Saint_clark

There was a rumour a few months ago that he had set up a trust fund for the club in the event of his death, and it seemed a little too "nice" to be true. However the notion that he has been ill for sometime would suddenly mean this makes much more sense.

Perhaps, Cortese thought getting promoted would make Liebherr happier and Pardew thought winning a cup would make him happier.

Indeed...I was emotional when I heard the news but now i'm fighting back the tears, as any of us in his situation would have done exactly the same i'm sure. Anybody, absolutely anybody, who doubted his motives has their answer now - he loved Southampton Football Club.

I haven't been this close to tears for many a year. Thank you Markus. Truly. You will be missed.

I think renaming the stadium is the best idea.

Once the holidays are over and results pick up a bit the atmosphere will be much better.

I was trying to think of something to this tune; But to no avail.

Right. Murderous rampage it is.

Minus a plus one?

Hour and 20 minutes later...

Yeah, dunno why they're doing this. "We'll show one games goals then do some cricket". F*ck off!

Should be on in the next few mins I think.

Actually he was a CB for most of his career, he converted to CM when he came to us.

Don't be ridiculous. Bournemouth have sold 4k on their own. We've probably sold over 10k already.

Hmm, off to the GP for me.

Or Antonio...

If Cortese has someone better (and proven) lined up then I will not object. However, if he sacks Pardew and then replaces him with some random bloke from the continent I will be very worried. The biggest thing for me is how much the players are behind Pardew. If he is sacked we could well see a few key players getting unsettled all of a sudden.

Why in that case did he hire him?

We DID break them down though, we got past the defence to create the chances, they just didn't go in.

Butterfield got in Fontes way for the build up to the goal, had he not been there then Fonte would have beaten Fallon in the air easily as he had been all game long.

I bought one today, one piece of advice - check more thoroughly for spelling and grammar mistakes. A good read however.

Why FFS? The OP will know that he's had a poor thread, it doesn't need the likes of you booing him to tell him that. Get behind the high horse threads FFS.

Completely agree.

I'm only posting the way I saw things. I'm one of the most optimistic people on here, and still think we will go up, but that is the only reason I can explain the players lack of interest in the second half.

Bad sportsmanship to not even shake hands with your opponents though.