adrian lord

The most frustrating thing is that we are clearly just a couple of tweaks away from being a really very good, very effective team. MP had better come up with some tweaks.

\Everton equalise

Freenchcastle win

Whatever manager whatever team whatever decade, same old Saints

Fuvk

Ggggeeeeeeetttttiiinn

Reading. FFS

Come on SAints

MP turning into a genius before our eyes

Ramirez subbed and rightly so

More likely culture shock - he's gone from tapas and Rioja to greasy spoons and warm watered down bitter.

Would not want to endure a Rooney hatrick..

Shaw can't be injured as he's on bench so must be resting. One eye on Wigan match?

I'd say we overpaid by 4 or 5 million

Reality check for MP?

Poisoned chalice an early goal at these sorts of places

Did we supply the ball boys perchance ?

I feel a 6-3 victory is in order again

Last century Villa were once the aristocrats of English football. As Alpine points out won European cup and loads of domestic titles and cups There is history pre premier league, although anyone under 40 doesn't seem to think so...

So, presumably they were unsuccessful before they became successful, and are all now unsuccessful again. Proves nothing. Today, success is down to money, pure and simple, from whatever source. Money does not respect history. If we have 300M£+ to invest over the next 5 years, we may make the top 6 and may get into the Champions' League, history or no history. Do we have that sort of money is the question.

They would sink in a mire of debt and the 'fanbase' revert back to the 20-30K max of the 70s and 80s....

Chelsea weren't particularly successful historically were they? There is no divine right to be a top 4 club or not over decades-long perspectives. Preston NE once were very successful in 2 separate eras. Now are nothing.

Could be a much bigger sponsorship deal? Or selling out to the Arab $? That, after a point, has got to be the End Game for NC to get his big payday?

what are the criteria and their relative weighting? trophies money in bank capacity average gate world-wide fan base uk fanbase global branding income media exposure