New Manager Gossip & Rumours

[Professor]

Probably posted elsewhere, but Adkins was saying yesterday at 5pm that he was hoping the compensation would be settled last night (Sat) or today (Sun). Scunny have a game on Tues evening, while we have MK Dons on Wed. Adkins must want to know which game he should be preparing for on Monday morning. The longer this goes on today without an announcement the more depressing it gets.

[Saint Charlie]

Announcements on Sundays are rare. Doesn't mean Adkins isn't our manager, just not announced. Will be tomorrow IMO.

[Badger]

Announcements on Sundays are rare. Doesn't mean Adkins isn't our manager, just not announced. Will be tomorrow IMO.

Rare but not unprecedented.

I remember Gray was sacked and WGS announced on a Sunday.

[Topcat]

The report relayed by Thorpe saint on this site (from Legod) that Adkins was seen today arriving at Soton airport would indicate that we will have an announcement on his appointment today. 5.5 hours left before midnight.

[red&white56]

Nothing on OS at 20.00 !!

[silversaint]

Now I know this could be 1000 miles from being true, but I've just been informed from a contact within the BBC that Hope Powell is coming to manage us starting tomorrow on a 3 year deal alongside an experienced assistant. I pressume its a massive wind up but thought I'd post on here anyway

[SO16_Saint]

Now I know this could be 1000 miles from being true, but I've just been informed from a contact within the BBC that Hope Powell is coming to manage us starting tomorrow on a 3 year deal alongside an experienced assistant. I pressume its a massive wind up but thought I'd post on here anyway

Well we've been playing like a bunch of ****s so why not be managed by one

[landford.saint]

Would the Hope Powell Wind up personbe watching the womens qualifier on BBC3 by any chance? I like the way people on here make up all sorts of stuff to see who bites.

[RonManager]

Would the Hope Powell Wind up personbe watching the womens qualifier on BBC3 by any chance? I like the way people on here make up all sorts of stuff to see who bites.

Well she is wearing a Saints top.

[NickG]

he has no connections in italy,echo found that out with minimal digging. knows a few agents,hence vannucchi hence waigo hence substandard brazilian

is this echo article you refer to

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai...s_for_Cortese/

[dubai_phil]

is this echo article you refer to

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai...s_for_Cortese/

So now all we need to do is to find out who is pulling the strings and directing Left Back and others in the directions that lead them to make these types of "not quite accurate" comments and we can get on with being a normal Football Club again.

[John B]

I think that most people on this thread make inaccurate comments on this Forum including the experience and ability of players coaches and chairmen

But are you saying that Cortese has strong links to Italian Football because I cannot find any evidence myself

If so please let me know because I can only find limited info regarding Cortese who appeared to have a job running sports and entertainment departments in banks

Although a reasonable job with access to the football world probably but not that high powered either and not particulary relevant to running a football club

http://www.sportspromedia.com/movers...tive_chairman/

I doubt we will ever return to being a normal football club for sometime

[Victor]

is this echo article you refer to

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sai...s_for_Cortese/

Article refers to Cortese's CLAIM to have contacts in Italy. No source quoted for Guardian's claim AC Milan were after him; my guess is this was also a claim by NC.

Can't imagine AC M would be after him unless he had a track record in football; what is on record about his football experience? Is there anything on record or is he just a guy who likes to big himself up?

[OldNick]

Article refers to Cortese's CLAIM to have contacts in Italy. No source quoted for Guardian's claim AC Milan were after him; my guess is this was also a claim by NC.

Can't imagine AC M would be after him unless he had a track record in football; what is on record about his football experience? Is there anything on record or is he just a guy who likes to big himself up?

Victor it says about appointing him to the board, may not mean football related but his financial acumen.
Didn't NC help the FL with some difficulties last season?

[dubai_phil]

Article refers to Cortese's CLAIM to have contacts in Italy. No source quoted for Guardian's claim AC Milan were after him; my guess is this was also a claim by NC.

Can't imagine AC M would be after him unless he had a track record in football; what is on record about his football experience? Is there anything on record or is he just a guy who likes to big himself up?

