Matthew Le God

Yes, quite a few people have in other threads about stadium improvements.

That 44k is the capacity he feels Saints can achieve in terms of support. Also, "plans" don't come cheap, he would have paid an architect firm a great deal of money for them.

Of course, but it does show the capacity he is considering.

CB Fry, Egg and other doubters etc etc care to comment? (if Saint Garrett's mate is telling the truth of course)

Because they had a gentleman's agreement they would wait until the press conference, which they then broke.

Benefit of a fans dinner is it is more likely Cortese might get tipsy and reveal more about the club than he would at a sober fans forum live on BBC Solent.

It is actually worse than the article at the top of the page suggests... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/lithuania-snoras-takeover-idUSS3E7KT00320111116 The central bank said it had found irregularities. "The decision was taken due to a risk of insolvency and possible criminal activity," said central bank governor Vitas Vasiliauskas. "During an inspection we have found that a significant amount of securities held at foreign institutions were missing. When we asked those foreign insitutions about the securities, they replied that they did not exist," he said.

And people said this thread was dead...

Why do you think it is "unlikely" it was on police orders? This is how bubble games have worked throughout the country in the past.

I don't recall even seeing even a rumour in the press of the figures for these two, let alone an exact figure.

Was reported at the time as £800k rising to £1.25m (most of which will have now been met except for any promotion to Premier League payment)

£175k according to the Echo.

Upto £1.2m according to this... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7477504.stm Given he has played over 100 first team games for Saints, I think a lot of the clauses will have kicked in already. Possibly all of them bar any that were for representing France at senior level or the club reaching the Premier League.

No-one outside the clubs involved really has any idea how much a number of those cost. In particular Guly Do Prado, De Ridder and Cork. Dickson didn't cost £500k. It was like this... £125k upfront £25k after 10, 20, 30 and 40 appearances £25k after promotion to the Championship Most in total it will cost is £250k. Holmes was a free agent. Richardson was £450k according to Charlton. Can add Jack Stephens who cost £150k according to Plymouth's CVA.

That defence didn't work for Luton Town... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7507736.stm "The club argued that the old owners were responsible and that the club should not now be punished for their mistakes, but at a hearing in London on Tuesday the FA rejected their appeal."

There are a number of youth keepers, Dovey, Mowthorpe and Johns. In any case the FA Cup isn't until January for Saints, and that happens to be when the transfer window opens and the loan window remains open until March.

Reeves is 20 Hoskins is 18 and on loan to Preston North End Ryan Doble is 20 A large number of players didn't play against Pompey because they were either on international duty or are skipping under 18 games because they are involved with the development squad. You really can't read anything into yesterday's game.

He really uses some bizarre logic. - Out of the last 45 years Saints have been in the top flight for 35 of them. - Brighton on the other hand...? 4 years in their entire history. - Saints have 9 FA Cup semi final appearances, 4 FA Cup final appearance, 1 FA Cup win, one League Cup final appearance and runners up in the top flight once. Plus achieved a European place on 5 occasions (participated in 4 European campaigns due to English clubs being banned). Brighton on the other hand? He also mentions Saints only having 15k whilst at the Dell in the Premier League. I'd love to know how he thinks you can get more than 15k in a 15k capacity stadium. In the same way Brighton were restricted to 9k at the Withdean. He also overlooks Saints attendances whilst at St Mary's, averaging over 30k for every season between 2001 and 2005. They can't even sell out the 22k capacity Amex each game, despite having 18k season ticket holders.

I'd imagine the rest of the Football League (plus Luton) would kick up a fuss if the rules say they should get a points deduction but then don't. Easier for them to punish 1 team, than it is to not punish them and annoy the 71 other member clubs.

Luton Town had 10 points deducted for "irregular payments to agents" along with another 20 points for the way they exited their CVA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7507736.stm "The club argued that the old owners were responsible and that the club should not now be punished for their mistakes, but at a hearing in London on Tuesday the FA rejected their appeal." Could be bad news for Pompey early in the New Year...

http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/planningonline/acolnetcgi.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeDocs&TheSystemkey=173436

Nor will we have a Saints team of Premier League players playing against Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City etc whilst in the Championship. West Ham are the size of a mid Premier League club, however the recent 32,152 Tuesday night game wasn't for a Premier League fixture with both sides packed full of internationals to draw the crowds, instead it was a top of the table 2nd tier game. But we would if back in the Premier League. The prices in 2005 for Premier League games at St Mary's weren't a lot higher than the £30 it costs for a Championship game today. Well an expansion would be done if the club intends to compete in the top half, if it doesn't have the funding/ambition for that it won't expand, the two go hand in hand.

As I later said, it wouldn't be every seat in the stadium, plus in the short term it might be seen as "giving them away". But what it does is creates future generations of fans that will be paying adult prices in years to come. It also allows those with families to attend games they may otherwise not have gone to due to cost (thus it is additional revenue the club wouldn't have got if the price wasn't discounted).

You were the one that claimed £100m, not me. The stadium, main steelwork, foundations etc already exists. Do you then think it costs more to add the extra tier to a 32k stadium than to build from scratch a 50k stadium? The Molineux development is costing £40m for phase one and two and that is rebuilding stands from scratch.

He is out of contract in the summer and is refusing at the moment to sign a new deal. He could be available for a knock down price in January or for a compensation fee due to being under 24 in the summer. So he might not cost that much... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2054784/England-cards-Nathaniel-Clyne-Premier-clubs-eye-Crystal-Palace-defender.html