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And that is why I live in a country where you cannot gamble..... Well done to the guy, he's a fantastic Ambassador - ie a decent bloke when he needs to be and if a Brit couldn't do it I'm happy it's him

At the moment my Golf Handicap is the fact that it's 46C outdoors......... Anyway, back to Lee, did you know that he's a Notts Forest fan, will probably be wearing a much better Red shirt this afternoon than the garbage the club want us to wear

Yeah, I can just imagine NC sitting at a meeting with the transfer committee. Les "I want to buy this player from Celtic he fits the style we need. My lads have scouted him and like the look" MP "You mean Celta Vigo Les we only buy Spanish players yes?" Les "No MP he is Kenyan and plays against Inverness Caledonian oh and scored a goal against Barca" NC "OK so how much will he cost Les? I have a budget to manage you know, don't want another bloody FLYBE haul back to Switzerland for another 40 mil@ Les "Well sorry NC I have no idea what he is worth or how much we should pay for him, why don't I get one of the lads to try and find an agent to ask?" MP "Why you no buy Spanish players, you will upset el forum" Les "Shut up Mo, just go and find some Comedy Stage Hypnotist or something to stop the lads going on the lash on cheap booze while you are in Spain and leave the football to us experts" NC "OK Les go spend as much as you want on him and bring me the cheque to sign, I'm off to park my boat of Studland again, those new Super Binoculars you got me are brilliant for watching the topless chicks play beach volley ball down there, oh and Mo? Can you phone your contacts in South America?" MP " Why yes boss no problem who you want to buy? Damiao? Osvaldo?" NC "Hell no, I want some more of that cheap Argie Cab Sav, gotta another fan dinner coming up, can't give them the good stuff"

So, was the Cardiff bid imaginary as well then?

Great work today by Bresnan & Root, not pretty to watch but they ground the Aussies into the ground and set up the platform to take the p1ss out of them. IF I was Cook, I wouldn't declare overnight, I'd bat on for at least 30 minutes - maybe more, simply to fry Clarke & their openers brains. Always harder to reset your head to batting after a long time in the field. In fact in the long term scheme of things letting Root go to a Double (IF) would be a big boost to the England team & Joe's future morale. Aussies will struggle to 250 at the moment and really cannot see them batting 5 sessions (weather permitting) Mind you I still think they would have struggled to get the 200 odd IF we had enforced the follow on but now we are hurting them

So, you're gonna pay me 65 million, and all I have to do is throw away my golf clubs.... Kinda up there with Hey honey I went to the market and swapped our life savings for these magic beans as a line. Hell, we'd have all done it, especially when you're an ugly MoFo and have a (reasonably) Hot Blonde to keep in Gucci

There was an interesting Stat posted last season in the Daily Fail regarding different ways of measuring the most valuable player at each PL club. The measure they created was the points "earnt" while different players were on the pitch. Gaston was our highest rated player. I certainly have no wish to see him leave. Many of the passes the effort types on here moan about being wasted were tight and creative attempts to split a defence with the final ball. Something that we badly missed from the likes of Puncheon last year. Having Rickie drop deep to hold the ball up gave us a lot of options last year, and yet it often gave us few options for a quick "defence splitting pass" as our other floating strikers were still getting into position and SRL was not around to pick up a through pass and score Having someone good enough to actually get on the end of one of Gaston's passes was the thing I was MOST looking forward to this coming season. Let's hope MP un-coaches the drop deep and defend mentality Giordano seems to have noticed and he defends higher up this year. GR in some ways reminds me of Charlie George when he first arrived - he was simply too good for the other players around him, thinking faster than them. It took a while but he and the others caught on and we then played some great stuff, but in his early days (pre-lawnmowers) people moaned about him

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I'm supposed to be the only Golfer on here. Obviously the Bear has decided he needs more exciting stories in his life and has decided to take up Golf while on his hols

Hmm lot of us have had an epic fail on the virtual gambling stakes then But it is nicely set up with the cream making their way into contention. God I'd love to see Miguel win it. A true example of how Elite Sports Science doesn't always work (And hope for those of us who believe a couple of Bottles of Rioja are the meaning of life) But he won't.... Busy day ahead with the lads coming round for a long Brunch & switching between Golf & Cricket before firing up the Karaoke machine this evening.. Will we get Eric sloshed enough to have a go? Better chance of that than Miguel hanging on methinks.

Tokes, this is a serious thread. Stop posting pictures of your Katoy friends

Nice one GS stick a tenner on for me with skybet (not allowed to bet down here, keep my winnings until I'm back in the Autumn please)

^this

Thank God I only had to wear a silly hat on mine

Was lucky enough to see a Mossie at Boscombe Down Airshow many years ago, beautiful aircraft, and worringly find myself getting a stiffy at the same moment in a movie as Alps. Buccaneer - The Flying Cement Mixer it was called at the Empire Test Pilot's training school - because if you had a flame out it had the aerodynamics of a well you get the point. Great to see they are trying to get some flying again

It's working as well, we've shot up past 500 followers on Twitter now and our FB page is getting new likes every day. We'll need to reserve more tables down at Barasti for next season at this rate!

No you were Preseason uncovered, I was Fire Walking. HUGE difference

Where's invisimod when you need him. My fred was 1st!

woosh Think it's brilliant, the Video is great and the pictures of the faces show a different side to what we are used to seeing in the land of media management Now waiting for the Hypno Show & seeing SRL turned into a Chicken & Boruc & JP doing the Martian Wedding gag

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC 7h VIDEO: Our latest #PreSeasonUncovered video from #SaintsFC's training camp in Spain is now online. It's unmissable! http://youtu.be/5mGmS0_BYrI I laughed. #theyaren'ttakingpreseasonseriouslyenough

Bearsy? BEARSY?

The regulars want our money back. On that basis alone it is reason enough to fight to keep him.

And when he gets to his version expectation of heaven may his milk be sour, his honey full of bee stings and his virgins deflowered by Bearsy. Shortly before the bloke with the tail turns the Napalm on him

After a full season with Inter.............

Tom Coull ‏@TomCoull 16m Absolutely the craziest night of filming I have ever had! The #SaintsFC team building video is coming soon... pic.twitter.com/EaP0NJ29Pp Slips into Mountainous mode and says Perhaps after only scraping through the friendly they should practice shooting and heading a BALL more

Southampton FCVerified account ‏@SouthamptonFC A rather interesting evening for #SaintsFC in Spain! Full #PreSeasonUncovered video and gallery to come... pic.twitter.com/7yGoDA7F0e Way to go KD!