Tokyo-Saint

I am not a stalker

Lallana just tweeted that he is off to Vegas. * *I am a stalker.

I am sure they did in the first couple of pages, somewhere between Drew Surman and Brian Howard.

Don't know if it has been posted before but what is happening with Nathan Redmond? A bit unrealistic I know but I see a lot of AOC in him and it would be a real statement of intent. (I obviously rate him, if you don't then just say so don't bother asking why it would be a statement of intent).

Have you never seen The Hangover?

That's what a stalker would say.

Yeah, some of them are real light weights, not all though. I didn't mean that our girls wouldn't get their moneys worth (or you) just that in general, if a Japanese girl was out for a few drinks after work on a Friday, she wouldn't look at the 2 hours free drinking as a challenge she had to complete. To be honest, once you are used to it, the novelty wears off and you stop seeing it as a challenge yourself. There are plenty of times I went out for a few quiet ones, did nomi hodi and it may have been cheaper to have just had a couple of pints. I am sure there are try hard ex pats everywhere, Phil has probably met a plumber from Dunstable who insists on wearing a full sheiks outfit and living in a tent as a nomad, only drinking goats milk from his own herd. On the subject of cost to the club, If the skates can get sponsors to pay for a (shambolic)trip to USA, I am sure we could make the trip at least free if not a money spinner.

No idea about the average for Hiroshima, wireframe box is the J-league fan. The stadiums are big, very big. I would guess most of them hold 60k+, at least the ones around Tokyo and Yokohama. The games I have been to had at a guess 30k people for the bigger ones, or 15k for a mid week meaningless fixture. They are real JCL and work hard so mid week games are quiet but then a big match like FC Tokyo and Urawa Reds held at the weekend could well sell out. As I say wireframe is the real J league expert, I just went to a few games. The commercial interest could be very big, it would all be down to the marketing. Japanese in general love a craze, if the games were heavily marketed and Chun was playing, there would be some big crowds. Madrid etc sell out abut I think we would be looking more at 30-40k games, especially if it was some kind of Emirates cup style competition. I have een told that saints have been on the sports section of the national news, so I guess Chun is pretty popular and there is potential interest out there.

Out of interest, who is your favourite snotty powerful woman Dune?

League 1? What a pussy! If you had held on to your young players you could have kept on to the prem'. At that point you could have expanded the stadium, opened a radio station and straight into the champions league. You obviously lack ambition Turkish. It is a good game though, just poorly researched.

All we have to do is sign players we can't afford on massive wages but make the payments over 5 years. When we get in trouble, the sugar daddy chairman will bail us out. This will be great because at the end of the season we will be in the champions league and still have the amazing players. If anyone speaks out of turn, we fine them. We send our assistant manager to the press conferences and we declare an interest in all players under 21 years old with a PA or -09 or higher. At least that's what I do on football manager and everything works out fine there.

Idiot! this was before Cortese. He is going to change everything including making Southampton a more attractive place to live for blokes in their early 20's. Don't head off to the bright lights and popstar slags in London just yet. Have you been to Oceania on a Thursday? Or maybe even been bowling in Eastleigh?

Who started this thread? Seriously though, what happens if a thread is stared by someone you have on ignore? Do you not see it until someone replies and then have to guess what the 2nd poster is replying to?

There is little I enjoy more on this board than winding up MLG, I am delighted to find he has not got me on ignore yet. So Matt, I see you have not answered the question put to you, just replied with a question of your own. Not very good considering your question was answered. When you say the player will be sold and the money reinvested in the team. How about if the player is sold and a ready made replacement is thrown in buy the buying club. Let's, for the sake of argument say, Bridge in exchange for some cash and Le Saux, how would this differ from selling Shaw in exchange for some cash and Ashley Cole in a few years time?

The 2 hour drink thing is down to cultural differences. It wouldn't work here as we tend to drink more than them and try to get our money's worth. Japanese, in general, don't down it like we do. There is also the fact that they mostly eat when drinking as well and mixed sex groups mean that most women don't drink nearly enough to get any value. You do get a lot of (fecken annoying) ex pats living out there who try to live more like the Japanese than the Japanese actually do. They have sashimi for lunch, sleep on futons while their Japanese co-workers have spaghetti and sleep in a normal bed. I hated the try hards more than the Americans on shore leave. I think you are right, a few weeks in Switzerland followed by a couple of friendlies with some French teams on the border.