Out of interest, what were the footballing experience records of

Askham
Lowe
Cowen
Crouch
Wilde

And then a few more I picked at random

Ellis
Walker
Gibson
Levy
Moores
Gold
Sullivan

Think there may be a few more if I could be bothered to google.

Oh yeah Broughton up at Liverpool

[OldNick]

Out of interest, what were the footballing experience records of

Askham
Lowe
Cowen
Crouch
Wilde

you could add Woodford and Reader, and before anyone says George Reader was a referee are we going to appoint Graham Poll? lol

[dubai_phil]

you could add Woodford and Reader, and before anyone says George Reader was a referee are we going to appoint Graham Poll? lol

Those were the names I was trying to remember

How about a really unsuccessful club these days, Chelsea. And their chairman is

Bruce Buck, heck he's a real footballing legend, look at this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Buck

[QUOTE] Wiki
Bruce M. Buck is a founding managing partner of the London office of U.S. law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (J.D., Columbia University 1970; B.A., Colgate University 1967). He is also Chairman of Chelsea Football Club.[1] His practice areas are European mergers & acquisitions, project finance and capital markets work.
[edit] Career

Bruce Buck has been practicing law in Europe since 1983. He left New York for England in 1983 for a “standard tour of duty” of two or three years with his previous law firm White & Case. Five years later he was headhunted by M&A specialists Skadden Arps to develop the firm's European practice from scratch.[2] He has stayed on ever since. As the partner in charge of Skadden's European offices, his work includes a broad range of transactions in the capital markets area. Buck represents both European and non-European clients in a full range of cross border financing transactions, generally in connection with equity offerings or high-yield and other debt financings.
Buck’s involvement with Chelsea began through his position as European head of the American law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.[3] Skadden Arps specialises in mergers, acquisitions and capital market transactions, and Buck had personally done legal work on a number of acquisitions for the Russian company Siberian Oil (Sibneft), through which he came to advise Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Abramovich was formerly the majority shareholder in Sibneft.

[QUOTE]

Heck, he isn't even EUROPEAN, so WTF does a Yank know about football?

[Toomer]

Christ, when I saw this thread had came back on the front page I thought we were looking for another one already. (Wondered what the Revolving Door Company were up to when I drove past SMS).

[Victor]

Out of interest, what were the footballing experience records of

Askham
Lowe
Cowen
Crouch
Wilde

And then a few more I picked at random

Ellis
Walker
Gibson
Levy
Moores
Gold
Sullivan

Think there may be a few more if I could be bothered to google.

Oh yeah Broughton up at Liverpool

Ooops! Sorry. I thought we were talking about whether or not NC had significant football contacts in Italy. Silly me; my sincerest apologies for intruding on your research into the ancient history of the Southampton FC board of directors.

Carry on.

[JackFrost]

Ooops! Sorry. I thought we were talking about whether or not NC had significant football contacts in Italy. Silly me; my sincerest apologies for intruding on your research into the ancient history of the Southampton FC board of directors.

Carry on.

No we weren't talking about Cortese's contacts, we were talking about what you asked

Article refers to Cortese's CLAIM to have contacts in Italy. No source quoted for Guardian's claim AC Milan were after him; my guess is this was also a claim by NC.

Can't imagine AC M would be after him unless he had a track record in football; what is on record about his football experience? Is there anything on record or is he just a guy who likes to big himself up?

[Victor]

No we weren't talking about Cortese's contacts, we were talking about what you asked

I seem to be being slow again but:

a) can't see that you made any previous response to my post so do not understand why you included yourself in, and

b) even if you are talking about the response that I commented on, no, it did NOT talk about what I asked which was what was known about NC/s football experience.

However, I infer from the response that mentioned historic characters with no football experience that NC has none.

[OldNick]

I seem to be being slow again but:

a) can't see that you made any previous response to my post so do not understand why you included yourself in, and

b) even if you are talking about the response that I commented on, no, it did NOT talk about what I asked which was what was known about NC/s football experience.

However, I infer from the response that mentioned historic characters with no football experience that NC has none.

