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I quite like the Polish, infact I even have one as a facebook friend. I must admit though, it's only the women I like, the blokes are a bit stupid, the ones with square heads even more so, for some reason.

I had. And to be honest I was quite optimistic and it certainly led me to believe we were going to be run as a 'customer first' business. Oh well... was a nice thought... :-(

The price rise was unexpected, I didn't think that Cortese would have the nerve to claim having no sponsor is a gift from the club then put the season tickets up so the tickets to more than cover the costs of having no sponsor... but hey ho... it's the claiming the lack of sponsorship was a gesture from the club that annoyed me, not the price of the season ticket. And yes, the intentionally restrictive way the season tickets have been sold has is the main thing that gets my goat, along with the lies and propaganda from Cortese.

Some Hindu's are funneh. I don't like Turkish people, although the one I work with is alright.

Yes, I do. I like some Indian people as well, generally Sikhs as opposed to Muslims though. I am not sure why, I think Sikhs generally adapt better to our culture than those muslim fellas.

We live in a f*cked up world kippy. He might have been on his way to a mosque to bomb it. Mind you, that's not terrorism, that's community service. :-)

My guess would be suspected terrorist.

I have met you before a couple of times with Frenchy. I know you know a few of mine, as far as I know, nobody has renewed yet, all are waiting to see if there is going to be a payment plan and only P.D and M.E are renewing. Anyway beers are on you, as you obviously have loadsa money. :-)

He is already gambling, he is taking the gamble we will be top next season by making the season tickets as restrictive as possible and cashing in on the PAYG customers. Who knows what they have planned when we get back to the Premiership... to be honest, I am not arsed with the Premiership and certainly don't want to stay there more than a few years at a time. The Championship play-off season was the best season I have watched Saints in the last 25 years for me. Out of about 20 of us, I think 2 are renewing... I suppose friends are creatures of habit, and alot of us have just been on installments because thats the way SFC have always offered it. Most are going to IOW Festival next week and just don't have the spare cash... the rest don't want to renew because hardly anyone is renewing and we have decided collectively we might as well do away games next season instead. So... I don't want to be any sort of spokesman, I am speaking on behalf of myself... but in this one thread, I am also speaking on behalf of my mates I guess, and want there to be a solution which means we can all go to the footy together like we have for the last 5 years... and I have taken it upon myself not to sit back and accept they don't have an installment plan because of the costs and have done something about it and proven they are talking b*llocks in the hope they will reinstate one. If that makes me an @rse so be it. But as for taking over the Trust, that's even funnier than you thinking you know who of my mates have renewed.

Not a single one of 'my crowd' have renewed, so you might be talking about people I know, but don't go to football with. lol though, now people are telling ME who of my friends have renewed. Funny. And no, not a chance that Liebherr will sell once we are in the Premiership. The whole point of all this is to get into the Premiership and cash in on the riches, the setting up of the scouting network and investment into the Academy in the hope that the majority of our talent can come through the ranks keeping transfer costs down. In my humble opinion, Liebherr will be here until we are an established Premier League side for a few years. There is still money to be made from that league as long as your wages and transfer fees are in proportion to your turnover.

Spot on. Exactly how I feel. Would rather have a fan friendly and affordable laugh in League 1 than the commercialised rip-off Chelsea prices that Cortese has in store for us when we reach the Premiership.

SSAFA - http://www.ssafa.org.uk/ They gave me money for a deposit for a flat and rent in advance when I left the Army, I gave them my word I would pay them back for it one day, so now is the time. SSAFA seem to get forgotton now with Help for Heroes in so many peoples thoughts. For the record, I will be running in full Saints replica kit, Saints hat and facepaints, and YES I do expect donations from this site.

Apparantly so. The thing is though, all these people will get the club they deserve, which is one that takes money off them at any given opportunity. Booking fees, admin fees, stealth charges, season ticket rises etc. How on earth a club can write up a fans charter and then effectively rip it up only a few months later is just a joke. Now excuse me... someone try and tell me that's worth the paper it's written on? There was absolutely zero communication at any point last season with regards to this years season ticket structure. If there was an installment plan there would be a significant buy-in to it, so surely now he has recieved a massive number of complaints, he will do the right thing and install a plan to ensure this maximum buy-in? Cortese is just full of lies, bullsh!t and propaganda. Unfortunately, he seems to have a large number of our support still eating out of his hand ( and his @rse ).

I think I am going to do some of the Test Walk, Romsey to Mottisfont and back... all Bridleway so a bit easier on the feet.... and I imagine/hope flat as a pancake.

I have a nice pair of 'sneakers' and will do the good ol Army powder trick before I set off. I am probably being stupidly confident bythinking I can just get up and take my fat belly for a 10 mile run, but even if I walk a bit etc... I would rather feel the distance early rater than work up to it... then I can improve on my time, rather than my distance.

