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Whilst Wolves is an utter shiite hole the Black Country Living Museum, where they film Peaky Blinders, is well worth a visit.

Wow, that's coincidental. We just got it in the States about a week ago. Not 2 hours ago I started watching the first episode and I'm running through the first season as we speak.

Ha! When I first saw your post, I looked up public transport in the Lake District, as I've never used it (despite going there several times):

 

http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/planyourvisit/travelandtransport

 

I would recommend Was****er on account of it being relatively quiet - don't know if the busses go there. - blimey - W a s t w a t e r

 

What prompted me to reply was the Villa away game last season was my big 'event' after travelling from Oz - a turgid 0-0 non event - hope it goes better for you! Where abouts abroad are you anyway?

I'm based out of the US state of Delaware. Hence why I questioned the need for a car in the Lake District. I've driven on the left side of the road before and will do it again in Ireland on this trip but it takes 2 people to drive. Me in the driver's seat and the other in my ear constantly saying "stay left, look right," at least at circles. I don't want to endanger the fair people of Cumbria.

I hope I see some goals too. For each of the two past seasons I've seen Southampton play Everton at St Mary's. It wasn't on purpose, just worked out that way. Out of those 180 minutes of play I've yet to see Southampton score a goal. 2013 was a 0-0 draw and last season was a 2-0 win but Everton scored 2 own goals. I'm hoping this season I'll get to see a Southampton goal, preferably many of them.

York seems to be winning out but the trip is far enough away that it could change. The suggestions have lead me to research places I wouldn't normally have come across, which is what I'm after. I don't just want to hit the big touristy spots and I get pap's sentiments about York. One of the reasons I never stay long in Dublin is because I find myself drinking with more Americans than Irish.

I'm looking at the logistics now of hitting York and spots among the Dales. Definitely going to work in the Settle-Carlisle line but may have to get a car for the Lake District as I make my west along that part of England. As long as I can make it back down to Southampton for the match against Aston Villa, I'll be fine.

Appreciate the suggestions, keep them coming.

All great stuff, thanks.

If you want to do the North and dont have a car base yourself in York and take a coach side trip out to the Yorkshire Dales. http://travelcentre.eddiebrowntours.com/ York has got history in spades, the walls, the shambles, National railway museum, Jorvik.

 

Cambridge is also great - get a guided tour of the colleges, punt on the river. Listening to the Kings College choir can be magical.

After your suggestion buctootim, namely the dales, I stumbled across some castles up that way (Skipton and Bolton). I may use that as inspiration to bounce around up there.

Is a car the only way to see the Lake District?

Simple really, just DON'T go to Pompey. Everywhere else is pretty much fine (though maybe best to avoid Middlesbrough too, just to be safe).

 

Stonehenge sounds like a goer though, no?

Thanks everyone.

I've done Bath/Stonehenge before. I was looking at heading North (or West) as I haven't been that far from London and wanted to see more of England, possibly Wales and probably don't have enough time for Scotland. York seems to checks a lot of boxes on paper and the Lake District looks great. My only hesitation about the Lake District is having to use a car. I'm guessing that's the only way to really get around up there?

Essentially, towns with lots of history, whether that be Tudor or Medieval buildings and streets, coupled with good old pubs and I should be happy.

I'd be there in May, so weather should be good.

I've visited London and Southampton many a time so on my next excursion I'd like to venture farther out of the capital. Any recommendations on where to go? I've perused TripAdvisor and the guidebooks but I'm interested to see what you recommend. I'd have 3-5 days dedicated to venturing outside the capital and enjoy places with lots of history. I've been to Bath and Dover. Is York or the Lake District recommended? Again, interested to see what you recommend, outside of the guidebooks.

Thanks

Soon the Yanks will have all of soccer being in ¼s so that they can run adverts.

I hope so as Ronnie and the Boys always seem to score when I get up to get another beer. I mean it's barbaric to think I can't get up to get something to eat for 45 minutes! 45 minutes!? I'm starving by then!

Pelle looks to have gotten his hair cut, wants to look good for that post match presser discussing his hat trick no doubt.

Let's keep the booing to our players and the excessive clapping to former players/judas managers.

That filter isn't going to help the pool much sitting several inches above the water line. Spend money on a Saints mosaic but you can't afford to put water in the pool?! Weird.

I assume you mean the NBC local (terrestrial) channel ?

 

I expect you probably know this - NBC Sports is not 'free' but it comes included with a mid level tier of digital tv service. If you get the channel then it's more than likely that you have access to the five live Extra time TV channels and all streaming live games. (To be honest, it's one of the biggest reasons we still have a Directv subscription.)

Wrong about Liverpool V Saints being the only game. I was in Seattle when Saints were away to WHU and we found it on the Cable Service. You could select whichever game you wanted. Only thing was it was 1 hour later than actual Kick-Off but they did show the whole game.

