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What are you on about? We've been told Bolognia need the money and Cortese is not being held to ransom and doing a deal that will suit us. We have a great track with closing deals out. Just ask Buttner, Fontaine, Gorkss, ward and co.

Yep. That was embarassing. As was Michael Wildes use of Keith Legg to gain support of the mongboard back then.

Wouldn't be surprised at this. This is was often our undoing last season.

I conduct my business in private thanks.

It seems that in the fact in amongst the uphoria that we didn't get the thrashing everyone thought and gave a good account of ourselves was that we that we lost and it's arguable that 2 of the goals, certainly their last one, came from defensive errors. There were a lot of positives to take from sunday and it was a good performance but we still seem to be blighted by individual errors and lapses of concentration in defence. This needs addressing quickly.

Just Mike has gone quiet.

I doubt it mate, all 8 stone of you probably bounced off him and into someone else.

A well known connection to Southampton FC is flying into Italy next friday morning, the same day the transfer windown shuts. Make of that what you will.

Exactly. Yet when people point this out they're accused of having a go at Cortese.

But if you really wanted a house and were very close to doing a deal would you then walk away from it for the sake of a few grand? If a seller doesn't want to sell then you're not the one holding the aces. As i've said maytimes, this is the reverse situation to the AOC deal.

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It's quite simple Jamie. If you can't afford a player don't bid for them. The player wants to sign, Bologna want to do a deal with us but on their terms as they don't want to sell its exactly like when AOC wanted to go to Arsenal. He can't expect clubs to now to his demands when selling then want it On his terms as well when buying.

Another case of Cortese wanting it both ways it seems. When we didn't want to sell Chamberlain they had to meet our terms, now the boot is on the other foot it seems like he might be prepared to lose the deal because he's not prepared to meet theirs. If this deal doesn't happen only one person is to blame.

Okay so that accounts for 7,000 of the fans that were on the pitch singing "we are Southampton we are premier league" where are the rest and where are all these floating fans from Guildford, Cirencester, Warwick, Stroud, Ilfracombe and Truro we were expecting once we got promoted?

How come Everton nearly sold out last night for a Monday night game on telly and Fulham, QPR, Newcastle and Man City sold out this weekend? Is Southampton the only club in the country that is greatly affected by family holidays?

The Man United attendance is irrelevant and not an indication of our fan base. Even Tiny Everton almost sold out against them on a Monday night when it was on the telly.

"we are Southampton, we're premier league" * * but only outside of school holidays. Definitely Not on bank holiday weekends. When it's cheap to get in or get to. Only when we are playing decent opposition. If its not on the telly. If it doesn't rain. If we don't have a surprise birthday party to go to.* * we still need a bigger ground and are bigger than Everton and Leeds though.

Yes. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/08/14/3305581/bologna-star-gaston-ramirez-rejects-tottenham?source=breakingnews

Both would be great. Dawson is just what we need IMO.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-transfer-news-gaston-ramirez-1271082 Nothing new really.

Ignore the bulbs on here mate, it's full of them.i got a load of grief on the Clyne deal even though I was spot on about it. If you're right great, if you're not you mongboard ITk credibility is shot to bits, I'm sure you'll cope with that.

Well be alright for that, we're sponsored by an IT company FFS.

It's the Uruguayans and Italians that won't.

Would make sense, have them on conference call/video during the discussions. Must have been painful the translating of everything between English, Spanish and Italian.

You always got a ticket if you wanted one, you just had to ring up on the day they went on sale and be a bit more proactive. Some people on here like to think we were turning thousands of people away every week and thousands more didn't bother because they thought they wouldn't get a ticket, this simply isn't the case. Yes, there was the odd game that sold out very quickly, but there were lots of games that didn't.