Matthew Le God

I did use the terms "what if" and "may". It has been confirmed by Cortese in interview that the club spent more in January than intended originally. It is out of this world to speculate that the additional spending came with conditions.

Well it does. Saints want to win the league or at the very least be promoted via the playoffs next season so it is in Saints interest for the division to contain the weakest 23 clubs possible after the playoffs in League One and League Two.

But what if Pardew agreed to getting extra funds in January on the condition that he'd finish in the playoffs? He "may" have dug the hole for himself. Norwich have spent no where near what Pardew has on players and backroom staff. Paul Lambert had no pre season with the team and joined 3 weeks later than Pardew joined Saints and also after a 7-1 home defeat. Norwich were also a mess in the summer in terms of their squad. Take 10 points away from Norwich and they are still 1st. Take 10 points away from Saints and they are 7th. I don't want Pardew to go, but he should have done better given the gulf in resources at his disposal compared to the 23 other clubs in League One. Stick with him and Saints "should" win the league. But a "possible" agreement in January that Pardew has now broken may mean that Cortese has a reason to let him go.

He is on wages circa £35k p/w and you think we'd match that or meet his ambition in League One?

Some very odd logic in this post. You dismiss Maclaren who has just won the Dutch League with a tiny club. Yet rule in the current Ajax manager.

Not near the top of the thread list or the search bar clearly.

Otsemobor is not on loan he signed a 6 month contract which ends in the summer. Thomas is not a right back and neither is Harding.

Anyone with common sense and access to the news would do the same. Over the last few days they have said flight restrictions will possibly be coming back in very soon. Yes, he could have flown to England on Friday. However he would be aware that he may not have been able to get a flight back on Saturday night or Sunday and thus he'd be stuck in the UK when he possibly had things to do back in Switzerland.

But there was uncertainty about if they'd need to close over the rest of the weekend or not and Markus may have thought he'd get stuck in the UK unable to get back. So instead decided not to risk it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8670560.stm Can we close this thread or change the title please!

1) Flybe have a sponsorship deal for 46 League games. Why would they accept Saints playing with their logo on the shirt for 45 League games? It would be a breach of contract unless paid off. 2) The whole point of the new shirt is to commemorate 125 years, it detracts somewhat if you wear it in the season before.

Doesn't work for me either. Have you emailed them, using the "contact us" page?

Pardew has stated he is going to play his best team. So you can come.

You are indeed correct. Rules have changed since then.

This isn't the Premiership.

He was commenting on the strength of the League not that of Celtic. The top ten League One clubs are bigger and better than the ten Non Old Firm teams.

Comparisons? Not a perfect match of course. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7507736.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/6920103.stm 10 points out of the 30 point deduction Luton Town had were for financial irregularities in payments to agents. So the Football League do dish out punishment even if it is criminal. There do seem to be some odd dealings with Pompey and agents. Mandaric, Storrie and Redknapp all have court cases for tax evasion and convicted fraudster Daniel Azougy was left advising operations. From the Creditors document on page 5

They have survived (I think)... Although I'm not 100% sure what all of it means, but it looks like they got off lightly.

SSN's reporter at the meeting was useless in his summary of the last 4 and a half hours.

He has appeared unfazed for a lot of things in the last few months and later been shown to be wrong.

It may count as football debt and thus all £50m have to be paid.

Taxman it seems has just double the debt owed to them and increased their % in the CVA vote.

Because they'd get even less if the club was liquidated.

Debts are now... £138.6 million!!! From a BBC reporter at the meeting. http://twitter.com/bbc_matt

Nope, you are presuming an awful lot. It may be right, but you don't know.