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CL, I'm a footie fan living in Italy. I could support Torino or Juve, but really, after Saints it wouldn't seem right.. Marbella would just be a quick ****, now let's be honest..

Is that the Dubai Expats league?

Er, quoi? Please explain... :-)

Why, may I ask? It can't be our lack of skill, seeing the crap I'v seen for Saints, let alone friends' pub teams...

Mmm, fave's! Isn't Zubrowka the Bison grass one.. nice.. Those are good sale prices, leave them to rest in the dark for a week ir two. I am atm drinking a moscato di Chambave after various wines earlier... terrible these summer thunderstorms for keeping one in bars. Had a very good glass of red wine in a local bar (Didier Gerbelle Petit Rouge 2007) so now know the same one in my cellar is ready to drink. So is the Pedigree, Adnams and Fullers in my cellar which i use to impress the locals:-)

Back to football though.. how long is Pulis' contract, and is it really worth him (or us) being further associated, even given contracts..?

Don't worry DP, buy me a pint of Pedigree or similar at the Millwall game (Brentford too!) and I'll let you cop a feel... Yeah, it's hard out there in the gulf, at least you aren't working in the Magic Kingdom ..

OK... perhaps I should add.. think of me as Tony Pulis, but with a little less testosterone but more anticipation and a better footballing brain, and probably a lot more desire to play. (The last being an absolute prerequisite for women footie players..)

You've never seen me play!

It was Notlob the follwing year, ISTR, when Bobby Stokes scored two and we won. Had to get back to the coaches pretending I was miserable and then sprinting the last 100 yards! Or was that the year before when I was stil a student. Gawd.... feeling old ... sluurp... Hi Dubai, what's the wine like there?

Didn't do Bradford, but as a student at SU I _was_ a bit short of readies. I had confidence we'd get further after seeing Hughie's last minute goal and going to WBA. Great having no lectures on Wednesdays. Saw the semis and the final. but gawd, my final degree that year was awful!

Nah mate, it's the soddin' parents who won't let you criticse their darlin' offspring, and they tend to be Tory supporting Daily Mail readers. As it happens, I was lucky as a teacher as I taught ESOL (English as a Second or Other Language).. My students may have struggled, but they did try...

Silly boy, cameras only die from Al K'hol. And who was it posting about late night forum posts... (went out for 6 but then it started p***ing down so stayed in the bars)....

as an aside, got an SMS to say our fitness training starts 17 August (from the Monday , 2hours a day for two weeks, aaargh)... But as I'm in the UK I'll miss it, but if you see a centre forward running up and down the steps at SMS before the Millwall game, ... that will be me!

As it's not under FA rules I presume butch women with muscular thighs can play?:-))) Bugger, shan't be in the UK until August...

Hi Saints is the South! Let me know if you ever go to Turin again as I'm not toooo far from there.. I can't get too interested in italian football, although I do play womens' footie here, which is a bit more professional than Hants League.. As a kid I lived in Rome, so I probably consider myself more a Romanista, but if I went to a game I'd have to wear a Saints shirt!

You're right about settling time, and some beers are better than others, but if you look at the photo you'll see there are no lines, it's straight from the barrel, nor do you need gas for real ale. It's a system I've seen in lots of places: festivals as well as pubs. It isn't that difficult.

A bit cynical Trousers, and you are preaching to a lot of cynics here! Of course he should go for what's available on Bosmans, _available_ being the important word (and the 'gems' implying he is going to maintain standards). No doubt he'll actually buy as well, but that takes longer, and as I'm sure the new regime won't overpay (BTW goodbye Euell) there may be some lengthy negotiations with sellers who know our situation..

...and you Euro, should be strangled! :-)

A couple of weeks? I doubt it somehow. There may be some marginal decisions but I think quite a few are bloomin obvious, particularly to a professional like AP.

Pilchards - don't do that! How about climbing that tree again and see how training is progressing... no need for detail that might help the opposition, just - ...is it improving....??? PS DS, posting after a few bevvies, I don't know what you mean. :-¦

Definitely club, even though I've seen England abroad (Italia 90) and at Wembley a couple of times. It is fun watching England down the local pub (despite patronising bastards saying, "oooh, you know about football".. "yes dear, I play it!"). In my local Italian bar they know who I support as I make it very clear! But nothing beats 1976 or 2003 or the ups and downs of following Saints, from near and far.

Hmm, I may be hot and saucy, but it wasn't me.

You haven't studied spelling though, but you're certainly right in the rest of what you say!

Nocive? Are you an Italian, Spanish or French speaker by chance?:-)