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So much for promoting home grown talent through the ranks then....? (apart from the 23 we already have over the last 16 years of course - he said in a thinly veiled attempt at making up stats)

N'Lundula subbed at half time

Half time: 1 - 1 Saints scorer: Doble Would like to see him get a look in on the first team sometime soon

During the course of my extensive research into these matters I have discovered that Nicola Cortese is precisely 1 day older than me. Any more revelations and I'll let you know.

Selling him to.....?

Skacel

Indeed....I remember what happened the last time we bought nor sold anyone in a January transfer window.... (re-signings don't count before anyone jumps down my throat... ;-) )

Hey! Stop pinching my conspiracy theories..... ;-)

cheers

How long ago was this meeting (roughly)? cheers

Same source as a couple of years ago....? Cheers ;-)

Ditto Michael Owen...hmmm, the plot thickens...

This story has a prominent position on the inside back page of the printed newspaper - takes up just under a quarter of the page. First time the story has been given that much profile in one of the nationals.

Here's a tangental thought...perhaps it's shrewd businessman Cortese himself that is the source of these 'stories'...? Wacky as it may seem, it makes sense on several levels... Cortese inflates his value for when he eventually moves (if indeed he does) and also claims a moral victory when he pulls off the 'coup of the season' by fending off those nasty big premier league sides. Think back to the feel good factor that was generated on here and in the team itself when we re-signed Lallana... Mind games or too far fetched...?

Part exchange maybe?

Anyone else having a problem with tapatalk at the moment whereby some posts aren't displayed? (just a single blank line) The only way I can view such posts is to quote it

"Arsenal do not have the spending power to compete with City, but Southampton boss Nigel Adkins insists the club will make a decision on which offer to accept based on what is best for the player - not just the size of a bid. With just 13 days of the January transfer window remaining, Oxlade-Chamberlain is eager to sit down with Saints chairman Nicola Cortese and Adkins to clarify his future. The last set of discussions between Southampton and the player took place in November and there is a feeling among the Oxlade-Chamberlain camp that they are being kept in the dark over developments." FFS. This is getting silly now.

I think most people are in broad agreement that they get paid "too much" (or sentiments to that effect) The difference is that some people accept it as a necessary evil and others want to reign in their wealth earning potential. And, as always, there are valid arguments on both sides of that particular debate

Are the mystery would-be saboteurs anything to do with NAMG?

Why was he banned? (sorry, missed it at the time) Cheers

A footballer who can spell...? Hmmm, I smell fish....

Why would they make up sustained stories about a player at a 3rd division club...?

"What I am led to believe is that the group behind the scenes who have been trying to get the Liebherr's family out of the club are the group who are 'driving this story'." Does anyone know who this 'group' is? Is it a 'brand new' set of people with an interest in taking over OR 'ghosts' from the relatively recent past....? I can't see how a group that are trying to derail the club now would find a welcoming fanbase if they were ever to mount a takeover....