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Exactly. Those players were just desperate to see AVB sacked, they were underperforming ridiculously. It was only in cup competitions he did well as well, their league form didn't get much better. Lets also not forget he hardly set WBA alight which is a better benchmark of how he might do with us.

I agree with you, i'm not convinced Di Matteo is the right man.

Dont sometimes people at the top of a business have to make diffcult decisions though? Raneri at Chelsea for example, did a great job and was popular with the fans and players, but wasn't the man to take them onto the next level the owner wanted.

Playing devils advocate here, what would peoples view be of the chairman should the rumours be true and he sack Adkins?

Do we? I dont recall any statement from SFC or Pardew as to why he was sacked. A lot of speculation but no FACTS. Dont forget everyone dismissed rumours of a rift wtih Pardew and Cortese as idle chit chat and the people with an agenda and we all know what happened there.

What are you on about? Read my again on this thread and tell me exactly where I have said Kevlin is my number one and we should sign someone better than him but keep them as back up.

I had a blood test for arthritis on Wednesday. Been getting bad pains for a few years in my ankle, the one I did badly playing football when I was 21. Get the results this Wednesday.

These claim junkies do my head in. As said above, it's why insurance premiums are so ridiculously expensive these days.

so true.

As I said I have no idea and I was very surprised when I was told but I trust the person that told me and they've told me other things about SFC which have always turned out to be 100% accurate. Most of which I haven't put on here for the reasons stated above. Anyway, I'll leave you to speculate as to why.

Why would it be a mistake buying class?

Exactly the response I said I'd get, which is why I never said anything in February when I was told. I don't know why their relationship is strained, just that it is. It wasng a friend that told me either. Bury your heads in the sand if you like, but don't say you weren't told.

I don't know the specifics, just that they had a strained relationship.

Not our fans on here, oh no. All we hear is back up, back up, back up.

Its the back up mentality most of our fans have. People seem to think we should have 11 first team players then 11 or so back up players of lesser ability that are happy to be here in case someone gets injured. This of course is utter nonsense and you need 20 or so good players to compete for the first 11 places in every position. This goes from glovesmen through to strikers.

Unfortunately the number of sources the rumours Are coming from that all is not well between NA and NC seem to suggest there is a problem. I didn't want to say on here as I'll just be accused of being a WUM or being negative but I was told back in February that their relationship was strained. People buried their heads in the sand about Pardew and dismissed it as media mischief making, it'd be very naive to do the same thing again.

Do you he's told NA he's thinking of sacking him? " don't go looking for new players just yet Nigel, I might sack you, I'll let you know in a few weeks"

So are you saying if Cortese gets rid of Nige, you'll stop supporting Saints?

Is he coming back then?

Or who turns out to be rubbish, like Taibi.

How 2005

Oh and never wear short sleeve shirts, especially not with a tie, you'll look like a bus driver.

I have to say the nickname "Fourpast" always makes me lol.

Our catchment area grows by the hour. Chelsea winning the champions league is the best thing that could happen to us. People will think English football is on the up again and there will millions of people in Africa and America watching last night who will now want a premier league team to support but will not want to go for the obvious. With us being a club on the up and close Londonthey are bound to chose us as we are easy to get to when they come here on holiday. Also don't forget the whole of Euorpe is within 4 hours of Southampton plane and with us being the nearest premier league club to Gatwick I'm sure there will be loads of fans from abroad planning to take advantage of this next season.

I'm not sure if this is a fantastic article well written and great news for the club, or all journalists are liars and making up stories about us. Perhaps our intelligent posters can help us.