Doctoroncall

Villa have been cutting back on wages substantially, so it wouldn't be much of a pay day. Perhaps it was to flag his availability to other teams that could pay more? Also , he'll leave his Portuguese mate behind that he was influential in turning into a Saint. It doesn't sound right to me.

The season before... then we got Osvaldo!

Neil Allen isn't impressed with European football... anymore. Table tennis is king!

It seems there is no buy clause associated with the loan deal.

Some video news... here of the competition.

Like he usually does, he misses things, like Vegard Forren. I wouldn't hazard a guess why he failed to mention him, there are too many reasons to choose from.

Yep, it's a question of whether they have managed to line everything up this season, with the right Manager, combination of players in the squad and they don't have a convoluted training schedule due to their facilities (there is nothing worse for a player if it's not easy to get to, from and the facilities are sh!t). They failed the past two seasons, skirting with relegation, then a lower half finish. Has Cook bought well for them for the third season in League two? We will see, there are also some reasonable sides that will be pushing for promotion as well.

Football league FFP rules will limited what percentage the total of wages are to turnover. League two is set at 55% so they will have to go some to get into trouble, which is possible considering the shed they play in needs to be kept in good repair (safety and capacity) and having training facilities available. Turnover definition Under the SCMP rules, the definition of 'Turnover' is particularly important as Turnover is used to determine the maximum wage-spend. Within a traditional accounting perspective, there are usually only three elements of turnover: Match-day Income Commercial Income (such as sponsorship) TV revenue (and any 'merit payments' based on league position) However the Football League use a is broader definition of Turnover. Crucially, the FL Turnover figure includes donations from the owners to the club and injections of equity. Loans from club owners are understandably not included in the Turnover figure as these would result in growing club debts. In League 1 and League 2, a wealthy owner can therefore fund the club spending in a way that is not permitted in other divisions.

Top 4 Chelsea Arsenal Man City Man Utd Saints 7th Bottom 3 Bournemouth Leicester Watford

I agree if we could play in the Eredivisie ​but in the Premier League I think 7th is doable.

Thanks Jelle

Well, they certainly are extolling their chances for promotion as well as being the club to be at for any league player. Let's hope the pressure doesn't get to them and they fail to gain promotion. That would be awful.

What Bullshìt? Answer that and you may have your reason.

It's about getting the right player in the building at the right time for the right price... Correct?

That was black box version 1 with too much CEO weighting.

What does the balance sheet look like when you consider other transfers and agreements... Tommy Forecast, the Bale renegotiation, SCW saga etc. Perhaps it's best left in the past and time to move on and hope the academy and scouting system continues to unearth so great talent which we can get up to six seasons worth of progress.

Any one know of any decent championship players? The FL I play includes these players... looking for goal scorers (especially from midfield) and tight defences!

Maybe not, I wonder what compensation we will be getting assuming the contract with AM was all correct, £4-5m maybe?

Guardian reporting he will not go for less than £27m and wanting to do the deal sooner rather than later.

I haven't seen it. Only the one where AM didn't cancel the agreement in time (costing £1.5M), so they have left themselves open to be sued. I wonder where Toby prefers to go?

Saints need to grow in terms of support and income, at the moment it's hard as we are seen to produce good players which will always interest those clubs we are trying to usurp and not big enough to get the international recognition. So the club will need to try and carry on producing better and better players to compete, gain European competition experience and the club needs to grow it's brand here and more so abroad to get the additional commercial income. So I would guess the five year plan will hope to address these issues, let's see where we are then.

Must be a domestic cup game you're thinking about then.

Forget about earlobes, That's quite the elbow Boris has there.

I thought it was in line with his suspension of 8 games so about 6 weeks of wages blown, hence why he hasn't been seen at the club since if there has been no contrition on his part.

Being reported here updated bid from Liverpool for Clyne only an extra £0.5m with a possible £2m through additional achievements.