Matthew Le God

But one you don't know the reasons behind.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?25550-Chaplow-Loan-Loan-Extended-Perm-Deal-or-back-to-Preston

Watching Adkins interviews over the past month when asked about Chaplow, I think Saints have wrapped up the deal already so doesn't matter that Ferguson has been sacked.

I have a feeling Adam Le Fondre will turn up at St Mary's at some point. Here is what Nigel Adkins said about him on 3rd September 2010 when he was still S****horpe manager... "He's a goalscorer. Roger Wylde, the physio at Stockport told me years ago that they had a good young kid who scores goals, he's gone on and done well at Rochdale and scored goals. We've watched him on several occasions, as we've thought players might move on from our club. I went to watch him last year. I watched him against Rochdale, we actually took Dagnall from them but it is fair to say I was watching both of them on the night. Ronnie Moore is going to try hard to keep him, but if he works hard he will get rewards."

Andy D'Urso explains his decision... http://www.cafctv.co.uk/articles/20101227/durso-explains-decision_2285314_2252231/0,,10267~2252231~1,00.html You can use your Saints Player login to hear it.

No journalist has the balls to add their name to this unsubstantiated dartboard of news rumour. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1341781/Chelsea-favourites-land-Southampton-starlet-Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain.html Nor can you comment on the story. It is almost as if the Daily Mail knows it is ******** and they are stirring things up with the club and none of the journalists want to have their name credited with it.

Nothing to do with the FA.

Not in Southampton there isn't. 4C tomorrow, 6C on Tuesday.

Can't get higher than 5th on Sunday.

No-one said that. Have you forgotten...Lambert wasn't in the squad against Plymouth on the opening day of the season. He also missed a number of friendlies in pre-season due to injury. Hardly a cover up.

I'd say bare minimum for the club is a playoff victory. Really don't want to go through that though and nor is it that great considering the resources available to the club relative to those of the other 23 teams.

Yes, I know. But very poor relative to where the club wants to be in a few years time.

They are far from fantastic at the moment. I would say they are okay training facilities relative to the clubs ambitions of being a top half Premier League team again. The club has been overtaken by a large number of teams (Premier League and Championship) in terms of training facilities in the last 7 years due to lack of investment keeping Saints up to date. Hence why they are going ahead with this development, as major improvement was required.

Considering the resources plowed into the club, anything other than the league title is disappointing. I'm sure however that the disappointment would be short lived if the club went up in 2nd place or through the playoffs. Failure to get promotion is a disastrous season.

Even at £3.5m it is a huge figure for a League One side. (I still don't think you have taken into account all the factors I listed and the figure would be closer to £5m) The training ground development would also be costing a lot. Stoke used the same architect firm and their development is far less extensive and cost them over £5m.

Hence why I said "roughly".

How do you make up £3.5m? Have you included loan fees for Papa Waigo and Guly? Players like that don't come here for free. Have you included agents fees for every signing? Have you included sigining on fees for every signing? Including free transfers of Harding, Jaidi, Connolly, new contract for Davis, Butterfield, Dean, Martin Have you included the compensation package for Adkins and Crosby? Have you included the transfer fees for Lambert, Fonte, Seaborne, Richardson, Dickson, Hammond, Barnard, Puncheon?

Sheff Utd currently without a manager complicates any transfer activity for them.

So the roughly £5m spent on footballing staff since the takeover has passed you by? That is a huge amount for a 3rd tier club to spend considering it doesn't have the revenue streams of a Premier League or Championship side. You really think the club has no money? Did you not notice the multi million pound upgrade plans for the training ground announced after Liebherr's death and the constant hints of squad investment by Adkins and Cortese.

It is being discussed here. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?27078-Big-News-on-Solent-(NOT!)

I said "quite often one of the clubs largest".

Boxing Day is quite often one of a clubs largest crowds of the season. Saints are bringing a lot of fans, there will be more than usual amount of home fans and more in corporate seats than normal. They will have ordered food and drink for this match and other things like programs. A postponement of a boxing day fixture would have a large financial impact on a team.

There is an 11 minute video previewing the Charlton match on Saints player. What more do you want?

But if Saints were going to strengthen the side anyway regardless of player sales, then it makes no sense to sell him to a club who may then get 15 years service out of him.

Keep up? I was just posting it for someone else's benefit.