CB Fry

Why not Newcastle to lose?

I like the idea that Strawlock thinks that someone somewhere has the absolute factual headcount of people at street celebrations/free civic events.

How is your opinion about the potential reaction in the city to us winning a cup "a fact"? Just your usual strawman, Strawlock. We win the cup, the city goes nuts.

Don't be an utter plank all your life Strawlock. If we won the FA Cup there would be a parade through the city and civic reception and the streets would be packed. It would be at least as big as 1976, if not bigger. We've won one major trophy in our entire history, and if anything we are more disposed to get on the streets to celenbrate than we did in the seventies. These days, people line the streets to watch a flipping torch carried down the road. The people of our city might just get involved if we won the cup and not sit at home pining after finishing sixth. You might, but you're a complete pr ick.

More muted? Seriously, it wouldn't. The city would go effing nuts if we won the cup. Don't pay attention to the bellends who have decided the cup is not worth bothering with. It would be immense and worth twenty "look, we finished ninth" memories.

He'll be even better in the Premier League as he'll get far more time and space on the ball than he does currently in the Championship.

But everyone rememnbers the teams that finish ninth through the ages. Trip off the tongue they do. If we get to a Wembley semi, I reckon I'd remember it. Don't understand why you wouldn't.

Got to say this post gave me the biggest LOL on this thread.

I posted a throwaway gag that you have taken umbridge at. Get a sense of humour. How it insulted you or anyone I will never know. I'm delighted your book is back in, especially as the whole episode demonstrates what a bellend that Italian was. But your self righteousness here is a clear demonstration of why Nicola had so little time for you.

We do know it was a hollow pipe dream because Cortese is gone. We were never going to be given the infinite resources we would have needed to get into the Champions League, or to build that pie in the sky stadium we clearly don't need. With the old man out of the way, Cortese thought he would just continue spunking money about on his very own little train set, making louder and louder Champions League claims through his chums in the media as he went along. Well the free money tap, unsurprisingly, got switched off and off he has scuttled. A bit like the Monorail salesman in The Simpsons. Luckily, though, the people that actually matter - owner, manager, players - are still here.

Gawd knows which people you're blathering about Franklin. The simple fact is Lowe and Cortese are similar in many ways, the main one being they both spoke of targeting the Champions League. And neither of them had access to the resources to deliver it.

Calm down you old tart.

I only bought it for the Sam Gallagher section. Imagine my disappointment.

It won't get recinded. The court of arbitration for sport process would probably take until November. It's not like they can overturn it next week. Just pointless posturing from WHU. Much like us with Clattenberg/Lallana.

Shame. Was looking forward to a few Europa qualifiers in July.

Dawlish. Just after Exeter so prob okay for them.

So you are comparing our current abortion of a kit to which top end high quality "good taste" product, then? Do tell. Show us how classy you are.

They don't represent this then: FA Cup winners FA Cup finalists Promotion to the Prem Eighth in the prem, fourth the following Christmas Le Tissier's greatest goals ZDS Cup final, JPS final Beattie Pahars Killer Bridge European football Chris Nicholl's wonder kids Shearers debut and so on ...basically the club you have supported all your life. Who'd want to look like Saints when we can look like Swindon and Bristol City, eh? Mental.

Obviously not that kind of sacking is it. Laudrup clearly not happy about financial support and/or not prepared to commit to a long term deal and/or some other personal fall out. A relationship has broken down. Blatantly not a "results not good enough : sacked" type of departure.

Oh but stripes are so terribly, terribly old fashioned and I wouldn't know if I was supporting Stoke or Sunderland or something. Far prefer our current kit. Cutting edge, dynamic and revolutionary, and utterly unique from any other kit any other team has ever worn in British football history.

Potential Poch successor ready to go in the summer, then. Laudrop I mean. Not Garry Monk.

On five live.

The qualifying stage is not the Champions League. They didn't qualify for the Champions League.

Not sure why the choice would be Adidas or own brand. There are other options. Haven't Puma made a comeback with a deal with Arsenal recently. They might want to add another Prem club in. Personally I think we will be in adidas next year anyway. In lovely ol' stripes.

It's not negative to enjoy being top ten and going for a cup run. It is effing brilliant for Saints. It's far more negative grizzling on about Merseyside clubs and pining over what they may or may not do. And either way, Everton have never been in the Champions League and probably won't this season. Support your own club son. We're having a brilliant season.