Cascadia Saint

Not toast yet, but it's been so long now that the bread is beyond stale. Which is much the same - lifeless, stiff and rough. And it still falls apart into crumbs when you apply a little pressure.

Yes please.

As the air in her lungs is reduced to 10% then 2%.

What I made of it was that he's had experience in major league sport and he thinks the principles are transferable. And that he then went on to say that Everything needs to happen naturally. He probably thinks there need be no rush on either side. I believe he is of the opinion that Pochettino needs to focus on all the important games coming up and he needs to make space for him to do his work (being involved in team selection probably isn't too helpful for that.) Oh, and he thinks he’s a very honest, strong personality with strong values, he should feel comfortable. I might be reading it wrong? Maybe I missed something? Or you are ITK on this? I have some more question marks here if you've used all of yours?

Fixed it for you. Better get your shift key fixed.

Cheers mate. I will set up a fantasy team sometime before tomorrow afternoon! I think my timbers friend / full-on southampton convert usually has a team so I'll see if he can join too. I don't mind the city itself, but the Seattle sports teams can **** right off. And that includes the 'world champion' Seahawks...

That was definitely the strangest difference for me, seeing anywhere from 3-25 away fans tucked up into the top corner of the stadium, on the opposite side from the main loud supporters end. Singing 'we don't hear a ****ing thing' To some plucky souls that you have no chance of actually hearing seems a little sad... It's a bit like watching the few in league 2... That said, we're 'lucky' enough to have a noxious rival only 3 hours away. The hideously fluorescent Seattle Sounders always bring a massive contingent down, and there's actually something resembling a derby atmosphere. They too have a fishy nickname. They too have a fishy nickname, Skates - meet the Flounders. There's something about small flat flappy fish that suits ****ty football teams. Vancouver are also close enough to bring a decent amount, and all 3 sets of supporters have an unofficial trophy won by the team who gains the most points in head to head games between the 3 teams, called the Cascadia Cup. Something to play for seperate from the league and cup competitions. Other west coast teams always bring a few fans up, and it's always the die hard supporters groups that make the effort. The likes of Los Angeles and San Jose always have a few miscreants, so it's fun to watch them try to appear menacing. It's awesome watching them try and start fights with supporters who are more interested in drinking beer and growing beards. Our fans might be known as the timbers army but they're a pretty pacifistic lot. It usually attracts fans who aren't too big into other American sports, and a lot of them watch a lot of European football - The Prem, La Liga and the Bundesliga especially. It's extremely easy to stick your nose up at, as a fan of 'real' football, with 'real' history and 'real' fans, but it is what it is. In portland especially there's a real passion for the team and despite how silly some of the chants and songs might be it's just 'different'. If you were watching a match in some other far flung country you might expect some differences and strange customs, and that's all it is here. As far as the play offs go... They need the tv money, and nobody wants to watch teams with nothing to play for half a season. The play offs keep a lot of teams in with a chance for a lot longer. Again, it is what it is. People wouldn't go if it wasn't fun, and it is, so go soccer! I can taste the beer (and the rain) already....

The beer helps, i must say.

This.

Starts tomorrow. The quality of play has definitely improved in the last couple of years, but I still find it hard to watch a game between two teams I have no interest in. Which would be every other team other than the mighty mighty Timbers. Seriously though, the Timbers play some decent stuff - not a million miles away from our own possession based pressing game. And it's an awesome laugh at the games. Every match sold out, standing allowed in the seated areas, cracking atmosphere, great local beer available to drink anywhere in the stadium. (They even send people around selling it to you IN your seat...) I'd rather be at St Mary's but it'll do. Any other ex-pats actually follow their local team? Any over-eager brits follow the MLS?

This was last year's Timbers away kit, it has the same deep V neck I dislike on our away kit. Also, the back was completely white which looked really stupid in person. Depending on which direction the players were facing on the field, it looked like there were 3 teams on the field - red, white and the opposition. New away kit this year, which is almost bearable apart from the red to black 'gradient'. Gradients are ****e. First Timbers game of the season tomorrow! Looking forward to drinking far too many IPA's, standing in the rain. Go soccer!!

Boruc Clyne . Fonte . Lovren . Shaw. Cork . Schneiderlin Lallana . Ramirez . Rodriguez Lambert Pace up the wings. Trickery through the middle. Rickie actually in a position to finish chances. Would be nice.

He's talking about our previously first choice right back, who in his opinion would be in his team. You monumental knob.

Milner? FFS

Get in there! Lallana cross for the goal, awesome.

There's beauty?

Suddenly it all makes sense. Apart from the OP that is, claims of sarcasm can't save him.

Turkish has ruined this forum with his 18 layers of sarcasm, now they're all at it. I give up.

I thought Ludwig was being sarcastic. I'm so confused. Or are you being sarcastic back?

Yeah! We haven't picked up a point in the one league game we've played since then, you're right! Rotten to the core.

She has to keep up the post count of her saintsweb forum secret alter-ego! We all know who she is...

First world problems.

If you were going to use the family silver, you may just polish it too.

"We are just papering over the cracks at the moment, waiting for the season to come to an end." Replace the word season with the word club, and this describes everything since the FU cup 'win'. And maybe even a couple of years before it.

Gaston for Davis was a deliberate change of attacking style. I would go as far as calling it a plan b, but he looked pretty good for the time he was on.