Miltonaggro

Has lied to the fans, and will lie to the fans...

He didn't say 'aiming to win the League', he actually said 'aiming to win the League Cup' - lazy journalism rears it's ugly head once more. This will complement the tradition of success that Spurs have enjoyed over the past quarter of a century, with a League Cup win every decade...

And with it the infamous ego, which Cortese kept in order with his super ego during his tenure! Les's oft mentioned position as the 'football man' on the board is an interesting one - never played a football league game as a player, stepped in to manage Charlton for seven games (one win), otherwise the pre-SFC CV highlight is being on the periphery with the England coaching set up as 'development officer / director' (director for 18 months). Admittedly the career has been spent 'in football' but the tag 'football man' is not how he is seen by professional footballers. Makes Machiavelli look like Norman Wisdom...

Spurs are a bigger club than Saints, but they are nothing like the club they think they are, Levy is completely deluded and this superiority complex has passed to their fans. At a recent public planning meeting regarding their proposed new 56K stadium (on the drawing board for eight years and only recently granted a site), he talked about the club as one of the top ten sides in Europe, when every permutation of stats you see places them between 22-30 - http://www.eurotopfoot.com/gb/progressiongb.php3 In the last 23 years their trophy haul has been limited to two League Cups, and the second of those was six seasons ago. Pochettino is on a hiding to nothing, and thank f*ck for that...

Should have got. Vlaar when he signed for Villa. Uncompromising, experienced, and would be a good addition...

This.

This, with bells on!...

Be my guest Jackanory :-) Last chorus: 'With a mug like that you know that you've been had...' Never could stand Liverpool...

Banner or chant: 'we mugged you, yeah, yeah, yeah' They love da Beatles, in self pity city. You heard it here first ;-)

It may well turn out that we are buying Pelle to give Osvaldo a good hiding when he reports back for pre-season training!

It's bizarre isn't it that after the crap he had a Lyon, one good season in England and he's acting like this. You'd think at some point these players might consider the factors that contributed to their recent good fortune...

FFS, talk about the big I am! He's lost the f*cking plot! who's advising him, Max Clifford!?....

When Gascoine scored that goal the commentary went something like 'no other English player could have scored that goal!' As Saints fans we saw better week in week out in that era. Le Tissier scored ten better than that...

F*ck him and all who sail in him. Sorry if this sounds bitter, but that's because it is. COYR

Koeman likes fielding physical, athletic sides. A lot of the players we are being linked with are monsters. A team that included Forster, Van Dijk, Witsel, and Pelle would beat the living daylights outs of Liverpool and Spurs. With Artur battling it out for the no. 1 jersey, it would be worth welcoming Osvaldo back as in KO impact sub ;-)

Sammy Lee worked as a part-time coach in the England set up when uncle Les was with England / at the FA. Reed's recommended replacement for Dodd and Williams most likely...

Cortese had started contractual talks with him (an adaptation of the Deer Hunter theme), but negotiations broke down. The new board has approached Rick Waller...

When Cortese was in place Reed's infamous ego was being kept in check by an even bigger ego. The best decision KL could make right now would be to employ an experienced, confident and plausible Club Chairman with top level experience without consulting Les first - John Williams...

It's happening...

I genuinely think the adoption of this (or one of the other 'classics') would add a few season ticket sales and push on the feel good factor - such an easy gain as well, particularly for a single season...

I sincerely hope that it's not a w*nk homespun job, as given the amount of decent lesser branded options seemingly available it would be a spectacular cock up. Blaming Cortese won't wash either given the timescale, Derby have just contracted with Umbro for a single season and it's negotiation and buying, not rocket science...

If this deal goes ahead or fails, the message is key if we are to become a 'different' proposition than other medium sized Prem clubs like Villa, WBA, Swansea et al. The message being that if you are prepared to destabilise our team and publically covet our assets you will ultimately have to pay through the nose and meet (perhaps an inflated) valuation to secure them. If KL sees SFC as a long term upwardly mobile investment, going forward this will be crucial in communicating to players, parents, agents, and other clubs the likely path of negotiation and highlight the 'Southampton way' of dealing with disruptive enquiries.

Encouraging from Koeman and the club if that's the stance. I can remember Saggy at West Ham constantly driving up the price for Rio Ferdinand and the collective press shrieking 'nobody will pay that!!!' - but they did. Saints are effectively saying make us an offer we can't refuse, and that'll do me...

If Lallana and Shaw leave after this announcement they're ****ing mental!...

Having thought the disposable 2003 Euro kit we wore against Bucharest was a world beater, this takes the biscuit. What a spectacular abortion...