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I've always believed that you support the professional team closest to where you grow up—or where you have decided to set up home. In that sense, you don't choose a team; the team chooses you. So, I would not be recommending Saints to anybody. If they're from the So'ton area, it ought to be their team anyway!

Two issues here: 1) question posed in post title (are players role models?); 2) Sterling's tattoo. 1) Players are not role models for me, but some exemplify positive or negative traits (positive—Le Tissier, Lambert; negative—Roy Keane, C. Ronaldo). 2) Sterling can put whatever tattoo he wants on his body, but he seems a bit confused. Why imprint permanently on his body the very thing he says he wants to avoid? Did he give a thought to what people might think his intention was; because it seems like the action of a gun-lover.

Charmed by the so-called witty repartee, apparently.

Schiller = Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brüder Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

... definitely maybe ...

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Child: "Are we there, yet?" Adult: "No, dear, we have to leave our town, get on the motorway, and drive for 35 miles." Child: "Are we there yet? It's going to be a disaster, if you keep me waiting for my tea." Adult: "It will be about 40 minutes until we get there." Child: "Are you kidding me? That's too long. Why does it always take too long?" Adult: "Well, the traffic's bad today. Don't worry, dear; we'll be there before you know it." Child: "You always say that. I don't trust you anymore." Adult: "Well, I'm sorry about that. You'll just have to be patient, won't you." Child: "What are you hiding? We should be there by now." Adult: "No, dear; it always takes about this long, but things happen to slow us down a bit." [pause] Child: "Are we there yet?" Adult: "No. Why do you always kick up a fuss?" Child: "I'm hungry. I want something to eat." Adult: "You'll just have to wait; we're almost there." Child: "You always say that. Anyway, I think I need to pee." Adult: "Too bad, dear; you'll have to hold it. Not long now." Child: "Are we there yet?"

A nervous wreck for the final ten minutes, for two games in a row. Well done, Saints. Let's keep Hughes. He's done a good job.

Title track from Bettye LaVette's new album of Bob Dylan covers.

Spoilsport.

Followed by Highway 61?

This one was on TV here. Superb effort shown for the entire match. Our performance in the second half was excellent. We almost deserved a point, but defensive frailties did us in. I thought Cedric, Tadic and Long played better than usual. Lots of good passes from Tadic. The midfield played the whole game with purpose and forward momentum—lots of direct one-touch passing, rather than the usual aimless dithering sideways and backwards. Would have been wonderful to get a point, but at least the team finally showed a lot of guts and confidence. Where did that come from? It seemed clear that Hughes picked a team primarily with those players with the best attitude—those willing to make an effort. We just might survive, based on today's performance. COYS!

Yeah. My wife and I visited Mycenae and Epidavros in 1986. Memorable experiences. We also visited several impressive historical sites along the Aegean coast of Turkey: Troy, Pergamon, and Ephesus.

I hiked the Coast-to-Coast Walk (west to east) in 2015 with two of my best friends from school. We took 14 days. Incredible experience. Highly recommended.

My wife and I did a three-week holiday (in April, last year) touring around Provence, in the south of France. Fantastic place. Some other favourite destinations: Paris, Venice, Florence, Patmos, Mykonos and Crete. I suppose I take London for granted. I've been there many times. It's a wonderful city to explore.

I've been to Annecy. Beautiful place. We were there for several days. A highlight of our stay was renting bicycles and riding a long way down the western side of Lac d'Annecy.

Hard to argue with this. Too bad, however, that there's no room for Terry Paine.

Psychological pressure, perhaps, because of the constant public scrutiny; but, come on! Try working 40+ hours a week on minimum wage to feed you and your kids and to keep a roof over your head. Then talk about pressure.

This is a tad confusing. Why would you want to have "a good chance of bouncing back up to the Premiership", when you've lost interest in it?

I sense that there's no leadership on or off the field. And not much team spirit. No dominant characters that inspire or push other players to do their best. Too many self-centred players who put in inconsistent effort and wilt under pressure.

Mr. Gao: "Explain me again, Mr. Krueger, how relegation will 'take our business to the next level'."

Lemina is ill. He puked on the side of the pitch earlier.

Nice one!

Thanks. I won't start a long process of troubleshooting, then! Not yet, at least. What's their problem? It's a home game, FFS!

Anyone else not getting sound from St Mary's? Commentary with AB and DM, I mean.