Lord Duckhunter

St Marys is a far better location. My opinion is that we missed a once in a lifetime chance to build something great, but we ended up with a run of the mill stadium. Now I dont know anything about plans or the ins and outs of it, but personally I would have liked the stands nearer the pitch and a capacity of 35,000-40,000. I would have also liked it to be unique to southampton in some way.Of course it was a step up from the Dell, but when you look at Pride Park and other new stadiums, they just seem a bit better.

We dont live in East germany circa 1978, if it's legal and duty is paid then any retailer can charge what they like for beer, it's none of the Govt business. If the Govt bring this in then I find it hard to tally with their loosening of the licencing laws. Binge drinking is an issue, but the problem is three fold in my opinion. 1. There are laws around being drunk and disorderly, but they never seem to be enforced nowadays.We need to put the shame back into being drunk and sick in public. French culture is awash with drinking and from an early age (and in some cases very cheap) and yet you rarely see French teenagers staggering around drunk. To be seen staggering around or sick in public in France, would bring great shame on your family. 2.Landlords used to have a free reign when dealing with youngsters drinking. We regulary used to drink under age and the landlord knew about it. If we got out of hand, the landlord or a local would step in and sort us out.I learnt to drink in a pub with older blokes and a landlord who looked out for us. Nowadays the old fashioned landlords are dissapearing and we have Managers of drink factories. 3.Drink that tastes like a soft drink. In my opinion this is the biggest problem. A teenager can only drink so much beer or lager, before becoming sick and feeling quesy. These new drinks allow them to drink and drink, with the effect only coming later on. Drink when taken properly is a wonderful thing and a pub the finest place in the world. The kids need to be taught to respect drink and use the pub as a social place. The people I've met and stories I've heard in a pub have made my life a lot more interseting.

To make any money on his return we clearly need to get out of this League ASAP. He must have taken heart with our gates this season, and would have seen that Pards has spent any money given to him wisely. He seems to be taking the exact approach most wanted Rupert to take. Investment in good players, which wil pay back in terms of better performances and higher gates. It's not an exact science, but there must be a element of "speculate to acumalate". Provided it's sensible and sustainable we should be ok.

If Cortese made a fool of the Club every time he opened his mouth to any media outlet, if he made the O/S write the biggest load of b******s every time we signed some reject, if he had waved a bit of paper about saying how wonderful he was, if he was seen training with a NC tracksuit on, if he employed a Rugby mate and if he had a total disregard for the supporters then I would traet him the same as Lowe. People should be judged by results. By sacking Wotte early, sticking behind Pards during the first couple of months (A start like that under Lowe and the Hoddle storries would have started) and signing the calibre of players we have, NC & ML have yet to put a foot wrong. This isn't the 1960's where the directors poke their heads in the Dressing room with a "who are we playing today chaps" only to dissapear upstirs to pour the port. This is a multi million pound industry we're in and on every level I'd rather have NC & ML than Lowe and Wilde.

Could be this guy, the posters are saying he's gone off the boil. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A61581008

George Cole

My understanding is a bet is a debt of honour and not enforcable by law. Bookies can't sue you to pay a gambling debt but they dont have to pay out on anything.They obviously pay out 99.9999% of the time, otherwide people wouldn't use that firm. However, this guy has no chance of winning through the courts.He may get something to make the bad publicity go away, but he wont win the fukll amount or anything near it.

Growing up my family used to use it, but only in the context of a "good mush". As in he's a good mush. My understanding was that it was a Southampton word and this was reinforced when I worked abroad.I met a lot of English lads working abroad in the 80's, most of them Northerners. When they found out I was a saints supporter loads of time I would get "you're a mush then". Nowadays it all seems to be Scummer, but then a lot of them called saints supporters a mush.

I dont think anyone is saying that schools should remain open under any circumstances. However, there are areas of the Country where they can, Poole being one of them.So why the school shut at 1pm is beyond me.We're turning our children in to a bunch of softies. If it is because of worries over Childrens safety, then get the teachers in and have a teacher training day, then cancel one from later in the year (they have enough to choose from). If the teachers can't get in, then dont pay them. My staff have been told they can stay off, but it's unpaid. Surprise surprise, they all made it in, bar one bloke who lives in Sailsbury.Yet the school closed early so the teachers could get home. It's the Nanny state gone mad. The school have a text service to let you know if it's open or not. The one today said it was open and then went onto add "come to school carefully as the roads and pazements are icy". Lucky I got that, otherwise I wouldn't have known and would have driven dangerously.

