Lighthouse

Good news for Collin, this Covid victim is actually a paid actress https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57719445

We've stayed up in the past with our top scorer being Austin, waddling around tapping in 6/7 a season. If Adams and (hypothetically) Armstrong can both hit double figures we'll be fine in that regard. We mainly need to defend and concentrate better.

I think we can be a bit more civilised than all of that. Anyway, first jab of Pfizer yesterday. Only a sore arm and very mild feverish symptoms during the night, aside from my horrendous phobia of needles.

So other than Redmond, a LB who’s left and two ‘keepers we’re trying two shift, that’s basically our first XI. Salisu seems to be heading in the right direction too.

So long as he has 153 as his shirt number.

He isn’t developing.

Yes, although I think they were also the first team not to score in a penalty shootout.

Switzerland got knocked out of the WC without conceding once.

Boosh!

I’ve always advocated for this. 30 minute ‘in play’ halves, which end the first time the ball goes out of play, off the pitch (I.e. not a free kick or penalty)

With that logic you could argue it's best not to sell Shane Long for £70m. Those transfers were made by personnel who are no longer here, several years ago. Salisu, Diallo, Adams and KWP would be a more representative example of our recent transfers and they were less than £50m combined.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; if offered a straight 50:50 choice between JWP in the squad next season and an extra £50m to spend in the transfer window, I’d choose the latter.

Italy to beat England in the final I reckon, although my predictions for the last 16 games were equal to random 50/50 guess work, so what do I know.

They’re two evenly matched teams in terms of talent, it can go either way. You’re never going to convince me Eastleigh have a chance against Brazil.

Crikey. All that effort from the Swiss and they’ve bottled it.

Are they sh*t at it or just too damn lazy?

Personally I think that's a terrible reason to bring someone back. All just comfortable, jobs for the boys, everyone moves upstairs thinking. To me it would just be a rather alarming indicator that we put very little effort into researching the coaches we appoint, which I hope is not true.

Lambert signed for Liverpool when he was past his best with us. Richard Wright signed for Man City. Sometimes it’s just the right move for the right player at the right time. If you watched Bertrand last season and thought, ‘yes, I want to see more of that in the future’ then fair enough. If you’re just going with the ‘he signed for a club above us in the table, therefore Saints fans are stupid’ logic, then you’re wrong.

I’ll add bad breath to that. Do some people not know to clean their teeth after breakfast?

He’s been substandard at Saints for a while now, is clearly only going to Leicester to provide cover, has signed a 2 year deal with an option and Leicester aren’t a champions league team. Apart from that, spot on.

When did he say that?

Have you been watching Gladiator?

If he’s a bit sh*t we could sing: Perraud, is it me you’re looking for. ‘Cause I wonder where you are and I wonder what you do…

Sensible move for all parties, good luck to him.

I was just driving past the port, does anyone know if Messi has a private yacht with ‘Maersk Line’ written on the side? It looked pretty big, could be him.