Name 1 player we have sold for £16m? Bonus points given if he is as sh!t as Jordan as well.

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You can find full info on the trains here: http://www.jrpass.com/?gclid=CJmUg5_I868CFaImtAodagNRWw It is very similar to the eurostar but actually even easier as you don't have the security checks or immigration stuff. It is a great way to get around. No offence (for once I don't want to offend you) but your mate was either very poor or stupid or is winding you up a bit so that you are impressed with his survival skills. It is a massive misconception that Japanese eat sushi all the time. I would say on average once every couple of weeks. Tokyo is a massive city and is pretty cosmopolitan, you'll find that the food is similar to here, as in there are Italian, Indian, American (burgers etc), Chinese restaurants pretty much everywhere. People in the UK don't really survive off roast dinners and fish and chips and Japanese don't survive off noodles and sushi. You can pay over the odds for things, especially if you are a football fan or a load of lads. The Irish bars and the nightclub/pub chains like 'The Hub' and 'Gaspanic' are there just to get this type of person in, pay over the odds and then moan about it at home. There is always a load of American service men on a weekends leave with a load of money to spend that are looking for exactly these types of places. If you ever went to Jumping Jaks or Ikon you will be able to imagine exactly what they are like. If we do go there on pre-season, I will maybe do a blog on here or something with tips on where to go and where to eat or drink etc and not get completely ripped off. To give you a rough idea, eating out should cost about £10 per head in a Japanese pub/restaurant maybe £20 if you are having a few beers as well. Spirits are a lot cheaper than beer and most places sell it to you by the bottle, so if you and a couple of mates buy a bottle of something and a few mixers, it shouldn't cost you much more that £10 -£15 and is a pretty good way of getting ****ed. On the other hand, wonder straight out of the station in a big tourist place, into the bar with the loud music and all the lights and you may end up paying £5/6 for a half pint but the same would probably happen in Leicester Square, New York or Paris.

I am going to be shouted down here but having lived there for over 5 years, the price is comparable to London. As with London, it depends on what you do and where you go. For example, you can get a shinkansen (bullet train) ticket that lets you have unlimited travel around Japan for about £150. This is only open to visitors but is an amazing cheap and quick way to travel around a long country. I have felt it is much more expensive to travel and eat on Europe recently, easily spending £50 for a crappy meal for 2 in an ok restaurant.

Not really, it depends on where you go. The problem is that tourists fall into the 'tourist trap'. It is very much like London, if you wonder out of Leicester Square station and straight into a Aberdeen Angus stake house, you will get ripped off. The same this applys in Tokyo, if you come straight out of the station and into an Irish bar and order a guinness or an imported beer, you will pay about £5 a pint. However, go local, drink in Izakayzas, local beers and whiskeys and you can save loads on here. For example, nomi hodi is offered in most places and usually means 2 hours unlimited drinking of local beers and spirits (good stuff as well). This will usually set you back £15 and is well worth it.

A mod would have to do that as he is a registered user and therefore cannot edit posts (I believe).

Thanks. Yeah, I remember it being 1-0 as well, although it was a bit of a poor match to be fair.

Honestly we did. I am sure MLG will be finished school soon and will be able to post lots of links in support, although he rarely does this when needed. It was £1 to get in and a bit of a novelty as I don't think St Mary's had been open long. It may have been just after Hoddle left as well so that may have increased the numbers. Not 100% sure of the dates but I was there (nothing to gain by making it up). I think the Chapel and the Itchen were open but the other stands closed, if it helps jog anyone's memory.

Just emailed you.

The order is: Fancy dress test. Singing the right songs at the correct speed test. Wearing the right clothes test. Don't get tempted by threads with bad spelling. Pass all of them and you get a Honda and enter the Takeshi's castle qualifiers. So close but no cigar! You were doing so well up until the temptation one! Better luck next year.