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Fair point. That works out to about £15 average spend in the megastore per game

Anyone know when the match day prices are normally announced?

Nice idea. That will offset the increase for many.

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Now up on OS... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/documents/season-ticket-information-pack148-831075.pdf

The only person associated with the club who has stated Top 4 as an aspiration is Terry Paine, as quoted in the Echo last week. All Pochettino has done is batted back a journo's question in a tongue in cheek manner when asked if he shared a player's ambition (Boruc?) to qualify for the champion's league in two years. Much in the same sarcastic way he batted back the "is Luke Shaw leaving?" question with: "nah, I'm gonna raid Chelsea's team instead". Neither the manager nor chairman have explicitly stated that it is the club's aim to finish in the top 4 next year (which isn't to say they aren't aiming for such an eventuality of course)

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@BBCHughPym: Stock market euphoria continues - FTSE100 ends above 6,800 - 13 year high - Wall Street again hitting new all time highs tonight

Do these journos get paid for stitching together snippets from various articles (one going back to April) and then presenting it as new news?

What is it with south coast journos supporting Villa...?

So, not a "loan that still needs paying back" at all then...?

I see that Portsmouth Community Football Club last week extended their accounting period to end of June... All perfectly normal practice I'm sure. I also see that their annual director's return is still shown as overdue... There's probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for that too.

Companies House website still shows the charge as 'outstanding'...

When did we borrow £30m...? Edit: Gemmel beat me to it.

I lost the plot 2,847 posts ago All I know is that the whole concept of parachute payments defeats the object for which they were designed. They were never intended to prop up a League Two side that spent way beyond its means.

Cheers

I like the cut of your jib sir Btw, is that a clue to the new kit design in your sign off...? (What does the 'M' stand for?)

1. Liverpool 2. Arsenal 3. Man United 4. Southampton 5. Man City 6. Chelsea 7. Spurs 8. Everton 9. Newcastle 10. Aston Villa 11. Swansea 12. West Ham 13. WBA 14. Cardiff 15. Fulham 16. Norwich 17. Palace/Watford 18. Stoke 19. Sunderland 20. Hull

As long as we don't end up shafting tax payers, charities, businesses and players I'm at ease with giving Cortese's "fast-track" approach a go. I'd rather look back in 10 years (when perhaps Cortese and the Liebherrs have ridden off into the sunset) and say "well that was a blast" after a few years spent trying (and maybe succeeding) to infiltrate the higher echelons of the Premier League and Europe than to have pootled along as a mid-to-lower table side. Yes, I'm fully aware this sounds like the success model deployed by Pompey over the last 10 years but the key difference is that the money supposedly being thrown Cortese's way is 'clean' and not at the expense of the tax payer et al. Let's enjoy the ride for a few years. It's only a game after all...

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?45005-We-are-top-ten-!!!!

Source?

Sums up my view too. Pretty much common sense at the end of the day.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-fc-transfer-rumour-mill-3902611

It turns out the difference was..... we hit the woodwork more than they did.... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?45005-We-are-top-ten-!!!!

So THAT's the difference between us and West Ham then...