Just reading Franny’s column in The Echo and noticed this
“I plan to travel up and watch the match unless something comes in last minute. But the plan is to go to West Brom and watch the game.”
Two things stick out.
Has Franny got 11 plus always on his ST?
And how dedicated is someone to go, ‘unless something comes up….’?
I’m going and would take a lot to come up and when people say “you going on Sunday…?”, my answer is yes, I don’t then say, “unless something comes up”.
I like Franny, was around in his era and know him in passing. He’s done stuff for me and I’ve done stuff for him, he is a top bloke and to me, a Saints legend. But should he have a tickets over someone who’s done 10 aways and missed out? I don’t know where Franny’s ticket is coming from, maybe Sky and then that dismisses the argument maybe, but if it’s one of the 300 held back for the guest list as such, then not sure it’s right.
Obviously Cortese set his stall out on freebies and hangers on, maybe too far but he was like, why don’t they pay like everyone else? And I sort of get that. Maybe there’s a specific budget for past players etc. don’t know but just feel sometimes, old players might be expecting too much.