CB Fry

Supports my opinion that they would sell up during last summer. By far the very best moment to sell - Prem status assured and not yet on the draining money pit of "just two more players". Glad to see I wasn't far off, despite being mocked on here. As far as the Leibherrs are concerned, they've fulfilled Dad's wishes and can move on. I have no doubt they will sell us to someone good, regardless of the hysterical dipsticks on here squealing "Lee Barnard! Lee Barnard! We'll be playing Lee Barnard!" All will be fine.

Don't worry, maybe your heroes at SISU will step in and take over

Bet they won't.

A lot of us realised that the "stated ambitions" were pie in the sky.

What a load of nonsense about us "not accepting the natural order". We're on track to finish eighth or ninth. Where WBA and Swansea finished last year. Where Lowe got us on a relative shoe string. Hardly shaking football to its foundations.

It's jolly sweet that some people on here think that the likes of Lovren and Wanyama are only here because of Cortese's "vision". In another season the pair of them would sign for QPR in the blink of an eye.

This. Hopefully the hysterics should now stop and we might just find out that somewhere in the world there just might be another human being capable of running Southampton Football Club. Crazy, I know.

No mass exodus. Just Cortese venting to his chums in the press. They're lapping it up because with bugger all transfers happening it's the best story in town. Who remembers "MASS PROTESTS BY SAINTS FANS OVER ADKINS EXIT"?

Anyone heard any thoughts from Dan Harding's father in law?

Can anyone remember if Chairmen, Managers or Players have ever left Saints before? I think I can remember it happening previously but maybe I'm mistaken?

You go into the finals of "most hysterical thread started this week" but I fear there may be a few stronger contenders over the next few hours.

In fairness I am surprised it has taken quite this long for someone on here to drop the "we're a Laughing Stock" bomb. Two hours since the announcement. This forum is nuts.

As long as any potential new Chairmen are fully approved by Luke Shaw's old man. Heaven forbid we upset his highness again.

I wonder if Cortese gets a thank you mention in the programme for the Yeovil game? It would actually be a more fitting tribute if he didn't.

We weren't bullied, we were skint. Original deal was for £10m. The poster I quoted said "huge knockdown prices". Even your "arse-fecking" was seven million quid. If that's a "huge knockdown price" then I think you may need a little perspective.

Dean Richards? Kevin Davies? Theo? Bale? I guess you have only been a Saints fan for the last five years?

Lallana won't leave Saints over this, no chance. Shaw would have gone in the summer whatever anyway. I think people are placing far too much value on how much the players genuinely care about all of this. I doubt they do, they will get on with it regardless of who the chief exec is.

A million times this.

I think it's about time we moved on.

The notice period thing explains the PR offensive and the feeding of stories to his chums in the press. Personal PR with an eye on next role. Smart work.

Slightly hysterical, there.

Well I don't really want to support a club that exists only on an infinite supply of free money. COrtese and co have spoken about sustainable success - if he can't do that, then maybe we should find someone who can.

Missed the two straight promotions, did you?

Fine. Cortese and co, then.