Wilko

I'll be bringing a North Korean flag, a beef tomato with tipp-exed white stripes and a bog roll. See you there.

F'ing right. Very nicely put.

There was nothing wrong with the past system, so why change it? Moreover, there are now serious questions about Cortese's efforts to stifle the press. Firstly, there was the tantrum about the Echo writing a story based on public information. Then there was the resulting ban. Now there's this. If this is not a man trying to use his power to restrict the freedom of the press, I don't know what is. How long might it be before he bans all reporters, leaving all publications to purchase reports written by an SFC lackey? You may scoff at this suggestion now, but after the way he's acted over the past few months, it seems an entirely plausible outcome.

I agree. Very sensible.

Rabble, rabble, rabble.

The latter, IMO. However, some people consider tea-bagging to be merely slapping the balls against the face. A friend of mine once drunkenly tea-bagged another friend who was drunkenly asleep (using this definition). We filmed it. The latter is now known as 'tea-bag' in both social and professional circles. In hindsight, it was a bit rugby/gay.

In my experience, Freecycle just bombards your inbox with hundreds of offers of crap, most of which is already gone by the time you contact the vendor. Anyway, I didn't think they gave mortgages to 15-year-olds.

Good question. I'm sure somebody is working on an answer.

Let's celebrate the first away day with a few real ales.

All those tickets are over-priced.

When we're back in the Premiership, car parking will cost a lot more, tickets will be about £45 per game and people will still go. It's just the way of the world. Sadly, it's not a club. It's a business, which is treating us as customers rather than fans, just like Rupert and his lot did. The owner is here to make a long-run profit, not because he loves Southampton. This much is clear. If we win the league this season, the dissenting minority will be drowned out by people waxing lyrical about Pardew's tactics and Lamberts goals. And most of the dissenters will renew their car parking spaces for the 'exciting' Championship season without a second thought.

I'm certainly not defending the club. I'm just providing a different view to the 'this is disgraceful' line that a lot of people like to use. This move is undoubted profiteering by the club. However, we live in a capitalist society and if comapnies want to take people for a ride, they will. Ultimately, there are much bigger issues affecting football fans than a miniscule per/game car parkign price rise, which, after all, is optional. Firstly, it seems you probably don't have much to worry about, as between the people you share with, it won't work out as a massive rise. Secondly, the substantial rise works out at less than £3 per game, which is about the cost of a programme or pie. The club is **** for doing this, but life just isn't fair.

Fair comment - yes. However, are all the people who park close to the ground disabled? I suspect many of them are just rich and can't be bothered to get out of their cars. That is not the logical conclusion of my argument, as the whole point of this discussion is about getting to a football match. Public transport is not free. But then, neither is buying a car for £10,000 then paying insurance and petrol costs for a year. You pay your money and take your choice. Parking is getting more expensive everywhere, especially in cities, and will continue to get more expensive. Further to both these responses, if you look at the figure quoted, which i think was £200 for the most expensive (presumably right next to the ground) it's only £10-per-game. If you can afford a season ticket, you can probably afford the car parking as well. I await all the exceptions to this rule that you two and others will doubtless throw at me.

I just suggested to the bird that we and our friends divert our food and wine tour of Languedoc for a day trip to the Sochaux game. The result wasn't good.

Why not just use public transport? Save the planet, prevent congestion, save £200. What's to lose?

A Facebook friend's status says Gerrard got his wife's sister pregnant. Is that the one you're on about?

Somerset took a bit of a beating at the hands of the Brummies. Shame. We did, however, get to watch the whole meeting from the VIP area. Might even go again.

How many people were injured?

Maybe he is using an extreme to make an argument. It's certainly a debate worth having. Would the country be any worse off if we halved defence spending? I don't know, but the prevailing political discourse means nobody will even consider looking at a different way. To the person who said about privatising the military - give it a few years and the Tories just might get there.

I once spoke to a Tory party election candidate who was a holocaust denier. Nice bunch, that Tory lot.

Fair point there. I do 'get it' but I just couldn't think of a different opening. How about. The saviour Marcus Liebherr saved us after we went broke x 3 And this is what he said Who's that team they call Southampton Who's that team we all adore They're the boys wearing the sash Pompey are a load of gash And Harry Redknapp's mother is a whore

I achieved a grade B in English Language a decade ago, when exactly the same accusations were being levelled. However, it seems the 'easy' course and 'easy' exam taught me some basic grammatical rules, while your more robust education did not.

Shouldn't the thread title read: 'GCSEs have become easier'? Note the lack of apostrophe. It's plural, not possessive. I strongly suspect that dune achieved a poor grade in his English Language exams.

Here's the adjusted version of last season's away day favourite: The saviour Marcus Liebherr went to Rome to see the Pope x3 And this is what he said Who's that team they call Southampton Who's that team we all adore They're the boys wearing the sash Pompey are a load of gash And Harry Redknapp's mother is a whore

Whether the Daily Express will admit it or not, the issue is much wider than pensions. If we continue to **** up the planet, it won't matter if people have pensions. Further, is it right that people's comfort in retirement is gambled on the market? The conventional wisdom on this needs to be challenged. That's not a very intelligent response, is it?