Have you or any of us, but Im sure if asked we would be more than happy to take the job. Surely the problem with football is that the football world think you have to have played it to be involved. Jimmy Hill used to drive me crazy when he would answer with distain that ,you dont know as you never played the game when he was answering questions.
You only have to watch Motd and see the so called experts having a go at refs as they hadn't played football. It is a nonsense.
IMO NC is well qualified to run a football club and I'd rather him than an ex-player.

[Viking Warrior]

For the few that are still opposed to NC. If you get your wish for him not to be at club

Then we will not have a club. (Apart from the Blue square league)

Be Proud of yourself in the likelyhood that this were to happen

[trousers]

For the few that are still opposed to NC. If you get your wish for him not to be at club

Then we will not have a club. (Apart from the Blue square league)

Be Proud of yourself in the likelyhood that this were to happen

How would the chairman of a football club leaving said club render it unable to maintain it's current status?

Even if he does up sticks the owners either find another person to run the club or sell up to another owner who will do the same.

Or am I missing something obvious?

[notnowcato]

How would the chairman of a football club leaving said club render it unable to maintain it's current status?

Even if he does up sticks the owners either find another person to run the club or sell up to another owner who will do the same.

Or am I missing something obvious?

Apart from NC's obvious links and presumed trust of the owners or the near impossible task of selling a football club in the current economic climate you are not missing anything obvious.

Carry on.

[leftback]

So now all we need to do is to find out who is pulling the strings and directing Left Back and others in the directions that lead them to make these types of "not quite accurate" comments and we can get on with being a normal Football Club again.

read what the echo said at the time,they made 2 phone calls, one to AC Milan and one to Fiorentina both clubs denied having any knowledge of who cortese was!no paper would print this unless substantiated,so dont say"they would say that" This is what first set the alarm bells ringing with me, he lied out of his arse and because him and the echo had already fallen out,the echo made the enquiry,printed the results and from then on the matter was never mentioned. if what the echo printed was not correct cortese would have sued the nuts off them,instead he scurried away having been found out.
same way that he scurried away under the statement sacking Pardew....he had no reason just didnt like him, he used to absolutely seethe when the crowd sang theres only one ML followed by pardewpardew give us a wave, that is the ego of the little man. he knows a few crap agents in italy and that is that!! BELIEVE me

[John B]

read what the echo said at the time,they made 2 phone calls, one to AC Milan and one to Fiorentina both clubs denied having any knowledge of who cortese was!no paper would print this unless substantiated,so dont say"they would say that" This is what first set the alarm bells ringing with me, he lied out of his arse and because him and the echo had already fallen out,the echo made the enquiry,printed the results and from then on the matter was never mentioned. if what the echo printed was not correct cortese would have sued the nuts off them,instead he scurried away having been found out.
same way that he scurried away under the statement sacking Pardew....he had no reason just didnt like him, he used to absolutely seethe when the crowd sang theres only one ML followed by pardewpardew give us a wave, that is the ego of the little man. he knows a few crap agents in italy and that is that!! BELIEVE me

Seems plausible to me.

However he is here now and likely to stay so lets hope things improve both on and off the field

[saintfully]

read what the echo said at the time,they made 2 phone calls, one to AC Milan and one to Fiorentina both clubs denied having any knowledge of who cortese was!no paper would print this unless substantiated,so dont say"they would say that" This is what first set the alarm bells ringing with me, he lied out of his arse and because him and the echo had already fallen out,the echo made the enquiry,printed the results and from then on the matter was never mentioned. if what the echo printed was not correct cortese would have sued the nuts off them,instead he scurried away having been found out.
same way that he scurried away under the statement sacking Pardew....he had no reason just didnt like him, he used to absolutely seethe when the crowd sang theres only one ML followed by pardewpardew give us a wave, that is the ego of the little man. he knows a few crap agents in italy and that is that!! BELIEVE me

So why did a successful billionaire put him in charge then? For a laugh?

