hypochondriac

Sold out.

Not much point as we will have much less in common when koeman leaves at the end of his contract.

Think it's extremely harsh to dismiss the signing of koemam as lucky.

Yeah but "Southampton in Europa League qualifying round three" doesn't have the same ring to it.

If you're a giant fanny it would cause offence.

You could have chosen some better saints pics to compare.

I laughed.

Bit rude that you consider his picture embarrassing?

It was on my phone in a tapatalk folder. Came across it the other day. Shows I'm a fan.

I'm concerned about him. It's a far cry from previous pre-seasons where he supported saints happily with a smile on his little face.

Any update mate?

It hasn't though has it. It's alpine and dalek who do the same thing every year.

Talking about the game in Vitesse...

Oh god. He's at it again...

Utterly horrendous.

I meant in the prem.

All except Jos did a great job for us at cb though.

Doesn't it sort of defeat the point if you have someone on ignore and then post about them all the time?

But cb Fry has already explained that he is pretty far from being right wing yet you continue to pigeon hole so I'm confused.

Whitey the type of dumping in a corner at a crèche doesn't really exist anymore. The vast majority of childcare is now rated good or outstanding and the standards have improved a lot over the last decade. Of course the inspections by tribal are wildly inaccurate but I've been to enough nurseries around the country to know that things are getting better all the time.

Agree with all of this! Nurseries are so much more than just changing nappies and playing nowadays. All of our practitioners have to be working towards their level three childcare qualification and the majority already have it. We have an early years teacher in each setting and this undoubtedly has an impact on what we can offer.

Even if what you say were true, what would you propose we do instead, bearing in mind that all those parents aren't suddenly going to become competent overnight?

That's very true but in reality everyone who has ever worked in a nursery knows that this is the best way and will continue to do this whilst covering themselves for ofsted with the teaching side of things. Love, laughter and play trump "teaching" every day if the week

I would say that it's an individual choice for each parent. In my professional experience a couple of sessions at a preschool a week combined with proper parenting the rest of the time can have noticeable benefits to a child. Most notably, they are given more freedom and independence at nursery and the opportunity to socialise with children from a variety of social backgrounds. I don't agree with parents who use it for their own benefit where they send them there five days a week so they can go shopping but I do realise that everyone is different.

The thinking is that the earlier they can get children into a school environment the better. It's flawed thinking but that's the logic from the government.