Turkish

I really feel sorry for him. Seems like. Genuinely decent lad who was hitting form at the right time to make the World Cup, he may not have gone but to have the chance ripped away by a freak injury is such a shame for him. Hope for his sake he make a full recovery.

I'm looking forward forward to this. It's about time the dwarf made a statement on why he walked out on 'his baby' the players who worship him who he is like a father to and explain to his adoring fan base why he didn't stick around to deliver on his champions league talk. This should be good.

We might be.....

Neil Ashton last summer. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2378319/Southampton-chairman-Nicola-Cortese-People-thought-I-E-T-I-Ianded-Saints.html What's changed since then?

I for one don't believe any of these allegations against our former glorious leader. He was a great guy who loved the club and the fans. It was his baby wasn't it and you'd never do anything to harm your baby.

Because he's bitter, vindictive c*nt. If he was that petty to ban a season ticket holder for writing an article he didn't like on a mongboard, how much more bitter would he be towards the people who cost him his £2m a year job. Hopefully when he finally takes his job at AC Milan they've been chasing him for he'll pipe down.

Meltdown The bloke is the alpine saint of journalism

The mail or more accurately Neil Ashton have describe this as being furious

People like me aren't writing anything off, simply pointing out that we have little in common with Athletico and they they are the 3rd most successful side and biggest side in Spain so it's shouldn't come as too much of a shock when they challenge for the title. As for athletico Turkish, he'd be delighted with their recent history. 3rd place finish last season and champions league football, prior to that copa del Rey wins, 2 x Europa cup wins, you know, that competition we were told was beneath us and we didn't want to be in. Funny how that was an important part in the development of a team we should model ourselves on .

This is the new improved 2014 version of last years "we are run like a crappy seaside B&B" yes???

Allerdyce. Would be f*cking hilarious.

Eh? I thought cortese never, ever sold anyone and ripped up any bids he received for players.

Excellent news from Lovren. Glad he wants to stay.

They've won 23 major trophies in their history. We've won 1. They are based in the nations capital and have a nationwide fan base. We are based on the coast and have a local fan base. They have one of the biggest stadiums in Spain, we have the biggest stadium in Hampshire. They are historically a big club in Spain. We are historically a middle sized club in England. The only comparison you can draw is they play in stripes and we used to. We are far, far more like celta Vigo than Atheltico Madrid. As others have said they are more like spurs or Everton.

"When someone talks to me about a player and says he's quick, I always ask 'is he Jonno quick'?" One of the greatest lines I've ever read about a new signing.

Fulham as well I think??

This one? Complete fluke, anyone's could have scored that. Couldn't hit a barn door at that age etc...

Good thread. When the usual suspects porn scorn on a provincial English club with one trophy to their name breaking into the big clubs in England we can point them to the fact that a club based in the capital of Spain with a 55,000 stadium that have won La Liga 10 time. The copa del Rey 10 times, the UEFA cup twice, the cup winners cup and are about to play in their second European cup/champions league final have just won the spanish league again.

That sounds far more likely.

West brom seem to be one of them.

I genuinely cannot believe there are a number of arsenal fans who want them to lose today as they think Wenger will be sacked if they do.

Flattered by the attention?!! f*ck me that's a good one!! I can tell you for a fact all our little jousts are instigated by you, ever single time without fail. Just like tonight's, like all the others this week, like the weeks and months before that. Remind me who it was who, completely unprompted, this week linked a thread from 18 months ago to try to prove a point on here and ended up looking rather silly. Remind who it was who put a link to a post I made months ago on a different forum with a different user name to try to 'prove' something on here? You seem to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every post I've ever made, both here and on other forums! A great memory I can tell you! Do you post on the UI? If you do I've no idea who you are, it seems you've been following me on there too and made it your business to know who I am!! And I see you've used the last card when all else fails of mentioning how many posts someone has on the same forum as you to try to belittle them. How odd that with so many posts you seem to have the incredible talent to be able to reel them off and find them at will, whatever forum they are on. 'Flattered by the attention' from someone who has spent months stalking my every post, who remembers them all on whatever forum they are on and from someone who claims they 'plays the post not the poster' f*ck me you couldnt make it up :lol:

Oh dear Strawlock, yet Again in your attempts to "play the post not the poster" you've made yourself look a plum. If you keep adding a laughing emotioncon onto the end of your posts you might convince yourself you're doing okay. It's quite sweet. I can't remember when this obsession started but it must occupy every waking moment you have. Oh I almost forgot. :lol:

Only conceded 3 goals in those 5 games though, over the season that would give them the best defensive record in the league. Thanks for posting out the Stoke game though, I didn't realise results only counts if the opposition failed to score a penalty.