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Its a League Managers Association poll - ie not just the PLM but the other three as well. Perhaps the poll was just about players they had experience of playing against? and more lg1 and CC managers will have teams that played against Lallana than Eden Hazard.

Your not playing the game right. Simo wants you to pigeonhole everybody as extremists so that he can be the voice of reason. You're being unfair to him.

Fuuuck. According to Dig Dig you're too late Milton. Good thought though.

It is a bit odd. Another year maybe but another three years? He'll be 39 by then.

Over his glorious three years at Espanyol he had a win rate of 32.9%. To put than in context its slightly better than Stuart Gray had for us but not quite as good as Dave Basset and Dennis Wise. Oh and btw winning an award from a fans magzine can be done by anybody.

Its the same woman after six pints, makeup or no makeup.

This graphic is a lesson for all those who think that if you have possession you are bound to win more often. Pochettino's games the team had 53.4% possession and a win rate of 15%. Aguirre 42.1% and 46.2% win.

Cambridge, including a punt on the river and a walking tour of the colleges. Follow that up with a visit to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford nearby, which includes the American air Museum. Take a boat out for an hour or a day from here - based at a good old pub (Pike & Eeel in Needingworth) right on the river http://www.boatsaleuk.com/

Why are you trying to force it to the left when the diagram below the handle clearly says move it to the right?

Ive looked into since you posted that link. There are some really good deals if you go for the smallest engine with the lowest spec because these are the models with the highest residual values. When I asked about the 2.0 version and next spec group up the price was 60% higher. Personally I like a bit of power and the toys so a used car that someone else has taken the hit on depreciation suits me better but if you want a new hassle free car this is a great way to go.

Course we are. The Man City and Man U 3-2 games were real zzzz fests, just like the Aston 4-1 win -whereas QPR and Newcaslte were sparkling displays and a much sterner challenge.

Totally this, and not just learning the squad and PL but also trying to introduce new tactics half way through the season. Replacing a manager at that time is always a high risk throw of the dice, and normally only done by clubs who are desperate. It was a stupid, stupid decision by Cortese. Pochettino may may not turn out to be a better manager than Adkins (personally I doubt it) but if Cortese wanted to appoint him he should have waited till the close season.

