Matthew Le God

Gus Poyet is Uruguayan. Not making sweeping national generalisations are you?

The Amex has cost close to £100m. They also are planning for a £15m training ground.

There is, listen to the Brighton commentary on Saints Player.

Poyet is still talking about the unbeaten home record and getting 100 points. Even if we beat them, they can still get 100 points.

Two games in hand and +11 goal difference.

Orient 2 - Peterborough 1 Now a two horse race (if it wasn't already)

Saints will have 2 games in hand, needing only to win one of them to go back to 2nd.

According to the press, yes. True or not, who knows?

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Penalty to MK Dons

I doubt any Brighton fan could name 10 clubs out of the thousands of teams that have been promoted (or crowned Champions of a top league) in the last 120 years of world association football that have received a guard of honour. It is a relatively recent phenomenon and Saints are under no obligation to do it.

In the history of association football and the thousands and thousands of promotion and Championships there have been in the last 120 years, I think you would struggle to name 10 teams that have formed a guard of honour!

Over the course of the thousands of promotions in World association football in the last 120 years, how many Guards of Honour do you think there have been? Just because a few clubs have started to do it recently doesn't make it right or put any future club under any obligation to do so.

"Nigel Adkins says no guard of honour by Saints for Brighton." Good

Of course I have no idea how much he will be given. But everything about the Liebherr/Cortese plan "so far" indicates it will be a significant amount for the level the club is at, like has been the case in the past two seasons. Plus being in the Championship significantly increases revenue streams, for example you get.... - around £4m more in TV money compared to League One - higher numbers of home fans at St Mary's - much higher numbers of away fans at St Mary's - more advertising revenue - Saints having a sponsor next season - more corporate revenue - higher solidarity payments from the Premier League etc etc Have you not noticed them already putting huge amounts into the club and spending large amounts on transfer fees. They haven't done this to remain in the 2nd or 3rd tier. Cortese has clearly stated the plan is to get to the Premier League by 2014. They are also investing huge amounts in the training ground. What makes you think this funding is stopping or was never there? You are the one that indicated the owners didn't plan to make a loss in their first year. Of course they did. You didn't answer any of my questions in post #56...

What is your hunch based on? Do you think Liebherr accidentally made Saints trade at a loss last year in League One? They haven't brought the club to hang around in the lower Leagues for years without investment. The training ground they are building this summer wouldn't look out of place at a top 6 Premier League club, why bother funding that if they have no intention of funding the team?

Maybe Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool have given up as Cortese won't sell and are looking elsewhere! Wally Downes thinks they might... http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/6720/5/crystal-palace-starlet-being-chased-arsenal-and-manchester-united http://www.caughtoffside.com/2011/04/20/liverpool-close-to-agreeing-deal-to-sign-7m-french-winger/

So you think Cortese lied when he said he turned down bids in January by putting them in the bin?

I just meant we won't see a (P) Southampton on any League Tables at 5pm Easter Monday. I don't deny that if Saints win both, Huddersfield lose both and Peterborough lose one game out of the Easter games then Saints are pretty much promoted.

Not possible for Saints to confirm for certain promotion on Easter Monday. Only get a "very likely" promotion, due to a superior goal difference if Huddersfield and Peterborough drop points and Saints get all 6 from the two games. Would still be possible for Huddersfield to catch Saints in the two remaining games, but would need a huge swing in goal difference.

Said the man in the orthopedic shoes.

Just because a few teams have in the past, it doesn't mean Saints are under any obligation to follow suit.

I hope they don't.

Then why did Saints turn down bids in January and Alex stayed?