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lol he helped the FL out. When he asked them for help they turned him down. Thinks he was naive.

NC frustrated very active behind the scenes chasing JPT tickets Our head of ops helped build wembley he's been showing them how they could fit more fans in. Chasing FL & Wembley offered to pay for stewarding Why do we have this stadium? We should be allowed to fill it. We could fill it ourselves don't need Carlisle to do that it is political decision. If they change their mind now they will be discredited no chance they will now. We showed them how we could do it. They misjudged us. they didn't like being shown how to run their biz - lol

Planning for UEFA. Markus not getting interest no lending agreement. But he didn't answer the actual question re converting to equity or if he simply is a guarantor. Hmm

People worry he will be a hire & fire guy. he believes successful team don't change manager, can never give a guarantee. Manager is an emplyee is about relations more than just football looked after with manager Woo got a name check.

Can we keep the squad together? Playoffs is one thing promotion is another. It was important to give clear signal to players. We think we have the finances and we don't have to sell. Not going to sell unless we get serious offers or player (we know how football works) wants to go. Maybe another addition or replacements. Want to imporve the team.

Ap stuff 15mins in. Agreed playoff target when spent money. Now gap is too much. Both know there is no rift and both get on. Did not response to his statement showed string support club has people pleased with JPT final don't think we would be happy staying 2 more years here and then back to back we want to see what this team can do, these guys came to sign for the playoffs. All convinced team is better than L1 but often problems on the pitch some times see tremendous stuff. 5 year plan not changed but immediacy of ambition is there. No rift

Yarp why I'm typing it:D AP relationship is never been different from the begiinning we talk a lot we have the same targets when we see where we are coming from He doesn't think a supporter would be happy with chairman who spends money in window and simply when does that expectations change. Always on the same page what we want to achieve Always with a view for next season. He made statement too much carried away by cup matches players bought to get into playoffs never said wanted to get promoted.

Matchdays are a nightmare never smiles wakes up at 5am wife wants him out the house makes everyone crazy can't eat half time nothing left to eat ends up starving difficult to enjoy so nervous excited & very passionate superstitious. Can control everything all week but not on a Saturday

Do they want to sell it on when we get to PL? Certainly not part of our plan Regrets so far? In GENERAL one or two decisions on staff could have done better on, no big regrets so far. Why did ML buy? ML saw NC on a different matter and ended up buying the club much harder than they thought ML better does enjoy it I hope he enjoys yes he does....

Paddy Brown asks about Supporters & the relationship with the club not a part of the 5 year plan are surprised by the bndage (lol) but are aware and is important. What happesn if ML walks away? Will it leave debts? Don't intend to leave don't know what happens in the future, but we are debt free happy club. Club involves business & football. If management runs it into a wall then tough on the team but they are one entity Android "very ambitious" he may be smarter than English football he gets their points back then so can we - lol

These are the finances we need for our business plan and Markus has funded that spent more in window but focused on 5 year plan still debt free will stay that way 100% NC makes decisions ML not a board member a Happy Shareholder comes and enjoys his football not involved at all

He's enjoying himself pretty much. Knew England as business trips. Main issue was to convince wife to move to England Football club that hasn't got finances right cannot be successful Ah shucks listen yourselves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8565161.stm

Nice little run out today to Umm Al Quwain to the Hole in the wall. It's been refurbed and is now much bigger, a nice selection of plonk and (Thank Fook) they had Magners in stock. Thought about trying the new Peach version but at 4 quid a bottle will wait til I get to Tesco's. Traffic was good as well and a gentle bumble along in a nice sunny day at 29C. So the good news is I'm all stocked up for the match thread, but what to choose? Wyndham Bin 444 Cab Sav or a nice Chateau Kefraya '06 from the Beka'a Valley while we live "The Dream" and win 2-0.

