Whitey Grandad

That's true. There's precious little animation amongst our players, they must be a joy to mark. Perhaps they can learn something from watching Man U and the match won't be a complete waste of time?

All suiccessful teams are founded upon a good defence and when you are building a team you always start from the back and work forwards. Keeping a clean sheet gives you the best chance of winning the game.

If taxes were at a sensible level of, say, 20%, then there would be no need for anybody to try to avoid them.

But at no time in the game did he play the ball out quickly, before the opposition defence had time to get back into position and were still back-pedalling. Now it may be that this is the way that they have been coached, but I do feel that we sometimes need to up the pace of the game in order to put pressure on the other team. This is not the only game where I have noticed how slow we are to get the ball back into play. If the opposition keeper is slow then he gets criticised for time wasting, yet Kelvin takes just as long over his goal kicks.

Maybe, but there's a time and place for the cautious approach. Towards the end of the game I felt that we needed to up the tempo somewhat and Kelvin didn't give me the impression of a man in a hurry.

Well spotted! I've not been well over the last few days and struggling down to the game on Saturday didn't help me to feel any better. (I really must change this keyboard. Sometimes it turns out the most amazing drivel)

My criticism of Kelvin is that he took so long over releasing the ball that it took all the pace out of the game. Sometimes it seems to me that he is playing for time.

Tricky question that, but I would have said the Man Utd game.

Very, very annoying.

Yes, me too. I wasn't thinking about the opposition until our second goal went in and then I realized what it meant for them and I never wanted Saints to ever be in that position.

It's people like Fred Goodwin that annoy me. He was responsible for the collapse of RBS and should have been dismissed for gross misconduct, not paid off with what any of us would call a fortune.

Any level is a higher level than Hull, in my opinion.

I'd rather we were top at the end of the season, to be honest. I'm sure there will be twists and turns before then, but we've been heading in the right direction for some time and are steadily climbing the table. All we have to do is look after our own results and the rest will follow.

Thank you sir, you are a true gentleman.

Really? They have hundreds of men in green suits and mopeds to scoop it all up. There were some poo wars a few years ago between companies fighting over the contract.

Very true, but it would only have been one more game. Would you count a playoff final as some sort of success, or just promotion?

Indeed, but Liebherr and Mali are different companies.

Don't forget that Metro tickets can also be used on the buses and you'll see more as you get around. I have an app on my phone which can be useful http://www.metroparisiphone.com/index_en.html It gives you routing information as well as maps but you will want to turn off data roaming.

Actually, it's called MALI? I would like to see his name immortalised in some fashion, but I feel that should be for his family to decide.

Only half way through the season and we're getting better and better!

I go there very often for my business. It all depends what floats your boat. In July they'll all be looking forward to their August break when it almost shuts down. Meals out, bateaux mouches dinner on the Seine, top floor of the Museé d'Orsay for all the impressionists. Montmartre and Place du Tertre, Louvre if you must. Pompidou centre (not my style). What type of hotel do you like? Central and noisy or up a back street and quiet? How are you going? It's a long time since I used them but Bridge Travel in Broxbourne might still be going. There are several operators who will do a deal for flights & hotel, many from Southampton. Don't forget that Flybe now operate to Orly instead of Roissy. I usually drive when I go, overnight from Portsmouth to Ouistreham or Le Havre then about 150 or 120 miles by motorway. Do the business then lunch in Paris and afternoon boat or up to Trouville for lunch in Les Vapeurs. Let us know when you have more specific details and I will try to get some recommendations for you. It's one of my favourite cities, you'll have a great time. I'm hoping to take my 91-year old mother in April.

So far, so good.

Other way round. If Man U doesn't sell out, then it's unlikely that the Carlisle game will, or.... .... if the Man U game sells out then the Carlisle game will also be a sell-out, innit?

Always nice to see a clean sheet.