But if we're going to be head and shoulders above every team in the league it doesn't matter who we're playing.
Indeed, there is a train of thought that Saints play better when raising their game against the supposedly better sides....
Martin Samuel has another dig at Cortese in his column today: "Get rid of Pardew at your Peril"
He says: "The clever money says that Pardew will go...and Cortese will appoint the yes-man coach that he wants, probably from abroad."
Can't see Hughes being lined up if there is any truth in Samuel's hypothesis.
Why would the footballing manager (Pardew) order a recall due to an advertising dispute? Wouldn't that be the job of head of marketting or such like?
And if markus's absence is so inoccuous a reason, why not mention it briefly in the post match os report?
Dunno
I can't believe there isn't one person in SWF land who hadn't seen or got a copy and can't repeat here what might have caused the need for a recall. If we have agents on the ground who know when we're about to buy an oil rig surely we have someone on this case...?