the saint in winchester

Naa, I liked the nice lady. I would like to see TimBuckToo bring her back as the avatar.

That/this is the point. We are paying up to £25k a week. We issued revised contract terms to our key players to match those of the players coming in. I'm sure the figure of £20k will be acceptable to the Club, as long as we don't have to overpay to Celtic.

That's exactly the way I am reading it too! Would love to have this signed, sealed and delivered on 1st Jan, but can see a high price put on his head before then, then a stand-off until the end of Jan, and finally hoping Celtic crack and take a fair offer.

Seems I'm the third person on this thread to have had it done at Optical Express in West Quay. Had it done Aug last year, so 15 months ago. I have to disclose I did pass out afterwards and was taken to Soton General, but they said I was the first person to have had a seisure. My GP said it was a vasovegal attack as they get you up and walking literally a minute after the laser - GP says they should keep you prone after. Anyway that was my experience on the day. Since then, all fine. Went back for checkups at 3, 6 and 12 months. At 51, I do need reading classes for close-up, having now been surgically changed from being short-sighted to long-sighted, but after wearing glasses and contacts for 30 years, it's good to be free of them and wearing sunglasses (in the summer, I mean). Couple more points. Technical stuff - there is laser (lasik) and lasEk surgery. I had the first kind - 7 seconds of laser into each eye (keep very still). I did NOT want the second kind. That involves surgically cutting your eye, making a flap and inserting a disk (basically). Those who have had it done, and I know a couple of people, say its like having salt rubbed into your eye for days, very uncomfortable, until it settles down. And you are banned from driving for a week with this type, and most people just bed rest at home, so a week without pay for some. And not all people are suitable for laser (lasik) surgery, some only for the lasek (salt in your eyes) type, so you have a consultation before committing yourself so they can assess your suitability. Price - how long is a piece of string? My boss at work talked me into it after he had it done. He paid £2500, he said. I went on the Optical Express website, left my contact details, and within five minutes, they were on the phone inviting me in. They went through the options, approved me for lasik (laser light), gave me a speech about seeing in HD for a few grand, or standard (non HD) for £1295. My boss had given me a £300 discount voucher, so I paid £995 for the whole thing. Couple of smaller things to conclude with ... Optical Express, Southampton is heaving every time I visit. I work at Newbury so recently found they have a place in Reading. I go there for consultations now - bigger premises, less busy, and a fit optician (name available on PM, guys. And finally, I'm now an Ambassador for Optical Express, which means no more than I have had it done, but I have £300 discount vouchers for anyone who wants to have it done. So PM me if you're up for it. So to the original poster, yes, I would recommend it for your lady. Costs nothing to have an assessment and get a price. Then you can negotiate and present vouchers.

Would still like Adkins to snap him up. I know many of you wouldn't ....

Exact address please, mate. I'll pop round and see if she needs anything brought round.

Don't do it. I use the coaches. Greyhound, National Express and Megabus run coaches to Euston for £10-£15 each way. Punctual too.

from back to front : CB - Jos ideally, a similar player if we can't get him RM - to play first 70 mins before SDR comes on - Beckham? CF - a deputy for Rickie - spend no more than a £1M

I thought it was just me ... apparently not. Essential viewing for Saints fans right now.

Think Mikey missed the point of Hamster's joke. Aarhus, in the middle of defence. Remember .. the old Claus chant?

Ever since he was putin the team, he has been no aero flopt. £1.2M? They're having a laugh. I'm sure Cortese will say "let me tell you where I am - I'm out.!!" We're not run by Arab billionaires like Citeh.

Butters doesn't need resting after one game! And I had Cork as Man o' Match on Saturday. Any road up, in Nige we trust. I'll get on the bus. Great bunch of lads, and all that.

This is the most sensible post on here! We wouldn't have bubble games and travel restrictions if we could all get along. I have a Pompey fan on my table at work. I still get him a cuppa tea. Reach out and touch, people ... even the blue few are human... aren't they?

I have to ask this question of you all. IF Puncheon was to regret it all, humble himself and come cap in hand back to Adkins, fall to his knees and say he wanted come home, accepting he would only play a bit part with us, but knew this was where he should be and was sorry for all the disruption he has caused ...... would we have him back, and on what terms??

Chappers was good, no doubt. But Corky was immense. He is not the Bambi-on-ice that I remember from first time around. Can't believe only 2 of us think him MoM.

Yes, Boro were awful. We were brilliant first half, and played with a glass of champagne in our hands the second, no chance of spilling any. Only concern was that 20 mins in second half when we seemed happy to let them have the ball and see what they could do with it. Answer was - nothing. Only Emnes was any sort of threat, and Jos and Fonte coped with him easily. It was ole (as in oh-lay) possession football in the build up to the 3rd goal but there seemed no assault on goal until the last few passes. I was even getting frustrated at no apparent end product, only to find Connelly shooting! Yay. 3-0. All going well after 14 games!

Same here in Winchester. I keep putting the green bin and garden bag out .... and they don't get taken away! What is going on? This sort of thing shouldn't happen in Winchester.

He can't head the ball .... and that's high on the job spec for a CB.

That's daft. Playing Rickie without Holmes' crossing is like Morecambe without Wise, salt without pepper, chips without ketchup .... (insert your own here)

haha, good one, Krissy Cork playing CB?? (shocked smiley) Don't know the CP lineup well enough to determine if theirs is full strength. or weakened?

That's much more like it. A glass of Cabernet Sauvignon and a selection of smoked salmon whirls - right up my street.

ok, thanks for the update. Each time I have asked for the Family area, I have been given that corner. Will bear in mind that anywhere in the Chaplow is family rate.

Have I missed the tweak? I thought you could only buy same-day match tickets in the hour up to kick-off before this announcement. For us thickos, can you spell out what has been changed?

So there'll be an interweb link for our housebound fans to connect to?

Oops, sorry about that. Copy-pasting someone else's team and then making changes. No, I won't be expecting Jonno to play in 2 places! Seems NA has said Ben Reeves will play, so I'll have to put him in. Bart Butterfield - Martin - Jos - Harding Forte - Morgan - Ward-Prowse - Dickson De Ridder - Reeves Subs: Dovey, Richardson, Fonte, Chaplow, Lallana (if fit), Lambert, Guly Do Prado