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That bloke is a ****ing legend.

That's nonsense, you would have to be a pretty narrow minded designer to think like that. The Danish pyjamas, the Keegan Rank Xerox and the Pony tick we all variations on red and white stripes. Even the white corners kit from the 80's had the enough red, white and black to look 'Southampton'. If the last two kits had black shorts and white socks they would look OK IMO.

I am slightly concerned about Reed having too much control over things. Under Cortese you knew he was only one bad decision away from being fired whereas you get the impression Kruger, being new to football, is relying on him too much. Could be wrong but that's just the impression Kruger gave me in his interview.

To all the ****s who think they are too good to play for Saints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RXPRjpCLEY&list=RD3RXPRjpCLEY#t=6

What a load of b*ll*x. Get a good team, price the tickets right and you will fill the stadium. I am amazed how clubs get suckered into paying money to companies like this. I guess someone has a boss to try and impress.

Bullsh!te, managers are approached all the time whilst someone is still in the job.

How long did Cortese wait to appoint Poch after Adkins was sacked?

Nonsense, if he changed his mind tomorrow and says he is staying the fans will be noshing him off again.

They need to hurry up and get someone in place, they must have known Poch was going to leave for a while so there is no reason to hang about. Get a big name in place and a few top signings and suddenly players will not be so inclined to look around.

Didn't the USA come second in the vote? I know it was they were in for it along with the Aussies. Would be great if Qatar gets stripped of it.

Also, having Lambert, Lallana and Shaw sat on their arse warming the bench at some big club is not exactly going to help the national team.

At least him and Lallana wont have to wait long because England are sh!te.

****ing ****s

If Lambert had thrown his toys out of the pram I would have thought he was a ***t as well.

Saints need to dig their heels in on this or they will risk setting a precedent.

I dunno, I reckon this new TV deal will see silly money being thrown around.

I don't think any of us are in a position to judge re: phone calls. Maybe Lallana has been pestering the board and they are fed up with saying no.

This if we cave in to one player it will set a precedent. I would tell Lallana and Shaw to forget about any move. We would be better off having them sulking in the reserves than having half our squad thinking they can just ship whenever they fancy it. The Suarez situation proves that you can stand firm and after a bit of initial sulking it won't effect their performances.

What's wrong with being bitter? I don't hate the bloke but will laugh like a drain when he inevitably gets sacked next February at the latest.

I don't remember ever seeing a single post that says they want "anyone-but-cortese", not one. I think you are just being a d!ck.

I expect the reason the players are being kept n the dark is because they wont like what they would be told ie: what Cortese promised - aint gonna happen because there is not enough cash.

Spurs and Liverpool are always going to be a step up the ladder, I'm not sure there is anything that could have been said by anyone to stop them leaving. Even if Cortese was still here with a cunning plan I doubt the outcome would be any different.

Cortese chose to **** off and leave us, just like our manager and players are. It's pointless banging on about him.

The problem we will have if Lallana and Shaw go as well is that some of the players that are left will be looking to leave. Players like Lovren and Wanyama were probably signed under false promises by Cortese so it's a choice between flogging them too or having demotivated players amongst the team. There is no denying it, we are potentially facing meltdown. We need the board to act swiftly, appoint a good manager and either make some top signings or make it clear there will be no more sales.

I'm guessing it wasn't just the fire but had something to do with the fact that half of WTC2 was stuffed into the side of it.