James

I don't agree. He doesn't get it for me on that gif posted above.

Have you watched the replay? Doesn't look like he did get it.

I hope that Brown gets the flack he deserves for that on MOTD. The fact he was being touted as a potential WC squad member after today is an utter disgrace. He's a second rate defender living off the fact he has played for Man U and that tackle just evidences it.

Clear from that replay he doesn't get the ball. Should have been sent off.

Refereeing this season has been a complete joke and there are no repercussions at all. It's actually ruining the game.

Horrible tackle from Brown. Just horrible. I know he got the ball but follow through like that should not be allowed.

Wes Brown you filthy excuse for a footballer.

Lovren looks bad. Oh dear.

Something was definitely up with Lambert the last few weeks. Maybe it was him not wanting to leave and Cortese forcing it through that was the cause (if reports that he wants to stay and the deal is now stalling are true).

I thought he did pretty well when he came on, we certainly wouldn't have made the breakthrough had he not come on. Yes we looked more exposed but that usually comes with the territory when you take off a defensive mid and put on an attacker. I thought GR actually carried out his defensive duties pretty well and looked more eager to get stuck in. I'd give him a run if he has his confidence back.

Probably just bad choice of wording. It doesn't 'sound as if' anything as the statement only seeks to reassure fans about player sales. What he meant to say is 'I have interpreted the statement to mean that...' although quite how he does that I have absolutely no idea. Probably read it in the Sun or Daily Mail, same paper which said Poch was going.

I stand corrected, apologies. However, a quick google search reveals that the accounts of the MALI group companies are available, as are their latest financials so there is information out there, you just have to look for it.

Well, in 2012 the turnover of the Liebherr group was 9bn Euros and the value of its current investments is 853.8 million. So there is some publicly available information out there. I'm sure that someone could analyse the annual accounts of the group and therefore have a reasonable guess as to Markus' personal fortune (but of course, he didn't necessarily derive it all from his business interests). The Mali group is only a small part of the entire Liebherr group which looks to be doing pretty well from figures which are publicly available. The divesting of a small part of a very large corporate group and the resignation of 1 employee out of 38,000 does not tell you anything about the financial state of a group of companies. Cortese was in charge of part of the Liebherr group, in no way was he in charge of 'virtually everything'.

Yes, but most people don't form an opinion without any evidence on which to base it. I am interested to hear your reasoning (if any).

This is exactly the problem. A lot on here are just recycling phrases they've read when reading about the Pompey and Leeds meltdowns without any real understanding of what they actually mean in reality.

Do you have any evidence for your belief that Markus didn't have the cash? Or is that just another opinion?

I thought the that the club was benefiting from a trust fund rather than KL's personal wealth. Where has it ever been stated that KL uses her personal wealth to fund SFC. She could be owner as administrator of the trust which was set up on Markus' death. That was my understanding anyway.

When exactly have you ever heard of any club say that? Manchester United frequently stated that Cristiano Ronaldo would not be sold but they sold him when an offer they couldn't refuse came along, same with Spurs and Gareth Bale. Even if KL had used the words that you quote then it wouldn't be an absolute guarantee of everyone staying..no club can give that assurance to its fans, we are no different.

Why should she have to do that? She has owned the club for a while and from her perspective all that has happened is that one of her employees has resigned and she is now seeking a replacement. She has told us of the resignation and the search for a successor. All this about her wanting to sell is pure speculation. Unless of course, you expect her to update us on her plans on a weekly basis? If you were expecting nothing then a statement that there are no plans to sell any players this window must have come as a nice surprise. Wouldn't you agree?

Well what exactly did you expect her to say?

The statement is as much as we could possibly hope for yet the usual suspects on here disregard it and argue semantics. Typical. Enjoy believing we are in meltdown lads.

This thread was never going to go well when the OP referred to Dailan Wanda as Cortese's good friend and then immediately claimed to know that DW was in fact a company. I can't think of many companies that I'm 'friends' with.... Also, he's clearly just googled "Southampton F.C" and "Sunseeker" - pasted the links and then tried to fit it all into a fabricated story....

i agree, with everything that's gone on I'm looking forward to a reaction. 3-1 Saints.

He means that the same set of players will be playing against Sunderland as against WBA...not that it will be anyone's last game!

Thank god for that. MP you hero. Seemed bullish on suggestions players would leave as well.