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Whilst not wishing to defend him or the BBC for his undistinguished 55 days, I think you'll find that his pension was based on his 23 years service rather than just the last 2 months !!

A good (serious) post RB, seems naivety and delusion are an integral part of the package down there !

Quite ! I really don't see the point in either doing it or complaining about it !

He did but now they have slipped back again, which is kind of confirms what the report is saying !!

I don't think that is even remotely a 'like for like' situation ! I always wonder about people who reckon that 10 games is enough to make a judgement, what sort of contract would you offer ? Nicola - "Hello Signor Guardiola, we think you're the right man for the job and are prepared to offer you a 10 match contract, how about it?" Pep - "Fantastic, when do I start" ! (This may well be a sh#t analogy but it's no worse than comparing Nigel's situation to Wigley's!)

Sadly in today's world, you have people who reckon that 10 games is enough to judge a manager's performance ! Mostly they are given 3 year contracts, therefore (if the chairman loses his nerve !) it becomes a very short sighted and costlly excercise before the club embarks on the same process all over again ! IMHO stability is vital and if you have the courage of your convictions then you have to stay strong ! Using the manager as a scapegoat is the easy option but all too often it seems to happen !

Alpine_Saint is a dildo

Not like you The9 - Terry Connor !!

Scunner !

Example : Since Mourinho Chelsea have had : Avram Grant Scolari Wilkins (caretaker) Hiddink Ancelotti Vilas Boas Di Matteo (present) Mostly kneejerk appointments and guys with big reputations and salaries ! Basically nobody has improved the situation since Jose (I do realise that Di Matteo presided over the jammy CL win !) and the merry go round will continue unless they win a couple of trophies each year ! IMO there is no evidence that regular change is better than stability and it is (for sure!) a helluva lot more costly !

Strange that late last night he said that he had not even spoken to Blackpool and then less than 24 hours later he is their new manager ! Lying b@stard !

Been an avid supporter of the Saints for more than 40 years now and basically because my wife comes from Southampton you could say that I am married to the football club from the city ! "In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, until death do us part" ! That's why I get so p*ssed off when some of the smartarses on here start whingeing at the merest sign of a blip in our fortunes !!! Amen !

Seems that we got it all wrong about the booing ! Herewith a Skate take on last night's events : (on his behalf, please excuse the lack of punctuation!) cuteface 3:05 PM on 07/11/2012 I was there last night only a few people booed and only a few people left before the end also I'm sure those boos wasn't directed at the players but at the Brentford supporters if the players stayed they would of realised that also we applauded the players but they walked off only one stayed I enjoyed the football even if we didn't play well the other team wasn't much better only one goal and it wasn't hit in properly.

"Skate" (The most appropriate description which covers a multitude of lowlife individuals at all levels from a certain area) !

The club was bought for £13 million and there has been sizeable further investment but taking the current asset value of fixed holdings, players etc.. you will easily get beyond £50 million and that's without considering £60 million parachute payments over 4 years after relegation ! I still think that the club was a good investment and as the dealmaker (I am fully aware that ML was the moneyman!) Cortese should get credit for having the vision to make the purchase !

I came close to topping myself this morning after reading the post mortem of the Baggies match ! I needed cheering up so had a look at the legendary Pompey thread but even there the amusement level has dropped ! This thread is not shaping up well either, what oh what can I do ?????????

He bought a football club for £13 million which is now worth probably 6 times that ! Not a bad deal IMO !

Their man has just admitted that he handled the ball before the first goal, would be nice to get a break sometime !!

TBF I don't think anyone has gone over the top over this issue and I trust that nobody will ! Personally I hope that all parties recover and that no lasting damage has been done !

I got the impression from the previous 23 threads about the future of the manager that you strongly felt that Adkins should be sacked ! When you started this thread with a half truth and a pretty 'loaded' question, I deduced that you'd be happy to have further debate on the subject ! Sincere apologies if I have misjudged your intentions !!

Schhhh.... That does not suit his agenda !!

If we win tomorrow night we'll be third from bottom and 2 points from safety with 28 games left to play ! If we lose tomorrow night we'll be bottom and 5 points from safety with 28 games left to play ! We'll have played most of the top teams and few of the lower ranked teams so the next 28 games should be interesting !

You asked about the ' 10 game milestone' not the 9 game one !

Why didn't you wait until tomorrow night ??