shurlock

Well and truly an expats life.

What happened to the gags about fat, middle-aged shirters stuffing themselves silly in the concourses? Those were simpler times.

Last proper Pavement gig at the Brixton Academy in 1999. Failing that Altamont would have been interesting.

Well, not anymore at least.

That's lawyers for you...

Tall yellow birds? Perhaps he is

Jonno Quick is returning on his white horse as we speak,

Yep, good game - we bottled it in the second half, they pulled it back to 4-3 and hit the bar in the last min following a huge looping goal kick. West Ham last season was good. As was the most recent league cup against the skates.

And you were adamant that he had agreed with NC that he was going to do it his own way - that's what today's presser was about. Changes of routine and all that.... Now he's going solo...

Except, of course, when he doesn't start...

You ****in' love it

Paintball, karaoke, bingo and dvds of 'any given sunday' not the 'southampton way'

Or going away for a few days and having a change of scene as he says clearly in his interview.

So Guly wont be coming on or starting then? Shame - I had my stopwatch ready and everything.

Even Alpine was sane enough to concede that this theory might be the product of a 'vivid imagination'

Read literally, of course, NA is taking the players away for a couple of days to freshen things up, to change the scenery, to reflect on what we've done etc. And it would appear this was always the plan -regardless of our league position- after all, we're ten games into the season, a quarter way through - a milestone which some would argue is quite symbolic. And perhaps that has something to do with the 8am presser -that instead of f**king off home after afternoon training when NA usually talks to the media, they're all going off somewhere.... Granted stranger things have happened.

Rather than just a bit of paintballing, karaoke, jellied eel at the seaside and whatever other ersatz activity passes off as teambuilding?

Vivid's an understatement - I'll be surprised if there's much of a difference in terms of personnel, formation and style, though hopefully the players will be more up for the game given its last chance saloon for NA.

How does Ardiles famous five experiment at Spurs fit into this (with Popescu as the DM IIRC)? Great to watch and, for a brief period, quite successful but ultimately undone by defensive frailties.

Who are our poor-man's version of Essien and Lampard? In their heyday, they were genuinely box-to-box and would get back and cover.

Most players at the club actually like Cortese, so whether he's a c*ck or not to the rest of the staff, it doesn't appear to affect or apply to them.

Defo mentalist - never trust western girls who are obsessed with Japan. Not good'uns.

I thought that was the blag last season?

He's played under 3 games for us - was MOTM in one, scored in another and was returning from a lengthy layoff in the other.

Milton - you sure this statue isn't some covert tribute to fratton in the same way muslims pray facing mecca?