sambosa75

Bang up for that. Decent, solid full-back if I remember correctly.

C'mon Norfolk n Chance CC!!!

George Graham and Howard Wilkinson both won the title during their managerial careers but I dont see a clamour for them. O' Leary spent an absolute fortune at Leeds and if memory serves, was responsible for many a big money signing at Villa; Bosko Balaban and Juan Angel being examples of his acumen when coming to picking up pricy players and getting the square root of sod-all out of them on the pitch. Kevin Keegan left before getting Newcastle into the Champions League but he got them promoted and had them finish 6th, 3rd and 2nd before resigning. I'd wager he spent less than O'Leary at Leeds and had Newcastle playing infinitely better football. Yes, he didnt get them to the Champions League semi but following a favourable route and a couple of lucky results here and there, almost any side that competes in the competition is capable of a run to the latter stages. His work at Leeds was decent but lets look at the young players at his disposal... Woodgate, Rio Ferdinand, James Milner, Alan Smith (when he looked like a young Alan Shearer), Harry Kewell, Paul Robinson etc... Not a bad batch of kids and as much as I'd like to think so, our crop of youngsters really arent of that ilk. With regard to one of the worst managerial options out there, for a manager who has a consistent record of managing clubs with plenty of money to spend and having nothing to show for it, I would say he is one of the worst options. Would you trust him with a £15m transfer kitty? I know I wouldnt trust him with a £15 beer kitty. As for transfer negotiations, its usually a managers job to give the chairman an idea of what would be required wage-wise to get them to move. Strachan used to when he was with us, I'd imagine O'Leary would do the same.

Need you ask? It was The Killers... Obviously rubbish.

David O'Leary?!?! The man who spent Leeds all the way to near-closure? The man who advised his chairman to offer Seth Johnson a £40k a week salary when Johnson's own agent had planned to demand £15k a week? The same man who wasted a lot of money at Aston Villa for little or no return? He had a good side with Leeds for about a year, thats about all he has achieved. Genuinely think he is one of the worst managerial options out there and for suggesting him, you should be have gravel thrown at you.

I was saying the same thing about Franz to my girlfriend. Decent enough but nowhere near established enough to take on the prime time slot. That slot should be reserved for bands like Oasis, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili's, Foo Fighters, Muse, Radiohead, Paul Weller etc... Possibly even the Arctics, although they only have 2 or 3 albums behind them, each and every song they do is an anthem which the whole crowd knows. The trouble is, the organisers are always very keen on giving other bands a push which has explained the Killers and Franz headlining in recent years. Otherwise it would be alternating between the same 7 or 8 bands every year for the headline slot. I must admit, I've never really 'got' Bruce Springsteen, evidentally I think the same can be said of most of the crowd there as well.

More metal and less sh*t? Isnt that contradicting yourself? For the record, I hate rap music too but metal music is just angry, loud noise which is far more suited to Download, Reading and Leeds. Leave Glasto well alone.

Anyone see the skate flag near the front during Kasabian? Would have had to throw one of the girls on the shoulders at whoever was holding it. On the subect of music, big fan of Kasabian. Never put on the tightest set but always put on a good show and get the crowd up for it. I can definitely see how much they are influenced by the Stone Roses.

Jimmy Case wasnt capped.

Dont like Michael McIntyre. He laughs at his own jokes and looks too smug for my liking. If you watch Peter Kay once, he is the best comedian around but if you've seen him once, you've seen him 100 times as he re-cycles all his material. Ricky Gervais' delivery is brilliant but it is co-written with Jimmy Carr and I dont rate him. Just prefer the way Gervais tells them.

Great news! I live about a 20 minute walk away from Loftus Road!

I totally agree with where Tony is coming from. My brother in law and I were saying the exact same thing. The football league appear scared that if we have enough money to buy us a decent lawyer, he would be likely to rip their decision to pieces and get the points issue overturned. Good luck with everything Tony, you win my respect for keeping us all in the loop fairly regularly.

Who gives a flying f*ck whether he has walked away before? Some might say its a good thing. He knows when to jump and doesnt prolong things, forcing his club into paying him large amounts in serverance etc... The fact is he has a record of promoting every club he has managed. This isnt a coincidence. Yes he's been backed in the transfer marker wherever he has been (bar the brief stint at Newcastle, which was the main reason he left) but justifiably so. If he gets us promoted twice on the bounce and we find ourselves in the Premier League and then he walks away, quite frankly we'll be in a much better position to attract a manager of higher calibre than we are now. Ince is a ***t of the highest order. Yes, his track record in the lower leagues is decent enough but the majority of fans just wouldnt get behind him as he is a to$$er. Tisdale is a massive gamble. He's been given a decent amount of time and little pressure or expectation has been put on him. It would be a different kettle of fish with us and who's to say if he'd be able to handle it? I think there are a lot of worse options than Tisdale about but Keegan certainly doesnt fall into that list. Call me old fashioned, but I am really excited about the prospect of having a side intent on outscoring the opposition and watching a side that thrives on the motivation KK gives. It's been a very long while since we have seen a team full of players that will run through brick walls for the manager. Since 2003 to be precise.

