trousers

I take it Bobby Davro has been overlooked yet again?

Villa catching up ...

Stoke also down to 10

Spurs down to 10 men - controversial penalty to City 0-2

@pn_neil_allen: #Pompey currently average 1,131 fans away from home. Away distances presently average 317 miles. Staggering support.

WFT? Just went for a slash and they go and score twice. FFS

Get in!! 1-1 Hesketh

Sods law dictates that he'll now go on to win the golden boot at the World Cup...

Only one club has taken points off them in their last 11 games

So, who's your money on for the next starlet to make it to the senior squad from this bunch of players? Josh Sims for me .

I wasn't suggesting that the ONLY way of "competing" is on a like for like basis (financially). Although I guess some (many?) will suggest that it IS the only way to be "competitive" in the PL these days. Open for debate I guess.

@SouthamptonFC: The turnstiles will open at 6pm for tonight's #FAYouthCup game, with admission priced at £5 for adults and £2 for concessions. #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: There is parking available in the North and South Car Parks on a first-come first-served basis priced at £2 per vehicle. #saintsfc

@SouthamptonFC: #SaintsFC team vs @CAFCofficial: Isted, Leggett ©, McCarthy, Debayo, Nehemie, Mason, Flannigan, Irvine, Hesketh, Sims, Barnes. #fayouthcup

Katharina and her advisers were conducting a review of the club's books last week weren't they? I feel a 2+2=5 moment coming on...

Oops....I spoke too soon... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?48827-Has-our-interim-CEO-resigned-already#.Uuk1YhB_srU

And there was me in another thread slightly worried that things had all gone a bit quiet...

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Ah, cheers. Missed it amongst the 101 other tweets they've been pumping out today

Who has announced it? (nothing on the club's or the FA's twitter feed yet I don't think)

David Conn ‏@david_conn Manchester City in their annual report show an incredible £610m spent on transfer fees since 2008 when Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi took over The £610m Manchester City spent buying players from 2008 excludes summer 2013, when club spent £102m (transfermarkt figure). Total: £712m. Manchester City annual report states that while club spent £610m on players from 2008-13, it received £112m transfer fees. Net spend: £498m.

Bizarre

http://sport.uk.msn.com/football/jwp-backs-shaw-to-stick-around

On the day that Cortese left I had convinced myself that MP wouldn't be too far behind OR that Cortese had urged him to stay put whilst he hatched his return alongside another investor. Now I'm totally undecided on what the likely outcome is. As perverse as this might sound, things have almost gone too quiet and stabilised in such a sort space of time that the pessimistic side of me can't help feeling that there's another bombshell lying in wait for the summer. However, the other more optimistic side of me looks at all the smiles around SMS yesterday (MP, players, Katharina, fans, etc) and thinks that MP and the club has genuinely moved on and entered a whole new phase of 'the project' together. So, are we simply in the calm space under the eye of the hurricane waiting for the tail end to take us by surprise, or has the storm completely blown over? Buggered if I know.