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If it was so important to Cortese is should be important to you.

Yeah, Remember where we were 3 years ago you suckers.

Where's my spoon?!

Really? A lot of the ones i know are fully aware of issues at the club, they just cant be arsed with all the blind lemons on here who are desperate to defend their leader in spite of the growing concearn.

Behave yourself. Cork i'll grant you. Ramirez has only played about 3 times, yes he was expensive and a class act but is hardly a mainstay of our side, as for Lee, hes not played all season and only about 4 times since he's been here, how is he a key player?!

For once i disagree with that. A lot of fans i've spoken to in person are also concearned about the goings on at the club with a lot having a bad feeling about things. Usually you are right and the only place there is hysteria is on internet message boards. However with all the rumours and speculation about Adkins, who is in charge of team matters, the stuff that is coming out about Cortese and the way the club is run and people are treated, the training ground and the shambles that our transfer window was for the first time people away from spaz boards are starting to ask questions and usually level headed people are starting to get a feeling somehthing is seriously wrong inside Cortese Towers.

Dr No (respect for our history)

Just wait until the 'Nick NAck Cortese' range are unveiled before the spurs game

Very good sir. Although the Nigel Adkins 'die another day' baseball caps are appearing to have a limited shelf life

Oh no, I've got a range of Bond themed t-shirts lined up. Pictures of Harry and Kevin Bond with the slogan 'on his majestys secret service' and 'the chairman who loved me'

Back Adkins or say nothing. Why release a statement saying you have nothing to say. It's weird.

Nothing more than a gut feel and a couple of whispers but I reckon Redknapp is coming back.

And who is picking the formation.

Exactly. And why issue a statement saying you have nothing to say? Sounds like something is going on.

Well it's time they did. Lots of unrest among fans at the moment. About Reeds role, transfer cock ups and stuff in the background.

On the face of it you a right he is a strange signing. However I believe that Rodriguez was seen as the long term successor to Lambert. Lambert is 30 now and won't go on forever. Even now he struggles to complete 90 minutes. I believe the club felt wed stay up easily and Rodriguez would eventually succeed Lambert. One thing we've lacked the last couple of seasons is genuine cover and pressure on Lambert. And whilst £6-7m is a lot of Money for Saints it isnt for a young english striker, look a Connor Wickham. I don't believe it's anything more sinister than that. The signing that baffles me is Mayuka. On the face of it what we need, real pace up front be again no room for him in the first 11 and although he maybe able to play wide there is little in his history to suggest he can. Has he really only been signed as an impact sub as I can't see him In the first team and so far neither does nigel by the looks of it. He seems to be third choice out of 3 in his position.

I don't think that at all. What I find odd is we managed to sign £22m worth of attacking talent, 2 of which were central strikers, giving us 3 when in chosen formaiton we will only play one of them. Meanwhile we loaned out centre backs and sold left backs leaving us short of cover and quality in an area which was no where near good enough anyway. Of course I cannot prove we didn't try to sign defenders, but it's a stunning coincidence that in both summer transfer windows we've been desperate for a quality centre half or two and failed to address it until the very last minute. On both occasions seemingly missing our on a number of other targets, this despite the manager describing centre halves as his priority, a full 7 weeks before the window shut.

He has Corteses ear Apparantly.

It would seem so.

Nor do I. It's the fault of the recruitment team and for that the buck stops with Reed and possibly Cortese.

Glad to have amused you! There were plenty on here who were adamant we were easily good enough and didn't need premier league experience.

I don't disagree, the problem is that someone will be made the fall guy and it won't be Reed or Cortese.

FWIW I don't blame Adkins. He is restricted by the formation he has to play with players not suited to it due to the bungled transfer window. He can see it isn't working but is relatively powerless to stop it. What I don't like seeing is this chirpy, positive chap a shadow of himself and feeling the strain. Unfortuantely Nige will be the fall guy in Cortese and Reeds failing plan. Whoever comes into replace Nige wont be a big name either. No proven manager will be dictated too and Reed won't want a senior manager to come in as he won't want to lose any power. Expect a young European who we probably won't have heard of.

We didn't seem to have a problem attracting strikers. Oh no, we've got £10m worth on the bench most weeks and £12ms worth on the treatment table. It only seems to be defence that is the problem, just like it was last season. Funny that, what an amazing coincidence.

Do I? For what? For daring to suggest that our defence was no where near good enough. For saying that our recruitment policy was shot and we needed premier league experience at the back to build a solid unit that is difficult to beat if we want to stay up and for daring to say weeks ago I didn't belize the manager was completely In control of team affairs. Oh no, this was wrong. Why do we need premier league experience? Our defence will be fine, Hooliveld has played in the champions league and Davis should be in the England squad we were told, Premier league experience means nothing, this league is average and we will finish midtable. Yes maybe I should apologies for daring to say this and for not fully buying into 'the Southampton way'