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28. Winding up non-Tories to the extent whereby they raise a thread about him.

Tonight's London Evening Standard (back page): "Saints chairman Nicola Cortese is demanding £10million up front with the Gunners targeting a deal closer to £5m plus add-ons" Stand your ground Mr Cortese...

I's be happy to spend c.£2m of the supposed £10m for Chamberlain on this chap. Over to you Mr Cortese.

22. Two little ducks

It's PC gone mad, I tell ya...

Distractions, distractions... ;-)

This is now the top football story on the BBC homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

I hear we might be in for How Hi (Chinese international midfielder)

It's warmer in Southampton though

Was going to highlight the same. How can Wenger be "stepping up the pressure" when there have been "no talks yet between the clubs"....? (unless the sending of a contract offer by taxi consititues "stepping up the pressure"...?)

Could be, and a good business strategy. The more players in the same position that we're seen to be going for can help contain the asking price as it generates an element of competitiveness between the selling clubs. A good way to counteract the "ay oop, here come moneybags Southampton with a bid for our player. Let's up the price" Didn't we do something similar with Fonte and that Shaw chap last season? Or was that Seabourne?

Nutshell

A message from my Daggers supporting friend: "He's mustard. Pay lots because we'll get a sell on fee"

One visit to Old Trafford (FA Cup reply) will be enough for me... ;-)

I believe it's a UEFA stipulation that they have the stadium at their disposal for a 'wind down' period after the game. I can't remember where I read that, and it doesn't make a huge amount of sense, but i'm pretty sure it's a UEFA rule that the stadium can't be 'released' straight after the final.

It's all very well saying "get rid of him" but Adkins will have to get used to dealing with many more prima donnas in the team when/if we reach the premier league again....

Which make one wonder how he ever got into the League 1 team if the year (I think he did, didn't he? Apologies if I'm ringing the wrong bell)

What time of day on Friday did the team bus leave Southampton?

More distractions...

No idea where to post this but I could swear I just saw Cortese in the audience of the British Comedy Comedy Awards on Channel 4. Seriously.

I wish people would stop repeating what I was saying before the Blackpool game... ;-)

People were warned about this eventuality.... ;-)

No shame in saying that...indeed, some of us were warning of the 'cup effect' before the Blackpool game...

I find using Tapatalk is quite useful in that it displays the latest 'hot topics' (on my default view) but that often means losing sight of any threads that aren't "top 10" at any moment in time. Modern technology....pah!