Matthew Le God

1) It's a different company to the Forest sponsors 2) Pinnacle aren't buying us they are acting on behalf of a client so doesn't really matter about their finances(to an extent )

He also had a squad full of untried players and no money to spend. I think most managers would have struggled to keep us up with the resources Wotte had at his disposal.

I am Matthew Le God and SuperMikey is right

More like Paypal is the new FL. FL have done this for many years.

The FL always acts as a middleman in all deals to ensure all past debts are paid off.

Yep, it may have got lost on page 10 of a different thread. So I made a new thread as clearly it deserved one

I think you'd struggle to find many badges for other clubs that haven't changed over the years! The current Saints badge has been about for less than one third of our history and has even changed since its conception in the 1970's. Anyway lets see some other attempts at a new badge posted here

Completely my idea as he worked to my specification. So the creative input was mine. Of course credit to Tweej for putting it together, but the idea is mine. I didn't leave it open for him. I gave a very specific outline of how the badge and kits should look. p.s. I've now changed the wording to "idea".

In the 1970's the Club had a competition for fans to design a brand new badge, the current badge is the result. As its the 125th year of Saints and a new era of ownership I thought I'd have a go at bring the club back to its 1885 traditions. Here is my idea. Have a go yourself and post designs in here. We could then have a poll vote thread of the best designs from the thread. Please don't turn this thread into a discussion about if the club should have a rebrand or not as that has been done before. Just use it to show off your creativity! A combination of old(1885 badge) and current badge Below a reworking of the very first Southampton kit in 1885 An away kit A third kit Have fun designing

Maybe it will grow on you as you aren't used to it like you are with the current one

A combination of old(1885 badge) and current badge Below a reworking of the very first Southampton kit in 1885 An away kit A third kit As its the 125th year of Saints lets go back to 1885 traditions

Near enough every club in England has changed its name over the years and badge. Saints have had many names in the past, many badges aswell.

Southampton St. Mary's St. Mary's Y.M.A. Use some of the old names from the past(both these have been used before) or include 1885

Is that talking from experience of drinking both?

As Matt is playing a large part in the running of the club on the football side would he be ok with this as it would look abit egotistical?

We do have a fan on board! The best fan possible! Matthew Le Tissier Better than a Nick Illingsworth or Richard Chorley type on the board! "I wanna be in media spotlight and my personnal views speak for all Saints fans"

Punishing a club for administration after those that caused it have left is wrong and no deterent at all. Former chairman aren't affected by a points deduction. Is it fair to put the son of a murderer that jumped bail in prison just so that you punish somebody for the crime All it does is punish the fans/players/staff of the club that are innocent. Hearn is clearly a prat

Jim Ratcliffe still a billionaire which surely rules him out based on the "several hundred million" comment. Would be great if it was him though

At 400k he is massively under valued. I would like him to stay but can't see him wanting to play for us next season. I think as Bailey mentioned we are now in a much stronger position as we don't "have" to sell anyone(Surman, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Dyer etc). Thus we can demand much higher prices for them if these players want to leave and bids come in.

This has now made the echo website.

I've heard this a few times, where has it come from?

Unlikely Matt would be happy if they were. Of course doesn't mean its not possible.

After Lowe, Wilde and Crouch its a massive relief

Best letter I've read in years

Tony, Matt and "mystery man" I love you all! Key things I want to know 1) Will there be an appeal and if so how confident are you of success? 2) Will there be a new management team? 3) Will Matt be football board chairman or a different role? 4) Is there any chance the group of four may come back together or other people join the party and invest? 5) Any chance of getting Mr Strachan back? 6) Any chance of us beating Portsmouth to getting a place on the World Cup 2018 bid?