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Hmm, good trivia question....who indeed was the last Saints player to score directly from the incoming ball from a corner? (i.e. not the ball going in without tocuhing anyone else, but the first header or shot from the corner) Sods law, it'll probably be more recent than one imagines....

Hmmm....Nice idea in theory....difficult to see how they can police the "no away fans" policy though....not beyond the wit of man for away fans to acquire home ticket stubs after the game I'd venture....

Ok, best I could come up with is who supplied the most assists for Lambert, rather than 'how'. Perhaps we can deduce from the player and their playing position whether the assists are more likely to be crosses than through balls.... Assists for Ricky Lambert Goals (08/09) Stuart Campbell (attacking midfielder): 5 Craig Disley (attacking midfielder): 4 David Pipe (midfield/right wing): 2 Jeff Hughes (midfield/left wing): 2 Daryl Duffy (striker): 2 Jo Kuffour (striker): 2 http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=competition&CompID=247&statType=assist&page=1

I don't believe he is that type of manager....he's more dogmatic than that IMHO (note: 'Dogma' can be a useful trait in a football manager, so don't take this as blind criticism, just an observation) Now, if Mr Keegan had been installed as our manager I believe your wish for 'go out and enjoy it' style of football would have been in evidence by now....

Same sort of skill base I guess. Unless, at Soccer School, they split the group into 2: those who can kick the ball up in the air whilst running and those who can kick a ball up in the air from a stationary position.

Are there any stats out there that show the type of assist lambert got per goal he scored last season?

It's a theme that crops up on here time and time again..."if only we had someone who could put a decent cross in the box" I may be missing something here but isn't kicking a football into the air one of the first things one gets taught at "soccer school"? If I'd have known that I could be picked to play for Southampton football club without this fundamental 'skill' I wouldn't have chucked in football for pies at such a tender age. Strewth.

Hardly surprising given he retired last season

How does a non story get to 9 pages?

Fair point

All very well and good but why did we go straight from IPv4 to IPv6? What ever happened to IPv5?

Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas?

If only DEAD people understand hexadecimal, how many people understand hexadecimal?

Sign the League's top scorer from last season

From pre-match thread.... Well, at least I got something right....

Yet another correct Trousers prediction on the cards.....COYR!!!

Thanks a bunch

Fret ye not. Pardew will bring him on for the last 5 minutes regardless of the score.... ;-)

Can't Baj just sign up to Justin.TV or Ustream.com and stream it for us?

Has anyone asked about TV streams yet....?

The question is...when we're 3 nil down by half time, will Pardew bring on Papa Waigo in the 88th or 89th minute? Tough one to call IMHO.

Certainly.... Players spread betting on time of first throw-in and watching live English football league broadcasts in England between 3pm and 5pm are both highly illegal activities....

Listen closely.....in the background you can hear the sound of a TV producer's knee jerking....

So, my hunch last week that Matt (or his publishers) "embellished" the story to get publicity for the book wasn't wide of the mark then?

Hasn't Sting got more important things on his plate, like saving rain forests and stuff?