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Just to fill in the blanks I assume we're talking about Lallana, Lambert and Peter Harrison.

So really it'd be no relegation from the (slightly smaller) Championship then, not Premiership. Not that I'm supporting it, but there does seem to be more of a gulf between Championship and League One teams than there does between bottom Prem / top Championship sides in terms of size, infrastructure, attendance etc. Obviously noting there's a few teams perhaps "in the wrong league" right now (ie Charlton, Sheff Wed in Lg One).

Who said anything about 30 mins? Cobham is less than 20 miles from Imperial Wharf / Stamford Bridge. Plus I don't think there'd be an issue of ties to the community if the players are living within spitting distance of the ground!

Shouldn't we be selling rather than buying then?

I'm confused. I'm not the greatest Saints fan (I prefer Man U if truth be told), but I have been to a lot of Saints games, particularly games played in Soton. On almost every occasion I've seen a team play away and the majority of them I've never seen at home. I simply could not name them all if my life depended on it. How come you lot only have a few? Some people need to get to a few more games!!

You've changed that one to make it fit...should be "Bale".

Me too please. I live in New York and have some boys on my Northamerican database I want to alert the club to: - Thierry Henry - Rafael Marquez - Teemu Tainio - Luke Rodgers - John Rooney (Wayne's brother)

Moved my flight to the Saturday New Years Eve is gonna be one looooong day for me!

I disagree. Its completely their fault. The tie-breaking rules are clearly on the CAF website. It's fairly common practise in qualifying tournaments to use head-to-head as tie-breaker. It's the same in the Euros qualifiers where Montenegro would have finished ahead of England had they beat them (and Switzerland) due to better results against us (would have been a draw and a win), even if England maintained their better goal difference in the group. You mention that SA had a better head to head against Niger (won 2-0, lost 2-1). That would have been enough were it not that Sierra Leone also had 9 points and need to be brought into the equation. SA had two 0-0 draws with Sierra Leone, so using your logic they would be level, yet Niger beat Sierra Leone 3-1 and lost 1-0, so should finish above them. The only way to ensure consistency is to form a mini-table with just those teams. This basically has the effect of removing results against the weakest team, who they would all perhaps be expected to beat (think of a San Marino type team, although in fairness here it was Egypt). When you look at that mini-league Niger came out on top as they had 2 wins and 2 losses v the other two (6 points), while SA and SL each had a win, 2 draws and a loss (5 points). The rest of the organisation of this tournament may well be a shambles, but this rule is being applied fairly and is consistent with the rest of world football.

You're thinking of the song "Piccadilly Palare", or the album Bona Drag, which is "nice outfit" in Polari.

Does anyone know why the Saints v Bristol City game is on Friday Dec 30th @ 7.45pm, when all rest of Championship is on Sat 31st? It doesn't appear to be on TV from anything I've found. Sky has Newcastle v Liverpool on at that time. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/TVGamesDetail http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12942,00.html I'm booking a flight back to New York that day and wanna know if its worth getting up early for a 9am takeoff. Cheers!

Why does the Chelsea attacker put his head in his hands when they score? 52 secs in

You're thinking of Rocky IV aren't you?

We had a game called off against Wimbledon years ago due to snow / frozen conditions. We didn't win that one. My photo was in the programme for that game.

I haven't heard of that one, is it any good?

I don't. It's easy to ignore an email, especially when you're being asked to commit to something. Go down there and ask for it back in person, bet they'd give it back.

Steve Cotterill will be available soon.

I'm not sure the club are claiming to own it. They are however, to the best of my knowledge, not charging any rent for the storage facility they are providing, which is very generous in my opinion. If you all feel so strongly about it you should go down to St Marys and pick it up - I'm sure they won't mind.

Which round of Wimbledon did you make this year Andy?

Why - how many times has Lallana hit the post and scored this season?

Pay as you play deals are a myth. Anyone suggesting them seriously is an idiot. Short term deal maybe, but not PAYP.

It's a hoax. He's Jude Finisterra from the Yes Men http://theyesmen.org/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/09/27/is-alessio-rastani-a-yes-man/

Steelers are the Brazil of NFL. Limp through the qualifying stages, getting beat by their hated rivals (Baltimore), but they'll make it to the final (and normally win!). Just squeezed past the Colts who were down to 3rd choice QB this week. Even managed to hit the post and miss a field goal!

1 Ian McShane's dad Harry played for Man U.