Reminds me of a last minute decision to jump in the car and watch us play at The Dell. a few years back, and getting in lane to head to a previous 'City' pub, and the then Moroccan Southampton player Hassan Kachloul was sat parallel to me in his flash car on the way to the ground (must have been the Chippo/Hadji era). He looked sideways at me, and I just gave him a thumbs up, having recognised him (and thinking the w&nker sign a bit childish for a 'grown up') He smiled - I thought, 'decent bloke' End of boring story!
Yeah I remember Palmer being good for us? Heard a couple of podcasts from players talking about what a great character he was in the dressing room too.