Saint_clark

It was common knowledge from the start that Cortese agreed with Liebherr a "fund" which would be enough to get Saints back to the Prem. Whether we spend all of it or some of it, only those two will know.

When you factor in the transfer fees paid then yes of course we were running at a loss, but with regards to wages I genuinely believe we brought in enough money to cover it.

Of course he will, as a professional you can't say "I got 37 last season, but I think i'll settle for 30 this time round". You would automatically put in less effort.

40 goals for Rickie is the next logical step.

Yeah Scotland has a decent record in the lower leagues, however your argument is kinda ruined by you saying no to Michael Owen, who has an outstanding record at the highest levels of club and international football.

Almost spot on there Steve, but we lost 5-2 to Lazio. We only scored through two penalties.

As i've said to people plenty of times, you won't be able to build a squad of experienced players who can all perform at a promotion winning level, as they won't be happy sitting on the bench. You have to get the right mix.

Remember watching that a while back. Quite entertaining.

Scotland, quick??? What?

Three centre backs plus Aaron Martin? What's that supposed to mean? He was outstanding at the end of last season.

Only just noticed this thread, has anything changed since the OP? A ridiculous price hike, if not.

I'll go along with your assumption that Pardew doesn't want us getting tonked in pre-season by a top European side. Why can the Reading game not be classed as the Ted Bates Trophy game then?

Why does it matter what other clubs are doing? The point is we started a tradition and now it's just been thrown out the window.

What difference does it make to him? We're still playing a home game this pre-season, are we not? What difference does it make if a trophy is presented at the end of it.

I can't believe there are some people who don't care about scrapping a tradition which relates to the biggest legend SFC has ever known.

I bet she's popular with the players...

I've seen the reasoning behind all the decisions at St Marys recently, but if the Ted Bates Trophy is being scrapped I will be very, very p*ssed off.

Because he loves the limelight...

Puncheon finished up with 9 assists, the second highest at the club, in just half a season. Like you I thought he didn't perform for a lot of the games but during that time I noticed that even whilst not "performing" he was still creating goals.

Muller has come out of nowhere and done fantastically well. Lahm is one of my favourite ever players, i've never seen him have a bad game. And although his nation went out, I think Lucio is the best CB in the world right now. Outstanding.

I'd almost forgotten how much of a c*nt Heinze is.

Probably just referring to all the renovation work going on around the stadium.

The vote was open to all, there's no point in going back over it. Although I think there should be a big feature on it on the main Saintsweb page.

As were many other teams in this league. Are you really gonna come back to your ridiculous point of "really good teams never lose a game"?

I meant as back up to be honest.