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Thought the Vitesse fans attempted to make a decent atmosphere towards the end as suggested above. Fair play to them for travelling over. Compared to some of our Premier League friends, I thought they were alright. I did not join in our 'let's all have a disco' retort. I did find it funny how, after our fans gave it a "what the f*cking hell was that" after their player hoofed it out of play, they piped up with "you're sh*t and you know you are", and mere seconds after they had stopped Mane fed Pelle through to smash home our first.

Likewise. The last three books I've read have been Parachute Infantry by David Webster (one of the real 'Band of Brothers' men), also the memoirs of British First World War officer Maurice Graffet Neal, and I'm currently reading an account of the First World War called Storm of Steel written by German officer Ernst Junger. These three accounts I could not recommend highly enough. As you can see, I like first hand autobiographical accounts of War. I've been wondering for a while what my next book would be based on that, might have to give Enemy Coast Ahead a go as it sounds up my street. Back on topic, and despite what I have written above, whilst I would highly recommend those, I think the book I would choose would be Nineteen Eighty-Four by Orwell. The film would probably be Kevin & Perry Go Large.

Last year he was playing alongside the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Richard Dunne, Clint Hill. Bang average. We'll see how he gets on with a much better CB next to him in the form of Fonte.

I had been pressing F5 since about 0840, it got to 0900 and still it just displayed Newcastle away. At 0905 it was still just showing Newcastle. Luckily, with a huge sigh of relief, one of us was succesful and our tickets are sorted. Feel genuinely sorry for anyone who missed out. Heard it sold out after about 15 minutes and that people had been queueing at St Mary's since 3am!? Madness. Was never this much hassle to get tickets to places like Hartlepool and Tranmere!!!

STILL nervous about tomorrow morning 9am...

Still concerned that, despite us having 7 aways, we won't get a ticket...

Jolly good.

Nice one

Lovely job, cheers all.

That's alright then, sorted. Typical my mate only has a 1st day ticket spare... Cheers. Do we know when the draw for that round will take place, should we go through?

Apologies for my ignorance, but if we get past Vitesse, then what? I notice on the UEFA website it says there is a play-off round after the 3rd qualifying round, does that concern us? I’ve been offered a ticket for the 1st day of the Oval test match on the 20th August, but notice this play-off round first leg falls on that date. Would we be playing then?

Thanks for the info mate. We're staying in Arnhem - Sounds good to me!

With flights sorted and a plan in place I feel I must ask an important question: Where's good for beer in Arnhem?

The Titanic should have left Southampton though, just a shame it sunk... Much like Lambert's career. I still love Rickie for what he done for us, but he made his bed. Players like Shaw and Chambers, it's still too early to tell whether they made a mistake or not. There wasn't anything last season that showed me that they have improved at their new clubs. Of course you have got Chambers' England call ups, but that simply comes part and parcel of playing for a big club, regardless of whether you're any good or not.

I always thought 1 $hlong = 8million GBP + add-ons?

Just wrote the following on fb, thought I'd add it here too: Can't argue with Schneiderlin going to United, deserves a big move. I was there when he scored his first goal for us away at Bristol Rovers and was there for his last goal away at Stoke, in the 5 years between those goals he has developed in to such a top player. Often reminisce about our League One glory days and our rise back to the Prem, he was a massive part of that, so fair play, thanks, & au revoir

Currently reading Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. Fascinating to read a German's perspective of the First World War. I recently read a British soldier's memoirs of the War (A Long Way to Tipperary by Maurice Neal) which I enjoyed, so to go from that to a German's memoir has been very interesting. The book is superbly written and vivid in its description of the horrors of war, but it is in no way the work of a pacifist. The last chapter I read described a battle against the British on the Siegfried line, it really strikes home how horrific it must have been. You never really hear about the German side of things and it is peculiar to be rooting for them when reading, you want Junger and his men to succeed but then you remember they're fighting the British a lot of the time, the British who Junger is often compliments. It also hits home how normal these lads were, normal like the British lads they were up against, which just goes to show what a pointless waste of life it was.

Lambert at Fratton Park, only my second ever derby game, absolutely loved it when that went in. After the 89th minute equaliser at Old Trafford in 2013, the goal celebration felt like it lasted forever, it was almost surreal. Was a good one because you knew if we held on for the draw all the plastic glory United 'fans' back at home in Hampshire that for years gave you stick for supporting a "sh!t team" were gonna be miffed. So for me, that one was enjoyable. Maybe the best for me would be Fonte away at Brighton. When that ball went in it was carnage. I went from the back row of that temporary stand to the front in an instant, tumbling down steps and over chairs, cutting my leg in the process. Ended up on my arse on the running track with Fonte et al celebrating a few yards away. Brilliant that was.

It's all a bit of a joke isn't it. Laughable really. So sh!t.

I stopped coming on here so much after getting fed up having to sift through copious amounts of bullsh*t seemingly on every thread from the same few people and their wacky online personas. It got boring.

It was quite emotive at the end as the players came over to acknowledge the fans, a chorus of 'Super Kelv' was belted out and he just stood there for what seemed like an eternity, completely and utterly motionless, presumably taking it all in before tapping the Saints badge on his chest.

Prague.

I'm in danger of falling asleep.

This shouldn't be a debate about immigration - This should be a debate about religious fundamentalism. The fact is, is that Islamism and extremist ideals that come with it do present a problem worldwide. You cannot argue that. And it's when you find that there's British kids in Syria and Iraq butchering people that it becomes concerning. If these kids slip through the net and come back and start indoctrinating and brainwashing others here, like what has happened to them, then what? This thread has clearly popped up after the murder of the US journalist - ISIS and the Islamic State have a pretty obvious "convert or die" policy (if you're lucky enough to be given the choice and you're not just killed outright) and what will happen when it reaches these shores? I have no problem whatsoever with controlled immigration, but it is the dangerous values of a minority who wish to force their view upon the majority by any means that concerns me.

Great pics, thanks. Only went to a handful of games at the Dell. Pre-season friendlies mostly because they were cheaper. I did however have a birthday party at the Dell, which included a tour and I got to play in that indoor 'pitch'. I had forgotten about it until I saw that photo!