Fitzhugh Fella

They did not save Saints - they picked up a bargain. Your interpretation is not wrong you just need to look at it through another perspective

Topcat - if the Liebherr money has dried up completely then we have seriously moved into the red. My guess is NC has turned a £14m club into a £50m+ club and he still has access to funds to ensure their investment is secure.

I understand but I guess I just don't get the point of trying to do something which is not going to get results....but like I said I do understand where you are coming from.

The club have just tweeted a picture of the St Marys surroundings all cleared of snow and with no more of the white stuff forecast I think there is every chance the game will be on.

A tad unfair on Terry. Whilst many of his colleagues were not best mates with him, they all respected his ability. Some were also jealous at his relationship with Ted. Terry himself admits today that he was a bit ruthless in his youth but that got him where it did. As for his relationship with NC - well Terry is smart, maybe he will be the one that NC one day listens to, he certainly respects him as shown by making him President. I think once TP has his feet under the table he will in his own way seek to have some positive influence.

Exactly I am not denying anyone the right to protest, merely it will not change things one iota; so with that in mind we might as well move on (albeit with a bad taste in our mouths). An unpopular decision such has this was always going to come, in a way I am surprised it took so long. For those of us who wish to remain Southampton supporters we are just going to have to lump it - unless of course anyone has £50m in our back pockets.

Well it was a bit tenuous I admit but you know where I am coming from and I wasn't expecting anyone to take me that literally. Sing songs for Nigel by all means, I might even join in, but I have faced the fact it won't make the blind bit of difference. Under Lowe he was very much answerable to shareholders even though without the unlikely support of the big institutions we were never going to overthrow him. However had we all voted with our feet then very quickly the big institutions would be ringing him to see what was what. Therefore he had to keep half an eye on his customers. If not very many turned up on Monday I doubt NC would be particularly worried - no institutions to bend his ear.

But that is the point; the club does not belong to the city anymore it belongs to the Liebherr family. We had our chance, we blew it, we went into administration and then a consequence of being taken over by a private buyer, we lost our independence. You are right no doubt NC will sell one day, but we will only be passed on to another private owner and as such very vulnerable to his (or her) whim. Of course we still hold the right to protest but the gist of my post is no one has to listen any more.

Although I was as disappointed as the next fan to see NA leave I see no point whatsoever in protesting. NC knows 95% of the fan base is hacked off, but he is doing what he thinks is the right thing for SFC. As he represents the owners he is entitled to do exactly as he pleases and there is nothing you or I can do to stop him. When we were rescued by the Liebherr family in 2009 I was roundly criticised when I pointed out we had forfeited all our rights as supporters. Private ownership is just that and if they paid £12m to own what was once our club then they have every right. If you spent a lot of money on a house and then the people who used to rent it told you how to decorate it and the bloke round the corner who used to be the gardener for the previous owners started telling you what to plant in the garden you would quickly tell them to "foxtrot oscar". We all welcomed the Liebherr money without actually realising that although we were being saved we also simultaneously relinquished all control. Protesting or singing songs for Nigel (excuse the XTC plug) ain't going to make a blind bit of difference and a lack of crowd support might cost us a vital 3 points v Everton that I have a feeling we will now need more than ever, come the end of the season. Whether we like it or not we have to take Nicola Cortese's decisions on the chin and move on - there is no choice unless you turn your back on the club you love.

I was and tried to tell folk on here, but this forum just shoots messengers. Nigel will be relieved in my opinion - he wanted out and he wanted out with a decent CV, he's got that and some. Good Luck to him - smashing fella. My biggest worry is this new chap, talented and highly thought of he maybe but he is new to the Prem, new to the country and he does not speak English, not really what a team needs when they are in a scrap to stay up.

Just one word "timing"

today is the first day since I started this thread that it is better to be a P+mpey supporter than a Saints fan. Hurry up tomorrow when normal service will be resumed.

ORLY? Now Seaborne has gone to Bournemouth who is our back-up central defender

Yep pretty fair assesment

The Echo are reporting that there is talk of him returning to Japan in the Japanese media.

This - NA has posted the white flag with this line up, pretty poor decision I reckon.

It was actually Monday v Liverpool U21. Thought he had a very average game but had little support.

Tesco want to turn the land into pastures so their horses can graze in comfort.

Do you think Nicola Cortese should seek Adkins' advice re investing in Swiss/Italian banks? I doubt it because NA probably knows diddly squat about that sort of thing. Call me old-fashioned but I would expect NA aided by his staff and Les Read to ID the players they want (without consulting a man who four years ago had no football background). But having said that, once the player has been targeted hand everything over to NC who would oversee negotiating the price/salary etc.

I reckon I could put my hands on enough stuff to make a worthwhile museum.

It can't be that bad as Shaw has just tweeted "great 3 points"

all those opened tins of hot dogs in the corporate suites will have to be binned now - if they had refrigerators they might have kept until the next home game.....if there is one!

Lots of local matches off this morning and it's bucketing down as we hit noon - can't believe Fortress Fatpipes will survive the deluge - they must have the bestest drainage system in the world!!!!

With regard to Appleton going to Bonkersburn can anyone remember anyone else managing three clubs in one season - it must have happened but I can't think of anyone.