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Steve Bone ‏@stevebone1 On what planet did anyone - whoever their chairman was - think Soton would ever get in Champions Lge? Deluded. Neil Allen ‏@pn_neil_allen @stevebone1 You are on fire tonight, Boney! Got much reaction yet?!! Steve Bone ‏@stevebone1 @pn_neil_allen Eh? To what? Neil Allen ‏@pn_neil_allen @stevebone1 You’re prodding and goading at the wounded animals!!! Steve Bone ‏@stevebone1 @pn_neil_allen Well I was on safe ground til you retweeted - none of em follow me but they all follow you!

Indeed. Have already kick-started the "perhaps Katharina and Nicola have engineered today's events together in order to facilitate the sale?" conspiracy theory over here: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?48567-Maybe-Katarina-has-better-plans-for-the-club-than-NC-had#.Utb3AvRdUrU

How about Trevor Birch? Almost became CEO before, didn't he...?

A conspiracy theorist might expand this hypothesis to suggest that Katharina and Cortese have engineered today's events between them as its always been her intention to sell the club to him and his backer(s)....

Matt Slater ‏@mattslaterbbc57m For latest on Southampton shenanigans, follow @BenSmithBBC he's being bc-ed on all emails leaving St Mary's

Jordan Sibley ‏@jordansibley Tough day. I'd like to put on record my appreciation for everything Nicola has done in last 5 years, it's been one hell of a ride #saintsfc

Except that you're about the 23rd person to suggest this possible scenario today...

Won't the club be easier to sell / more attractive to a buyer if we don't sell off its best assets relatively cheaply?

Slicing through the usual negativity is a tough job, but someone's gotta do it...

Source?

I wouldn't rule that out...

Maybe there's a silver lining to be had here? Maybe one way of persuading Pochettino and the players that there is life after Cortese is for Katharina to get her chequebook out and make a couple of headline grabbing signings in the next couple of weeks....

I think the second half of the season just got interesting....

The dose of 'excitement' comes from not knowing what is ahead coupled with the hope that it won't necessarily be bad

Doesn't he realise Pochettino doesn't understand a word of English...?

Am I the only one a tinsy wincy bit excited by this? (alongside a dash of concern of course). I've got the same mixed feelings now that I had when Adkins was sacked.

We've already done Wang about 10 pages ago on the 'Cortese to go?' thread. Good to have some anecdotal evidence to back it up though.

Joe Batchelor ‏@Joe_Batchelor Pochettino and staff just arrived at St Mary's

He's supposed to be on TalkSport shortly...

Indeed. And then Durham proceeded to report it as if it was a quote from Morgan today. Most unlike the media to be misleading...

All three of those.

It was journo Alex Crook on the phone and he was telling Adrian Durham what Morgan said in May.

He hasn't "just" said that. Talksport are reporting what he said in May. Might still apply of course.

Does that mean it's all downhill from here...? (Yes, that is indeed the sound of me fetching my coat)

Mike from SISA now on Talksport...