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All overseen by Les Reed who once wrote the FA coaching manual dontcha know. If there is anyone who can nuture him and enable this young, hungry player who is guarenteed to improve, its him.

the 3 core qualities of every young player we sign.

Lets hope he isn't a frightend Isaac.

Have the echo asked you for your comment on this yet Steve? Have you prepared a statement for them?

He did well at Bishops Stortford.

Utter bol*ocks.

Thats the second time youve refered to him as being "little" yet Wiki says he is 6 ft 2. Is this a racial sterotype?

You're not comparing like with like though, how can anyone say he is the best manager weve had until he's proven himself in the premier league like the others did? You seem to belittle the achievements of the others, Hoddle was an idiot, Strachan was lucky, Ball just a nice bloke. So why not say Adkins was lucky to be here in time when we've had more money than ever before and inherited a championship side playing in L1? I'm not belittling what Adkins has achieved but If you're gong to dismiss the achievements of the others then you could easily dismiss what Adkns has achieved.

Really? Strachan took us to 8th and a cup final Hoddle took us to a top half side Nicholl took us to 7th and in reality we were never really in danger of relegation with his as boss and played some great stuff. Alan Ball, took us from side going down to a midtable one. All done with far less money than Adkns has had. There are 4 who could be considered better than Adkins.

I work with an ex pro. He was on saints books and got released but played for a couple of L1 and L2 clubs before ending up playing non league. He tells me when Souness was here, some players only joined because of him. Also he himself signed for a L2 club because of who the manager was, a former premier league player. I know it's a lower level but the principle remains the same BTW I'm not for one minute advocating Adkins being sacked, just posing the question for discussion.

Why are you getting stroppy? Nick G said that managers need to be at the right club, I posed the question that now, given the players Cortese wants to bring in, are we still the right club for him, or do we need and benefit from a higher profile manager. Just because you cant comprehend the point its no need to hijack the thread, other people have managed to understand it without sulking.

Why does it annoy you? It's true, you say so yourself. I know a lot of people look at everything in a cute, naive way but that doesn't mean that is how it is. In the real world it's very, very difficult for an upcoming manager to prove themselves.

I'm not talking about Gross specifically, really don't think he is a possibility. More high profile managers generally. Di Matteo, for example, was a top player and has a champions league win under his belt as a manager. One of the main reasons given for Michu join Swansea was playing for Laudrup. Some players would play for a manager like that rather than having to google Nigel Adkins.

Is that why his first big signing was Rickie Lambert and we ended up with Neil Trottman in our back 4?

I think you may be struggling. I'm not talking about why Adkins will be sacked. I'm posing the question, given the sort of played Cortese wants at this club, are we still the right club for him and would the club be easier to sell to players if we had s higher profile manager.

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I can confirm the twitter link is Pap and I can confirm I am on twitter. Currently being irritated by the helmets posting 'I hope we hurry up and sign Astori' 50 times a day each.

For this reason I hope it happens. I would love to see this.

Okay let's throw this into the mix. You rightly say managers need the right club. Few would argue that in 2011 we were the right club for Adkins and he was the right man for us. A big club, underperforming with a good squad and needed a manager to guide them to promotion which Adkins did not once but twice. However, are we NOW the right club for him? Cortese claims to want European football, is off all over the world trying to sign top young talent and spending tens of millions in the transfer market, outbidding clubs like Liverpool and Napoli. Not many people outside of hants and S****horpe would know anything about Nigel Adkins, so when Cortese is talking to the likes of Astori and Coutiho and he asks them 'wanna come to Southampton and play for Nigel Adkins?' or 'wanna come to Southampton and play for champions league winner Roberto Di Matteo (for example)?' which one will be the bigger draw?

Good to see that yet another none positive article is immediately dismissed as bullsh*t and lies in a terrible paper that only prints made up stories. The same paper who by coincidence only a week ago prodcued this article which people we're cracking one put over. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2060821/After-Walcott-Bale-Oxlade-Chamberlain-Southampton-aiming-create-new-golden-generation-England.html And this article only 3 days ago which had a similar effect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2258132/Southampton-set-sign-12m-Liverpool-target-Davide-Astori-Italy.html Are we too assume that these stories were also made up, lies and crap journalism? Or might there be some truth in all of them? Whch one is it Saintsweb?

If only the tellrupert@saintsfc.co.uk address wass still active.

It was big Ron, not anyone at Villa.

Nothing a bit of deep heat wont cure mush.

That is the thing that gets me. If you dare to question an infraction you usually get ignored or if you're lucky a sneering response. I got told by JustMike to grow up, after i dared to question an infraction he gave me for joking saying to Milton Roader "no one gives a f*ck what you think you skate c*nt" it was clearly a joke and plenty of others have called him it. Chalet also gave me one for an insulting comment,yet when i asked him if he'd infracted himself for an insulting comment he made to me on the same thread it was ignored.

have people been reporting posts again?