Gloucester Saint

Hopefully Petrie dishes up some clean overs.

I thought he’d be Health although Cooper is a solid pair of hands there. McFadden staying at DWP makes sense as needs someone who knows the brief to make reductions. Yes, we’ll see on Healey but I didn’t have him down as especially left. More of a presence to calm markets because Burnham does make bond markets more uneasy. Speccy enthusiastic https://spectator.com/article/john-healey-is-a-clever-choice-for-chancellor/

Spent 5 years in Gordon Brown’s Treasury though and markets seem to like him. Mahmood is the most popular member of the cabinet with the wider public (albeit not her own left wing) so staying Home Sec makes sense. If we’re talking curvy, Ed Miliband as Foreign Sec - even if he wanted it, that’s Marilyn Monroe. ’Over here Orange Rottweiler, enjoy your new chew toy’.

That’s the gambit - you want the budget for defence John, you find the savings then.

Sacked as Business Secretary and seemingly out of the cabinet, as is Lammy, Steve Reed, Liz Kendall and Lord Hermer. Reeves turned down one of the other big cabinet offices. Mahmood and Miliband just gone in there, Mahmood as CofE has been the chatter. John Healey went into No10 before them.

Especially on the training ground when the wind is blowing the wrong way and the smog works drift in.

As soon as I saw that on BBC News just now, I thought ‘I know someone who will be pleased with that’!

Still, Boro have a good future replacement for Hellberg https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdew76g9d1zo

My Dad queued up to get his Against the World book signed for me after he joined Saints. I still have it in my home library. We’ve lost him, Armstrong, Nicholl and Bally now from that famous and entertaining side.

McAllister’s early foul was as yellow a card as you can get. Arguable ref letting it go for both sides but escalation in Argentina’s behaviour when not shown an early yellow was an obvious to adapt.

We could copy the Lancashire cricket fans every time he scored. ’Oh Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky Wankshear!’

Fucking weirdos and a liar as well. Do I care about Southampton? No. Do I like them? Dislikes and then whines on about why. Skate levels of obsession. At least the skates and us have a proper rivalry. You can tell when a club hasn’t and why Leeds, Sunderland and Newcastle aren’t bothered about them. Noddy, nothing club in a wasteland of an area with a highly dubious mayor. Three clear chances at promotion, and blew every single one. Portsmouth are our rivals. We don’t give a shit about you and whether you all vaporise when Billingham explodes one day.

Seems to pick up a lot of the Potteries and Midlands ones, sometimes Manchester. I do watch some of the episodes on iPlayer to help get some inspiration for our house renovation.

Would be a popular signing with @Master Bates

What I remember more was the heavy rain which came down in the second half and then walking back to the bus stop in it after Dion Dublin’s last minute winner. Broke his leg badly next game v Palace and never really got another look in at Old Trafford. Very good career though.