If this goes through it signals so much more than just a new manager. It means we get possibly the best motivator thats available, a man with a a history of winning promotion with every club he has managed, a man who gets his teams playing positive, attacking football and perhaps most importantly a man who players want to play for. It would also mean Pinnacle have some serious money behind them. Perhaps not of Man City of Chelsea proportions but enough for Keegan to feel comfortable he can do a job. Could this be the first day of a new era of Southampton Football Club???

Loved the video without the commentary, brought back memories of being there. I was there two witness 7 of those goals in the flesh... Be interesting to see if there is anyone who can genuinely claim the full house!

Good going forward, very dodgy in defence. For £17m the skates whould be laughing their way to the bank...

You probably want to re-tract that statement. Considering he had little or no control over Newcastle's signings the 2nd time around, the first time around the majority of his signings were pretty inspired to be honest. Phillipe Albert, Pavel Srnicek, Rob Lee, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Keith Gillespie, David Ginola, David Batty... the list does go on if I was to start thinking about it. In my opinion, that displays a pretty damn good eye for a player. With regard to staying long, what manager in the past 5 years or so has? I'd rather have a couple of years with someone like Keegan who has the ability to galvanise the club and city, excellent track record with promotions, motivate the squad and attract even better players for a couple of seasons and see where we ended up than 5+ years of mediocrity under someone totally uninspiring like Steve Cotterill.

Wotton may not have every been a massive earner but I'm pretty sure he would have been drawing a wage of more than £3k a week throughout the 10 years he has been playing regular first team football. That equates to over £1.5m earnt in his career, lets take half a million off, thats still £1m in career earnings. I am sure he is in a much more comfortable position to miss one or two paycheques than the non-playing staff at St Mary's. One of which is a good friend of mine in corporate sales who has recently bought a house with a friend, only for his friend to bale on him leaving him no option to buy out his half of the property. That is what he should have been focussing on. All the employees at the club drawing salarys between 14k-30k per annum, still with mouths to feed. I dont begrudge him the money, if I was offered similar amounts I would gladly take it but an ounce of perspective really should have been used before he started commenting on worrying about not getting paid for a month in which he didnt have to work anyway as it was the close season.

In my opinion what Wotton was saying was nothing short of disgraceful. Saying how he was worrying about things as he's got kids to pay for. What about the guys that work in the club shop or in catering etc.. Does he not think they have kids to pay for on a salary considerably less than him? He's been a professional footballer for around 10 years no doubt drawing a healthy salary. Would have been nice for him given his age and experience to give the non-playing staff of SFC a mention before himself.

I'd love it if we can afford Rasiak for the season. He's lazy, doesnt work that hard, is getting old and demands a high wage but the bloke knows where the goal is. I'm pretty sure in League 1 he would bang them in, given a modicum of service.

Just had a debate about this in the office. I think its pretty obvious Fergie would want to keep hold of him but I'm sure he would rather have £80m to spend than a sulky little sh!t not putting in a proper shift and having an adverse effect on the rest of the team. Ferguson is no mug. He will simply change the way the team plays now. Probably sign Ribery, couple of wingers and another poacher of the van Nistelrooy ilk. I still expect them to be the team to beat in the Prem next season.

So you dont think the new board would be sounding out potential new managers? I'm not saying I believe what I heard earlier about Strachan but I would feel fairly confident whoever is about to take the club over would have a few ideas on who will be taking charge of team affairs. Even Wotte accepts his job is in jeopardy. If he acknowledges this himself, I am sure the people looking to take over the club would be looking at alternatives also.

That'll teach me to proof read posts in the future.... oops.

Anyone know if Radio Hampshire are still based at St Mary's? I've just spoke to a friend of mine who I know is good friends with Will Cope. Apparently someone from within the radio station who he is friends with (you would know who they were if I told you but probably a bit unfair to say) has told him that Gordon Strachan has been at the stadium today and he called me straight away to tell me. My friend has a history of stretching the truth but never really with footballing matters, usually white lies about how fit a girl he has pulled is or telling me he has caught a 20lb carp when in reality its about 7lb. I do however know he is good mates with this person in question and as far as I know, the person at the radio station would have no reason to lie. He also suggested the person behind Pinnacle could be Rod Stewart. I dont know how to guage this one but would be interesting to hear if anyone else hears anything of Mr Strachan being seen at the stadium. Dont shoot me and dont shoot my mate. I'm not ITK, just relaying something that was told to my mate by a friend of his that works in the stadium.

No offence but I think the badge is shocking. Far too much going on in it. If the badge were to be re-designed, I would feel very confident it would be minimalist in its appearance and in my opinion would look much better for it.