My company was involved in speaking to a premiership team last year about shirt sponsorship. I am not allowed to name the club due to an NDA but the deal was eventually signed (by another company) for around £0.5m.
Flybe deal sounds fair business for CCC.
I personally will be writing to Santa for Stern John to return to us for the second half of the season. Even if he is on £20k a week that £1/2m could be the difference between growth in the Championship next year or looking to walk league one.
This is simply the same bad news reported in July.
http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=10348
Since then we have disposed of some substantial wages:
II
Powell
Ostlund
John
Saga
Rasiak
Dyer
Davies (We even got a fee!)
In addition we received a sell-on for Crouch.
Just Euell's contract to see out and thats probably 100k pw / £5.2m off the wage bill to kick off.
We always knew this would be the figure so why the surprise?
Not sure how or why this thread has got to JP vs NP?
For my money they bring different things. Pearson came in at a time when the club was at a real low and bought back some respect and pride.
JP has provided us with some great glimpes of a Saints spirit not seen in many a year.
If I had to choose I'd go for the edgy attacking style that I have seen from the JP sides this year.
Congratulations to the OP for hijacking the traditional 'bother after the game' thread with some brilliant irony / sarcasm.
Moral of the story, read the thread not the title.
A modern day H.G. Wells :-)
Having watched Reading this year and seen Stephen Hunt destroy Crystal Palace I would suggest that the best right back we have should play there. For my money Cork seems the best bet.