Matthew Le God

He certainly seems confident...(two years ago) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/27/france.englandfootballteam

For those that missed it... Goto 1:21:20 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmdtb/5_live_Sport_04_09_2010/

Chris Nicholl was 39 years old when he took over at Saints. He did very well, taking Saints to a 7th place finish in the top flight in 1990. He was then sacked a year later and Ian Branfoot appointed and thus started the Saints merry-go-round. Saint Charlie has a short memory to say "never had a young manager"!

That would be me and my website http://www.footballforumfinder.com

You forgot the biggest exposure = TV. Highlights on BBC1, BBC website, Sky, Sky website etc etc Which a photo ban doesn't impact on. Saints hired this guy as new head of sales and marketing... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2096187,00.html Until now, Scott has been the Marketing and Commercial Domain Leader for TEAM Marketing, based in Lucerne, Switzerland. TEAM Marketing is the exclusive marketing agent for UEFA's club football competitions, including the Champions League. This has involved sales for all the major UEFA competitions and strategic counsel to the major sponsors such as Nike, Toyota, Banco Santander and Canon, plus the creation of pan-European marketing initiatives. He would have more than enough contacts to get a good deal for Saints, and any new shirt sponsor will be fully aware they won't be getting coverage in the local Carlisle paper.

Did you ever think a former Man City/Lazio/Benfica/England manager would end up in League Two? Money and ambition can talk in football and tempt people towards an interesting challenge at a lower level. I'm not saying it would work with O'Neill, however it would tempt some higher profile candidates, so there is no harm trying.

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So do all teams with attendances under 8k around England not have programs? No programs in League Two ever? No programs in Blue Square Premier? etc etc Really? Why don't they just say the real reason that they didn't want to use Pardew's manager comments. No-one would have an issue with that, yet they make up an excuse that is unbelievable. By their logic no football games with attendances below that of tonight would have a match program - which is clearly ********.

When a contract is signed and it says it is a 2 year or 3 year deal - it does NOT mean it is 2 or 3 years to the day. Football contracts in England end on 30th June.

The striker you named is at a different club to the manager. The credibility of the rumour is in question, as you said both were at the same club.

Well you did say both of them were at the same club and they aren't.

Martin O'Neil 8/1 with Skybet

The BBC Radio Solent fans forum is on Friday, if a decent manager isn't appointed by then, that meeting will be very interesting.

Yep, the club have hired loads of new staff during the summer. FIRST TEAM COACHING STAFF First Team Manager Alan Pardew First Team Coach Dean Wilkins First Team Coach Wally Downes Goalkeeping Coach Stuart Murdoch FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT CENTRE Executive Director Les Reed Administration Manager/PA Lucy Green Elite Under 21 Coach Martin Hunter Under 18 Youth Coach Jason Dodd Development Goalkeeping Coach Vince Bartram Scouting & Talent Identification Scouting & Talent ID Manager David Burke Scouting Administrator Vicki Cobb Senior Squad Scout Bill Green Youth Recruitment Scout Rod Ruddick Academy Recruitment Scout Chris Welman Analyst Stephen Corns Analyst Andrew Stone Academy Academy Manager Matt Crocker Academy Administrator Derek Old Assistant Academy Manager Terry Moore Under 14 Youth Coach Anthony Limbrick Under 16 Youth Coach Steven Greaves Education & Life Skills Manager Julie Batchelor Academy Liaison Officer Kirsty Cavanagh Bath Satellite Manager Anthony Fawthrop Bath Satellite Academy Coach Jonathan Holt Sports Medicine & Science Sports Medicine & Science Manager Mo Gimpel Medical Administrator Tressa Bryne Senior Physiotherapist Matt Radcliffe Academy Physio Mal Godschalik Assistant Academy Physio Steven Sparks Sports Therapist Chris Lovegrove Pro. Players Physio Emma Gimpel Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach Nick Harvey Development S&C Coach James Bunce Academy S&C Coach Louis Langdown Academy S&C Coach 9-16 Jon Fortescue

Do Reading inform all season ticket holders of incoming bids? I wish Saints did the same.

Only one person in this thread was able to spell Seaborne correctly! Well done Professor!

Why is this thread still open? Saints aren't on the bid.

You are forgetting the club has said that Markus' plan remains unchanged. Also that Saints will have paid Cesena a significant fee for this loan. Guly was a key player for them last season, clubs don't just give 28 year olds away for nothing on loan. Saints will have paid for his loan in the form of a loan fee and also a very high % of his wages, if not 100% of them.

Pardew in that interview talks about him being central midfield. So a midfield of... Lallana Guly Schneiderlin Puncheon With Dickson, Wotton, Hammond, Chamberlain and Holmes to cover. Would also mean Jose Fonte probably becomes team captain. Fonte will also probably be acting as translator for Guly.

Danny Guthrie was on loan, so never really a proper Saints player.

From a Cesena forum... http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.ilcesena.net/&ei=FnVxTJbQC9XF4gaCjM2YCg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB4Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcesena%2Bforum%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den They seem to think it is happening and are disappointed. 3 year contract, 1 Million EURO.

I refer you to NickG's post above.

You seem to have forgotten what Cortese actually said. Le Tissier really shouldn't have made his comments when it was a question posed on unsubstantiated rumours. Matt should have told the journalist exactly that and made no comment on the Pardew situation.