Dr Who?

Rhubarb & Custard!

Scotland?

I see us on par with most of the clubs outside of the top 6. We should be on a much better footing than Bournemouth and Ipswich and maybe Fulham and Brentford. I think it is all down to the scouting, and a bit of luck as well as the manager. There will also be owners that will spend above what they should in all hope of staying in the premier league. With some shrewd purchases and a little bit of good management and the players stepping up, we might just about stay in the league, if not we have another season in the Championship. It’s not too shabby!

Terrible. When do we get to slate the 3rd kit?

Waited all this time for that. Not that I will buy it for myself, but will for the boy. I will only get training tops, and they are not up to much.

Is the kit out yet? Or is this the event on Wednesday or whenever it is?

He is a machine!

If this is helping, which of course it is, then all is good. I don’t think my son has a problem or sees pink as a girls colour, but I know a lot of people do, especially around football.

2,5,7 for me.

Don’t think so the Inter Miami pink top is a massive seller, and there is a lot less stigma attached to pink and boys/men wearing the colour. It’s just a colour. I think because of this transformation in attitudes it is seen as a new colour and more appealing because it is still seen as slightly different and even on the edge, when really it is just a colour. Kids are wearing pink kits and the rise of pink footy boots is massive If they get it right I would buy it, I tried to buy the keepers pint top for the gym last season, but it went out of stock after coming in late, and never came back.

Ha ha

Why do we seem to be one, if not the last team to release our kits?

This is a great outcome as me and my wife work in the public sector. I only joined the NHS in 2020 and all I have heard is that things are better in the public sector under a Labour government. My wife is a secondary teacher and 2010 she had only been teaching for 2 years, so never experienced much under a Labour government. But things at the NHS and education have never been as bad as they are now, and hearing the story’s from people that have been in the public sector for 20/25 years, that we have played down do ring true. Ok it’s never going to perfect but Labour will support the public sector more than the Tory’s ever will. They are in now by whatever means, and have a chance to make a difference. But you will never ever please everyone or anyone 100%

A lot of Tory voters just do not turn out rather than voting for anyone else. You will notice this pretty much every time Labour do not get in. This with reform taking votes from the Tories and the fact that the country has been run so badly and many many many broken promises. Labour did not have to do to much. Saying this they need to hit the ground running, it’s going to be interesting for sure.

I honestly think Sunak has call an election in the summer rather than October knowing he will be out of number 10 on Friday and right at the start of pre-season, and will launch a takeover bid for Southampton Football Club. I know he has always been a fan and that has never been a secret but he loves to mention us as often as he can. Even said if he got a tattoo it would be the Saints badge. I maybe wide of the mark, but if his wife is in as well it would be a game changer, stand aside Craig David and Will from Coldplay.

Not quite that straight forward unfortunately as you well know. I’m not sure what the Puma cut will be. I remember we made our own kit at one stage to pass the savings on to the supporters or to make sure more. I do not feel that bad buying expensive kit as it is another way of supporting and getting money in the coffers, no matter how small it will be of a contribution. I do wish we knew the cut that went to Puma and what goes to the club though.

Another 30 minutes to add to the inevitable, if not this game, the next, semi or the final.

If Trippier runs out the ground should just about be in time to catch his shot from the first half.

Not to great at managing either.

Adams is doing very well holding up the ball, carrying the ball, and bringing other players into play. The service to him is awful. You could look at all the stars in the England team and think they were all crap, but they clearly are not.

His work rate in weak teams is amazing.

Home to Plymouth in what I believe was his last game he scored a cracker! He has the potential but does not seem to fit RM style of play or the system. 🤷🏽

It seems that transfers and players signing new contracts drag on for longer these days, or is it because you used to find out about a new signing as it happens or only in a news article a day or so before. It is probably to do with the media and the fact we have access to 24 hour media, but it drags on for a long time these days, or so it seems.

The more that went on you morphed into Southgate!