Matthew Le God

Why not describe it like that? For example what does Chelsea's Cobham have, that Staplewood won't have when construction is complete? Man City, Chelsea and Saints at the moment are the only clubs to meet the criteria for a category one academy. Training facilities play a key part of that criteria.

Not entirely sure making a cartoon of the deceased is appropriate.

The club this season will benefit from higher home crowds, much higher away crowds, higher sponsorship and advertising along with around £3-4 million extra in terms of TV money. Of course this is countered with higher costs, particularly with wage rises, but some will be freed up for player deals.

Under the new UEFA rules, owners will be allowed to invest £40 million over a three year rolling period as long as it is equity rather than loans. The Football League have yet to set their "level" for this. Investment in stadiums/academies/training grounds are exempt from the Football League break even rules.

...or indeed anywhere in the Football League after clubs voted against it at the AGM in Cyprus. Due to "home clubs taking advantage of it" according to the chairman of one club.

Nope, there are three rounds of qualifying before they enter.

Had those players not been sold the financial situation would have been even worse.

If Birmingham win their Europa League Playoff on 18th/25th August, then the Saints vs Birmingham game on the 17th September will be moved to Sunday 18th September as the group stages start on Thursday 15th.

And Cortese, Adkins and Friis-Hansen have all indicated that to be the case. It is now just a matter of watching it unfold over the next two and half months, rather than panicking about it when we don't know what they are doing behind the scenes with such a long time still left. If money was that desperate it would be hard to convince Lallana, Fonte and Chamberlain of the clubs ambitions for them to be here long term. All three are still here at the moment, Lallana wouldn't have extended his contract, Chamberlain may well have been sold by now and Fonte wouldn't have dropped a league and signed in the first place.

If you really want me to know tell me, if I have seen it before it can't have impressed me or I'd have remembered it. Hence why I'd like to see it again. As for the training ground, why would a League One club build a Champions League level training ground if it had no intention of competing anywhere near that level? They may as well have not spent the money, if they intend to hang around in the Championship of lower reaches of the Premier League. You say it "doesn't lose its value and can be added to the sale price", it also doesn't gain much in value as it only has one purpose and doesn't directly provide a revenue stream like capital investment on a stadium does or a player purchase.

Why have you jumped to that conclusion? Before Liebherr died the club plan for one training ground, after he died they submitted new plans that will cost 3x as much as originally planned. Plus, the club was building a squad to get promoted, by the summer of 2010 most of that was already in place, even if money was available it would be pointless spending for spendings sake. For example Saints already had Lambert and Barnard up front, pointless spending more to bring in another player to be 1st choice when the incumbents are more than good enough. Same applied to most other positions in the squad, as shown by promotion being obtained at the end of the season.

The money spent on the training ground is a clear indication of the level of finance. There is no need to do that unless you are planning to be a top half Premier League side relatively soon. Also none of us know how much Guly cost, how much Forte cost, we do know Richardson cost £450k, Dickson fee was set by tribunal and would have cost a lot more if it hadn't, we don't we know for certain the terms of the Chaplow deal or how much it cost to get Lallana to sign a long term deal.

But which squad was better after the final game of the 2009/10 season? After Saint's spending in January, I think Saints had a better squad than Leeds, Norwich and Millwall. Those three were then able to attract players for their Championship seasons because their squads needed improvement, Saints however were already good enough for a League One campaign. As for this coming season, it is 18th June and there are two and half months left of the window.

Not if he sees that Saints are planning to bring in more central midfielders to knock him even further down the pecking order. Hammond Chaplow Schneiderlin ...are all ahead of Gobern You could argue that... Chamberlain Lallana Guly ...would also do a better job if needed in central midfield. If the club really is looking at players like Jack Cork, Gobern would be a long way from getting game time (even from the subs bench) in the Championship.

It isn't me on a "wind up"... http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Friis-Hansen-skal-hjaelpe-Saints-i-PrL It is a member of staff at the club, showing that the club has a very different view to the one you think it does.

"The club has a clear objective to advance directly to the Premier League, so we're going to take 5 or 6 quality players over the summer. I'll probably find three players who in principle are good enough to play Premier League, but have the mentality to play the Championship in one or maximum two seasons, which is the deadline to move up. This might sound like a somewhat over-ambitious target, but the club has the means and facilities to pursue their dreams into reality. " Jakob Friis-Hansen

He was used at the top of a midfield diamond on a number of occasions last season.

I think it is quite public.

I doubt he left for salary reasons. He wants to be playing and would be down the pecking order at Saints next season.

Saints did offer him a contract, he has turned it down.

BBC Radio Leeds have been running the story.

- Bialkowski joined Saints as an 18 year old and thus never played for the academy. - Matt Mills plays for Reading.

Schneiderlin has played 30 Championship games.

Well every time I posted it, you have yet to answer any of the questions I raised. Such as how much Guly and Forte cost, why £450k is not a small amount to pay for a League One right back? Or most importantly why Saints needed much change after the summer of 2010 when the squad was already pretty much in place and the additions that were made helped obtain promotion? Sometimes I think your username really is quite apt!

...into a five year living nightmare.