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The Hollow Men by T S Eliot

I disagree strongly with your point about the badge. I think it is brilliant in concept: the halo over the football suggesting the head of a saint; and the scarf suggesting the shoulders and arms of a person -- the whole top third of the design representing a footballing Saint. It's simple and clever at the same time -- very attractive. You would prefer the Southampton coat of arms? To quote John McEnroe: "You cannot be serious!"

No, the question is why you think he has lost interest. Give one real piece of evidence to support that claim. [Wild surmises to justify a highly-subjective opinion don't count.]

A 31 - goes through a very familiar region of Hampshire for me. First country you visited abroad?

Zero to the power of **** all? Dead musician that you wish you'd seen play live?

None! Who won the F.A. Cup in 1941?

Yes, but better to get well away from city-light.

I rely on Blackmore and Merrington for every game commentary. I've subscribed to Saints Player for many years. It's good - although annoying when the pre-game is delayed for away games 'til 10 or 15 minutes before kick-off. They usually have two or three ****-ups with connections each year, but overall it is worth subscribing when you live overseas.

Graeme Swann, Lawro's opponent this week, is a Newcastle fan. He says: "It's a good job it is not at Southampton because we always lose there but teams don't come to St James' Park and come away with anything. 2-0". I suppose he missed last year's game: Newcastle 1 vs 2 Southampton.

This is good news. Don't we tend to lose whenever he predicts us to win!!

I remember George Cole most from his role as the young Ebeneezer Scrooge in the classic film starring Alastair Sim.

That is funny!

Thanks for this; it's been perfect - no problems at all!

Post #171 and #172

For me the most important thing about today's game -- and, I know, it seems an obvious point -- was that goal by Jay. Did it not seem, in the final phase of last season, that we lacked just the sort of finishing that Rodriguez showed today? Didn't it seem to be that we wanted to "walk the ball" into the net? We need more of the quality long-range shooting that Jay demonstrated today. I hope we get a lot more of that from Saints this season.

Not a particular favourite of mine as a singer (as Burt Bacharach points out in this great video, her voice often had a harsh, strident edge to it), but she had a wonderful, down-to-earth personality. This video features the recording of "Alfie" at Abbey Road Studios. George Martin is the producer, and Burt Bacharach is the arranger, conductor and pianist.

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Thanks for that! That's a great goal!

Jeez, I'm not trying to prove anything! I just admire Rickie Lambert. And am trying to counter the negative vibe against him. Is that OK?

I see; why even bother to score against such mediocre opposition? What's the point? Maybe he should have even refused to play against such a ****ty team.

How about that for answering his critics!

Nice one!

So, you're alright, Jack!

You neglected to include 'retired' in your list of options - which, happily, I am (as of one month ago).

Nice bit of condescending sarcasm there. I wasn't questioning the nature of the technology; I was criticizing the verbal infelicity.