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http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/130516/andy-carroll-recalled-england-squad-summer-friendlies-against-brazil-and-1977 England manager Roy Hodgson has selected Andy Carroll in his squad for the forthcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Brazil. Carroll, who has been overlooked since the World Cup qualifier in Poland last October, has been recalled after impressing on loan at West Ham from Liverpool. Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is the only new name in the 22-man party. England Squad: Goalkeepers Ben Foster, Joe Hart, Alex McCarthy Defenders Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott, Kyle Walker Midfielders Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott Forwards Andy Carroll, Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck

Horse's mouth: http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3180883/date/20130516115000/page/0/name/Schneiderlin's-Pre-Stoke-Press-Conference

If Cortese, Pochettino and the players all go then I'm quitting this message board too.... #everycloud

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC29s Also now on Saints Player is Mauricio Pochettino's pre-@stokecity press conference in its entirety: http://sfcne.ws/15Pwant #saintsfc

http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3180883/date/20130516115000/page/0/name/Schneiderlin's-Pre-Stoke-Press-Conference Morgan: "Of course I would be upset to see the chairman and the manager go. That's why I and other players signed new contracts. But I'm sure it won't happen"

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC3m Morgan Schneiderlin's pre-@stokecity press conference can now be watched in full on Saints Player: http://sfcne.ws/15PsmTf #saintsfc Morgan: "There has been a big progression under the new manager" Morgan: "Of course I would be upset to see the chairman and the manager go. That's why I and other players signed new contracts. But I'm sure it won't happen"

http://soundcloud.com/wave-105-news/mauricio-pochettino

Alex Goring Crook ‏@alex_crook Unusual for a manager to speak so openly on matters such as this. MP says he feels a loyalty to NC for giving him the job as #saintsfc boss Trousers ‏@Lord_Trousers Alex - do you or any other journalists have direct contacts with the Liebherrs? Are you actively seeking a response from them? Alex Goring Crook ‏@alex_crook it is proving very difficult to track them down

No dots. Just a gut feel. I'm happy to keep my hunches to myself rather than post them on an internet football message board if that helps?

I'm leaning towards this being about Cortese trying to force the Liebherrs to sell (to whatever money man/men Cortese has lined up) rather than an attempt by Cortese to get the Liebherrs to commit to more spending. Just a hunch.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4929708/Mauricio-Pochettino-quit-threat-hits-Southampton.html

talkSPORT ‏@talkSPORT1m Breaking: Southampton rocked as manager Mauricio Pochettino reveals he could quit http://bit.ly/13yAGmL SunSport Now ‏@SunSportNow2m Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino says he will follow executive chairman Nicola Cortese out of the club if he decides to leave. SkySportsNewsRadio ‏@SSNRadio10s Mauricio Pochettino says he'll leave @SouthamptonFC if the chairman goes. Hear him on http://bit.ly/ioqUOy #Saints

@solentsport: Mauricio Pochettino says he can't see himself staying at #saintsfc if chairman Nicola Cortese leaves the club

All of which assumes the grading system is consistently applied over the years too...

@SouthamptonFC: MP: "I don't really like to speak about myself. How we've done is down to the players and Nicola Cortese." #saintsfc

@SouthamptonFC: Mauricio Pochettino: "I'm very happy, but we always knew the team had the capabilities to stay in this league for next season." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We need to win against @stokecity in order to be as high as possible in the table. That would make our supporters happy." # @SouthamptonFC: MP: "I don't really like to speak about myself. How we've done is down to the players and Nicola Cortese." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "It's very important that we finish this season with a win. As with all games, I'll chose the players best capable." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "I want to highlight the job Tony Pulis has done at @stokecity. They have a different philosophy but they believe in it." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "They've carried that through the season, and it's not easy to play that way so I congratulate them." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "For me, Michael Owen has been one of England's greatest footballers. I was unlucky to suffer his skill at the World Cup!" #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "It will be nice to see him (Owen) on Saturday. Maybe we can argue about that moment!" #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "It's very good that Shaw and Clyne are going to Euro 2013, but the bad thing is that they won't have much of a summer break." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We're going to start looking at our goals for next season. In fact, we're going to have a meeting about them today." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "By 1st July, we want to know exactly which signings will be available to us. It may be difficult but we'll try our hardest." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We'll try to speed up the decisions that need to be made. We don't want players to have trouble adapting." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "On Sunday it will be four months that we've been here. Many things have happened during that time." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We need a bit of detachment to analyse that. We've improved and learned a lot but I don't want to get ahead of myself." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We have an important game left. In my next press conference, I will be able to express a lot more about these four months." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "These four months have been the most intense I've had in football, so I may take a few days off this summer!" #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: Pochettino says Rickie Lambert, @Luke_shaw3, Steve De Ridder and Vegard Forren have missed some training sessions this week. #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "We may have more Under-21 players training with us today, so perhaps there will be a chance for some of them on Sunday." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: MP: "Rickie has had a back problem for the last month, but hopefully he will be OK for the game on Sunday." #saintsfc

Yep. Needs to be Boris

@TelegraphNews: Michael Gove aims to be 'heir to Tony Blair' amid renewed speculation that he could succeed Cameron as Tory leader http://t.co/502IBLdCSx

@SouthamptonFC: Good morning from Staplewood, where our pre-@stokecity press conference will be kicking off shortly. #saintsfc

Why do we need an additional grading layer at all? Surely a percentage figure is an adequate, and indeed more accurate measure, of how well someone did in a given exam? In other words knowing that "Johnny got 78% in Maths" tells me more than "Johnny got a B grade in Maths" or "Johnny got a 2 grade in Maths" is much more useful and meaningful to employers etc. Furthermore, it would remove the disappointment of a child missing out on the higher grade by one percentage point. Why disappoint kids when we don't need to? A kid who got 77% should be able to hold their head as high as a kid who got 78%. Gove is heading on the right direction in making grading more granular but I'd go the whole hog and do away with an artificial grading layer altogether.

Pre-match press conference at 8:30 this morning apparently. Usually Friday p.m. for Sunday games. (Said Trousers fishing for a conspiracy theory...)

Tickets are worth what someone is prepared to pay for them.

Bobby Davro. Yours?

The 'extremists' on here are actors hired by the owners of the forum to generate traffic through the site. Fact.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44855