Lord Duckhunter

I just listened to David Cameron, Nick Clegg & George Osborne before casting my vote. All 3 clearly stated voting Leave would mean leaving SM & CU. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The referendum was advisory, the vote for A50 was not. Votes on opposition day debates are not binding either. It will now be up to the government whether they want to pause or not, just as it was up to the government whether they brought forward legislation to trigger A50. If they do, the will of Parliament will prevail. If you’re arguing that opposition day debates should be binding, then Steptoe could enforce this when he has a majority. Of course, like every other labour government, he won’t actually want this when not in opposition Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The vote for A50 was binding, Parliament voted to trigger the process of leaving the EU Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Palace will change , just noticed they're playing City the day before playing us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

http://sport.bt.com/football/premier-league-fixtures-bt-sport-announces-christmas-and-new-year-tv-games-S11364220955951 Palace game New Year's Day must be changing . Can't see Sat evening then Monday afternoon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Man Utd is as well, but the club don’t seem to have realised Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

What you can’t seem to grasp, but don’t worry about it because plenty of remoaners are in the same boat, is unless you’re prepared to walk away, unless the other side thinks you’re ok with walking away, you’ll get a terrible deal. What do you want, all the Brexiters to come out and follow labours ridiculous line that we must take any deal. What ****ing planet are you on? How on earth is that basic position going to get you a better deal. Any deal is better than no deal, is just a front for we don’t want to leave . What they want is for the EU to offer us such a horrendous deal that public opinion turns against it, we have another vote , and stay in. It’s not a serious attempt at influencing a negotiation, because if it was ,the people advocating it seriously shouldn’t be anywhere near any sort of decision making. “ I want to sell my house, so before we start I’ll accept any offer you make”. As Cameron found if you go into a negotiation with no walk away position, you’ll get **** all. The EU didn’t for one minute think he’d walk away and recommend voting out, so he got an awful “ deal” prior to the referendum. Only a fool keeps doing the same thing again and again, so there must be a lot of fools on the Remain side, because they’re recommending the same approach this time. I’d be happy with no deal, but I’d be happier with a deal. How happier depends on the deal. I’d rather be out the EU without a deal, than in it. I’d imagine most leave voters feel the same way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A good friend of mine for over 35 years hasn't got long left, and even the months he has got are going to be pretty horrendous. He told me about a month ago and its really put things into perspective. I remember my Dad's best friend passed away at 52 and being 18 ish at the time , I clearly remember thinking he hadn't had a bad innings . Now my mate won't reach 55 and it shocks me I ever thought 50 was old. It's been interesting reading people's take on old age and life. For me having children changed everything . The youngest of 5 is now 17, so maybe it's time for some me time. I've got a pretty ****ty job, that pays well, certainly way above what it should. Having been doing it for a number of years I'm stuck in a bit of a rut as I'm way over paid for the industry and skills I've got. My other half earns less but has a job she'd do for nothing, I guess that's the ideal situation to be in. I decided a long time ago that having a shiete working life, means I'm going to make up for it out of work. As for politics, it may come as a surprise but I don't discuss it with friends. I don't know how they vote or whether they're a Leaver or a Remainer and they don't know what I am. Clearly some will suspect and I'm sure some of my buddies are rampant lefties. You only get one life, that's it. Some make a mark, make a difference . I doubt I will, but I've bought 5 smashing kids up, who touch wood are all on the straight and narrow, decent members of society. That is a decent epitaph, that'll do me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, not for me. If you're going to play 3 at the back what's the point in then playing Davis & Boufal, one of which hardly scores & one of which has produced 10 minute cameos once in a while. There's even less goals in that line up, than our usual shambles. If you're going to play 3 at the back, then it must be to get 2 strikers up top. At home, I'd go with Austin & Gabbi , whilst away I'd go with Long & Gabbi. Tadic has to play in the 10 . Like him or loath him , he's proven quality . Hook him for Davis if we're winning or Boufal if we're chasing the game. I actually like a back 3, but we aren't good enough to just switch mid season. It needs constant drills & pre season to bed in. Anyway , there wasn't that much difference in our defensive formation last season, the full backs bombed on & OR sat deeper. Our diamond was very near to a 3-4-3 a lot of the time and that didn't exactly give us goals galore Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He could be a lot ****ing worse. Nothing, absolutely nothing, he's done at the club merits him taking over from Forster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don't talk complete & utter pony man. He's done ****ing well through hard work, dedication and balls to go from Poole Town to Southampton. He hasn't "lucked out" at all. He may not be quite good enough for the top 10 of the premiership, but to say he "lucked out" and even more insultingly "doesn't care much", is high grade nonsense. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I thought scoring goals was the problem. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Goal keepers are far far better than they ever were in the “ golden period” . Peter Schmeichel turned the dial imo , it’s no surprise his star fish style is now the norm, because he raised the bar and personally I think he’s the best that’s ever played in England . Of course with modern coaching, lifestyles, pitches & rules Banks, Shilts & others from those past eras would also be brilliant today, although they may struggle size wise. Keepers have never been coached better, FF maybe poorly coached ( I wouldn’t know either way) but poorly coached in the modern game by a specialist, is head & shoulders above the coaching from past eras. The one area keepers are clearly poorer ( and it applies to most modern players of any position) is leadership, organisation, talking to the back 4. And unfortunately Forster is woeful at this as well. To me, he’s an average keeper in a poor run of form. He wasn’t particularly good even during his purple patch after his return from injury. He’s flat footed, quiet and doesn’t come for anywhere near enough crosses. That’s not poor coaching, that’s just the way he is. I’m not sure those skills can be coached Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

By any other measure? What about measuring cup runs, let's measure that. Or is that too simplistic a measure. Don't tell me it was the worst cup final run in the history of cup final runs. Worst ever 8th place finish & worst ever cup final run.... Personally I prefer the old fashioned measures. Tried & tested measures , like league position & how far you get in the cups. If you want to watch a sport where results are based on artistic merit, may I suggest ice dancing.

