benjii

Just finished packing. Hope to see some of you tomorrow!

It's poor judgment however you look at it and from an employer's perspective he's given the FA a massive headache here. If they don't sack him they will look pretty pathetic. I think it will be quite funny if he gets sacked after one match but the problem for the FA is the dearth of English candidates.

Cheers chaps. Doesn't sound too bad then. I just remember the last time I drove into London the M3 seemed to have a 50mile zone that went on forever and it was painfully slow!

Great! I'll be there Wednesday evening!

Fair enough!

My flight is at 12.20 and I've only got carry on luggage so shouldn't need to be at the airport especially early. Got my shekels today. I like the 100s. Nice notes.

Cool, thanks. If I leave at seven I should be there by ten I guess.

I now officially think Lee Mason is a fat-headed ****.

Maybe those four have been told they don't need to travel to Israel.

So go up A33 at Basingstoke?

Hi Saints fans. How bad is the M3 northbound at the moment? Got to drive to Luton airport (from Soton) for 10:30 on Wednesday. Any tips? Cheers, Benjii

Which bar? So that's four beers for 12 quid? Bargain.

It's not mental, I agree, but it could still be a factor that feeds into rotation.

That's probably not the most sensible train station to go to though. It's further up the line than the others further south in Tel Aviv. Check yourself but that's how it looks anyway.

We should be the better team but the temperature at kick-off will likely be between 25 and 30 degrees with about 50% humidity. It will be a challenge for our players who will have had little time to acclimatise. With another away game three days later I think we need to keep it fresh. I wouldn't be surprised to see 8 or 9 changes to the team really. --------------------------------------------Forster------------------------------------------------ Martina-----------------Yoshdia---------------------------VVD-----------------------Targett --------------------------------------------Reed-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------JWP--------------------------Classie---------------------------------- ------------------Isgrove-------------------Hesketh--------------------------Long--------------- Maybe something like that? Who knows. A win would set us up really nicely for qualification.

He probably booked him for dissent not diving.

One virtue of this system is that players don't need to be too specialised in a particular position to make it work. It's about units and about trusting each other on the ball. Don't need a big target man who can only play central. Don't need a speedy wide man. Don't need a big destroyer in the middle. Don't need a silky number 10. It certainly helps with the rotation. The only really specialised positions are the centre backs and GK.

It's a one hour drive to Beer Sheva from Tel Aviv. No big deal.

Jon Moss is a leveller, f'sure. Toss a coin!

I think part of that car park is free and part is restricted. Evidently it was not clear enough so I would write to them and tell then their signage isn't clear enough and you won't be paying. I did get a ticket there once but I was an EasyGym member and they let me off.

The home fans will be left pondering the meaning of "you skate bastard".

If the bingo bus leaves broadly on time it should be there at least 3 hours before kick off. I've asked the club if it can drop people off at a bar instead of the stadium... let's see! Alternatively, I wonder if it's possible to use the bus to get back to TA if you travel to BS independently.

You seem to want people who have already paid £25 not to get anything in return? That's more of a shafting than people being able to pay £25 to jump the queue. A queue which, as you say, doesn't appear to need to be jumped anyway due to the efforts that the club have gone to in securing extra tickets. All sounds good to me.

Half hoping the driver can be persuaded to do a drop off at a bar, rather than at the stadium!