trousers

I do like an erotic euphemism

Indeed. And the best timing for this was over a year ago...

Humans are a strange species

Good evening everyone

Cheers

Human nature

Cheers for the insights Appy - appreciated. Out of sheer idle curiosity, when you say a great deal of it won't ever be broadcast, is that a Sky editorial decision or would Cortese have had a say in what could go out and what couldn't? Cheers

I would assume so - he's the feature player in the pre-match interviews. Interesting that he says that he never spoke to Adkins before he joined: http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3056526/date/20130128172700/page/0/name/Vegard-Impressed-By-Saints'-Outlook

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-1-hartlepool-3-1-4726994

http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3056493/date/20130128172500/page/0/name/Pochettino%27s-Pre-Man-United-Press-Conference

Alex Goring Crook ‏@alex_crook Really impressed with Pochettino again today. Not afraid to speak his mind. Not a 'together as one' quote in sight #saintsfc

@SouthamptonFC: Pochettino speaking to the press as he looks ahead to Southampton's trip to Manchester United... #saintsfc http://t.co/pitHp0bY

@SouthamptonFC: Pochettino: "We're going to Manchester United to win - that has to be our mentality. Our mentality always has to be to win." #saintsfc

@SouthamptonFC: Mauricio Pochettino says Adam Lallana may be involved against Manchester United having returned to training last week. #saintsfc

@SouthamptonFC: Here's Vegard chatting to Saints Player at St Mary's moments ago... #saintsfc http://t.co/zHtOAIRn

More fool the owners of the training ground if they let Pompey rack up yet more debt with them.

West Ham

Mark Staniforth ‏@markstani1 Everton new boy Leroy Fer spent £22,000 on a horse for his girlfriend last year, conveniently forgetting she lived in a high-rise flat.

@solentsport: #pompey boss Guy Whittingham tells us Darel Russell will not be playing v Notts County tomorrow. Said goodbyes at training ground today

I can vouch that he went back and listened to the whole 4 hours later that evening. He took so long the bath was cold before he finished and I had to get out before him.

They can't be as bad as banks..... shocking how late they pay invoices to small suppliers sometimes.... over 6 months late isn't unheard of.... especially given the toys they throw out of the pram should you or I be a day late paying a credit card bill or such like....

Hunch or ITK?

My favourite...

Yep, not doubting his 'sources' are genuine...just pondering whether, sometimes, his source might feed him misleading information to spin a story one way or the other...? In other words, when his source tells him "we've had two bids from Southampton" how does he know whether that is actually the case or not? Just because the information he's given 99% of the time turns out to be right doesn't mean that he won't be fed misleading information the other 1% of the time. Indeed, the fact that he's a reliable source 99% of the time makes him an ideal conduit for the odd snippet of misleading info every now and then. Anyway, probably me thinking too hard again...