Miltonaggro

All will be well until the day of unveiling when Mr Brennan adds his complimentary sculpture of Nelson to the bridge - the great admiral is bound to look like a cross between Stephen Hawking and Julian Clary!...

The decision to prosecute is solely down to the Crown Prosecution Service. The basic weighing act that they do factors in the evidential burden and the public interest burden, the former providing the crux. A case involving a professional footballer would delight both the CPS and defence counsel; so if Barnard is in the clear, it is because of lack of evidence or indeed, lack of guilt...

Taylor should have never been released, a great solid pro. I am pleased that he has gone on to have a long career at a high level. 85 caps for his country, and not finished yet...

A win on Saturday and we are flying...

For f*cks sake, beam me up Scotty! We need to get out of this league as soon as possible! I hope that our trip to little Bournemouth is a Dellhurst day, with bells on!...

You're 90% right Gemmel, but the last 1 minute is always used for a lusty rendition of the Okey Cokey, apart from Connolly who is excused (can't do the 'knees bent')...

In interviews Luggy did always look like he had been surprised in a bus station at 2am...

What drives me mad is that in every interview he says: 'You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!' ad nauseum! Unbelievable...

Cortese made a clear statement that only Adkins was offered the job, but it was no secret that a number of candidates were seen. Reading between the lines when the Adkins move stalled over compensation it seems that Howe was rather too quick to offer his services, and did not think out his response to his erstwhile Chairman when asked for an explanation, an explanation then leaked to the press. Given the Leibherr family's insistance on ethical conduct in business I would trust Cortese to tell the truth on this matter over Fast Eddie the Skate, and the Tub 'o Lard every day of the week!...

Whatever your position on Cortese, Leibherr put him in place, between himself and the fans as a shield. He is very well paid to make difficult decisions, and ultimately will be judged on the club's success. I'm sure that he was well aware of the volatile and passionate nature of taking over a football club and ultimately taking on its fans in the run up to the takeover. There are signs lately that he is 'learning' and that is more than Lowe ever did! As for the subject matter of the thread, I've criticised Cortese in the past but on this issue; banning the beery, blubbery, duplicitous no-mark who currently occupies the plastic throne at Bournemuff - I'm with him 100%...

What hasn't been mentioned is that SAGA are running a two for one coach offer this afternoon, meet under the Pier at midday, bring a blanket and some Werthers originals. The beauty of these no mark tick turds attempting to wind us up is that next time they are about to go pop they wont be able to look East for assistance. Lets see where we are when we have our trip to the seaside...

or Poole town...

The real derby game for Bournemuff is Weymouth, clubs of a similar size in jaded seaside resorts with little social history, who can forget the Punch and Judy riots of 1963. I'm with Miffy on the chants for Fast Eddie the too late skate...

This should bring back some memories chaps: http://www.justcatnaps.com/collection/GoodisonSouthamptonParade.html The usual suspects from season 70/71. Obviously what Adkins need to do is to sign three or four mad jocks...

If we could win the next two it's a back on track and target with arguably a stronger team spirit. After all the recent angst and bollo that would be lovely...

One thing we have learned over the past year is that nobody outside a very tight circle knows what is going on inside the boardroom of SFC. Of course, after ML's death his family may have thought that the football club (after all a business model like no other) was too hot to handle, and of course if that was the case the disposal would likely be handled quietly and efficiently and in such a way as to not alarm or alienate the paying public (hence the statement, think back to the statement about AP's future...). Life is life, and business is business, but I certainly hope that a sale is not beeing mooted or touted. What we do know however, is that should a sale take place Swiss Tony and Mickey Faker will not be anywhere near it!...

I though you were going to say coronary heart disease...

There are some very good points raised on this thread. After the takeover we were told about the glorious five year plan, saw a proven manager arrive (who whatever your position on him had a CV that said - Div 3 to Premiership) along with some good players, so we collectively bought into it. This was despite the ten point deduction last season (which was always going to make things very difficult), and despite the installment payments for season tickets being withdrawn this season - bear in mind that both season tickets and merchandise (shirt sales) were significantly up this year in anticipation of a football feast. After all the bookies are rarely wrong! With this in mind, it is natural that a large number of loyal supporters (particulary those who have invested heavily in the current financial climate) are either concerned, exasperated, or angry with the current situation and creeping realisation that all may not be well. This has not been helped by the lack of information coming from the club as supporters are second guessing positively and negatively all of the time leading to yet more angst and fallout, this is evident in the grounds and on here. The club has made itself an easy target in so many ways that it beggars belief. Nigel Adkins is a very good manager at this level, and of course we all want him to succeed, but it would be helpful to know what we are backing. Are we going to have some pending investment with these elusive three to four players that everybody (the happy clappers and wrist slashers) agrees we need on loan arriving within the next week to give NA options and more importantly motivational leverage? Are we going to be a selling club come January, with a mass exodus followed up by a mass recruitment? Are we now completely 'self-financing' with an inflexible budget regardless of the situation on the park? Is the five year plan now waste paper and if things don't improve quickly will NA get time to recruit, rebuild, and restructure? We all love SFC, but what are we now supporting?...

If there is a wantaway exodus in January (as is likely if things don't improve quickly) with the possible likelihood of Lambo, Lallana, Fonte, Davis, Morgan, and Barnard looking to move on it will be interesting to see NC's reaction. I rather fear that he will tell them that they are under contract and dig his heels in leading to a potential mutiny. The feelgood factor in the shape of three or four short term loans (we shed something like 15 players in the summer for goodness sake!) is now a necessity to support the new manager with options and moreover save this season. Never a dull moment...

No pace, but tricksy and gutsy and deserves a proper chance...

As the clock ticks on and on I am beginning to think that we may indeed be a busted flush in the transfer market. The team is crying out for competition for places in key areas and a lot of good (and reasonably cheap) players have gone begging already. I said on another thread that the appointment of NA could be the signal that we intend to 'coach' rather than 'buy' our way out of division three, all very honourable but in that case the manager is likely to need more than a season to get it right...

He needs to insert a subtle but highly explosive rocket up the collective 'arris; arm round some, headlock for others. He needs to get a result at MK. He need to use the loan window as soon as possible to bring in a flyer, a quality holding midfielder, and a back up target man (Rotheram's number 10 would do nicely). He needs to buy a pair of Ronnie Kray style specs...

To be honest I don't think Crosby is there to arrange the flowers, I rather think he is Bud White to Nigel's Ed Exley...

It's incredible how past exposure to Rednapp can cause such severe long and short term memory loss! Hope we take 4000 down there and beat the w*nkers 4-0...

Mojo is the right word Ron, spot on! In terms of giving the underperforming team ('I would not take a salary if I failed to get promotion with that squad' Gus Poyet) an appropriately strong enema, and the long suffering Saints supporters an appropriately significant boost, Keegan is your man. Adkins and his ilk may work long term, but I think another year in this league will kill off an awful lot of fans, he seems more of a finger waggle and collective sigh of acceptance type of guy. CBF is right, anything other than promotion this season will be a monumental failure, any more scandal or spin will be an insult to the collective intelligence...