Miltonaggro

He did indeed, but it's Les Reed...

We have many opportunities, possibilities, and opportunities...

Yup!...

Thankfully very few people believe a word Reed says...

Lovely bloke Nigel, and probably out of his depth in the Prem when relieved of his duties. He did however trust his players, and allow them to express themselves, and there was never a dull moment - all about entertainment and positivity. Claude is also treading water, but by comparison his tenure feels like drowning by attaching weights to your balls until you eventually drown...

He's obviously updated the CV and primed the interview patter recently, ready for the off - somewhere in Ralphland this exists as PowerPoint show stopper just after his invention of the hotdog torpedo...

A very interesting point. From boutique shop window to Argos. Goose fattening perhaps...

Thing is, I don't think it's 'hindsight' to the majority of fans and observers FF, which makes the club's stance even more puzzling!

Lowe (like many who emerged in that era) was a complete chancer. He made the mistake of believing at the outset that the football business was easy, football people were impressionable oiks, and supporters were gullible idiots. Only about 25% of supporters are gullible idiots, which wasn't enough to save his reputation.

Probably a trait inherited from his Mum...

Plus Fonte was 27 when he joined us. That turned out OK ;-)

Despite the obvious age difference and his waffle obsession, Ronald says that he shares Morgan's passion for tight nylon clothing and the financial services industry. The couple are looking to buy a beach front property in Morcambe...

Five, and I'm including the ZDS and the JPT!

Always like Chris Nicholl as a player, big no nonsense centre half, gave 100%, totally honest player in every sense. When partnered with Dave Watson we had a rockface in the middle of the park. I also liked him as a manager, his Saints sides played some great football with some very good footballers (Case should have won England caps during this period), experience mixed with youth. Nicholl suffered primarily because he followed McMenemy. With Saints fans still sore at his defection to Sunderland and having been spoilt during his tenure - a hard act to follow and then some. I think many of us realised how capable Nicholl had been in the decade that followed his departure.

Great analogy, 2-2 up in self-pity city would be a superb result!

He is, by a country mile!

I knew Merson liked a drink, but it's sad to hear he is is addicted to LSD these days...

For goodness sake, give the man some credit! For a sports teacher from Wapping with no experience of top flight football his meteoric ascendency is the stuff of fairytales - he's an erstwhile working class hero! He has managed to galvanise a section of the SFC fanbase from league one standard happy clappers to Europa League standard fluffers, an incredible achievement in such a short timescale.

Calling Eric Black to the Book Depository on Deeley Plaza...

The focus on Black is ridiculous, imagine McMenemy being 'undermined' by Mortimore, or Ronald Koeman by Erwin - if he was the only problem he'd be out, a tried and tested hierarchy is in place here. It might be that he is being set up as the fall guy to 'appease the fans concerns' as his pay off will clearly be significantly less than Puel's. January window dressing if that's the case.

Les Edgar Hoover!

Looks like Black is being lined up as a patsy for the current debacle, the Lee Harvey Oswald of Ocean Village :-) #itshappening

It's Les, isn't it?!

Perhaps it's a case of if you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything! That or they've got new waitresses in the players cafeteria.

Pardew and Reed are old pals, so never say never. I would have preferred De Boer or AVB in the summer, and Pellegrini sides play up tempo attacking football. Puel as a percentages man just doesn't feel 'right' for Saints IMO, felt that from the start, but don't think the current Saints board will have the balls, will or indeed initiative to sack unless we go down.