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What's your theory then?

Yes, but winning a major trophy is still a better achievement.

I'm on 10 a day, too many swaps though. Looks like I need to drive to another town.

I think winning an FA Cup, promotion and getting to the League cup final, without being bankrolled by a billionaire, beats that by a mile.

They havn't sold one player yet you plumb.

Just some sad old f*cker attention seeking. None of the 9/11 conspiracies add up.

Cortese did a good job but I think the only really important issue is the funding from KL. It looks like Cortese left because KL didn't want to fund a Champions League dream, if the owner doesn't want to waste millions chasing a dream that is totally up to her. Our current chairman could be just as good or better than Cortese but it is irrelevant if the money isn't there to back it up.

As long as he brings that bottomless pit of money with him to finance those Champions League dreams.

The only thing getting or keeping good players is Leibherr's money, if that's dried up it doesn't matter who's chairman - good players will leave.

We didn't have to sell Chamberlain, we choose to. Different situation but same thing fundamentally. If a player wants to go, and someone bigger comes in for him we will usually sell.

Why didn't Cortese give Chambo these magic assurances?

It's a great deal, but it's still flogging our young players - no different to what MIGHT happen to Lallana and Shaw etc.

Agree, the way he stopped Arsenal from buying Chamberlain was outstanding.

Just bullsh!t from the bloke who flogged Chamberlain to Arsenal.

It's a fine line between success and failure in this league, plenty of teams have gone from mid table to relegation the next season. If we lose Lallana and Shaw it will leave big holes to fill. Plus if we show little ambition then players who bought into Cortese's Champions League dream will be looking to move elsewhere and it can all go to cock pretty quickly.

It's a shame for them both because it's always good to see ex Saints do well but wouldn't have the faintest idea what they were like as coaches or why they were sacked so it's impossible to comment.

What has being "fan friendly" got to do with transfer negotiations?

It is obvious, and it's not an idea thought up by Clive Woodward. Matt Le Tissier, the king of penalties, used to repeatedly practice taking them into an empty in front of the Milton End before matches. He also used to try and replicate the pressure by offering young goalkeepers money for saving them in training. England are not very good at penalty shootouts because we are not very good at football.

It would be a sh!t deal, we hold all the cards, we don't have to sell. £35mill up front or f*ck off you dirty manc ****s.

Practicing penalties is not exactly a novel idea, of course it helps. Having someone like Woodward on a consultancy basis is not a bad idea, trying to fast-track him to a be a football manager is just plain bonkers.

It makes sense, we have a top quality manager and some top quality players but not a top quality squad.

Just out of interest, what would you consider proof? We could have the hottest year ever on record, record high concentrations of CO2, more extreme weather - you will still just ignore the scientific consensus and say it's natural variations. How can it ever be conclusively proved in your eyes - what has to happen?

I can't believe we buy out the clause whilst the Cherries were going through one of their administrations.

I think losing Lallana would be a similar blow for us to be honest.

Absolutely. If Liverpool lose Suarez I would put money on them not being top 4 next season.