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Florence is stunning, so much to see. A lot smaller than Rome so much easier to get around. Definitely one you need to do, done loads of Italy and it’s probably my favourite I’ve only been to Milan for our game there so didn’t get the chance to see much of it. Didn’t seem to have as much history as other Italian cities although I believe it was heavily bombed in the war.

Agree with all you say. We went with 2 other couples a few years back and had a great time. Beautiful place. We did a night cruise down the Danube with dinner with was great.

It’s true though isn’t it. Most people who are successful in life are not the ones who produce the odd moment of magic they’re the ones who master the basics. You can apply that to everything from bricklayers to world class sportsman. Repetition, muscle memory, repeating stuff over and over again. But that doesn’t excite people and make good instagram posts so not many want to do it. Practise the same skill 5000 times in the garden and you’re more than likely going to do it better than someone who has only practised it a handful of times and stopped because it was boring

700+ test matches wickets 40+ Lols on a saintsweb post which is the bigger achievement? I’ll let you guys be the judge of that

Apparently so..:

What happens when you get a bloke who thinks he runs the world but the thinks the whole world is the USA

I think back to a few games like Man City at home where we won 1-0 He was magnificent. Then when spurs battered is 5-1 or something like that he gave one of the worst CB performances I’ve ever seen, constantly out of position, constantly not tracking runners, he looked like a pub player. The difference was city game we spent most of it defending our box he could react, he didn’t have to think, spurs game we played a high line and he had to think and he got absolutely annihilated. You’re right he ball watches and whilst you can’t deny he’s passionate and gives his all at the end of the day the basic qualities of a decent centre half aren’t there, reading the game, awareness, positioning etc

I’m sure our wonderful analysts have run the profile, complied the videos and crunched the data to make sure he CANNOT fail here

I’ve always felt Stephens is a reactive player not a proactive one. When we’re on the back foot and under pressure he has his best games, when we dominate games and he has time to think what to do and where to be he usually makes a cock up. He’s not as bad as some make out on here but you always feel like he’s going to make a cock up which undoes a lot of the good stuff he does

And £35m up front not a penny less and none of this installment crap!! Plus a 50% sell on clause

Unless he hands in a transfer request he stays if he doesn’t like it let him ROT in the reserves.

Two articles in the echo today about young midfielders wanting first team football O’Brien-Whitmarsh attracting attention from clubs and Sesay saying he’s ready for it either here or somewhere else seems like a bit more discontent behind the scenes than we’ve been lead to believe

Indeed it was. leader of the DEF, Chairman of the CoT, most LOLs in saintsweb history. He probably set it as his profile picture on Facebook

Went to a charity dinner a while back and Shane Warne was the guest. He did about an hour of stories and Q&A. He was brilliant, really funny. Chatted to him after and let him get a photo with me

Probably saw my post on here about it yesterday #CoT #stillfirstwithallthenews