[leftback]

So why did a successful billionaire put him in charge then? For a laugh?

marcus god rest his soul, knew absolutely nothing about football whatsoever,my guess is it was marcus' plaything/gift to cortese and the lier is making a mockery of us, by trying to run it himself instead of employing a chief exec. i spoke with howard wilkinson at a dinner and he told me on learning that i am a saint,that cortese contacted the fa asking who he could speak to for advice and the fa said hw, nc was ringing hw 3/4 times a day and after 6 weeks hw said to him and i quote"nicola i dont think you should ring me anymore as you obviously know more about running a football club than i do!!! hw found him obnoxious and unbearable.BELIEVE me

[NickG]

read what the echo said at the time,they made 2 phone calls, one to AC Milan and one to Fiorentina both clubs denied having any knowledge of who cortese was!no paper would print this unless substantiated,so dont say"they would say that" This is what first set the alarm bells ringing with me, he lied out of his arse and because him and the echo had already fallen out,the echo made the enquiry,printed the results and from then on the matter was never mentioned. if what the echo printed was not correct cortese would have sued the nuts off them,instead he scurried away having been found out.
same way that he scurried away under the statement sacking Pardew....he had no reason just didnt like him, he used to absolutely seethe when the crowd sang theres only one ML followed by pardewpardew give us a wave, that is the ego of the little man. he knows a few crap agents in italy and that is that!! BELIEVE me

echo later retracted.

[leftback]

echo later retracted.

would like to see the evidence of retraction,he would have caused more of a stink methinks.
i know i must seem so negative but im just not having the lies this guy puts out and then the way he disappears till the dust clears,get him to speak so his words cant be twisted,get him to a forum,so he cant hide behind prepared gobbledeegook,get him to tell the truth......truth is he cant/wont. Footballing nomark and lier to boot. The decks were cleared last year to save on the wages, understandable, but it was done with Pardews ok (apart from Lloyd)as long as we reinvested where required.2 full backs only ones in, oh sod it you know the rest. do something right nomark or we are in trouble.

[John Smith]

would like to see the evidence of retraction,he would have caused more of a stink methinks.
i know i must seem so negative but im just not having the lies this guy puts out and then the way he disappears till the dust clears,get him to speak so his words cant be twisted,get him to a forum,so he cant hide behind prepared gobbledeegook,get him to tell the truth......truth is he cant/wont. Footballing nomark and lier to boot. The decks were cleared last year to save on the wages, understandable, but it was done with Pardews ok (apart from Lloyd)as long as we reinvested where required.2 full backs only ones in, oh sod it you know the rest. do something right nomark or we are in trouble.

You are very tedious. I'm sorry that you are so up your own ar*e that you can't/won't see the bigger picture. The rubbish, sorry theories that you are spouting off, maybe you should read the libel thread before thinking you are untouchable. Not that I think NC will bother to sue a 'no mark' like you, but, the admin should really ban you. Unless of course you have any evidence whatsoever to support your claims. Your language is very strong and direct, so I'm guessing you have the information right at your fingertips, don;t hang about, back up those claims now. Reason being, I'm pretty sure you know nothing first hand and at best have heard it from someone with an axe to grinde but most likely it is your own ipinion based on nothing whatsoever, maybe frustration. But, if it was frustration, you'd know what it was like to be a Saints fan, we've had a lifetime of it, so why spit the dummy now?

This forum is becoming rotten to the core. It has become a breeding ground for rumour mongers, people with axes to grind, ex ITKers and most hit the target of NC, because he seems to be an easy target.

I wish you lot would put some energy into supporting our team. What's that? You're from Poopey or you don't go, or you're not a football fan? Souds about right for most on here now. And, just to make it clear, this last comment wasn;t directed at you leftback.

[NickG]

would like to see the evidence of retraction,he would have caused more of a stink methinks.
i know i must seem so negative but im just not having the lies this guy puts out and then the way he disappears till the dust clears,get him to speak so his words cant be twisted,get him to a forum,so he cant hide behind prepared gobbledeegook,get him to tell the truth......truth is he cant/wont. Footballing nomark and lier to boot. The decks were cleared last year to save on the wages, understandable, but it was done with Pardews ok (apart from Lloyd)as long as we reinvested where required.2 full backs only ones in, oh sod it you know the rest. do something right nomark or we are in trouble.

it was in the echo. They printed p1ss take artivle saying "nicola who" then couple of days later confirmed they had it confirmed from italy that they had approached him.