Espanyol were bottom of the table and heading for relegation in November 2012 (just after sacking Pottechino). Now on a run of five wins and one defeat in six games they are romping up the table...... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/feb/18/espanyol-salvation-coach-watching-baseball Javier Aguirre was sitting at home when they called, reading, studying, listening to classical music and indulging the love of his life: not football, although he was watching plenty of that too, but baseball. Mostly he was just getting in the way and his wife had had enough. It had been almost a year: he had been out of work since Real Zaragoza sacked him in December 2011. It was November 2012: time to get back to work. Espanyol were on the phone, they were desperate and they were in trouble. Bottom of the table and heading for relegation, with just nine points from 13 games, they'd picked up two measly wins in three months. Could you help? Could I?! Looking at the table then was depressing; looking at the table now is different. In third place: FC Barcelona. In second: Real Madrid. And top of the table: RCD Espanyol. Now, that's not the actual table, of course, but it is the form guide and the actual table doesn't look bad either. Over the last six games, Espanyol have won five and drawn one: no one in Spain can match that record. Since Aguirre took over, they have lost just once in 11, winning six of their last eight, and on Sunday night they defeated Real Betis 1-0. It was their fifth consecutive victory at home and it took them, bottom when he arrived, 11 points clear of the relegation zone and six from Europe. It is a familiar path: when Aguirre took over Zaragoza they were bottom, five points from safety, and they survived. At Osasuna he took them to their first ever Champions League place and he took Atlético Madrid there too. "Insatiable!" cheered the headline in Marca. Espanyol's website called them "unstoppable." Safety draws closer. Javier Aguirre didn't want to be a footballer, you know. Nicknamed El vasco because his parents crossed the ocean from the Basque country in the 1950s, he was brought up in Mexico City. A fan of the Oakland Athletics, he told El País that he wanted to play baseball but he wasn't good enough. "I didn't [have the talent] for football, either," he added, "but I was better at conning them." As a player, he describes himself as "mediocre, a hacker ... I did the dirty work. I talked to the referee and threatened opponents", and jokes that there is no footage of him from Mexico's goals at the 1986 World Cup – although it was his touch that laid on that volley from Negrete - but that there is footage of him on the bench talking to the coach Bora Milutinovic. It feels appropriate somehow; a manager from the start. A player close to his coach, a coach close to his players. Sunday night's goal was scored by Sergio García. It was his fourth of the season; all of them have come since Aguirre arrived and put him back in the centre-forward position – a role Aguirre insisted was García's natural position but one he had not occupied since he was at Zaragoza – with Christian Stuani moved wider and Joan Verdú, as ever, at the heart of their creativity, behind the striker. Joan Capdevila has been returned to the team. Kiko Casilla has kept his apparently temporary place in goal after Cristián Alvarez returned from injury. And last night Raúl Rodríguez was moved into midfield. That worked, too. When Aguirre arrived, among the first things he told his players was that he wanted them to be brave but that he didn't want them to take any risks they didn't feel happy taking: if needs be, go long. They dropped a little deeper but sought to pressure to get the ball back quickly. Swift transitions were fundamental – and it is there that García's mobility has proven so vital. They have not exactly dominated games – Aguirre noted that, with the exception of last week's 4-0 win at Bilbao, they have "suffered" every week – but they have become tough, aggressive and focused. And bit by bit, they're developing; playing more with each passing week. He demanded greater intensity from his team, repeating a discourse he has used before: for most players, 88 of the 90 minutes are spent without the ball but those minutes matter even more; that was where he really judged players. On the runs they made, the support they offered, the positions they occupied, the concentration they showed. And that has been vital: the difference is as much about emotion as tactics. Aguirre called for communication and he has communicated. Some players felt that they had little voice under Mauricio Pochettino; Aguirre, by contrast, has invited them to speak and has listened. Especially to the older players: men who may not, at first glance, produce as much on the pitch but who can lead others. Simão Sabrosa, Capdevila and Diego Colotto have all been handed more important roles than under Pochettino. They feel like protagonists again. Those that are played out of position, who make sacrifices are lauded – on Sunday night Aguirre singled out Raúl Rodríguez, a message aimed not just at him but the whole squad – and those that are not playing at all have the door left open to them. Aguirre knows that they must be kept on-side, too. "I'd like Fifa to change the rules and play with 18," he said. "All of my players concern me, all of them. I would like to put my arm around all of them, hug them, give them affection. Because they deserve it, because they work." There, in a nutshell, is his manifesto: there's something in Aguirre's playing style that is reflected in his managerial approach. Not just in the toughness, the intensity, the concentration, the hard work. Read those words again: "I conned them." Often, it is about conviction. It's hard not to like Aguirre and in Cornella they have found it hard not to like him. He is direct and funny. He is close to his players. He says he sees no reason why he should not be their friend. Honesty plays a part and so does affection. "Aguirre looks you in the eyes," Simão says. "He's honest and loyal," says Juan Forlín. Those he does not want were told immediately – Ernesto Galán and Rui Fonte – and if he has to act, he will. Wakaso Mubarak has been left out of the squad and fined after returning late from the Africa Cup of Nations. Aguirre has proven an expert in motivation: his greatest ability may be the ease with which he succeeds in getting under their skin, touching a nerve, bringing them together. His ability to convince. And that's not as easy as it may seem: footballers are often cynical and they see through weak coaches and vacuous speeches. Players call his team-talks the best they have heard, the kind of thing they wish they had on video. Speaking of videos, an example: this column has mentioned the video he produced with the players wives at Osasuna before. Since he has been at Espanyol he has succeeded in changing the atmosphere. "They're training with huge enthusiasm and that makes it easy for the coach," he said on Sunday night. They're winning, too. Over the last six games, no one has won more. Europe is just six points away. Espanyol almost certainly won't get there – not least because next weekend they travel to the Calderón and there are four teams between them and the final European slot – but the real target is in sight. Four wins in 14 games and they're there. "The most important thing is that we're getting closer to those 42 points," Aguirre said. "But until we're mathematically safe we will keep on fighting." And with that he excused himself; time to go home. "It's a pity there's no baseball on tonight," he smiled. "Luckily there's basketball at 3am and I want to watch that."

You'd have to be thicker than the KKK to mistake a Klansman for a Pope.

Not on your i-phone no. You'll have to buy Jeff's big screen deluxe.

Im not sure what the issue is. In the 1960s and 70s there was little money, less to do and almost no popular culture on the tv. Playing in a band was a free form of excitement and entertainment.People have so many more other options now and with 50 odd years back catalogue of 'pop' music - more than you could ever listen to - less need for new stuff. New live music is just much less important to people than it used to be.

Saints should pay the full value of his contract up without quibbling. What is there to argue about? he was doing a good job when he was sacked.

For years I thought these guys were woodlice and woodlice were earwigs. An amusing and amazing story I think you'll agree.

Puncheon could probably earn himself a £4-5million signing on fee by moving and still at least match whatever wages Saints would offer. Saints arent going to offer £4m to stay or silly wages to compensate - so he's more likely to go imo.

Doh. I meant this http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/sport/localsport/8258247.Dom_blasts_remarkable_double_ton/

Think this might be tjhe same kid, bith from Dorset. Multitalented. Southampton youngsters Ryan Seager + Dom Gape have both signed long term pro deals at the club. #saintsfc

Nah thats the blokes. Its doesnt suit men but vegan women are usually lithe and fit and sexxxxy.

Think you're missing the point DD. Would it be okay if one of your torpedos contained party foam and streamers when you went to use it? Its not whether its okay to eat horse or not, it is, Ive eaten eaten it. The issues are: 1. Are you getting what you were sold and what you paid for 2. The horsemeat was supplied with false documentation so that compromises the integrity of whole labelling and traceability system 3. If the supplier is lying about one ingredient what else might be in the product 4. If the supplier is disreputable enough to act criminally what other criminal activities are involved. 5.Some people have religious / medical / ethical reasons for not eating certain products