dubai_phil

Yeah great idea, follows the example of the Thames Valley Royals, Solent City, AFC Dublin. Football is about the history and the tribal nature of "belonging". It is what the money men continously fail to understand. They see Demoagraphics, catchment Areas and say wow we need PL football in the SouthWest, Wales & Central SouthCoast. There are too many people more than one hour from a PL ground that means we cannot take THEIR money, let's have franchises!

Or maybe just crap. Oh and out of interest, how is their backroom staff these days? All that investment in rebuilding? Who's their head scout these days? Who they got doing the World Wide scouting? Surely it can't STILL be Pin Zahvi behind the scenes? They must have moved on since those days.

Norwegian Blue? OK so after reading some of the interviews and stuff, my thoughts. First few games of this season, teams under-rated us, they were pretty complacent, many hadn't probably watched us in League 1. We arrived playing with a tempo, unity and fitness, interspersed with levels of creativity & quality from the likes of Guly & Lallana. Result - we took teams by surprise and tore them a bunch of new assholes. Now, teams have had us watched, they have worked out that our style of play is built on playing out from the back and they force players to defend from KD's short passes. (DM et al went on about it at Burnley). This has stifled us and we haven't been as fluent. Yesterday, we again saw the influence of NA & the backroom staff. We set up as usual, Watford messed us up. The DIFFERENCE this time was that we switched the tactics/shape and yep, tore them a new one. The result is great going into the International break, but IMHO, that change of tactics and the result it achieved could turn out to be MUCH more important than the 4 goals. We turn up to games, they set up to stop us by defending from the front, we change and the opposition will have to respond... IF they can. Very happy bunny

Apologiesfor posting something that doesn't fit the saddo view of us being a team, but that made me feel chirpy this morning

Dinner Time with a Big Grin WOOT

Now then, about that Striker problem.

YEAH LEE FECKING HOLMES You beauty if ever a player deserved that Cracking

lee holmes get's on the pitch in a League Game Well done, good lad

Or if they weren't on Cruise Liners or sitting on sofas in Ocean Village.....

Lol and Adam was going on and on with DM about what DVD's he should watch during the Int Break and Blockbuster got a big mention about 30 seconds before KO

Bugger. After this performance I'm gonna have to drive an hour out into the desert to the Hole in The Wall dodgy booze shop and stock up on a Season's worth of Old Thumper

Sweet

Wooo Hoo 3 pens in 2 home games - jeez we once went about 20 years without a penalty in the old PL (I think) Lambo double figures for someone whop couldn't step up a level WOOT

Jeez more oohs and aaahs than you get from an Industrial Estate in Horton Heath from the tater's at the moment

Have Watford brought their sub on Adam? Well if they did he will certainly be on the pitch. You don't get commentary like that with anyone else eh!

Got told in no uncertain terms... You want, you cook. I'm listeing to the footie as well. Ho hum late dinner then!

Saints finish the half exceptionally well. And Phil finishes the pint exceptionally well. Now to see if I can talk the better half into cooking me steak & chips for dinner or if I have to wait to FT

What you don't want to do is to chase shadows. Didn't we have the Hank Marvin joke during the Ipswich game Dave?

He never has a clue who scores, he's always outside having a smoke

WTF has happened the last 10 minutes has had the taters having kittens sounds MUCH better AL close to goal of the season (again) hits the bar

Yup he mentioned he was heading down south never put two and two together until that start. Still having spotted it Rickie Scores - phew Just had to out Eric and off we go again WOOT

WOOO a penalty out of nowhere!

Hmmm, Poor start not playing our usual football. Eric you fecker you kept it quiet you're at SMS aren't you.

Good plan, stick to our nuns and then if need be change it to nurses for the last 15/20 minutes Bit like listening to paint dry at the moment

Lol it's 26C in Salisbury and only 33C here, crazy for October