[David Strover]

Writes very much like a religious or UFO conspiracy buff on the Interweb - therefore opinions must be taken with a pinch of salt. Seem very, very angry about something and is looking for a football club chairman that isn't interested in how the team is run.....is there one?

[Bearsy]

Warning everyone I think leftback is Pompey scum trying to get greasy hands on lieher watch don't tell her your name or where you live

[OldNick]

marcus god rest his soul, knew absolutely nothing about football whatsoever,my guess is it was marcus' plaything/gift to cortese and the lier is making a mockery of us, by trying to run it himself instead of employing a chief exec. i spoke with howard wilkinson at a dinner and he told me on learning that i am a saint,that cortese contacted the fa asking who he could speak to for advice and the fa said hw, nc was ringing hw 3/4 times a day and after 6 weeks hw said to him and i quote"nicola i dont think you should ring me anymore as you obviously know more about running a football club than i do!!! hw found him obnoxious and unbearable.BELIEVE me

Howard Wilkinson! that bore.I must give NC credit if he was prepared to listen to him more than once. IMO People like him are the reason that English football is as it is.
You obviously have a real problem with NC and perhaps let that get in the way.
SFC is being run as a business, not a plaything for fans and so there will be decisions that we all dislike. We have the choice to go or not, iam stupid enough to have fallen for the product and will put up with it. I was fully prepared to give the habit up when Hoddle was about to return, but at present whilst frustrated at the lack of new faces in certain areas I will let NC get on with it.
The sad death of ML has implications and we are in a crucial time IMO as the family may not be so in love with the club and the hassle may become too much and they may cut and run, so I'd be careful before rocking the boat too much, unless that is your aim of course. We don't know if probate is stopping funds finding their way to the club and NC may well be running the club on the money he has at his disposal from club earnings.

[Foxstone]

marcus god rest his soul, knew absolutely nothing about football whatsoever,my guess is it was marcus' plaything/gift to cortese and the lier is making a mockery of us, by trying to run it himself instead of employing a chief exec. i spoke with howard wilkinson at a dinner and he told me on learning that i am a saint,that cortese contacted the fa asking who he could speak to for advice and the fa said hw, nc was ringing hw 3/4 times a day and after 6 weeks hw said to him and i quote"nicola i dont think you should ring me anymore as you obviously know more about running a football club than i do!!! hw found him obnoxious and unbearable.BELIEVE me

Err No !

Sounds like a load of drivel made up by you !

Substantiate it or go away!

[John Smith]

would like to see the evidence of retraction,he would have caused more of a stink methinks.
i know i must seem so negative but im just not having the lies this guy puts out and then the way he disappears till the dust clears,get him to speak so his words cant be twisted,get him to a forum,so he cant hide behind prepared gobbledeegook,get him to tell the truth......truth is he cant/wont. Footballing nomark and lier to boot. The decks were cleared last year to save on the wages, understandable, but it was done with Pardews ok (apart from Lloyd)as long as we reinvested where required.2 full backs only ones in, oh sod it you know the rest. do something right nomark or we are in trouble.

OK, I'll try another way. Seeing as you despise this 'no mark' and 'liar' (lyer or lier?) and you believe Reed to be washed up and despised by just about all he has come into contact with, what are your thoughts on Nigel Adkins? What does Howard Wilkinson say about him? Surely if Reed and Cortese are so useless in their respective roles, if Adkins has any quality about him, he wouldn't have been appointed.

Your knowledge of Hart, again through Wilkinson, seems a little too blue. Tell me, was the information, happily advanced to you by Wilkinson (again), particularly the drinking part and qpr link, at the same dinner that you received the information about Cortese? Seems like a long conversation. That is unless you were at a Sports writers dinner or something very similar. I here Wilkinson represents well at those do's, doesn't do public events very often and certainly not lately.

Little more info please, I am very curious.

