect to see at a Champions League club," added Fernandes. Others see a career path ahead of them. "Adam is always pointing out thing that Liverpool do better," said Tyler Dibling. "And he waves a contract in front of me, so I can see Liverpool for myself, any time I like." 🙂

There was some footage on the Beeb site. It's not something I'd normally watch, and my first thoughts were "why are the police trying to take down a guy with a sword with something you'd spray on weeds. "Unsuccessful" said the clip. No kidding. A number of additional injuries and lots of terror. There were multiple encounters with the guy, mainly because the police were not equipped to deal with it. Sure, things like this are thankfully rare. But why you'd expect officers to deal with all sorts of incidents without adequate equipment is a mystery.

Once Netanyahu is done with Iran and every terror group beginning with H, he can turn his attention internally?

Edwards and Charles coming back, after good seasons in the Championship could arguably count towards that. With THB and Downes still here, as is a hopefully fit Stewart, that's 5 of a starting team. But point taken. Regardless of all the backroom changes, has it altered our player trading model enough to build a team capable of PL survival (should we get there)

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I was trying to find which coach indicated he wasn't that all-impressed with possession football. Instead I found a nice interview with Thornton, and a pic of all our 'keepers. https://goalkeeper.com/news-and-media/exclusives/post/dean-thornton-interview-southampton

For all I know Lallana cut a frustrated figure, failing to get any of his ideas implemented and trying to motivate a doomed SR squad. He could have a lot of good ideas, and find a connection to Still and Trollope. I hope so. I think he's still going through coaching badges, so it's a good role to get, with his playing career playing it's part in getting the post.

Just you wait for the hipster war movies, where Churchill will be making plans based on xG. 🙂

I'm not close enough to it, to determine the responsibilities and autonomy each of the coaches has. I saw your post just as I was going to ask, on the basis of last season, what if anything, Lallana brought to the squad. Unless we could somehow have been worse, it was nothing that made it's way onto the pitch (much like Lallana the player). If Rusk gets the chop, why not Lallana and Martin? One day, I will look Lallana in the eyes. And when faced with his Saints past...we will eat ice cream. I have a Vienetta against him. 🙂

Sigh of relief. 🙂

60 billion isn't what it used to be... 🙂 60% of what HS2 might cost. https://inews.co.uk/news/hs2-fraud-allegations-cost-pass-100bn-further-delays-3698024 Only twice the amount water companies were allowed to rack up debt https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-5078471/Britain-s-water-firms-flush-profits-tax-havens.html Not quite only double test and trace which a report said made little difference https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-test-trace-dido-harding-report-b1814714.html Our defence could be to spend 60 billion on lots of abandoned Brexit border facilities to line our borders at 50 million a time. About half a billion wasted so far on those. https://news.sky.com/story/post-brexit-border-control-post-in-wales-to-sit-empty-13388153 A report combined some of the above to show 60 billion as just 60% wasted by the conservatives over 5 years https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/161243/government-has-risked-lost-unacceptable-billions-of-taxpayers-money-in-its-covid-response-and-must-account-to-the-generations-that-will-pay-for-it/ Not that you'd spend 60 billion up front on defence. You'd spend a fraction of that safe in the knowledge that incompetence from contract negotiations and various cost overuns casual observers may consider border on corrupt will take you towards any total you set. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59876757 It was getting 40 billion a year in 2022, with none of it's 36 projects "being on time and within the original budget." The levels of waste and pocket stuffing will increase a lot faster, at 5%, than our safety.

I can still hear the crackle of his brain melting on his debut. "Manager insists on short pass...career training says no....manager insists on short pass...malfunction...ball given away...malfunction..."

Much like my team, 3 points elude me. 🙂