Chez

likewise where is your evidence that we do have £12m to spend on a manager over the next 4 years?

Didn't McLeish look for a £250,000 rise to £1m and get told where to go?

my point being that it doesn't look like we have Premiership money to spend full stop so your argument is weak. Thanking you.

not sure I prefer Adkins to MON, and Robertson would come to coach anyway, but as that won't happen I'm happy with aDKINS - IF HE IS THE MAN.

if we were offering premiership wages then Adomah would have signed for us not Bristol City.

I suggest you stop imagining things.

I always felt that he opened his mouth far too early when he talked about how he wanted the job, I wonder if he blabbed because he knew he wasn't going to get the job, just using the oppotunity to promote himself.

good point, but Brown came straight out with it to the press ythat he had been interviewed so Cortese doesn't seem to be able to gag everyone. Who would be the step up from Adkins but also a realistic option ie not MON.

please enlighten us as to why you came to this opinion as apposed to just stating it as though it was fact.

so the lower the league the younger you need to be be described as young? rolly eyes thing.

age is of little importance as to whether Adkins will get a quick response, its all about whether the players, whatever their age will respect Adkins. He's an intelligent, successful manager that speaks well and seems to have the strength of conviction and confidence to see him do well here. I'm confident he's the man for the job. Only downside is the lack of knowledge of Saints fans that don't acknowledge his achievements and might not give him the time he needs.

MON isn't and never was coming here. If you get that in your head and then assess Adkins' credentials against say Brown or Andy Scott you might realise that he's not a bad appointment. I fear for Adkins with so many Saints fans having this sort of opinion. The guy will be starting on the back foot already. He might be better off waiting a week or so until we have hit rock bottom, then a few more fans might appreciate his appointment.

Has he shown himself to be a chairman that prefers to take the cheaper option? Hard to say. He may the sort of chairman that gets the right man within the budget available. What do you mean by Ryanair?

is there anyone senior left at SFC these days that was there when MLT was there?

The Oxford manager Chris Wilding was listed in the betting odds as I recall. I don't see him as a possible but location might fit.

Not necessarily. It might be a sign that Adkins is perceived as being the best available and interested candidate to get the club promotion. And who is to argue with that?

so you are saying that you are an estate agent selling a house to Fonte (why else would you be talking to him about buying a house) and it fell through and he actually stated the reason to you (or your work colleague) that he no longer wanted the house was due to him no longer staying int he area - due to the devastation of Pardew sacking? Seeing as he was happy to put his name to an upbeat interview on the OS he must have chiosen to lie to the fans and tell you the real reason rather than the other way round. You must be some Estate agent. I like reading SFC rumours. Great fun working out where the holes are in them. Keep it up.

Bet Everton fans were underwelmed by Moyes...actually most Saints were underwelmed by WGS

If its Adkins then I'm happy. He'll get us promoted IMO.

to meet the owners to talk through the new appointment perhaps?

and not the cheapet option either seeing as you have to employ coaches on three year deals and then pay them up in full after 12 months when you give them the tin tack. Maybe that's why the ticket tax has been introduced - to fund this new management structure!

it implies to me that its not MON, because the news/rumour last night and this monring was that MON was the new manager and subsequently his odds had shortened greatly.

I don't see a price for Andy Scott on that VC list.

are we talking about a specific period before NC or the entire history of the club?

I never ever understood why you need a `buffer' between the chairman and the manager.