Lighthouse

Have we really sunk this low? People are actually envious of signing Calum Chambers on loan. I'm not against us loaning someone in principal, so long as they're good enough to play for us. I bet if we were offered the chance to 'develop' Mbappe, nobody would be complaining that we're getting mugged off developing PSGs players. On a different note, I see Courtois has come over all Virgil and wants out of Chelsea.

Would you mind passing the papadums please.

I think I’m just going to leave this one actually. Sort of like buying a Roy Chubby Brown DVD, the clues are there before you open the thread. If this turns into a decent discussion I’ll leave it here, if not then it’s off to TMS.

Nothing beats handing out infractions on a Sunday morning, whilst finishing off last night’s chicken Jalfrezi. Anyway Alps, in response to your PMs why not try making my agenda against you a bit more challenging by posting a bit less crap? So far this weekend you’ve called cabbage face a tw*t and started a thread lambasting fictitious club statements. Fish in a barrel TBH.

Seems little point in criticising club statements which have been issued entirely in alpine’s head. So let’s discuss things the board have actually said, as and when they are broadcast.

Can't say I've ever done 54 in a 30. It just takes one person not to see you and step out and you're looking at death by dangerous driving. If he has also been caught doing 60 in a 40 and nearly a tonne one a dual carriageway in a short period of time, he has a pretty low regard for other people's lives. And those are only the times he's been CAUGHT doing it.

I'd go with the same team as the OP personally but think Hughes will stick with the current formation fir the near future. I'd probably have Lemina in for Hoj but neither of them, nor Romeu, have nailed their credentials to the managers door in pre-season.

A lot of that seems odd. How you can be raped in the back of a taxi, I assume without the drivers knowledge, I have no idea. Also the bit about CCTV footage usually being deleted after 30 days - Why did she leave it a month before pursuing that. Surely it would be something you would try and acquire urgently, the day after the attack. Not that I'm defending the presenter, there's probably a lot more to it than what's in that article.

I’d would say (and hope) that’s our starting 11 for Burnley. Possibly Yoshida in for Bednarek.

That's not all that difficult.

There would be ways around it through endorsements etc. In the grand scheme of things, footballers aren't even that well paid. According to Forbes, the highest earning PL footballer last year was Pogba and he was only 52nd in the list of sports people. Golfers, basketball and baseball players, F1 drivers, boxers and NFL were all much higher paid.

There was one light on top of the Itchen stand, towards the Chapel End, which was pointing right at the Northam. Otherwise I quite liked it, especially having the seating lights left off.

Pros - Armstrong, Gabbi, Targett, Hoj, Austin, Vestegaard, Gunn, Bertrand Cons - Davis, Long, Bednarek, McQ, Romeu Have to say I was a little disappointed by El Mo as he didn’t do much other than the tap in at the end. Early days I guess.

Had we not conceded those last second goals at Everton and Watford, we'd have been 15th last season. You'd honestly happily sit through last season again but with those 2 very minor tweaks? Absolutely no way IMO, I want us to be fighting for a top half spot.

Thoughts on this one. Got my ticket booked, hopefully we start with our strongest 11 and give them a good hour together.

I'd take that if I were them, keeping their stars and manager has to be the main priority. I reckon this is their last chance to win something before the vultures come in.

Not sure what your point is, I don't take issue with podcasts. It's blogs and vlogs I don't really get.

I doubt we're still above Everton or West Ham.

Depends who's doing the podcast, if they're well informed and the presenters make a decent point they can be interesting. Not sure I get the point of blogs though, why not just post your thoughts on a forum? What I really find odd are these matchday Vlogs. The ones taken on the backwards facing camera during the match, so you just get 10 minutes looking at someone's nostril hair whilst they give a vague description of the corner they've just won. Can't imagine how irritating it must be to stand next to someone like that during a game.

Like it or not he scored as many goals as Austin and Gabbi combined last season. TBH I'm confused as to your viewpoint on this this. You seem to be saying he was the second best outside the top six and we can't hope for anyone better but also the idea of signing him would be silly. I don't want Murray as such but someone like that would be a start.

You've pretty much answered your own question there. Is a striker as good as Glenn Murray really too much to hope for? I know we're never going to be bringing in the regular 20+ a season men but I think we can dare to dream a bit higher than 6 or 7 goals winning our golden boot. Pelle, Lambert, J Rod, Pahars, Beattie and K. Davies have all been in that ballpark in the not too distant past, without being 'too good' for Saints.

Even by footballer standards, they're bad tattoos. Here's £300, make me look like the curtains in Grandma's living room.

But he isn't. 'Sturridge when fit' is just a fantasy, like with Austin or Carroll. He scored 0 goals for West Brom last season.

TheVMan or something wasn't it. Was normally pretty good for early team news but didn't really know much about transfers. Hard to know if someone is genuinely ITK or just on a wind up. Some things are just so easy to make up and can neither be proved nor disproved. For example I could post: "The club are still in for an attacking player. Can't say who it is because I don't want to compromise the deal. Player and his agent are keen but the selling club are being awkward over a sell on clause." Sounds very knowledgeable but all complete waffle and will never be proved wrong.

Good grief that's a boring team.