Wilko

I can't wait to get home and listen to this.

You aren't mistaken about that. However, if you are under the impression that you can sustain any kind of lifestyle on that salary, you are. One bedroom flat in a decent place will set you back about £500 per month in rent. Once you take off utility bills, council tax, food, and a student loan repayment, you'll probably have about enough cash left for two days/nights out per month. You can pretty much forget about your season ticket and nice clothes, because you won't be able to afford them. Forget about uni and get trained on the job.

I had a great time, but I'll be paying it back for a very long time. Therein lies the problem. Unless you're doing a course with an awesome reputation that employers jump at, or one that means you can walk into a job, you're effectively taking out a long-term loan for a pointless qualification and a few years getting hammered. If you want to be an engineer, teacher, scientist or mathematician, then go to uni. If your destiny is to work in a bank or become a shop manager, don't bother. Before anybody asks, I went to Cardiff University and got a poor 2:2 in business. All you 18-year-olds should think very carefully before going to university.

Reg: If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans. StuRomseySaint: I do! Reg: Oh yeah, how much? StuRomseySaint: A lot! Reg: Right, you're in.

I don't want to sh*t on your happy little pre-uni ****athon, but it's not worth the bother. You won't think £20k of debt matters when you start your first year, or even when you're doing your finals, but when the first £50 is docked from your paycheck in 4 years time (if you can get a job) you'll realise how futile life really is. Unless you know exactly what you want to do, I'd head down to your local branch of Reed and ask them to place you on a temp job in LloydsTSB for £10 per hour. You'll probably end up getting taken on permanently and trained as something really boring and well-paid like a project manager. You may not like it, but you won't be forced to live like a pauper and pay back your student loan until your 75 years old. Wilko Bitter graduate

One slightly swollen little finger.

We spoke to one on the train home. He was OK, not best mate material, but OK.

Devastated

Inanimate objects are incapable of feellings.

"Southampton's official website carried a choice of new home shirts for the team to wear ahead of their move to St Mary's Stadium in 2001. Most of them were red and white stripes, apart from one which was in tribute to manager Glenn Hoddle's playing stint with Monaco. The thing is, Saints fans hated the Monaco shirt, Hoddle had already left for Spurs so Pompey fans voted in their numbers for the Monaco shirt to win the vote. Sadly, the club got wind of the vote-rigging attempt, but it was a good effort." Is that really true? Reason 1 - we don't have sex with fish.

Cracking under the pressure, eh? But the MoD can afford to shell out thousands per town on Armed Forces day and the Government is preparing to renew Trident at the cost of billions. Cut the services and pay for hospitals, schools, the state pension and free care for the elderly. We'd end up with a much better country. As our commie cap-wearing friend says above, we aren't the world police any more.

'gonna send the skummaz daaan'. I suggest we change it to 'and the Skates are going bust' and sing it for 90 minutes. Just like they did to rub our noses in it. Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la And the skates are going bust. Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la And the skates are going bust. Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la And the skates are going bust. Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la Sha la la la la la la la And the skates are going bust.

All together now "What's it like to see a full ground? "What's it like, "What's it like, "What's it like to see a full ground?"

If you can get on Sky Sports News, I'll buy you a Freddo.

Any links? Wilko At home

It's fair enough to ask for better results. However, I'd be worried if management changes were being discussed so early on in Pardew's reign. In my opinion, uncertainty will only lead to poorer results.

Is there a danger they won't make it to next week's game?

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A well-written piece.

f) Prefer going to away games to visit amazing new places like Stockport, Carlisle and Walsall. Uberfans, la la la, uberfans, la la la zzzzzzzzzzzz

Given that most of the population of the UK doesn't buy their local newspaper these days, I reckon a few embittered football fans boycotting the Echo won't make much difference. That is aside from the fact that several people who have signed up to the petition say they didn't buy it in the first place. The Echo is just doing its job. That being to write stories about what goes on in Southampton. Get over it and move on.

I'd rather my local council was giving slippers to the elderly than privatising everything in sight and closing dementia homes.

Good answers, thanks.

The Tories will cut services and privatise others while giving a tax-cut to the richest in society. That's about as far as it goes. Whether it's at local council level or nationally, they do some very harmful things. They aren't all bad people, but their ideology is severly misguided.

I was told today that the destination has been changed. Apparently we're going to Languedoc instead. I prefer France to Italy, so it sounds like a result. Time to start revising my pigeon French.