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Amo-Ameyaw is still only 19 and he's just broken into the England U20 team. I liked what I saw of him here. We'll see how his career develops.
We used to see youngsters play here for a couple of seasons and they were at least 20 when they were sold; nowadays, we're lucky if they start a couple of games before they're sold, in their teens, to the first club that makes an offer for them.
I think the thread has become less about hidden gems and more about places people liked when they visited them, including some of the most visited cities in the world. Perhaps, 'The 3 cities you liked best' would be a more suitable title.
A long-term holiday or travel thread, where people could make recommendations and seek advice, might be useful.
I used to be a member of Virtual Tourist, which was the first big travel forum on the internet, but, unfortunately, it got taken over by Expedia, who closed it down, as they saw it as a rival to their Tripadvisor. I lost more than 5,000 travel photos when that happened.
"It’s the same for home games , the club say it’s sold out but there are always plenty of seats empty."
Those reserved seats that don't go on sale are in prominent positions too, like the front row of the Itchen, so you always get fans of other teams, especially Pompey, saying look at all the empty seats, even for the derby game. Other clubs don't appear to do it, at least not in such obvious places. The Pompey fans had a field day on social media with the photos of the empty block in the middle of the away section at Hull. I've not seen anything like that in our away section, which again shows other clubs don't do it.
I worked in Tokyo for a few months and only ever ate Japanese food. There are some surprisingly cheap lunchtime places where you sit on a bar stool at a counter. At night, the Shinjuku, Roppongi and Shibuya districts are good fun. Tokyo is massive. The Tokyo metro system can seem overwhelming when you first arrive. You should definitely take the shinkansen (bullet train) to Kyoto, which is a classic traditional town with beautiful old buildings. I wouldn't really describe Japan as a beach resort sort of country.
And there are some even more beautiful towns, like Thula and Hababah, in the mountains around it. Real hidden gems.
Did you chew the khat? It always gave me a sore throat, but you had to share it in order to be sociable with the locals, often at the top of those medieval tower blocks.
Since 2000, they have had 27 and we have had 29. So the average tenure at both clubs is less than a year. Both are good places for managers who want a quick payoff, without ever having to worry about trying to win anything.
Did anybody else watch the film Io Capitano on Film 4 last night? It's the best film I've seen this year and it certainly gives you a different perspective on illegal immigration. It's still available to watch:
1. Thimphu - 'Shangri-la'; the happiest place in the world
2. Jeju City - a hidden paradise
3. Gondar - fascinating place with great history and lovely people
Big cities
1. Sana'a - the most beautiful architecture of any capital city in the world
2. Pittsburgh - surprisingly beautiful and interesting
3. Montevideo - I know all of the big cities in Latin America and places like Buenos Aires are great, but this one is less frenetic and tends to get overlooked even though it's got a lot going for it.
We've had 7 different managers under Sport Republic already. I doubt that an 8th one would be any better.
Sport Republic's recruitment strategy is the root cause of our problems. They have little interest in building a Championship winning team. Their priority is buying and selling young players.
Since Liverpool got promoted, more than 60 years ago, they've never finished outside the top 8. If they had a bottom half finish, their fans would go into absolute meltdown.
Until you compare it with the better squads in the division, like Leicester's.
What we have is a uniformly average squad from which you could get 2 teams capable of scraping a draw with other lower mid-table Championship teams, when what we really need is a standout first team, who can thrash the average teams in the division, with a few back-up players to cover for injuries.
Sport Republic's recruitment strategy is fundamentally flawed.
The most recent season you mention is 2009-10, which was 16 years ago. As I said, this is "the worst Saints squad I've seen for years".
Anyway, I had a look at our 2009-10 squad and it was better than our current one. Back then we had Lambert, Fonte, Schneiderlin, Lallana and Michail Antonio. Oxlade-Chamberlain was also in the squad. but only made a couple of appearances. If only we had players as good as that now.
5. They're trying to sound like people from Nottingham.
("Ducas" (or Dux) was a Latin term, adopted into Anglo-Saxon England, meaning "leader" and it was also a form of respect, similar to governor. It is the etymological root of the modern English word "Duke" and is preserved in the vernacular term of endearment "duck" used in the East Midlands, as in the greeting "Ay up me duck".)
So, basically, it's like the use of "gov" in London.
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