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Fonte terribly caught out by the bounce, great reactions from KD but defence caught ball watching

Bloody hell i never knew Isgrove had that pace!

I don't think you be as simplistic as this. You have to look at the club in its entirety and how it has moved forward and is moving forward. Large leaps in the last few seasons, big named players being linked with the club, record signings, our state of the art academy....the club has big ambitions backed by money and a strong leader....the shirt design is but one facet of the overall global profile the club are looking to aquire......look at the big picture rather than things in isolation..........by itself, NO the shirt alone is not enough to raise our global profile but with everything else going on then the shirt becomes a part of a bigger jigsaw.

I must admitt i have no strong feelings one way or the other about our new kit. I have supported the club for over 40 years so i grew up with the red and white stripes and i loved those shirts. I have last seasons predominatly red top and like it and no doubt will get this seasons top....why?...because i support my club and proud to show my allegience to Saints. Why have the marketing guys gone down the route of of a more predominatly red top.....well my guess it is about the global brand and what they think people will happily wear out in public not just on match days!....Red and White stripes very football to anyone seeing the top.....a all redtop (mostly) and suddenly you just might be going into the grounds of a casual top more acceptable on any occassion...i could be wrong. I don't believe the club are putting 2 fingers up to the fans or our history....they are making financial decisions with the best interest of the club.

He is welcome to go where he wants. I for one couldn't give a monkeys. This whole subject has been done to death and is boring!

given some of the idiots on this board i hate living in this country!

I have to agree with a few others here, it was definately the 70's that was the worse. As a young kid it was always very intimmidating and hostile coming out at full time and being anywhere near the Winston Pub area. The number of times i witnessed some fan be it away fan or home fan get punched for no reason at all was ridiculous. I grew up in Lordshill and went to school locally and many that looked forward to Saturdays purely for the violence they could inflict on others. Sorry to anyone that thought these were good times but they belong with the cavemen. Thank god things have improved or football in this country could have died.

There is no doubt in my mind that many posters do not bother posting anymore because of the handful out there that have turned this forum into a childs playground. I bet there are loads out there that get truthful snippets of info that they would like to share with fellow Saints fans but do not want the aggravation of getting torn to pieces on here and accussed of lying. I knew over a month ago that Addidas were our new kit provider and i'm sure there were others that new this but choose to keep it to themselves because of the constant sniping on here. I have supported Saints since the early 70'''s so i'm certainly old enough and hopefully wise enough that i don't need to tell stories on a forum just to get attention and make myself feel important. Many more fans would come on here and share their knowledge ans snippets of info if this place was not such a playground!

AS per the rest of this thread there is not one actual fact here....just a whole load of conjecture to suit personal agendas.

This chap obviously has an agenda here. Cortese is a hard business man we all know that and he doesn't tolerate fools gladly. A lot of the press are used to having people inside the clubs they can get info from and are willing to give them snippets....not so sure thats the case at Saints with Cortese likely to sack anyone on the spot for speaking to the press behind the clubs back....personally i'm all in favour of this style. I have no wish to no the ins and outs at the club and every bit of gossip. All i'm interested in is results and that the club is being run in a professional manner which i have no doubt it is.IMHO if the press are reporting negatively about NC then in my eyes he is doing his job. Has the the last few years shown us nothing if not that the press are just parasites willing to print any old cobblers to sell their muck and they don't give a damm about fact or fiction!

26 pages and from what i have read not one single fact that says Cortese is about to walk.....its easy to get emmotionally carried away and hooked by tabloid headlines stating doom and gloom about the football club we all love. Am i worried?....yes...if there really is any truth in the RUMOURS....and lets face it thats all they are. I should immagine that a man like NC considers his future at least every 6 months if not more times a year.....how many offers do you think he has had from other parties since being in charge of Saints that we will never know about. Its the end of the season, we have achieved our goal and survived our first season back....NC will now and for some time no doubt be considering his future and every option open to him. I have no doubt he has a vision to make us one of the top 6 sides in the Premiership.....the man is driven, he has excellent contacts and people that no doubt would be interested in buying the club if it was for sale.....but i immagine the club would omly be sold under one condition....to carry on what ML started. Yes i hope both Chairman and Manager are here for the new season and my gut feeling is they will be.

whatever the truth is out there ......for one thing it is very unsettling for the fans and the players. Sure this may be all a big game being played out to manouverve the owners into making the correct decision that most fans want to see.....stability!....and that means NC staying......but if there really is a chance that NC is walking away then i honestly think its a complete disaster and all the good work done since his arrival will have been for nothing!

so pleased Palace beat Brighton, can't stand Poyet......now Watford to beat Palace please, can't stand Holloway either....lol

actually i think it was The9's shot i got my arse in the way off late in the second half

lol, that was me putting my big arse in the way!

well done lads, very enjoyable morning and good to see a lot of you i haven't seen for a while. Well done away side we defended valiantly ......and had some good fortune along the way.

Mini barcelona has had to pull out. He has a league title decider now on Saturday.

This is a serious question???

yes i will be there, will check to see if mini me can as well.

Fantastic news and fully deserved

Politics do not belong in football and for that reason alone there should not be a minutes silence. Those who wish to pay their respects to our former Prime Minister can do in their own way and WILL do. Those who prefer not to will not. Don't feed the trolls!

lol good call Minty, just about to shoot myself for asking daft question....think before you type springs to mind

any idea at this stage if it will be AM or PM Kick off?

you have to be so sorry for Rednapp, that was really cruel the way 3pts was snatched from him................my ribs still hurt from laughing so much at his miserable face....i could not have written that script any better if i had tried....wonderful weekend

It is always nice to read articles highlighting the positives coming out of St Marys instead of the continual dross they normally print to sell newspapers. I think most Saints fans are aware we possibly have some very exciting future talent in the youth teams and that if these young players can avoid the bright lights of the so called big 4/6 clubs should they come knocking then the future looks very bright for Saints. The one thing i think we do very well at here is keeping very young players level headed. They can see that if they progress they will play in the first team regularly rather than be a bench warmer possibly at another club. This summer will be the most interesting for me because i feel it will define where Saints go from here. We will without doubt be attracting alot of interest from other clubs for some of our players....every player has his price....but i expect and hope Saints refuse all offers for any of our top players unless offered ridiculous ammounts of money that we could invest in more young gems.