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it does. Not sure it matters much. 2p in the pound dividends means firms write off what is owed. Seems a shame the £500,000 or whatever it was (all the 2p's in the pound) owed to unsecured creditors couldn't have been paid off out of the last parachute payment, or has that been put away for a rainy day to pay the footballer creditors off? I'm losing track where the funds are coming from to pay the footballers off. Is that out of the new owners running costs or future PPs?

everything that comes into contact with them turns to ****.

That game came to my mind too. Very similar. Great impact off teh bench from Lallana and Davis especially. He's recieved some stick on here, but he injected great energy into the centre and made himself available all the time, which allowed us to pass and pass.

outstanding display in the second half. Just didn't quite have enough in the final third, but boy did we dominate posession. United were hoofing it, desperate and pretty much hanging on at the end.

The 3-2 defeat on 2004 stick in my mind. I thought we played brilliantly well, dominating the game, yet we still somehow lost. Not seen us control another game at their place, ever.

Parking is never a problem. Getting away afterwards...nightmare.

Good to see Lallana is back in full training. Perhaps ion the bench tomorrow?

A tenuous source reckons there is going to be a press conference tomorrow where an announcement will be made about new revenue coming into saints. Anyone heard similar?

Questioning Cortese doesn't mean you hate him.

fair enough, why the need for a BVI loan then? As for Risdale, his lack of business acumen wasn't questioned when the £60m loan was taken out, it was afterards when it all went wrong that people realised it.

Peter Risdale was an ambitious fella

can we have his face done out on the seats on all four stands as well?

you might be right there. The two serious links seem to be for players that aren't coming. Mayuka might feel like a new signing when he returns from the Jan window should MP find a way to utilise him perhaps more often off the bench.

likewise. I'm also interested to know how £4m of parachute payments could have been initially overlooked. I mean how robust (boy does he like using that totally meaningless word) can the business plan be if an amount like that has been missed. What else has been missed, the £8.5m to be paid to the players? The £1.4m to be paid back to PCC? The amount loaned recently by the HNW individuals? The £2m to PKF? He doesn't even know how much the CVA agreement is FFS. I know its a paltry sum that the creditors are being given but you'd think the PST might know what it is.

For starters Lee is not a left or right midfielder. As for having far more class on the ball, when dod he show that then? Just an ever so slightly better Lee Barnard in my book. Proved absolutely nothing in a Saints shirt IMO.

when did Parker become not good enough? Has his legs gone? He certainly didn't have the energy in the Euros, but he was coming back from injury as a I recall.

Very much a match of two halves. Sadly we didn't take advantage of brilliant first half display. As is often the case after half time the opposition improves and we couldn't maintain the level. I thought we tired very quickly. The'd done a lot of running, but Gaston, Guly and Puncheon seemed to hit a wall energy and movement wise. Gaston had been outstanding, but as soon as his hamstring tightened our threat went. Likewise Guly. His runs beyond the striker caused real problems. Without them we had little going forward. Reasonably happy with a point. Thank god Jelavic is emulating Torres. Boruc 8 great display although kicking is atrocious Clyne 8 also very good. He was our only real threat in the second half. Misses Puncheon when he wanders or is subbed. Yoshida 6 still not convinced. Didn't time his headers all night, but then again its not easy against Fellani. Distribution leaves a lot to be desire too on some occasions. Jos 6 Did the basics well, but you can see he is struggling a little with confidence. Now he is back in the side I feel less sure of my statement that he would do a job for us. I guess he has, but he looks less assured than before we dropped him. Shaw 8 still getting better and better. He's becoming a star very very quickly. Did Ashley Cole get a new deal because Shaw couldn't be prised away? Morgan 8 Brilliant first half, the yellow hampered him, but defensively he was brilliant. Cork 5 worst game for a long time. Gave the ball away more times yesterday than in all the other games put together Puncheon 6 decent first half, maybe an 8, but almost nothing in the second, maybe a 4 Gaston 8 best display in a Saints shirt all be it for one half. Massive threat, great turn of pace and real power in his shooting. Tried to beat one too many in the second and then got injured having tired. Hope he plays in the middle. Been saying it for ages that that is the only place to play him. Can't play out wide. Guly 7 similar to Puncheon. Burnt himself out with a lot of long bursting runs. Kept the ball well. Lambert 7 Brilliant first half, looked very sharp, but service was poor in the second and he looked a bit heavy and made some wrong choices. I thought the Adkins songs were done well and at the right time. The fans got it spot on and I think you could tell from the way the players really thanked us afterwards that they appreciated the proper support during the match. I thought the club were a bit crafty with the loud pre match music playing right up to kick off. Don't usually do this.

I'd agree with that.

add to this Cortese didn't set up the deal out of love for SFC, he did what he was paid to do, find decent play things and business oppotunities for multi millionaires. No one ever thanks Bruce Buck for saving Chelsea.

A long rendition of "Nigel Adkins red and white army" often pushed the players on. Do it tomorrow and it might help not hinder as seems to be the fear of some on here.

why? We often play 4-4-2. I didn't see a 4-2-3-1 at Stoke. Lambert and Rpodriguez played up front. Lambert didn't play in midfield, deep in the hole or anything ither than up front. We had two central midfielders and Guly and Puncheon played left and right midfield. How is is that not a 4-4-2? I don't think that was the reason he got sacked.

we ought to ask Henry Winter when Cortese became the rich owner of SFC? He's certainly getting richer every year he runs the football business.

Massive club in dire need of someone like Adkins to take them back to the top flight. Colin is on borrowed time after the Barnsley game.

our friend Neil can at long last see the writing is on the wall and wants to make sure he is not percieved as someone that had had their head in the sand and taken by surprise when the day finally comes.

if we play him down the middle in the hole then we will see the best of him (as we did against Villa) but stick on the left he'll continue to dissapoint IMO,