Whitey Grandad

Ta muchly. I was on my phone so it wasn’t easy.

What he said

Yes, makes you pause for thought. Everybody thinks it can never happen to them, only other people. It should be compulsory reading for anyone who’s not sure about getting vaccinated.

It helps to get a higher price.

I'm just leaving the stadium. The best seats that they could offer me were up in the corners and my grandson can't go so I asked for and got a refund for both seats for tomorrow. There is no sign of any work taking place in the Kingsland. No vans parked outside or anything.

They've only had sixteen months to get the Kingsland ready. Why the rush? I couldn't see any evidence of padded seats whn I was there on Wednesday. There again, I couldn't see much of anything.

I've just got through to the TO after a fair wait but I got cut off in mid chat. I was told that I would be put in either Block 4 Block 5 which is a long way off centre. I think I shall pop along to the TO later this afternoon and if there is nothing suitable I shall ask for a refund.

I've just had two emails confirmaing that my tickets for the Kingsland for tomorrow have been cancelled and that we shall be moved to the Itchen. This is not good enough.

Same difference

Who says we can’t compete? If you believe all the talk our competitors are Norwich and Crystal Palace. But only if you believe the rumours. Being able to compete and wanting to compete are different things.

So any decline was due to Austin joining us?

The PremierLeague is too rich for most of the teams in it. It’s a farce that some clubs can spend so much more than most of the others.

True. There’s usual a period of a few days of mourning before the funeral elegy.

He’s gone. Why would we need to do anything? No rush.

The dominoes are set up and just waiting for the first to fall.

The prices these days are ridiculous. I’m sure a lot of us remember our first one million pound player. It doesn’t seem that long ago.

Sky News are reporting that Messi will definitely not be staying at Barcelona. And on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58108298

When I bought mine I was told that they would be sent out ‘some time in August’

Addons? Sponsorship of hairbands, presumably.

Let's look at it this way. If we hadn't taken the offer from Villa, Ings's services for the next season would have cost us over £20m. And that's on top of his wages.

The young man in the ticket office told me that they had set aside some seats in the Itchen for those of us who had been kicked out of the Kingsland. He then gave me a ticket for seat M83 and told me that it was in the block directly opposite the one that I had bought in block 32. Like hell it was. I was tucked up in the corner about 40 yards nearer the goal line. The fellow on my left spent the whole match leaning forward and his head blocked out the left hand half of the pitch. I had the sun straight in my eyes for the first hour and struggled to see anything. A classic case of bait and switch. Offer one thing and then change it for an inferior product.

I've come across this type of behaviour before,

There's a quote that I saw on a wheeler-dealer progran, "Nothing is for sale but everything has its price"

Likewise, same reply. I have my strong doubts that it will be.

And they are difficult to flush away.