[miserableoldgit]

OK, I'll try another way. Seeing as you despise this 'no mark' and 'liar' (lyer or lier?) and you believe Reed to be washed up and despised by just about all he has come into contact with, what are your thoughts on Nigel Adkins? What does Howard Wilkinson say about him? Surely if Reed and Cortese are so useless in their respective roles, if Adkins has any quality about him, he wouldn't have been appointed.

Your knowledge of Hart, again through Wilkinson, seems a little too blue. Tell me, was the information, happily advanced to you by Wilkinson (again), particularly the drinking part and qpr link, at the same dinner that you received the information about Cortese? Seems like a long conversation. That is unless you were at a Sports writers dinner or something very similar. I here Wilkinson represents well at those do's, doesn't do public events very often and certainly not lately.

Little more info please, I am very curious.

Sorry! Couldn`t resist!

[wightman35]

Sorry! Couldn`t resist!

[John B]

echo later retracted.

Where is the evidence that AC Milan were after Cortese in the First Place running a League 1 club financed by a billionaire for a few months does not seem to be good experience for running one of the top jobs in Europe.

I have been very sceptical of of this episode in Cortese's stay at SFC and because of it I have never warmed to him.

I did not really mind Cortese sacking the manager as he is the boss but doing it at the beginning of the season and before the transfer window closed was pretty poor management unless there was a really compelling reason to do so.

Now we are in limbo until Adkins starts to make a difference to the team and with the apparent lethargy with the team it make take some time.

[NickG]

echo went with their "nicola who" article rubbishing the link, then guradian printed this Saint says no to Milan
If the club you own are the six-times European champions and you are looking for someone to join their board, sounding out the man who runs a club in the English League One would not normally be the first port of call. But that is precisely what appears to have occurred to the Milan owner and Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, pictured. Nicola Cortese, Southampton's chairman, was recently approached by a representative for Berlusconi informing him of that gilded club's interest in taking him on. It is strongly possible that the contact was made on the recommendation of Giancarlo Giorgetti, an influential member of Berlusconi's Northern League party who just so happens to be a massive Saints fan. Just don't ask Digger why that is. But Cortese is understood to have declined the approach, favouring his current employment where he enjoys an adamantine relationship with the club's billionaire owner, Marcus Liebherr.

then echo retracted their "nicola who" confirming there was contact.

Not got a clue the truth of it but that is how it was reported in hard copy echos and guardian on line

[COMEONYOUREDS]

leftback darling, you need to substantiate some of this crap you are posting because at the moment you are coming across as one of Stuart Jones' alter egos. Either that or a skate, or one of the old boys brigade with an axe to grind.

[COMEONYOUREDS]

echo went with their "nicola who" article rubbishing the link, then guradian printed this Saint says no to Milan
If the club you own are the six-times European champions and you are looking for someone to join their board, sounding out the man who runs a club in the English League One would not normally be the first port of call. But that is precisely what appears to have occurred to the Milan owner and Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, pictured. Nicola Cortese, Southampton's chairman, was recently approached by a representative for Berlusconi informing him of that gilded club's interest in taking him on. It is strongly possible that the contact was made on the recommendation of Giancarlo Giorgetti, an influential member of Berlusconi's Northern League party who just so happens to be a massive Saints fan. Just don't ask Digger why that is. But Cortese is understood to have declined the approach, favouring his current employment where he enjoys an adamantine relationship with the club's billionaire owner, Marcus Liebherr.

then echo retracted their "nicola who" confirming there was contact.

Not got a clue the truth of it but that is how it was reported in hard copy echos and guardian on line

translated from Giorgetti's Italian wikipedia page:

His main hobby is English football club Southampton. In 2001 he founded the Italian ITALIAN SAINTS fan club with his brother Francis.

http://www.italiansaints.it/

[leftback]

OK, I'll try another way. Seeing as you despise this 'no mark' and 'liar' (lyer or lier?) and you believe Reed to be washed up and despised by just about all he has come into contact with, what are your thoughts on Nigel Adkins? What does Howard Wilkinson say about him? Surely if Reed and Cortese are so useless in their respective roles, if Adkins has any quality about him, he wouldn't have been appointed.

