Well, arguably Bertrand deserves another call up. He's started the season better than either Baines or Shaw, and we don't have that many English left backs. As for Cork, he's certainly better than Wilshere, but he needs more playing time before he'll stand any chance of being noticed by Hodgson.
Just arrived at wembley. I believe Le Tiss is here in a bar somewhere. Anyone on twitter find out where so I can take my lad to meet him...LTL?
Kelvin played the first half of a development squad friendly v Brighton on Weds this week alongside Jack Cork who played the full 90. Gazza came on for second half. Koeman and staff watching as well as Bertie and Jay. HT 0-0 FT 1-1. Sims scored. Seagar hit the bar.
Heard different reports: one said groin injury and another said he'd pulled a muscle/tendon in that area. Oops
http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20141009-reed-targett-england-germany-2008104.aspx England beat Germany...may be u20 level, but still sweet.
Gutted Clyne is not playing as we are here. My lad is very excited about tonight, so I only hope we bag a few with Clyne and Rickie coming on together.
Isn't it just. Pathetic is another word I'd choose. I thought Hodgson was a shaker and an experimenter. But he's as Establishment as they come. One might as well invite any of half a dozen past England managers back. They're all as bad as each other.
Q&A with Graziano here... [video=youtube;lmu5ysZvjWU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmu5ysZvjWU&feature=youtu.be[/video] TRANSCRIPT First name: Graziano Surname: Pellè Bad habits: Not many, apart from biting my nails due to the stress after games. You moved to Southampton last July, how are you adapting to live in England? It’s ok now. The first month wasn’t very easy, even though I’m quite a positive person and don’t usually suffer from homesickness. But of course it’s better after those goals. What are the differences between Southampton, Alkmaar and Rotterdam? Alkmaar is a small town. They have their cheese trade show there. It’s particular, it’s funny and it’s a place where you can live well. As for Rotterdam, you can still see the damage from the war- they’re in a rebuilding stage. They have one of the biggest ports in the world. It’s a very beautiful city, there’s an old part of the city and a new one- there’s a marked distinction between the two. Southampton is another city with a port. It seems I always go to places where there’s the sea. I still have to get to know the city, I have just arrived, and there’s time. You were given the nickname “Italian Stallion” in Holland after scoring 50 goals in 57 matches there. Is that true? Yes, it’s true. I don’t know the details, I don’t know why they chose the name stallion… Joking aside, the head coach and his staff trusted me a lot and I rewarded them with a lot of goals. If I hadn’t scored all those goals, I wouldn’t be here now. Tell us the weirdest thing that happened whilst you were in the Netherlands There are a lot… When I was signing for AZ, I was discussing what shirt number I could have with Louis Van Gaal. I love the number 9, be it 9, 19 or 18- I’m not afraid of fate. Anyway, I like the number 9 because it symbolizes the striker. Van Gaal told me: “9 is taken, 19 is too… Ok, 90 or 99”. I replied: “No, no please, not those high numbers. Which number are you going to give me?” He: “29 or 39”… And I said: “I don’t like 29 very much”. Van Gaal said: “Then 90 or 99”, and I reiterated my disappointment. Van Gaal is very strict and I eventually said: “Then I’m not signing for the club”. He got very angry, stood up and went to my agent and said to him: “How dare this guy to do something like that?” I then told him that I was joking. He is a great coach too. You converted a panenka penalty at the U21-Euros in Holland in 2007. Did you draw inspiration from Totti, who did the same at Euro 2000 in Holland too? Yes, it was great to watch his successful panenka penalty kick. He is obviously a specialist at it. I had a verbal wager with Montolivo and Chiellini and they told me: If you have the courage, then do it! The adrenaline of the game helped me stay calm. I felt more tense when I saw the penalty on TV after the game. Which player inspired you to play football? My father. He used to play in minor leagues. He got to play in Serie C, but if you speak to all his former colleagues, it looks like they were Van Basten or Rijkaard. They keep saying that it was a lot more difficult back then to make it to Serie C, you know, the usual stories. He used to show me all the videos of great players: Van Basten, the Brazilian Ronaldo, I grew up drawing inspiration from all the great players who used to play back then. We know that you were a dancing champion and that this is a passion of yours. How did it start? My mother loved dancing, my three-year-older sister also did it. It was a two-person-dance, so she needed a partner. I said that I would dance with my sister to make my mother happy. I even had to use heels because my older sister was taller than me. When I started playing for Lecce, I quit dancing because it was a great opportunity and my mother understood that. What would you do in order to score your first ever goal for the senior national team? I better not reveal that because I would be forced by my teammates to actually do it. I’ll give my all, but I don’t know what I’d do. Now say hello to the Vivo Azzurro users through a sentence in dialect from Salento, in Dutch and English.
Good luck, Jose. Good luck, Morgan. Oh!?! Hell, it's Portugal versus France...Good luck, Jose....hope you win 4-3 (with Morgan scoring a hat trick after you are subbed at 80 mins).
Just been wading through a few baffled by Hodgson's decision to play Chambers articles, and one caught my eye from the UI. I'm not going to comment about it, but can you spot why I ended up laughing..? The only clue I give is that this is a Southampton FC Fans website and the author really ought to bother to know: http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/news/36513/
Maybe we should give the author the benefit of the doubt TSS: he might be harking back to Shakespearian times when people (including the Bard himself) were notoriously inconsistent in their spelling, particularly of names. Sadly, the rest of the piece doesn't really measure up to literature of any kind, let alone Shakespeare. Anyway, we can only hope that Clune and Coyne bugger off and leave Clyne (or Cline) as sole deputy to the mighty Chambers (or Chimpers) in the England RB slot.
Love that Pelle interview. Alkmaar - "a place where you can live well" Rotterdam - "a very beautiful city" Southampton a "city with a port"
