ericofarabia

A fiver? Didn't realise they'd be that cheap. as momentos go a programme and ticket stub should suffice though.

This pic nearly makes me smile as much as The Ted Bates statue!!

FAF .... David Beckham is "donating five months wages to the starving and malnourished". Lovely man, putting his wife before himself.

WTF was it with all the stalls outside Old Trafford selling half Man U, Half Saints scarfs? Presumably it's for the benefit for all the Once a lifetime Man Ure tourist fan visit to OT to be able to buy as a keepsake, although I did see Saints fans buying them as well FFS!! I'm expecting to see Fergie wearing one drapped over his shoulders next time he is interviewed after his gushing praise about us. Must admit to being impressed with the fact that there weren't any queues at OT for the beers or toilets and the view and and easy going stewarding (no sit down crap) made it a friendly night out. But without us to make any sort of atmosphere the place would have been like a morgue. Also can''t they afford a scoreboard, or announce who scored? Finally the pitch is an absolute shambles. Can't blame Fergie for moaning about it, both sides suffered from it. Also the queue for The Metro - anybody get stranded due missing enroute connections? Luckily for me Mrs EoA was still in Trafford Centre and came and picked me up. Any way back on track, will there be hordes of stalls selling half Saints half Wigan scarfs to mark our 1st ever league match that Wigan have hosted us? Will they give a free pie with each purchase?

Im hoping for at least 4 or 5 .... oh points, thought it said pints!! 3 pts minimum, but end of day wouldn't be the end of the world maintaining the status quo so long as other results go our way. Personally though I want to see us tear them a new one and have plenty of goals to celebrate!!

Have faith!! Although my TV game watching figures make pretty grim reading, my actual being at a match stats are much better. Can't remember last game I saw us lose, but certainly is quite a few games ago. So anything better than a 3-1 loss you can thank me for!!

sorry .... not fully awake yet!! My visits last year saw a draw at Burnley and a win at Forest ..... a repeat of those reults at Man U and Wigan would be most acceptable.

Stage 1 of my trip back ... suitcase packed, taxi here in about an hour. Please make my trip back a memorable one Saints.

This was the final straw for me in wanting Redkrapout of SFC. He picked the side, chose the tactics then publically slated the youngsters in the press. Absolutely unacceptable behaviour from the saggy faced gob****e.

Ha Ha ... The Voice of Reason amongst all the ensuing insanity !!!

Hi Phil, thought I'd PM you this message so that nobody else can see it.. I think I've managed to put everybody off the NA to Villa idea. So how much money shall we put on NA to AV, before the news gets out and the odds go down, 50 grand each? Luverly jubberly.

I think we can dismiss this as utter tosh!! 1/ NA is much shorter than Rickie Lambert 2/ Villa's manager is Paul Lambert not Rickie - and why would he be interviewing NA to take over his own job? 3/ I Googled "mid 50's guy with short cropped grey hair who was wearing a paleish blue Polo shirt and shorter than NA" and didn't come up with Villa's owner. Pretty conclusive if you ask me!!

Any 1st hand knowledge of anywhere half decent in the Piccadilly area, convenient for train/ Metro to OT?

You have my sympathy at missing out on skiing, Mrs EoA broke her leg 14 months ago so have missed the last 2 seasons. Phil has covered a ultitude of things to do, but you can also have a browse through www.timeoutdubai.com for more info. Have fun. I'm going opposite direction, fitting in Man U and Wigan away, so won't be able to meet you.

Goldilocks? There were quite a few pretty sassy (hopefully real) females on there and B-anter.

I've only ever been ericofarabia, right through from Network 54, S4E, SaintsFun/ B-anter, this and also The Ugly Inside. Many funny moments over the years that's for sure, but your calling Minty a Jizz Moping Mong is one that has stuck in my mind, god knows why, except that it was definitely a beer on screen moment!!

Matt Le Tissier. Oh ..... sorry, players that I had forgotten had played for us. How about managers you'd forgotten had managed us .... Nigel Adkins? Future Saints Fans will know nothing about these two fine individuals as all trace of their existence is expunged from the Club's History Books.

It was Skatesmuff that he was going to join, with Maradonna as Manager according to the insane bumblings of Corp Ho!!

PM him? Get your 5 quids worth and use that facility!!

I thought it had been decided that we were Bigger than WHU and Everton, can't remember if Villa's name ever came up

I think Punchy acheived that feat back when he was a useless moody piece of crap!!

So long as that is where all comparisons with Blackburn end!!

Seems little in the way of Pub info anywhere - any top tips?

Also people could stay glued to the TV weather forecasts up to the last minute to see if it is going to be too cold, wet, windy, sunny for them to go to the match.

He won't get many bookings for dissent. Love the way he stays calm after dumping an attacker to the ground and is being berated by the ref, politely listens to the ref and then gets on the game. No screaming and ranting which is likely to incur a booking.