LV is very much correct. Verizon FIOS is the only one that doesn't show every game on the boob tube but you can definitely get it online through NBC Sports Live Extra.

Monosaint, you were probably watching on Comcast which makes you go through menus and plays the game like an on demand video.

Saints for everyone! Wooohoooo!

Guise I've got a great idea! PONCHETTINO is a massive SNAKE in my opinion cos of how he treated SAINTS and done dirty on LES REED & BIG KAT.

 

I reckon we should let our feelings be known bout this snake on Sunday! What I'm suggesting is that on stroke of kick-off we all do a simultaneous snake impression! All of us doing it together will make massive impact on the snake that is pochettino i reckon! He will sink down on his belly like the creeping snake that he is when he hears this!

 

Let's make this happen yo! White Hart Snake 2014!

Made better by everyone making a snake motion with their right arm and bending it side to side, even lurching forward to attack as snakes do. Lets make this a visual thing, not just an audio thing.

Paulo Bento is a bellend so no surprise he was over looked.

Very much so. Portugal need someone like Jose, aka someone that actually wants to be there.

Força Portugal!

Yeah will do now, made some investments. Waiting for things to calm as its so unpredictable right now. Prices go from being insanely high to quite low.

I've never been a huge FUT fan but I'm giving it a go this year. I spend all my money reconstructing the Saints so I've got to be more objective. I was going to play your squad in a friendly, sans you but you seem to have a better team than I.

When the opposing manager/players show up on the boob tube, and only they are in frame, I give it the middle finger with both hands three times. When Ronnie or just the Saints are in frame I give it a 2 handed thumbs up three times. Nothing like some ol' fashion hand voodoo.

O man, that means Pellegrini has City 8 points from the bottom. Surely he'll be sacked in the morning.

Koeman said he had an injury during the Adam Blackmore interview.

hardcore interview

Adam always asks the hard hitting questions

Just register an account online through the club, they give you a nifty account number and you purchase online as if you were sitting in Hampshire. Choose to pick up at the stadium, go to the window at the north end of said stadium, boom, you're enjoying mildly warm Saints Ale. I live in the States and have gone to several matches at St Mary's, never had a problem. You can even do a test run to see how seats are selected on one of the other matches currently on sale.

Find out when tickets go on sale for the match, generally 4-6 weeks before and if they go on sale at 9AM Southampton Time then be ready at 6 PM (did I do the math right?) to select your seats. I like to sit in Itchen center but that's usually full of season ticket holders and fills up fast, Kingsland should have more available.

Have fun and enjoy! Can't bring beer back to your seats though

They asked some weird questions in that presser about Champions League and how do you stop players from leaving again if you're successful. Seemed like someone was fishing for a story, something to go against the recent wave of Southampton positivity perhaps?

Watched the game in Barbados, cheered me up no end after two days of the s**ts. Thought the whole team was great although Davis could do with some finishing practice that's at least two clear chances he has missed but hey ho. Back in time for Saturday and 3 more points !!

Ahhh too much Banks?

For those there, how was the team interaction with Mane? He didn't seem to celebrate the PK but did for Clyne's.

He certainly said the right things after the Leicester debacle, and probably more managers need to do it.

 

In full view of the public glare, he let the players know in no uncertain terms what he thought of their display.

 

Some may regard it as bad management to criticise your players in public, but he didn't pull any punches.

 

Players nowadays are protected and coccooned from criticism by manager who - understandably - are scared that any player on the wrong end of criticism is on the phone to his agent asking for a move.

 

I think it's only right that players paid vast sums of money should be accountable for their performances and it's a good litmus test of a player's mentality to see how he reacts to a public flogging.

 

Some will look at themselves and question their performance in an act of self-criticism. These are the one you want as a manager.

 

You don't want those who react badly to criticism, run to the agent or sulk and point the finger at others.

Meh, generally, or at least in text books, the better motivating tool is adding intrinsic value to the tasks of those following (players/employees). From what I've seen of LVG he seems to shyte on them regularly and in the open (at least with Luke). While footballers live a pampered life and I wouldn't mind punching a few, a lot of them are in a new system, on a new team, a team that has a new coach. I'd want the players to buy into my new philosophy if I was he and "outing" them may not be the best way.

Who are the 2 pansies in the photo?

I believe "monkey-faced" orange, maybe yellow pansies.

[video=youtube_share;bSNT4Y6-5fI]http://youtu.be/bSNT4Y6-5fI

He seemed confident as others have said but I also liked his pace. He seemed quick which is reassuring in case there's a quick counter. He starts over Yosh in my opinion. Nothing against Yoshida, just an executive decision.

I'll tell you which one I hate, the fukcin pancreas. That piece of shyte has been on a free ride for the last 13 years. It went and quit on me and I've been paying for that dead beat waste of deoxyribonucleic acid ever since.

O, and I like the big organs that have the really high pipes in medieval churches, namely the one from Count Duckula, which wasn't in a medieval church but characteristic of what I like none the less.