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He didn't look like a businessman at the JPT final. That wasn't a poker face he was wearing. I am inclined to believe this train of thought.

This does however fly in the face of the usual logic in football. "The only way to make a small fortune in football is to start with a large one." With the plans that have been stated/proposed, stadium refurbishment, european football, rebuild training facilites etc, the chances of doing all that while turning a profit or getting something worth more afterwards in relation to the funds put in would be extremely improbable. Yes, it is more then possible that Markus Liebherr's intent was purely financially driven... but equally it could have been a final hurrah from a dying billionaire. We will never know for sure.

It's only a bargain if there is a buyer.

I would expect Manchester City fans to be on the whole reasonably happy that they are owned by the state of Abu Dhabi.

Which leaves the question. If Nicola Cortese did resign as a point of honour, as a few fans seem to want at the moment, and the support of Markus Liebherr's estate also went along with him, would we be happy?

Contractually and legally he probably is. I personally believe that there is much more of a personal and emotional link then that, especially as he was the key architect of the initial takeover.

It's disappointing that our current custodians do not seem to be taking a closer interest, instead they are happy to let Nicola Cortese run the show. As long as the Saints are growing i'm sure he will be under no direct pressure... especially as without Cortese's close relationship with their father they wouldn't have been involved in the first place. "It was your project, idea and baby Nicola..... Get on with it!!"

Echo all sentiments above. I do hope he gets to see these messages.

I agree. One of the big positives that come up for me for Pochettino may be a greater international profile. Will that become immediately evident?

"Only time will tell."

The hear'say points in that direction. There are too many 'coincidences,' the link to Coutinho, Spanish twitter reports, the immediate replacement of Adkins to say that it could have been anything but planned in advance. Pochettino will have had time to prepare and research, if he is anything close to the reports on him he will have at least been that professional.

He wouldn't have made the comment if he had properly researched the situation, the throwaway comment just highlights his ignorance. But of course he didn't need to actually do some digging did he, his reputation should be enough for him.

He is focusing entirely on the sacking of Adkins and not at all on the confessed (and somewhat distasteful) recon that Pochettino has already done on our squad and league. Lawrenson's manner is condescending, vulgar and smug.

Not really, just a symptom of their poor employment policy. Please Kraken, don't you descend into parody too.....

An explanation has already been offered for that.

Such is human nature. I relate it back to my own experiences as a youth football coach. If XYZ player who was good was on the verge of leaving, morale would drop and performances suffer. The manager (me) would then need to pick them up psychologically and get them back firing. If XYZ good player was on the verge of joining us then it would be a case of letting the players ride the wave of good vibes, no manipulation needed.

Lawrenson is a blinkered scouse clown. I would put more value in the opinion of Neil Allen then him.

Logically, you are of course right. They should be treated the same and trusted on their own potentially dubious merits. Human beings on the other hand are not logical.... we are emotional creatures and will respond to positivity/negativity in different ways. Only the negativity will have an all in detrimental effect though. Negative thoughts are like a disease, they manifest, spread, and create damage in communities and groups, be it the players, Saintsweb or your mates in the local. It is far more critical that they are disprovable then anything positive.

In a manner of speaking, he is saying that anything which can have a detrimental effect would need to be traceable/quantifiable due to the damaging effect it would have. Positivity breeds positivity, regardless of how b*llsh*t it may be. Negativity likewise will breed negativity.... and that needs to be snuffed out.

Mentioned in one of the Mirror articles. Can't remember which one, i'm sure someone will be sharp enough to find it.

Or at the very least young prospects that could come through and overtake his preferred man once father time caught up with him.

12 days of the window left. This committee better click quickly....

Personally i'm looking forward to seeing him play in Zambian colours over the next week or two.

We did. Gazzaniga and Cropper. We certainly needed better back-up..... look, we're going around in circles now.

Fingers firmly crossed.