Pony, not only is the timing out, it’s not from the date of the article , but the date of the new PM. But the whole premise is based on May starting trade talks, she didn’t. Where is the link to a leaver stating deals would be “sown up” ( not the negotiation phase completed, because that’s impossible under A50). Sown up implies, done ,dusted , signed. If I said “ I expect MP to play Forster in goal sat , and therefore we will beat WBA easily” , am I wrong if MP plays Josh Sims in nets and we lose 6-5? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So where do you think this squad of players should realistically finish. I presume it must be 7th, because anyone who thinks our squad is better than Chelsea’s, Spurs , the 2 Manchester clubs, Liverpool or Arsenal is deluded. And clearly 8th isn’t good enough for you. Would also be interested in your expectations regarding the cups, logic suggests that nothing other than winning one each season is good enough for you. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Howe will not come here, not a chance. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Look at it from the clubs point of view, we didn’t sell out Stoke which is nearer , so why risk the chance of being lumbered with tickets. It seems they lost money on both games last season as well. It seems to me that some people pick & choose their games & then moan when they can’t get tickets for certain ones. Liverpool away was pretty much guaranteed for anyone who did 5 always, this season & last. **** me it’s not like Utd or Liverpool where you need 17/18 away matches to qualify. 5 in a year and 3 months isn’t really that many. Although, I’m sure they’ll be plenty of excuses as to why people couldn’t reach that number, but I doubt we sold less than 5 aways out last season. Some members will probably miss out, and for them I’d hold back a couple of hundred & then after half a dozen games, count membership as equal to ST. It does seem unfair that a st holder with 2 aways is ranked above a member with 5. What would also help people wanting to go to the occasional game,is if people stopped buying tickets when they’ve no intention of attending, but I guess that ain’t going to happen. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not the referendum result then? Where’s that quote The claim was the leave side told us that trade deals “would” be “sown up” 18-24 months from the “result”. The link posted said if the new PM started trade talks immediately ( which she didn’t) , he expected the negotiation phrase to be completed in that timescale. There’s clearly a difference. Maybe in his excitement to post more negative rubbish he made an error, perhaps he should have posted “ We were promised that IF the new PM started trade talks immediately( which she didn’t) we could have the negotiation phase completed within 18-24 months of her appointment, 2.5 months after the result ”, but he didn’t . He claimed the promise was they’d be sown up 18-24 months after the result. Of course, there could be a link to someone promising that, but it seems to be taking a while to find it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Still no quotes or links to anyone claiming trade deals will be sown up by June ‘18, I’m starting to doubt any exist . Hopefully tomorrow, you’ll dig some out. “ I would expect the new Prime Minister on September 9th to immediately trigger a large round of global trade deals with all our most favoured trade partners” . Is not in any way shape or form, a promise that trade deals will be sown up by 18-24 months of the result. “I would expect”, had she done so, we'd be well on our way to utopia. Just shows the complete Horlicks the Remain PM has made of the whole process. Nobody on the Remain side should have been allowed anywhere near the great offices of state, until the whole thing was sorted. The person in charge -remain , A50 timing -remain , election decision- remain, the bloke with the purse strings - remain, NHS- remain, Immigration-remain , Justice - remain . It's a remain government ****ing things up, so it seems rather bizarre to blame Leave. A competent PM would have started talks when DD "expected" them to. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I wouldn’t sack MP, but if we did I’d like Dyche to come in and kick the little darlings arses Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You said 18-24 months from referendum RESULT. Still waiting for the links. There’s no way you’d have just made it up, so surprised there’s no links or direct quotes. I’ll ask again , who said we’d have trade deals sown up by June 2018? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So no links yet then. Keep looking, remember it’s 18-24 months from the date of the referendum RESULT. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I’m struggling here, perhaps one of the moaners can help me out. Puel finished 8th, but it was the shietist 8th place finish in football history. The implication being that with our squad of players, we should have finished higher or been more exciting to watch.Les Reed provided Puel with those players. Players that are better or more exciting than they showed last season. Yet they moan about Reed as well. Either Reed gave us players that were better than 8th in which case , well done , that’s pretty good on our budget. Or he gave us shiete average players, in which case well done to Puel for getting them 8th. It seems to me that people are moaning about Reed & Puel, when the facts show that one moan contradicts the other. Therefore the only logical conclusion is that they’re whinging twts , who have a strange sense of entitlement. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Interesting take on “best” manager . Not Lawrie , who actually won something, not Ted, not even Koeman who finished 6th & 7th ( and was chosen by Les) , but a bloke who finished 8th before ****ing off first chance he got. That’s 8th without a cup final, unlike WGS & Puel who managed the same position & a final. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk