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Would be great if Lambert and Rodgers move clubs. I expect Wigan to be down the bottom regardless of wether Martinez goes or not.

It was a shocking programme, and from what I saw Poland and Ukraine are not fit nations to hold the Euros. UEFA should set an example and not let them hold it until they clean up their act. BUT, these sort of programmes can be misleading, when they showed the Sieg Heil salute I didn't hear the words "Sieg Heil", and the asian fans getting beaten up was awful, but maybe there was some other motivation behind it. Just because some asian guys are getting beat up doesn't mean it's racially motivated. Having said that even allowing for the BBC's exaggeration it looked bad. I would hate to live in a country that backward.

So it's arrogant to suggest that a player would rather sign for Southampton than Swansea! I've heard it all now.

They will make a profit because of the prize money but the TV revenue is swallowed up with operating costs and debt - that article is pretty clear. You havn't yet explained how they have got that £40mill in the bank, please do...

Swansea have f*ck all in the bank, this season's Prem money has just paid for the losses before and this season's wages... http://www.fcbusiness.co.uk/news/article/newsitem=1614/title=swansea+city+pay+for+premier+league+ambition "Swansea City’s latest accounts have revealed the true cost to them becoming the first Welsh club in the Premier League. Securing Premier League football contributed to a loss of £8.2m in Swansea City's financial results for the year ending May 30, 2011. The accounts released by the club earlier this week reflect the cost of the club's liabilities which arose immediately after the final whistle was blown at Wembley in May when they beat Reading in the play-off final. They include player and football management bonuses, additional transfer and loan fees, compensation to Football League relegated clubs, plus the loss of the club's share of Wembley gate receipts ceded to the losing play-off finalists. However, the Board of Directors is confident that the increased profit from the club's first campaign in the Premier League will cancel out those losses and the club will end the financial year at May 31, 2012, in a sound financial position. The club's operating budgets for 2011-12 are structured for this to happen in order to maintain the club's philosophy of running a financially stable football club. A statement from the Board of Directors read: "The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the club completed its third and most successful season in the Championship, gaining promotion to the Premier League and is proudly wearing the mantle of being the first Welsh club to do so. "While the accounts reveal an overall loss after tax of £8.2m, which was consequently unavoidable after our Wembley win, the large amount of income generated in the Premier League has subsequently enabled these liabilities to be adequately met in the current financial year. "The accounts for the current financial year ending May 31, 2012, will be adversely affected by an increase in operating costs, particularly payroll, but our resolve is to realise sufficient profit to counter the 2010-11 loss and our operating budgets are structured to make this happen." Please explain how we can't compete with them....

We will have a bigger turnover than Swansea next season and we have owners who have shown they are willing to invest. It's not rocket science.

Obviously zero. They have £40mill in the bank according to you.

Yeah so they have £40mill in the bank. What did they use to pay their players last season then thicko?

We all know that most of the TV money goes straight out in wages, even if they are strict.

I've never said that you thick f*ck. How old are you, seriously?

Even forgetting the fact that we are owned by billionaires. Swansea will average around 20K, season tickets from £449 to £499, Saints will average around 30K, season tickets from £495 to £780. If we are ambitious as our chairmans says we are we should easily be able to compete with Swansea.

Because we should have the financial muscle to outbid Swansea if need be.

We're owned by billionaires now dumbass. Have yo had your head up your ass the last 3 years?

Possibly. But I seriously doubt they would turn away a kid with potential because the agent might be a pain in the arse if a big club comes in with a multi-million pound offer for them.

Chambo's dad was a pain in the arse but his job was to get the best deal for Alex not SFC, in that respect he did a professional job. using the press to engineer a move is part of an agent's job. Saints made alot of money out of Chambo, if his brother was any good they would take him on if he wanted to be here. How his agent behaved wouldn't matter.

If he was any good they would take him on. Being someone's brother doesn't make you good though.

How do you work out your pecking order? We're a bigger, richer club with a more illustrious history in a more desirable part of the country.

I never knew about IFAB, very interesting. Explains why FIFA have such a chip on their shoulder about England then.

Geeze, you really are either thick, on a wind up, or 12 years old. Is it really impossible to understand that not every person at SMS is not a die hard SFC fan but just someone who likes watching football for a day out? A mate of mine is an Arsenal fan but as had a season ticket for years because he wants to watch footie every other week. Another mate is a Sheff utd fan but always takes in a couple of games a season.

Same could be said of 90% of the Championship games. So many half full stadiums full of miserable fans watching a game that means naff all.

At some of the League 1 games the atmosphere was shocking. Like watching a reserve match. I think you will find the atmosphere in the Prem much better, even with the theatre going types dotted around.

Yeah, but empty seats don't make any noise. Better off with 20,000 loyal fans and 12,000 others.

I know **** loads of people who think going to the theatre is entertainment, and **** loads of people who think watching a game of footie is entertainment. Yes.

Of course it's not exactly the same you thick f*ck. Where have I said it's exactly the same? I can see why you think other posters are more intelligent than you. Are you 12 years old?

Sh!t loads.