Looking to do a 10 mile run tommorow. Doing the Great South Run so rather than training to get up to distance, I am just gonna crack on and knock 10 miles out tommorow then use it as a benchmark to try and improve my time. Anyone know any good routes?

I have to say the same thing time and time again kippy because some people are too stoopid to read the original post.

You are being sensationalist... it won't affect the club in any way. Our finances are apparantly so that we don't need to have a sponsor, our very own Nicola Cortese said that... so if we have so much money we can say no to a sponsor, I really don't think that 1000 staggered payments between now and October are really going to worry our finances that much. If we are relying on £330,000 ( the full cost of 1000 season tickets ) or even more so relying on 2 payments ( which is all there will be left ) = £110,000 to ensure we can buy players in the summer, maybe our finances are not as rosy as we think? With a 3 month plan, all money would be in by the end of August anyway. Why, when I have clearly stated that Zebra offer bespoke options for different clubs am I wrong? I stated that the costs are covered at the start by either an admin fee and/or interest. On both of them options there is an admin fee and/or interest? So the same setup as I was explaining. You are not right because you are speculating, I am right because i have SPOKEN to the company that CAN offer schemes at ZERO cost to the club. You are speculating and have not spoke to anyone... so I am not sure how you can challenge me on any aspect of what I am saying.. for once instead of coming on here and posting tosh... I have sat back, done alot of research and found out the the club is LIEING. I have told Steve Grant my findings and he knows what I have done and who I have spoken to, do you think he would let this thread go on, let alone contribute to it, if it was made up b*llocks? The communication needs addressing big time, Cortese is an absolute PR disaster and it will only get worse, he might think SFC is his baby, but he also thinkg its supporters are his children, and treats them as such.

That doesn't make Cortese better than Lowe... that just means we would have had the money to ensure we didn't get relegated and go into admin.

Cortese is been an absolute PR disaster... MUCH worse than Lowe EVER was. He shows a real naivity in his statements, luckily for him he is still riding on a crest of the feelgood factor wave and people on the whole, are seeming to ignore him. Now don't get me wrong, Cortese has grand plans for Southampton to get us back into the Premiership, which is impressive, but his complete disrespect for the fans lets him down badly. As does the pointless penny pinching. You can't compare Lowe and Cortese, i don't really like either of them. One of them ran a PLC and the other ran a private company for a billionaire owner. They are worlds apart.

Quite an amusing post, even for a spacko like you. The question is, can you make your other 2 posts today equally amusing. I remain doubtful. Edit: I've just noticed that you cannot post again till 17:42pm, this gives you plenty of time to think of something funny to post. Don't dissapoint me.

Firstly, I don't have the time on a game by game basis to bother getting tickets. Secondly, as a non-season ticket holder basis I won't be able to get tickets for things such as Bournemouth away or get priority for the play-off final. Thirdly I like sitting in MY seat which I have for the last 5 years, with all my mates, the seat will be taken by a new season ticket holder I have no doubt as there is no PAYG seats there as we speak. I don't watch the game, it's the social aspect... the club still make more money from me than your average joe though, due to the amount of pies and beer I eat. :-) It's not just about the cost aspect, I would happily pay a premium, even above the standard renewal rate to have a season ticket, it is about ease, I am a busy person, I don't live in Southampton and getting tickets is a pain in the @rse. Not just that, a season ticket actually motivates me to get off my @rse and go to a game. Without a season ticket, I doubt I will go to more than 10 games a season at home. Lastly, my new ladyfriend is a season ticket holder in the Northam ( I know, women at football, AND she used to be a student ), so every time I go she will have to move her seat if she wants to sit with me, another pain in the @rse.

If you don't intend on needing to use the installment plan in order to purchase your season ticket, then again, it's none of your business. I don't understand why so many people feel the need to make negative comments in preventing fellow Saints fans from being able to watch Saints every game... ... these are the same retards that will be moaning and whinging at 'the plastics coming back' when we start winning or 'where have they all gone' when we are losing. It's not just the payment plan the ****es me off... it's the whole being treated like complete mugs. Take this quote from Cortese a few months ago regarding shirts. Now excuse me if I feel a little mugged off that he has promised us no sponsor as a gesture to the fans and us being in the position of being able to refuse sponsorship as a gift to Saints fans when infact what he has BLATANTLY ( it's not hard to see ) done is increase revenue streams in other areas so infact it is the fans who pay for the lack of sponsorship. Extra revenue streams off fans next year in tickets alone equals around £750,00 Revenue the club will get for annual shirt sponsorship £250-300,000 And yet he thinks he can get away with saying it is a gift to us, when clearly it's not. It's like someone sending you a birthday present and you wrapping it back up and having to give it back to them when it's their birthday!

But this season you are not getting a season ticket. Don't worry though, there will definately be an installment plan next season, I bet you that. For now though... it's nothing to do with you.

Why are you taking such an interest in a thread that has absolutely no affect on you whatsoever? Apart from being a troll.