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listen to this man.

Is a banking background, allbeit looking after customers involved in sport, really the kind of experience required to successfully run a football club? I don't know, anyone able to offer any insight here? Obviously I'm glad he persuade ML to spend his coffers here, but only time will tell if he guides the spendng the right way.

I'm slightly dissapointed in the sales if I'm honest. They've knocked nearly £100 off the price, offered free tickets to under 8s and Lowe has gone.

Indeed. Wonder if we can get them to pay some of his wages.

he has a year left on his contract.

I'm not just happy we have a club to support but elated. That doesn't mean I'm not ambitious nor does it mean I am stupid enough to think that this set of players is good enough to challenge. Having said that I'm not going to start moaning about our lack of signings to date. Clearly the players we want are not there. If the right money is not there then fine. ML has saved us and if he doesn't want to spend more now so be it.

we have money we just want to pay the right wages for our league income. Stern followed the cash.

not seen a great deal of Murty since he has been here but will our defensive frailties at set pieces be solved by signing a 5ft not much full back? I keep saying this but if we continue to pick Perry then we need some height in the side and I mean a 6"4 centre back and a 6"odd striker and maybe something similar in midfield. Either that or we need some Gary Neville, Jason Dodd or Paul Telfer types that win headers from set peices all day long.

he's been decent in every preseason game so far and looked very much `up for it'. We need quality throughout the side and my worry would be that if Saga and Rasiak left would we be able to identify affordable quality players willing to play in L1.

very good shout but the failure to match Palace's contract offer to Stern John shows that we are not going to pay more than League1 market value which puts him out of our price range if the Posh can't match his demands. They are relative big spenders. I'd like to see us match what the Posh did and spend big on a player like Boyd (best non league player out tere at thetime).

careful, that sort of talk will have you labelled as a happy clappy. Can I ask if Mills was any threat at all on the left?

still living in the premiership then? No idea why you are talking about the two friendlies, it took just 5 minutes of his debut to tell you everything you needed to know. Sharp, decent touch and 100% comitment. If you didn't see it then my guess is you don't have the eye to spot talent. Don't worry, give it a few years and he'll move up the leagues and then you'll have hacks telling you he's talented so you'll feel comfortable.

their manager has said several times that he wants 7 attakers. If Tyson goes it will be to another CCC side.

agreed but we ended up playing Molyneux and then Surman when we had Mills.

absolute fantastic news - oh what a happy clappy fan I am...sigh. Brilliant signing, and it is a signing because he could easily have moved to Scunny in the Championship but obviously our ambition, set up and contract offer were to his liking. Can I just add that he is a great prospect and anyone that saw his debut will have spotted straight away what a tenatious talented player he is. He should niot have been loaned out IMO and like James should have been given the season to progress or at least provide cover. No idea why we signed Molyneux. Great news.

Didn't take long before we got our first `happy clappy' name calling. Every Saints fan wants the absolute best for the club. We are all ambitious. We all want to see our side at the top. Still, if it makes you feeel superior you do carry on.

teams relegated to league 1 = 3 teams relgated and in adminstration =1 teams relegated, in adminstration and then ****ed around for 5 weeks by a bunch of tyre kickers = us Charlton have signed just three players, one of which was only today. We've signed Harding and at a stretch you could say Davis. Christ stop being such a drama queen. Quality players at the right price and on the right wages are hard to get no matter who you are and what level.

Shelvey is talked in terms of £3m. That is not an `any old' signing. Again why would he leave Charlton for us? Webber is a good choice. Tyson could get a CCC move if you ask me. Gray is tosh.

Shame Lynch signed for Forrest earlier in the week.

`Charlton need the money' should have been your response!

maybe we will raid Brighton, if so he's an idea of who's who: http://www.thefootballforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=171966

yep. Hands firmly tied by financial constraints. Played the youth team and didn't do badly.

worked and devloped a lot of decent youngsters at Brighton and will know who to buy from League 1 thats for sure.

he's that rich he can employ someone to carry his cheque book?

both player of the season for their respective clubs and excellent potential signings, but why on earth would either club sell them to a rival League 1 side, and just as importantly why would either player - having shown they could do the business in the CCC - want a horizontal move?