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Outstanding.

Come on you baggies!!!

It would seem that Cortese's mind had been made up for a while. It's an underhand way of doing things, but at least Pochettino can hit the ground running.

Wouldn't be impossible.

Zambia are up at 3pm on Monday. First opponent is Ethiopia.

63 minutes in. The SA v Cape Verde game is utterly terrible.

Eat nothing but protein for a spell, removing all vegetables, carbohydrates etc. Then reintroduce vegetables/fruit after a while. I believe that's it in a nutshell. I worry about the health effects of it, but it certainly does work and quite quickly (something to do with water retention...) A colleague of mine had a go at it, lost 2 stone but complained of feeling constantly tired. He was actually signed off work ill for a while with heart issues shortly after.

Bloody Reading! ha!

If they are wanting to reduce their debt and we want reinforcement, make a cheeky low offer now!

I wouldn't discount South Africa, home advantage and all that.... Morocco as an outside bet for me.

Oh god, Vuvuzelas.......

Have been looking forward to this, starts this afternoon. South Africa v Cape Verde, 16.00 Angola v Morocco, 19.00

Actually felt saddened watching that.

The fact is Nigel Adkins didn't lose the last two games. Therefore his sacking will always be unjust. Any concerns I may have had in the past I eventually repressed due to Nigel being the man who dealt with the players day to day, he would always be in a more informed position to pick the team/tactics then a random fan on the outside looking in, regardless of how bizare they may have seemed.

Dignified to the last. Pochettino has the biggest of boots to fill.

That and he isn't very bright.

Yes, a tough call. And Cortese would have been damned if he did/damned if he didn't. Appoint Pochettino straight away (as he did) and be called sneaky, sly, and guilty of stabbing our now ex manager in the back. Leave it a few games and be criticised for leaving us high and dry with no replacement. It really sucks trying to be dispassionate about this whole stinking business.

Oooooo. Cortese's a ruthless bastard His contracts mean jack sh*t And if we survive this season It will feel barely legit...

Hope Cortese can look at himself in a mirror tonight.

Only time will tell that. If Saints fail though then Cortese fails.... and he will not want that at all. If the worst happens then it will effect both, there's Cortese's motivation.

Yes. And they may think that. Their continued ownership of the club shows some kind of respect for their father's wishes though.

The exact quote from when we were taken over. Pretty clear that Cortese and the Liebherr family's ongoing ownership are intrinsically linked on that basis. Cortese's statements along the lines of 'there can be other avenues for investment' if the Liebherr family withdrew suggest that he is in something of a position of strength.

Really didn't come across at all well.

Yep, pretty much. The only way he will go is if the Liebherr family find someone to take his place. Considering that they wouldn't be associated without Cortese in the first place then we are in a strange place.

Name dropping Mourinho. This is all about wider international exposure and profile, isn't it? An exercise in c*ck swinging rather then continuity.