I've heard tell that some of your lot couldn't score at Horton Heath let alone SMS.. Oh and how dare people try and compare me & nickh with a low life manic depressant loser like Benitez

Next step IT Forensics. Then we may well have. An email from a CEO to a dodgy agent An agreement with a dodgy agent to avoid using due process to make a fee payment on a loan deal Now, let's think, where did we see this before. Oh yes Luton. And what happened there? But they were good guys - the only got completely fecked when they admitted it. This one is a potential "Caught red handed one" Ooops Might be playing them next season after all

Think a few on here would benefit from Despondex http://www.theonion.com/content/video/fda_approves_depressant_drug_for

This was an interesting find for those without Sky http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/engine/current/match/426423.html

Yes, re Rupert, hence my use of the word "Eventually" in my post But it was "Quietly" unlike SFB

Playing Devils Advocate IF we built out of town and had pubs/bars and transport properly sorted as part of the development? And yes the only good thing about Majdeski is the Hotel if you are going to the Ind Estate on business during the week. As for Cov.... Pizza Hut says it all

tee hee +1

It's hard. How much did many REALLyy want it. '76 I like many others started to queue up in the Dell car park from Half Time at the Hull game ready to sleep out for 2 nights if need be. Did some of the missing REALLY have a hunger to go the extra mile? Or are they seeking "someone to blame". ST holders get 2 and others get some. Some want to take kids and some want to take friends. Luckily I have friends (sorry GM) so every season before we start I make sure I have one IF the magic day should happen. Hell it costs me my Duty Free allowance whenever I come back and for 16 years that amounts to a feck of a lot, but I (like 44,000 others thought ahead) I'm not better or cleverer than anyone else, but like others on here who talk about buying MKD tkts even if they couldn't go, Fans make sure they know they have a friend or a source. My son moved to Frankfurt for work after Xmas. He'd been to about 8 games up to then, he knew there was a chance of Wembley, he read the rules and he bought a ticket even though he knew he wouldn't go. He is 18 months out of college, struggling to make ends meet but he thought ahead even booked Easyjet for a quid in CASE we made it and he got the chance to go. He was brainwashed into following Saints as an expat brat and took that back to England. I feel sorry for genuine fans who are unlucky or made mistakes in waiting so they could go with friends, but the process WAS well defined and it did not need much forethought to work it out. Good luck to those seeking tickets IF we don't get more. There WILL be ways to get them in special packages etc.

Go dig out the Opta stats to see how far PL players run in an average game. Then compare running on roads and streets to the "strange" surface at SMS. Then go tie some 2.5kg ankle weights on each side and try and do 3 miles. Should be getting there then :cool: That was Science, from experience I struggled to run in from the edge of the box to the penalty spot but then that's m & my Golden Virginia

Yes, thank feck someone else is reading with a brain. So 51 Acres, lots of houses and flats and offices and leisure facilities. I think I may have mentioned more than once that NC is working to a damned good business plan. It obviously had a lot of ways to make more money than simply a football team going from the depths of despair to The Champions League. Doesn't mean it will happen but there is logic in the thought process and interesting it is mentioned now. Somebody has been thinking things through. IF it aids our rise and self sufficiency and takes account of mistakes made in other stadium builds then I may support the move. If it's a Ricoh or Majdeski then hmmmm

Seeing all this, I think it's time to make a radical statement. The continuing hanging on of Storrie the consultant dishonours football. Compare him with Andrew Cowen, and to a degree Rupert when Admin hit. While he wasn't happy and did offer to stay on, Rupert actually behaved with a semblance of dignity and honour. Eventually and quietly, he walked away and STFU. It doesn't absolve him of any blame from what went before, but when you compare it to the scruffy, untidy cut of transfers taking (sorry bonused) Storrie, he behaved like a Gentleman. Rupert got one critical thing wrong (amongst many). The only Klingon in football is Storrie. Storrie has behaved as we would expect an average (not intellectual on here poster) Skate to. Shamefully. Peter Storrie, your dress sense, your body language and your whole demeanour reflects what you are. A shadow over English Football. Go away you stupid, greedy, ignorant little man