CB Fry

Was his collection of Saints match day magazines from the last six years damaged beyond repair in some way?

Any news from Dan Harding's father in law?

Outstanding job, not great job. OUTSTANDING. Have some respect FFS.

Ralph said he didn't speak to the people he met about Morgan. This might be technically true. That's the level we're dealing with. And Chambers was ill.

We nearly went out of business completely, you know. Honest we did.

Well, I'm with you. Not really a priority in our current state.

Pretty sure you've made your point about Everton now.

If you're going to merge all the threads you could at least put the link up for the solent one at the top of page one. Impossible to find on Tapatalk.

It's gone beyond what he or Les or even Ron says. It's actions they will be judged on. I would be amazed if Morgan is still here come Sept 1st.

He was in the Chilworth Arms last night. Quiet drink, not a birthday do. True story.

I'd actually be more confident of them staying if Ralphy comes out later and says "we are working very hard to sell them both and should have some news soon".

10. Progress up the standings As in "through our soul crushing incompetence we have royally guffed up any chance we had of progressing up the standings".

This can only end well.

He's saying players leave because other clubs offer CL Football, which clearly outranks any "ambition" of CL football.

I don't think a single person on this forum is assessing our current situation in the way you describe, so I really don't know what your point is.

I think trousers is talking about reasons for players staying not reasons for joining. That's pretty clear in his post.

The stripes thing was not the main point of that post. It was a fairly blunt rant with no great point. (*free shot at CB Fry everyone) I've said plenty of times Cortese got more right than wrong. He built a successful club and was clever enough to invest in the academy, and a rare feat of three successful managerial appointments in a row. He got plenty wrong throughout his tenure and the way it has ended and some (not all) of the fall out we see now is a direct result of him being here and the culture he created. I can still reserve the right to call him a weasel faced helmet and I am delighted he will never be at the club again.

Well, they should have sold the minute Prem survival was secured in season one. That was the high value point, and in fairness that's when I thought they would.

You're simplifying it too. It's not just a cut and dried unavoidable business process either. It is a multi lateral negotiation process with multiple variables. We used the "time" variable quite well with Shaw, it was a one-club-transfer so get it done quick, but very poorly with Chambers which we should have dragged out for maximum pain to Arsenal until at least the end of the window.

I haven't reevaluated my position. The Cortese era ushered in a mentality that saw good people like Adkins chucked in the dustbin and people saluted that ambition. He ain't good enough. Get rid. We're showing ambition. Well guess who else is ambitious? Dejan Lovren. Adam Lallana. Luke Shaw. All supporters of ambition should be delighted in the relentless ambition they have shown.

Nothing to do with the kits, but the kits were sh it, of course. I specifically replied to someone making the snidey "fu ck the stripes" remark. Nice try though.

Correct. I said yesterday even if we buy eight £10m players in the next month I still think we will be lucky to stay up. Because that's just mental.

Don't worry. We're determined to keep them. So January.

We couldn't keep them all, but we could have kept some. And we should have kept Chambers, no question. Even if Koeman (if we believe he is being doggedly pragmatic about all this) said "let him go" then the board should have overruled him, for no other reason than it is has made us look utterly ridiculous. And, if (massive if) it turns out Chambers has threatened to go on strike/become untenable etc (a 19 yo right back with 20 odd games to his name, no less)...then sell on Sept 1st once we've signed some other freaking players. Sneak him out when (some of) the sh it has died down. It's not like he's a must have marquee signing for Arsenal, just rent-a-Brit squad filler. They, and we, could have waited four weeks. The "we can't stop them" routine collapsed completely with Chambers. And Les says "determined to keep" yesterday. Beyond a joke. Let's just get Morgan and Jay out the door already and knuckle down for a season of strife.

It's possibly the lowest risk of all the scenarios. The most profitable way to run a Prem club of our size is to try and spend "just enough" to perpetuate survival in the league. The "reward" is low (ie 15/16th at best) but the risk is low because you're not saddled with huge wages/fees. Even on relegation it is a manageable risk. Spending huge sums chasing success further up the table is higher risk purely because you are spending much more, and the "reward" does not really cover that investment. And quite easy for a club spending huge amounts to finish 15th anyway, or worse, a la QPR. Let's be clear - it's a pretty sorry old strategy but if that is what is happening, they have chosen the lowest - risk option. The tw ats.