CB Fry

Absolutely. One of the best things that Cortese did for us was to completely destroy the tiresome myth about how "chopping and changing doesn't work" and "there's no such thing as instant success". Well yes there is: we chopped and changed and chopped and changed and look at the instant success we've had. Chelsea, as others have already said, are another perfect example. From a managerial point of view, the general rule is you'll know within a year, or a full season whether it's going to work. If it isn't, get rid, because the chances of your man becoming the next Ferguson is tiny. Pointless clinging on to it.

Six points off seventh having played a game more. Give over, we are not going to finish seventh. We will finish eighth or ninth, as has been pretty obvious since about January.

Hang on - is worrying about our heritage pandering to parochial fans or not? Make your mind up before you start grizzling about what is or isn't our heritage.

Who would want to be a parochial club like Barcelona, Inter or Juventus or current Champions League Quarter-finalists Athletico Madrid. Amazing they got so far wearing that kit.

The idea of Saints making it back to the Premier League in five years was something that "looked ridiculous" is equally made up crap, sweetheart. Kinda my point.

Getting into the Premier League from L1 powered by a billionaire was a plan "that looked ridiculous at the time?" Not to me it didn't. Anyone thinking we were going to spend five years in the third tier would have been far more ridiculous.

Interesting to think Poch is described as being comparatively poorly paid for his role. Because we know other senior executives at SFC were trousering gigantic pay packets.

About right. We have a "par" level for our size which stretches from mid -table Prem to mid-table Championship. The same as many clubs from Derby to Sheffield Wednesday. We are tracking just above par at present, much like we were significantly under par in L1 (as Wolves are now). It is highly unlikely that we are going to break out of that anytime soon, just as it is highly unlikely that Everton will spend a decade in L2 or S****horpe to spend a decade in the Premier League. Every club has a "natural level" and it takes a long time to change it...Not impossible as Swansea, Wigan, Oxford or Luton will tell you. But Saints are what we are.

I think he should be saluted for recognising that he couldn't quite cut it at the very highest level, and sensibly bailed out before he embarrassed himself. The Kevin Keegan of Chairmanship if you will. No question he could do a job at his level, where you don't need to engage big corporate shirt sponsors or be prepared to work alongside demanding owners. He's the perfect man to drag a club like Sheffield Wednesday out of the Championship for example.

100% this. The post - Denmark late eighties hummel stripes kit was absolute perfection IMO.

At least we would look completely unique and not like Stoke and Sunderland, though.

Spectacular overreaction to the club putting the club crest on their twitter feed. The silver badge was a "new dawn" was it? Diddums. In other news we are currently mid table in the top division, a place we have been many times before with a full colour badge and everything.

Well, if I may be so bold, that would be total fu cking sh it. Jeez, lets hope not.

Just watched the news and it looks like they have identified a new suspect, who seems to be have been wearing the Arsenal "redcurrant" home shirt from their centenary season or whatever it was. Except C4 News too scared to actually say that so painfully described as a "burgundy long sleeve top". Odd.

The diagonal pinstripes? Would probably look okay if we had black shorts/white socks. How do you know anyway?

As others have said, the interview doesn't make that 'pretty clear' at all. Secondly, can't actually remember a specific occasion when Cortese had 'stuck two fingers up at a the big boys'. Which player and which club, when? I don’t think we've had a formal bid from anyone, except Lambert/WHU which if we believe some reports NC was quite keen on anyway, and either way the player said no.

Was he interviewed? Do we know this for sure?

This is a reference to our current ticketing policy, not expansion, right?

But you don't need to build more seats to "grow the fanbase". You need to attract more fans through clever marketing/pricing and, crucially, success on the pitch. I know all you ever do is this cart - before - the - horse routine but as ever you are wrong. Once we have "grown the fanbase" to, say, 26 thousand season ticket holders, a waiting list and a sell out of every single game then we have a case. Over - supply doesn't in itself create demand. Especially when stadium expansion is a gigantic capital commitment.

Actually, entirely possible that three seasons of Europa football might depress average attendances - loads of Sunday kick offs, plenty more games for the casual fan to spread about. Anyhow, we won't be in the Europa League campaign for several seasons in a row.

Selling out pretty much every match. Significant waiting list for season tickets. Consistent European football might bring that about but that's unlikely anyway.

Krueger only wants us to win the divisional conference play off or something. And then go for the play offs. Do you realise this Krueger man has absolutely no idea that there are any differences between American Football (Football) and British Football Association Soccerball (sometimes known as Gridiron or Lacrosse). People on here needed to tell him. The man is a Yankee redneck hillbilly fool or something.

I would say this is the kind of thing RK has been talking about. This, and replacing the pitiful shirt sponsorship deal our previous outstanding businessman negotiated, is the start of realising our "untapped commercial potential". Not becoming an internationally renowned football giant as some of the dribblers on this forum have started to believe he meant. We're, like, gonna win da Superbowl and everything.

An eye - watering amount of strawman nonsense crammed in to one forum post. Brilliant stuff.

You are getting awfully het up about something our new Chairman said we could be "A little bit like". But really well done on the deep analysis that throwaway line really needed. It's like listening to an autistic teenager struggling to deconstruct a proverb. But funnier of course. Ralph Krueger: member of the World Economic Forum. Strawlock: utter dinlow on football fans forum.