Your knowledge of Hart, again through Wilkinson, seems a little too blue. Tell me, was the information, happily advanced to you by Wilkinson (again), particularly the drinking part and qpr link, at the same dinner that you received the information about Cortese? Seems like a long conversation. That is unless you were at a Sports writers dinner or something very similar. I here Wilkinson represents well at those do's, doesn't do public events very often and certainly not lately.

Little more info please, I am very curious.

i think he will do well, there is no evidence to say that he wont, the squad is well good enough no matter what wilkins did to them, i have been told, and this is only on a lighter note that NA used to have sleepless nights at scunny!! good luck with cortese then.i f he s a decent fella as well he will be able to bring the lads around because the spirit and togetherness was /is still there from last year its just winkling it back out . everything nc did as ive posted before wasnt not helpful and the players see this, elsewhere its been posted that the staff at sms is wary of him, well the same applies to the TG he is not well liked at all and a feelgood factor is so important at a football club,we had it but he has eroded it,staff moral at an all time low just before AP sacked, staff not allowed to eat with players etc. anyway onwards and upwards we are good enough to make a run at it again, but this guy NC is hopeless. BELIEVE me!

[COMEONYOUREDS]

i think he will do well, there is no evidence to say that he wont, the squad is well good enough no matter what wilkins did to them, i have been told, and this is only on a lighter note that NA used to have sleepless nights at scunny!! good luck with cortese then.i f he s a decent fella as well he will be able to bring the lads around because the spirit and togetherness was /is still there from last year its just winkling it back out . everything nc did as ive posted before wasnt not helpful and the players see this, elsewhere its been posted that the staff at sms is wary of him, well the same applies to the TG he is not well liked at all and a feelgood factor is so important at a football club,we had it but he has eroded it,staff moral at an all time low just before AP sacked, staff not allowed to eat with players etc. anyway onwards and upwards we are good enough to make a run at it again, but this guy NC is hopeless. BELIEVE me!

SO at the start of last season when we were doing equally badly, except with a ten point penalty, Cortese had just arrived at the club and morale/feel good factor was at an all time low. If everything Cortese has done has not been helpful, how did we go on to accumulate just under 80 points in the next 39 games?

[leftback]

SO at the start of last season when we were doing equally badly, except with a ten point penalty, Cortese had just arrived at the club and morale/feel good factor was at an all time low. If everything Cortese has done has not been helpful, how did we go on to accumulate just under 80 points in the next 39 games?

sorry i was refering to everything he has done from the last game of the season,no make that from jpt final, when he told the staff they had to win it for HIM, not ml, not the players, not the fans...HIM, that was the only time he travelled on the team coach, and he decided to sack the team analyst, a young lad who was saints mad and v good at his job. he did it because the physio made the analyst a cup of tea and he thought it was wrong as physio was senior to analyst. He has no clue about teamwork or teambuilding is a meddler and a lier, im sorry but i am not a happy bunny about this guy,BELIEVE me.think we'll win sat though. clear week with lads on tg and all that

[NickG]

liar

Gully still being classed as loan btw

[COMEONYOUREDS]

sorry i was refering to everything he has done from the last game of the season,no make that from jpt final, when he told the staff they had to win it for HIM, not ml, not the players, not the fans...HIM, that was the only time he travelled on the team coach, and he decided to sack the team analyst, a young lad who was saints mad and v good at his job. he did it because the physio made the analyst a cup of tea and he thought it was wrong as physio was senior to analyst. He has no clue about teamwork or teambuilding is a meddler and a lier, im sorry but i am not a happy bunny about this guy,BELIEVE me.think we'll win sat though. clear week with lads on tg and all that

OK you're clearly just making it up as you go along now. you're obviously a skate on a windup. No, I don't BELIEVE you. Typing stuff in capitals doesn't make it more believable either

[S-Clarke]

he decided to sack the team analyst, a young lad who was saints mad and v good at his job. he did it because the physio made the analyst a cup of tea and he thought it was wrong as physio was senior to analyst

Sorry, but that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever read in my life. i know he's a bit hot-headed and has a slight ego, but what you posted there is pure fabricated fantasy.