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Can we therefore just jump into the real world for one minute and analyse THAT statement? 1) We had a shortlist plus some other applications 2) The Board sat down and went through them in the day since MP left 3) The Board have decided which 5 or 6 they would like to talk to 4) The Board have contacted their Agents and asked for their expression of interest 5) The Board will contact the clubs that some of them are under contract to and request permission to Interview them 6) The Board will fly them to a location where they can hold an interview 7) The Board will pick a prime Candidate and offer him a Contract The Candidate will Negotiate and then sign a contract. Yep, no problem getting all of that done in 36 hours

I have absolutely no doubt that we will sell one or some players during the summer. I equally have no doubt that we will NOT negotiate a deal until the new manager is in place. The new manager will then have "bids on the table" for every first team player and WILL be able to choose who stays and who goes. I equally have no doubt that our Scouting system have players lined up to come in for every position in the team (and the manager) and that the new manager will bring in his own preferences from "a shortlist" I have no doubt we will make a profit from the sales. It WILL happen, just not this week and not for 11 players

Blackmore just restating that Man U are approaching Saints with a new offer for Luke Shaw. That can equally mean that our answer will be no, we will not discuss this matter at this time.

Dear OP. Bullkrap. There is a simple way to understand why it is bullkrap. Krueger. Look, he has become TSW enemy #1 in the past few weeks (fair enough), but what most of you fail to understand is that he himself is a very valuable BRAND in the world of BIG BUSINESS. (See Leadership & Davos) He can take his pick of major sums of money for Speeches/Training/Motivational Sessions anywhere in the World in ANY Industry. At the moment the nearest UK equivalent is Dave Brailsford. I know many on here have never worked for or understand "Multi-Nationals" or "Corporate US Speak", but Ralph could quite easily wandered the planet (like Tony Blair) talking Bullkrap and earning well over a million a year. He did not NEED the job at SMS. MOST Importantly - he, as a person, and as a BRAND could NEVER be seen to come into an organisation and Asset Strip it, Lie to it's Customers (Stakeholders in Corporate Speak) and for WHAT? A million quid bonus, maybe two? He would have ZERO credibility in his normal role. It is simply NOT possibly for someone of HIS calibre to do that. IF he had been told by KL that is the job he must now do, he would have been off like a shot. He would gain FAR more in credibility or future income in showing LEADERSHIP rather than LYING. Simply does not stack up in such a simplistic way.

Just a few days ago this forum was in meltdown because a BBC Journo Ben Smith spent a fortune of public money flying to Milan for an "Exclusive Interview" with NC. The same forum was in meltdown because NC was using his media links (especially the Mail) to undermine the Board at Saints. Yesterday Jim White, another contact of NC comes up with a story that is then "confirmed" by Ben Smith. The Board re-iterate their position yet nobody believes THEM. Next up SMS is being sold to a chain of Casinos who will redevelop the entire Waterfront and lease the Stadium back to us, the Academy is being sold to Emirates Airlines who are transferring the Technology into a global set of Academies in every City they fly to around the world in order to feed their main clubs, PSG, Arsenal and Real. Bids will come in for every one of our players this year, (except Gazza). As we will likely bid for many players ourselves. The fundamental difference at the moment is that there are now people out there who truly mean us harm.

We are Soooooooooo gonna regret letting Guly leave

Cannot be serious. God Bless SRL. With a deal like that he would pocket 10% as well. Set up for life annd not one of us on here could do anything other than wish him well. Clearly Sam Gallagher is better than many on here thought. (Or Osvaldo is coming back)

Golden Post

They are RIGHT to hate. After all, our previous Chairman had a stunning track record in Football Leadership, not to mention a flawless CV in understanding Elite Sport. RK can NEVER meet up to those astonishingly high standards.

Always found it more polite than calling them Air Screw. Meanwhile, after her stunningly successful audition on Tuesday night, Mrs EoA HAS to be signed up to be head Cheerleader. (Eric will be along shortly asking you lot where I am as he DOES want to kill me. In short there was no golf involved, it was all within the tolerance limits of a Muslim Society, but it did involve 2-4-1 drinks and Karaoke)

Luke will start.

