Matthew Le God

Sunderland had 10k season ticket holders when they moved to the then 42k capacity Stadium of Light, which was later expanded to 49k.

Because I and others have given our accounts of how it was back in 2001 to 2005. Many games saw attendances of between 30k to 32k and were officially classed as "sellouts". I clearly remember these as having sold out a week and sometimes much longer ahead of the game. Many games didn't have ticket sales on the day of the game. Even the relegation season of 2004/05 saw average crowds of 30k+. I think it is naive and extremely pessimistic to think the groundswell in belief in the club from the fanbase under Cortese/Liebherr compared to that of a relegation campaign under Rupert Lowe would see smaller crowds. Only a matter of weeks ago a top Championship game at St Mary's on a Tuesday night saw a crowd of 32,152 and was a sell out. There would be numerous more attractive fixtures than that should the club be promoted. More attractive matches than the West Ham 2nd tier Tuesday night game = increase in demand. Increase in demand that can't be sustained with current capacity requires a stadium expansion. Hence why Cortese has plans for such a thing.

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How do you think the club ended up with averages over 30k for all four Premier League seasons at St Mary's? It was because a lot of games sold out long in advance of the matchday. Had the stadium been bigger, more tickets could have been sold. People claim that it was easy to get a ticket back then, which is nonsence because on the numerous occasions St Mary's sold out once that had happened no-one else could get a ticket and you would stop trying . If the club is promoted it will return to 30k+ averages in a 32k stadium straight away, no need to wait and see. If a club can can 30k+ crowds for League One and Championship games in the 2nd and 3rd tier, fixtures against a large number of Premier LEague clubs could attract a lot more and make an expansion worth while. Hence why Cortese has already been talking about plans for expansions.

Are you seriously suggesting Neil Mellor is a good option for a team at the top of the Championship?

Brighton have sold out their tickets... http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2509779,00.html

This happened in June 2011... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/13886219.stm

This must have taken a while... http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/grand-theft-auto-5-san-andreas-comparison-video

1) Adkins' managerial genius 2) Liebherr's money 3) Cortese's business nous Of course the players have a key role, but 1 - 3 have given the club what was needed to make the conditions right for the players to be winning and to bring them to the club in the first place.

I can't sleep at night because of it.

Use you Saints Player login to view the 13 minutes... http://www.ccfc.co.uk/articles/20111106/ext-highlights-coventry-city-2-soton-4_2264353_2508070/0,,10269~2508070~1,00.html Or watch just the goals, without the need to login... http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~2508075,00.html

That is what tends to happen every year as you get into the festive fixtures, plus we have two games at home that are on TV.

The media continue with this every week, I don't know why they bother as the number of years fluctuate up and down from game to game as you go up from 9 games played, 10 games played, 11 games played etc etc. Should really stop now as we are more than a third of the way into the season.

He looks more like he could be the hired muscle from GTA V, rather than the criminal mastermind.

It is irrelevant, because Coventry don't have much in the way of assets. They don't have a stadium, they are renting the Ricoh Arena and have recently been forced into remortgaging their training ground. Nor do they have the academy setup Saints do. They would have been a relatively cheap buy even when compared to what Liebherr paid for Saints.

That is irrelevant. Had Liebherr decided Coventry were a more attractive investment he could have made them an offer they couldn't refuse. They don't own the Ricoh Areana, so aren't exactly laded with big money assets.

What screws Coventry getting a rich owner is a small fanbase compared to Saints, not owning their stadium/training ground and not having an academy anywhere near as good in terms of setup or reputation. Saints averaged 22k in League One and will probably average 25k+ this season in the Championship, Coventry currently average 14k in the Championship. If they get relegated this season their attendances in the League One next season won't be anywhere near the 22k average Saints had. For their fans to compare the two clubs is a nonsense.

As Cortese has mentioned a few times, the intention isn't to merely "stay up" in the Premier League. He intends for Saints to compete towards the top of the league and would be fully aware of the budgets required to do that.

If those three go down, they will all be a mess next season.

Pompey were one of the biggest spenders in the summer transfer market for Championship clubs.

You can put Steam on offline mode.

He made the Championship play offs on six occasions, promoted once. That isn't bad tbh.

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So if you are fine with her having the right to have children, what exactly are you proposing should happen?

Schneiderlin is the player that normally plays in the holding role just in front of the centre backs in the diamond system, not Hammond.