angelman

Football supporters aren't generally blessed with the greatest intelligence, or so it seems.

Or that the defence played better knowing that they could rely more on the person between the sticks.

I doubt it Batman. MIght as well just resign ourselves to relegation hadn't we?

The bit about his sons was from a parody Twitter account.

Aye. For a manager who took them to 4th twice in 4 years with two usual finishes - 11th and 17th - between, I am sure that they are glad to see the back of him. If he was here for 4 years and got us 4th, 17th, 11th, 4th I would accept that - well maybe not the 17th but obviously the 4ths and probably the 11th.

He makes OK cover, but not good enough in recent times to be Nº1. He is also after Tim Krul who presumably would be Nº1

Lyon - http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/olympique-lyon/alletransfers/verein/1041 He spent a **** load and it didn't do well. There was a bit on the radio I think with Alex Crook, who said that the "black box" signs a lot of the players (ie not the manager per se) and that Puel would prefer it that way (ie not having full responsibility).

I thought that I read somewhere that Coutinho was wanting to leave.

Got to say, Stade Veledrome looks amazing. Wish we had a stadium like that.

It wasn't just last season. When have we scored goals from midfield? Lallana got 9 in his last season with us and was a threat to boot. Gaston got 6 the season before but wasn't really a threat in the same way.

The real question that has to be asked is what would CB Fry do if he disapproved of this appointment?

Wouldn't you feel happier supporting Liverpool?

I've driven through it after having dropped someone off at the large international airport 2 miles away. But I guess I am one of those people who think most towns are nasty, but are even nastier with the noise and smell of planes. Might be because I lived under Heathrow's flight path for 20 years. But I'm not stopping you thinking that it is nice.

I guess some would love to live 2 miles from a busy international airport.

Scruffy. Either do your tie up or don't wear one.

I'm afraid to say that that is exactly what you and many on here seem to do. I am curious, why bother even supporting Saints (that is if you do) if it causes you such angst? Anyway, must get out in to the real world today, so over to you to carry on your moaning and whinging.

Well done Saints Web. With the exception of one or two, no one had heard of CP yet he has been written off as being useless. Chapeau mes braves, chapeau.

Guess that is Lee's replacement.

Went to Villa from Nice

FFP fine was £7.5m, on top of the £40m of players they signed last season. I know that they got money from the PL, but wages, maybe director's loans to be repaid, etc etc.

That might be one way of looking at it. But look at the gap at the top and how many points they won the league by 01/02 - 2 points (to Lens) NB only 18 teams in the league before changing to 20 for 02/03 02/03 - 1 point (to Monaco) 03/04 - 3 points (to PSG) 04/05 - 12 points (to Lille) 05/06 - 15 points (to Bordeaux) 06/07 - 17 points (to Marseille) 07/08 - 4 points (to Bordeaux) In 08/09 Bordeaux one the leauge by 3 points, 9 points ahead of Lyon So there were 3 seasons where Lyon were so far in front of everyone else that yes, they were dominant. Then the season before Puel took over, it was back to being close again. But for the 3 years where the gap was double digits (and presumably what Samuels basis his thoughts on), Lyon really weren't dominant. 1-4 point winning gap is not dominating. And the teams that won the league when he was in charge of Lyon - Bordeaux, Marseille, Lille, with Marseille finishing 2nd when the other 2 won it and Lyon came 3rd.

1 year? Seems that Arsene is being touted for the England job!! Anyway, Martin Samuel. I left a couple of messages on that article which unsurprisingly were not published. I mentioned that maybe he should actually get off his fat arse and go down to Saints and talk to them to find out what's what rather than sitting in his office writing snide articles. I also said that surely it was time to bury the hatchet over the libel case with Lowe, as that was a spat at a different time with a different company. But looking at Puel at Lyon 2008-2011. He was criticised for not winning the league, something that they did 7 times in a row before he arrived, never while he was there, and never since he has left. 2008-09 3rd behind Bordeaux and Marseille 2009-10 2nd behind Marseille 2010-11 3rd behind Lille and Marseille So from having been on a 7 title winning run, things do look bad. But not having won it since also says something. Looking at the transfers - http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/olympique-lyon/alletransfers/verein/1041 - while losing some key players, he spent big. So on paper, Samuel might have a point. I am sure that there is more to it than that. Marseille for example were also big spenders and notably finished above them all 3 seasons. So to Nice, a team lurking at the bottom half of the league finishing 17th the season before. He then takes them to 13th, 4th, 17th, 11th and 4th again. So two notable finishes, a couple of meh and one awful one. Transfer wise, he was probably in the black by about £10m over the 5 years so achieved well on limited resources, something the Fat reporter over looks.

Do you have a degree in football finance?

It seems that it might be. So it's OK for Leicester, Arsenal, Spurs, Man C, Man U, West Ham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton, Swansea, Watford, Newcastl, Villa and Boro to have foreign managers but not us.

I find him rather sad and pathetic now. I guess if we do slip up, he'll be chiming about how he was right. Maybe he is a little bitter that the club favour the Telegraph rather than his **** publication.