Good plan. Let all our players run their contracts down and then let them leave for nothing (Kindly assume that there is an exclamation mark after that statement to meet the new TSW criteria for knowing what you meant but taking it a different way)

Ah, hang on a moment. We all KNOW who the manager is going to be. C'mon it's obvious, he's practically lived at SMS since NC left, he's watched just about every match since January, clearly knows all of the players and is extremely likely to be out of a job in a few weeks. It will, of course, be Woy

That statement today leaves one BIG question unanswered. IF the pings were not from MH370 BUT they WERE Manmade, what the hell made them?

Failed badly at Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG as well.

1) We are allowed to drink in our seats at most local sporting events 2) We have waiter service at many of them. Apart from the Rugby 7's when we have to combine buying a case of beer with the loo run 3) We all know someone with a Yacht. That's easy to arrange if needed.. The porta potty chicks have 2 categories. Flying Mattresses who have a 4 day attention span and as long as you are prepared to listen to their story of how annoying X Y or Z passengers are you will score or 2) Bling chasers - basically 20 somethings who will get left on the shelf when they hit mid 30's

Anyone who does not think that he has proved his worth to achieve that level of trusted advisor is clueless. As are the people who think that Reed will not discuss any details with the Board, Football Department Heads etc. (Especially after RK SAID they will wait for the new manager BEFORE making any other football decisions)

This is great news. It means we won't have 2,000 page moans getting flushed into TMS or the Lounge for 6 months about why we picked promising Academy kids to play away to Sunderland. Which, when re-visited, made interesting reading that those who wanted MP "fired" for doing that seem to be the most vociferous in venting their rage against the machine that let him go...

We need to take the upcoming WC Drinks break concept into next season so that we can all pop out and get a Saints Ale halfway through each half

Bear is so bloody fired.... Where were OUR tickets? Where was the heads up that this was going on? Why no on the spot reports? FFS http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2640886/Holland-lift-lingerie-World-Cup-former-Dutch-international-Andy-van-der-Meyde-referees.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Clement_(football_coach) It IS a good cv so far, and he does obviously speak English Unless he goes to WBA of course

Apparently hashtag 1D is trending quite well. Dammit after that Video & knowing they may be real lads after all I may get a ticket to see them here in April! Seen Kaiser Chiefs here at Sandance in the "Unkown Brit Bands" slot. They just finished I Predict a Riot & I was heading to the bar for a refill to the side of the stage. I see a commotion in the crowd see some geezer in a white vest being chased by Security & the normal "Oh more trouble" thought goes through my mind. I look up at the TV screen to see - Myself.... I'm like WTF - Geezer is running straight at me and Hi 5's me..... Then jumps up on the bar, turns around and starts Singing. To about 6 of us who have now been hemmed in by Security. He's on the bar singing, He's Pouring Tequilla down his and our necks, passing out jugs of Long Island Iced Tea and ALL I have is a 7 year old Nokia as my HTC had gone in to get fixed. I get back after the song with the beer and Mrs D_P just says, meh whatever, always bloody you isn't it... Convoluted way of saying they are great live even if some of their music gets a bit meh. BUT they tour every 12 months or so and you'll get loads of chances to see them. The John Peel tent will be rammed.. Anyways our tickets arrived in UK today Woo Hoo! Just over 2 weeks until we set off on our way!

I've tried to stay away from the hysteria and not read too much krap. But what did amaze me was the arrogant assumption by so many fans that we did NOT have a contingency plan in place. The same posters ranting about doing nothing have tended to be the ones who ranted that we found MP behind NA's back. Those same people behind the scenes who have clearly not watched any footballers all year and have no new signings lined up and no replacements for Shaw or Lallana ready to bring in,,,, They found MP they proved they are not Dumb and they'll have had alternatives in mind since NC left.

No. Thanks Nige it was fun while it lasted mate.

In reality, time for KL to take the Stand. But I guess the only person not on vacation will be Sibley