Lighthouse

Anyone else noticed this? It seems quite strange given the number of players who've come through and made an impact on our team, not to mention those who've left and made a name for themselves elsewhere. I can't think of one decent CB we've brought through in the last 20 years or so. There was Lancashire a couple of years ago but he was awful and ended up at Aldershot. Maybe our scouting network is more interested in attacking players who generally seem to sell for more money.

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Appart from a Premier League squad from last season and as much money as we spent on Gaston to buy Adam Johnson plus an extra £15m to buy Fletcher from Wolves? But appart from that, they're a shoe string outfit.

5,000 hangovers and a sh*t game in sh*t weather don't make for a great atmosphere. Was like a library in there today.

Seriously? You're not wishing for him to come back and start moving mountains in Southampton, you'd rather sell him and make some money? Is your name Rupert?

I'm always wary of Fulham's home form but I think we can get something from there. I'd go with a team of Davis Clyne - Fonte - Yoshi - Shaw De Ridder - Morgan - Cork - Puncheon Gaston Lambert I'm sure I will get blasted for suggesting De Ridder but Riise isn't exactly quick these days.

That was about as bad as it gets offensively. Did we have a shot on target? Lamberts free kick probably counts I suppose but other than that, dreadful. Ramirez looked like a fish up a tree out on the wing and must have been colourblind the number of times he passed straight to a Sunderland player. If Guly or SDR put in a performance like that they would get crucified on here. Lumping it up to Lambert just didn't work, the Sunderland CBs had him in there pocket all afternoon and nobody got withing the same postcode to try and win the second ball. The supply into the box was pretty much none existent for most of the game. On the subject of SDR I though he was decent when he came on. People talk about him only putting in one decent cross, that's more than Gaston, Puncheon and Mayuka put together. Besides which he made other contributions winning a couple of corners and he got 2 players booked trying to defend against him. He is a right footed player who was put on the left, crossing is always going to be difficult. He cut inside a couple of times and pulled the ball back to team mates who failed to use it. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't great but he was one of the better players today. I'd be inclined to give him more chances, rather than chucking him into a match where the whole team is sh*te, then moaning because he can't turn it around on his own.

I'd quite like to try Bukovel in Ukraine one day as a completely off the beaten track kind of place. It's generally pretty empty but it's also very modern and most of it was built in the last 10 years. The problem is getting there as no British tour opperators go there, also very little English is spoken.

I'm wondering if Lee would be a better option on the left, sounded like he had a decent game for the U21s the other day. Might be more suited to the role than Rod. Another alternative would be Puncheon left and Mayuka right.

From anywhere. It's got to be the worst accessible international airport in Britain. Nothing but single lane roads leading up to it, you're always stuck behind some plank plodding along at 35mph (it's a 60 limit).

Don't worry Turkish, you wont see me wearing any embarassing novelty clothing on Saturday. I'll just be there in my normal sequined lycra shell suit and gimp mask.

A year ago yesterday as it happens. One of the best moments of last season for me.

Been there, was brilliant. Loved everything about it possibly my favourite ski resort, although I don't think there was any night life. Went with my parents so never got a chance to look into it. I stood at the top of Parachute Bowl sh*tting myself for about 15 minutes before I worked up the courage to jump off.

I went last year and the lift queues were dreadful. I think I may have gone in French school holiday times which didn't help but waits of 20 minutes were not uncommon. Bit of a ***** having to start planning your route back to Plagne centre at about 2 o'clock. Everyone was on the same lift up from Plagne Bellecote and the place was heaving. The lifts themselves were also old, slow and low capacity. Not a patch on other places I've been. Val D'Isere/Tignes - Brilliant all round but fairly expensive. Portes du Soleil (Les Gets, Avoriaz, Morzine) - Good variety of runs but the hills weren't that big. Night life not great (in Les Gets anyway) IMO. 3 Valleys (Courcheval, Meribel, Val Thorens) - Very good all round resort. VT Seem to do a lot of student weeks so be careful when you book. Zermatt - Found the lifts to get up to the piste a right royal pain in the arse Levi (Northern Finland) - Limited skiing on a small hill, good for beginners and snow is as reliable as a wood burning stove. My old boots it was cold there, -35 in January for a couple of days. Zell Am See/Kaprun - Good for Austrian culture and atmosphere. Also been to Geilo (small, good for beginners), Sol, Badgastein and Courmayeur but that was a bit too long ago to remember much about them. Have done a few US and Canadian resorts too. Great but not worth the long journeys and bad jet lag.

I want to go but can't find anyone to go with at the moment so I may end up going alone. Val D'Isere is always decent for both ski and apres ski. Was thinking about Mayrhofen too.

Yes. That's not going to come back and bite you on the arse. Nope... definitely not.

So did Norwich. They are currently 7th. You can't make comparisons like this. Different teams perform differently on different days. If you replayed all our matches, putting out exactly the same teams in the same formation, do you think all the results would be the same? We would probably beat Wigan at home 3-0, draw at QPR and get spanked 4-0 at Man City. That's just the random nature of football, you can't compare one result from one team in one fixture. It's a meaningless statistic, like rolling a dice once, rolling a 4 and concluding that if you roll a dice you will get a 4.

Lampard plays in the central attacking role which is currently played by Gaston or Lallana. Neither of those are going to be dropped we wont be signing Lampard on massive wages to come and sit on the bench. It's pretty much irrelevant anyway. Other clubs will offer him more money than is sensible, either a team like QPR or possibly some Chinese, UAE or MLS team.

Bingo. It's 2 of the most tedious people on the internet having a pointless argument about something Turkish pretends not to understand. There is no need for other people to join in.

Mixed bag I think. Would have liked a draw for QPR and Fulham and obviously Liverpool haven't done us any favours but Sunderland and Newcastle endured a pretty miserable afternoon. Let's hope Fletcher isn't fit for next weekend.

Depends on his wages. Would be a decent player to have but not if he is going to be our top earner.

The accordion cracks me up every time.

Phwoooaaaahhhhh

I know the boat has sailed but a draw between relegation rivals is always the best result. 4 points they've dropped instead of just 3. It's maffs, innit.

The Flyer shuttle bus goes from Temple Meads to the Airport for about £10 return. Takes 20 minutes or so. http://flyer.bristolairport.co.uk