martel

I really thought i was the only person to become disillusioned with the state of football today, having read this that is clearly not the case, of course i have even become more disillusioned with the the top six clubs receiving an even larger slice of the financial cake as of next season. As we already had a two league premiership, that gap has been further widened by the FA and 8 premiership clubs agreeing that the top six should get more money, crazy, unfortunately this for me has now widened to the national team and frankly for the first time ever, i want the world cup done and finished.

it's the irony i love, Scousehampton purchase six saints players in recent years, yet the one they did not buy butt fxxks them in the C.L. Final, i love it.

excellent summary, say's it all really

you really cannot argue with any of that, say's it all

Could he not sponcer the stadium, with Ethiad as an example? Or has that been outlawed now?One of you our there will be up to speed on this.

I think you are probably right, the so called pundits get right up my nose, Ian Wright and Chris Sutton last night, banging on how Southampton are just a selling club, i am sick and tired of Southampton being talked about in this way, they did not want to sell the players we have over the last few years, like Lallana, Lovren etc, but the pull of the big clubs for them as players is so big that Saints have always felt that there was no way out. Therefore as we have progressed (apart from last season, although a cup final is progress) the board must feel that we have to stand firm, otherwise you cannot progress further, 6th or 7th is as far you can go, remember how the so called top six clubs had a meeting to discuss Leicester and the potential of them winning the premiership, they are afraid of that and they do not want that to happen again, hence why i am frankly getting bored with the scenarior, why don't they just xxxx off and form there own league, the top six to seven will have a great time battling for six trophies, that will stop them winging and they all finish with a trophy at the end of the season, of course it won't happen but something needs to be done, as the current situation is not sustainable in terms of transfer fees (198 million for a player) and wages, they could learn from the NFL in terms of sustainability.

Hubbly-bubbly pipe i think, strong stuff, smoked in the middle east a lot.

I see where you are coming from i think, that is do you think he will buy all our players back from Scousehampton?

look at the bright side, if they are beating us by 6-0 next season at least we can sing" and its all scousehampton"

From a moral point of view you are absolutely right, however, there are no morals in football or loyalty anymore. Yes we have a contract with players, but all this amounts to is that the club are guaranteed a fee for that player should a bigger richer club wish to purchase him. There is no point in making him play out his contract, as he will either hand in a transfer request or refuse to play, either way it just would not work; the so called fair play scheme bought in by the F.A. is probably the most unfair system ever dreamed up by anyone. Put yourself in the same position in your own job, a competitor head hunts you and tells you that they will double your salary, what would you do? Of course you would, the only way to stem this would be a salary cap based on what the bottom ten in the premiership can afford, it won't happen, so I am afraid that as soon as we get some good players in the team, bring them on and make them great players then one of the top six will buy them, sorry but we are stuck with it, so the top six will remain the top six for a very long time assisted by the fair play system, and before you all shout Leicester City, yes one offs can and will happen in sport, just like Foinhaven in the national at 100/1

Is that the son of Noah, brother of Fuller and nephew of Ada?

Reckon you should get in touch with Les Reed, if he is doing that at 11, then what could he do later, sound like your boy has great vision.

That is my take on it as well, any Leicester player cannot say he is leaving for champions league football now, when Lallana, Shaw and Lovren went it was always for the money, fact is who can blame them anyone else would do the same thing.

O.M.G, I have just had a real horrible thought, please God tell me I am completely wrong, STEVE BRUCE, why has that flashed up in my mind; could it be how he used to sing our praises, one phrase was how we were the best of the rest outside of the what was then top six, need to rush to the bathroom.

Stranger things have happened in football, i listened to him some time ago being interviewed on radio, he was talking about how Southampton tried to sign him ( In Rupert's time), but felt and did say respectfully he could move to a bigger club at the time.