Let me clear this up for everyone who thinks that I am crying, lighten up, this is a little diary of our experience in London as well as the Saints. ok Teddy and Sir Andrew. FYI, I am the executive sports producer, Joe Frisard.

We woke up this morning and if you want any news of the Saints-Chargers game don't read the local papers. Not a peep about the game from the 3 papers that are offered at our hotel, but we did find a story in the London Times about the Saints after looking through 3 more papers. In fact most of the people we've run across out in the streets barely knew their was a game being played this coming Sunday. We did however meet a couple of people from the U.S. who live here who had tickets to the game but are big Redskins fans. In fact we spoke to a guy from the BBC radio and he said that many of the people who will be at the game on Sunday will just be fans of the NFL, not one of the teams playing, so for all of the Saints fans who have been complaining about the team being over here you have a valid point about losing a home game. He said to expect loud cheers whenever something exciting happens or whenever someone scores no matter which team it is.

The Saints will return to practice this morning at The Grove just outside of the hotel they are staying at before moving to a hotel located in the heart of the city. We will have an update later on once practice ends to find out Shockey's status as well as Bryan Young's. Let's hope it's good news, although I personally think the Saints are better off without Shockey. There will be no media availability for either team tomorrow.

One another note, while we were out last night we saw Deuce McAllister walking around Picadilly Circus (kind of like Times Square in NYC). He was just being a tourist and I'm sure he enjoyed the fact that no one recognized him. We also ate at a really good Italian restaurant that had the manager/waiter cracking everyone up. He was yelling things in Italian and broken English. For all of you Family Guy fans, kind of like Peter when he had a mustache and walked into the Italian deli, hilarious! We also continue to keep our costs down which will only please our bosses. The area we were in was crawling with poeple past 11 PM, it was quite a sight to see.

We will have an update from Jim and Juan later on in our video blogs.

Joe

2 Comments

Craig said:

Italian Deli? Bada-Boom Bada-Bing you make da ISG's proud.

We couldn't get to the UK to see the game, but I plan to have an English muffin for breakfast.

Good work cuz!

October 25, 2008 10:20 PM

Dave said:

Just like to say that it was good hearing all the Saints fans out on the town Saturday evening around Covent Garden, whilst i was in London for the day...filling a pub amidst a chorus of " who dat " My only regret, having to return home in the UK and not being able to stay and sink a few beers.

See you all for Jazzfest !

October 27, 2008 2:12 PM

Leave a comment

Name:

Email:

URL:  

Remember personal info?

Captcha:

Type the characters you see in the picture above.