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Only if you believe the Bournemouth chairman. I'm not so sure, he seemed extremely vague about what went on.

I think its because he is in a tricky situation and is trying to be as careful as possible with what he says.

What has largely been overly looked in this thread so far... If that is true, then Markus has left the club with access to a huge amount of funding. Just look how much Man City are spending to win the Champions League. I'm sure Nicola and Markus would be fully aware of the amount of investment that would be required.

Aubergines >>>>>>>>> Toliet Rolls

Yep, former Real Madrid managers aren't good enough for us.

Sven joined League Two Notts County Brian Clough joined lower League Brighton after winning the top flight with Derby Money/ambition talks in football. Of course it wouldn't work with everyone, but if you show money and ambition it is possible to attract high profile name to the lower league.

I think it is more likely he turned down the chance of an interview rather than turning an actual job offer down. There is a big difference between the two. I can't see why they would have offered the job to Howe before offering it to Adkins.

Anyone else get the feeling Adkins wants one last home game at S****horpe vs Bristol City this weekend to say goodbye and thanks for the 14 years he had there?

Do you not realise Keegan has won promotion from this league with Fulham?

The conveyor belt at Saints is very much on the move again after a big recruitment drive in the summer. The list of players in my previous post shows some of the current youth players, with an ever increasing number of them representing their countries at international level. How many clubs have anything comparable to this in terms of support staff in place for youth players? I predict with the structures in place and improvements in youth coaching and recruitment, along with (hopefully) the upgrade at Staplewood to the buildings, that Saints will be churning good players out even more so than previously. FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT CENTRE Executive Director Les Reed Administration Manager/PA Lucy Green Elite Under 21 Coach Martin Hunter Under 18 Youth Coach Jason Dodd Development Goalkeeping Coach Vince Bartram Scouting & Talent Identification Scouting & Talent ID Manager David Burke Scouting Administrator Vicki Cobb Senior Squad Scout Bill Green Youth Recruitment Scout Rod Ruddick Academy Recruitment Scout Chris Welman Analyst Stephen Corns Analyst Andrew Stone Academy Academy Manager Matt Crocker Academy Administrator Derek Old Assistant Academy Manager Terry Moore Under 14 Youth Coach Anthony Limbrick Under 16 Youth Coach Steven Greaves Education & Life Skills Manager Julie Batchelor Academy Liaison Officer Kirsty Cavanagh Bath Satellite Manager Anthony Fawthrop Bath Satellite Academy Coach Jonathan Holt Sports Medicine & Science Sports Medicine & Science Manager Mo Gimpel Medical Administrator Tressa Bryne Senior Physiotherapist Matt Radcliffe Academy Physio Mal Godschalik Assistant Academy Physio Steven Sparks Sports Therapist Chris Lovegrove Pro. Players Physio Emma Gimpel Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach Nick Harvey Development S&C Coach James Bunce Academy S&C Coach Louis Langdown Academy S&C Coach 9-16 Jon Fortescue

Saints Academy products Premiership Theo Walcott - Arsenal - England International Wayne Bridge - Man City - England International Gareth Bale - Tottenham - Wales International Chris Baird - Fulham - N. Ireland International Leon Best - Newcastle - Rep. Ireland International Nile Ranger - Newcastle Mike Williamson - Newcastle Championship Scott McDonald - Middlesbrough - Australian International Nathan Dyer - Swansea Andrew Surman - Norwich - England Under 21 International Matthew Mills - Reading - England Under 21 International David McGoldrick - Nottm Forest Lukas Jutkiewicz - Coventry Simon Gillett - Doncaster Martin Cranie - Coventry - England Under 21 International Matthew Oakley - Leicester - England Under 21 International Brian Howard - Reading Dexter Blackstock - Nottm Forest England Under 21 International League One Lloyd James - Colchester - Welsh Under 21 International Foreign Clubs Cédric Baseya - Lille Tim Sparv - Grongingen - Finnish International Currently at Saints and come/coming through the academy Adam Lallana - England Under 21 International Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 2nd youngest ever Saints player behind Theo Walcott, still only 17 Joseph Mills Ryan Doble - Welsh Under 21 International James Ward-Prowse - 15 years old and in England under 17 squad Luke Shaw - England Under 16's Jack Dovey - England Under 16's Jake Sinclair - 15 year old brother of Chelsea's Scott Sinclair Oscar Gobern Callum McNish etc etc and to them young players brought by Saints... Morgan Schneiderlin - French Under 21 Aaron Martin - 20 years old Jason Puncheon - just turned 24 years old Danny Seaborne - 23 years old Bartosz Bialkowski - 23 years old Ryan Dickson - 23 years old Nick Illingsworth hasn't a clue...

Adkins confirmed in the local S****horpe paper that he will be taking training today in S****horpe. http://www.thisiss****horpe.co.uk/s****horpeunitednews/Adkins-training-normal/article-2612323-detail/article.html It is a long trip from S****horpe to Southampton of 240 miles so he wouldn't be here any time soon (if indeed it is him).

Roberto Di Matteo was born in Switzerland.

- Paul Lambert joined Norwich 4 weeks later than Pardew joined Saints - Paul Lambert didn't have £3m+ to spend, Pardew did - Take 10 points off Norwich and they would still be 1st, take 10 points off Saints and they are 7th

- Paul Lambert joined Norwich 4 weeks later than Pardew joined Saints - Paul Lambert didn't have £3m+ to spend - Take 10 points off Norwich and they would still be 1st, take 10 points off Saints and they are 7th

Go to 1:21:20 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmdtb/5_live_Sport_04_09_2010/ Five Live didn't say "wow factor". People have made that up in a game of Chinese whispers on this forum. Ian Dennis said he recieved a text that it is an appointment that will be "someone that will prove to the fans that Cortese knows what he is doing" and will be by the middle of next week.

He certainly seems confident...(two years ago) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/27/france.englandfootballteam

For those that missed it... Goto 1:21:20 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmdtb/5_live_Sport_04_09_2010/

Chris Nicholl was 39 years old when he took over at Saints. He did very well, taking Saints to a 7th place finish in the top flight in 1990. He was then sacked a year later and Ian Branfoot appointed and thus started the Saints merry-go-round. Saint Charlie has a short memory to say "never had a young manager"!

That would be me and my website http://www.footballforumfinder.com

You forgot the biggest exposure = TV. Highlights on BBC1, BBC website, Sky, Sky website etc etc Which a photo ban doesn't impact on. Saints hired this guy as new head of sales and marketing... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2096187,00.html Until now, Scott has been the Marketing and Commercial Domain Leader for TEAM Marketing, based in Lucerne, Switzerland. TEAM Marketing is the exclusive marketing agent for UEFA's club football competitions, including the Champions League. This has involved sales for all the major UEFA competitions and strategic counsel to the major sponsors such as Nike, Toyota, Banco Santander and Canon, plus the creation of pan-European marketing initiatives. He would have more than enough contacts to get a good deal for Saints, and any new shirt sponsor will be fully aware they won't be getting coverage in the local Carlisle paper.

Did you ever think a former Man City/Lazio/Benfica/England manager would end up in League Two? Money and ambition can talk in football and tempt people towards an interesting challenge at a lower level. I'm not saying it would work with O'Neill, however it would tempt some higher profile candidates, so there is no harm trying.

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