They closed my kids school early on Weds although we had no snow settling on the roads in Poole. They said it was so the teachers could get home ok. I spoke to the head who said "what else could I do", I said "struggle home like the rest of us have to". They finish at 3pm anyway, and 3pm would be an early finish for everyone else. Bloody joke.

Apart from his Dad and Lowe/Jan nobody else in football seems to rate him. He's hardly played any games for a number of differant clubs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A61291343

Will they be rocking Fratton tonight with their "One Peter Storrie" chant?

Some of them are ok, including my boss and one of my best mates, but most of them are complete planks. As a group, they are the biggest bunch of idiots in football, from dancing on the pitch when they lost to WBA, to the love/hate of Harry, and chanting Storrie-Tellers name. They've now become a serious embaressment to the Premier league in terms of finance and support and the sooner their relegated the better. If they folded I would feel sorry for the decent ones amongst them, but not for some of the planks(95% of them). I recall going to QPR with my QPR supporting cousin and his mates for a Saints game. There was a load of his mates and me in a pub in Ealing the night before and one of his mates had brought a friend along. Turned out he was a Skate, instead of a bit of banter, he took a swing at me(before i'd even spoken to him) and all hell let loose. I don't think there is another team that have support that is filled with so much hatred (baring Celtic and Rangers) as they are. For that plank back in 1993 (or there abouts) I hope they end up in the Wessex League.

Best Watford at Villa Park Last game at Dell, what an ending. Sheff Utd at SMS Crouchys Peno-Did a Dads dance down the steps and embaressed my 15 year old son. Forset away last season-The support that day, convinced me we'd still have a Club and a spirit no matter what happens. Worst- Tranmere in the Cup Skates 4-1 away, we were lucky it wasn't 6 or 7. Blackpool 0-1 last season, outplayed by a poor side,knew then that Lowe's madness was going to lead us down.

Granty, you dirty old man!

I think Clubs will be in for Pardew as well, but hopefully he's here for the long haul.

PMQ's are structured in such a way as to give the PM a massive advantage. He always has the last word and is not pressed to answer any questions. He just throws sound bites and a line of attacked worked out hours in advance. When Brown has been surprised or unprepared, he has come across very poorly. An example of the lack of balance was at PMQ's recently when Brown said Spain was a member of the G8, when it is not. DC had ran out of questions, so couldn't press him on it, but someone like Paxman would have ripped him apart. If the debates are structured in a way that means they have to think on their feet and the Chairman presses them for answers and picks up on any lies/spin/ mistake, Brown will take a hammering IMO.

Throughout the history of the charts there have been manufactured pop acts that have released cover versions. Back to the days when Pat Boone released sanitized versions of Little Richard tunes, through the 60's, 70's and 80's. This pap has existed alongside, and even out sold some of the greatest music of the past 50 years. I can't stand X factor or the hype that goes with it and would rather listen to Westwood's bell than the latest Simon Cowell promoted pop sensation. However my daughter loves it, who am I to tell her what she can like, what she can buy/download? The charts are meaningless nowadays, so can't see why people are getting their knickers in a twist over this. The classic songs are still there for the kids to listen to (obviously, this isn't a classic cover), it takes the form of adverts or cover versions. If this leads them back to the originals, then surely it's a good thing?

Thanks, that's it. Just googled it and the actor is Sam Waterson. It was a pretty good show.

1. NYPD Blue 2.Curb your Enthusiasm 3.Frasier Can anyone remember the name of a series about 15 years ago, set in the deep South. Which dealt with the racial issues of the late 50's/60's. It was pretty good, had the bloke from Law and Order in it. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

Goldie Horn was stunning in her 40's. That bird from sex in the city (i think she's over 40). Not the one from Porkys, Sarah Jessica Parker, or the ginger lesbo, but the other one. Not sure what her name is, but she's pretty fit.Long black hair, and was married to a baldy in the show.

What about this band Eric Clapton George Harrison Ringo Jim Keltner Billy Preston And the great Leon Russell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-RiahNtyqw&feature=related What a band. You tube has to be the greatest website. (after TSF)

The Beatles The Band The Rolling Stones Slade The Who CCR Cream Steely Dan

Got to hand it to the Skates, their great at clutching straws. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60539411