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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....

Extended (10 mins) highlights: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/20110117/magpies-draw-all-angles-covered_2264122_2269111/0,,10280~2269111~1,00.html

I suppose he could cover that one by saying he was already out of the building but was just popping back in for a few games, before getting back on someone else's bus....

I didn't hear the finer details on the news earlier but I believe this un-earths cases of tax EVASION rather tax AVOIDANCE. ISAs would fall into the latter category (i.e. a legal way of avoiding tax). I believe that Wikileaks have uncovered illegal tax evasion here (again not sure about the details.)

I could be wrong but I believe Dune was "delighted" that 2,000 jobs which, according to some people, were largely created over the last 13 years to help bolster the employment figures (as opposed to being absolutely necessary posts), are now under scrutiny. Yes, there is an inevitable human impact and, by implication, Dune was being unsympathetic about that, but I think Dune was looking at it purely objectively (long term big picture) rather than emotively (short term human impact). The coalition's theory (whether we choose to believe it or not) is that the majority of people whose jobs in the public sector are considered 'non-essential' will find jobs in an expanding private sector. Of course, that theory may work, or it may not. We don't know one way or the other yet.

FFS Sky. Why don't they quote Cortese and Adkins instead? i.e. "Chamberlain is not leaving (in January)" [Cortese, Dec 2010] and "No one is leaving the building (this month)" [Adkins, Jan 2011]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690 A former Swiss banker has passed on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. According to a report in Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag, the data covers multinationals, financial firms and wealthy individuals from many countries, including the UK, US and Germany, and covers the period 1990-2009.

Students: Take note. Here's a clever way of protesting as opposed to the ingenious tactic of creating random chaos in the centre of London..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12204369

Agreed. Thus he should get 10x greater sentence than the Fire Extinguisher student (rather than the student getting 10x less)

Just had an item about this on the BBC news channel

Either way, I anticipate there being a knee jerk reaction on here....

Would Lallana now be injured if he had been rested for the Blackpool game? Or was his injury something that would have happened anyway rather than happening as a result of too many matches? Who knows....

Erm...unless I'm missing something simple, "Chambo" could end the speculation at the drop of a hat if he so desired. Something along the lines of: "Dear Newspapers, I am not leaving Saints this month. Love, Chambo" HTH

Indeed. FFS

No.