Saint Charlie

Can see also why the Dodd and Williams fiasco will have ****ed off some players. Since they joined all they have achieved football wise in 6 months is: - New contract for Gallagher - New contract for Rowe Poor return when there are so many issues to clear up. Would be shocked if players like Cork or Fonte signed new deals now and we may have to cash in on Rodriguez and Clyne before they run down theirs. Shambolic.

And people wonder why MP didn't stay!

Very interesting to read his Twitter timeline. Paraphrased below: - Players angry at lack of communication to them, some have asked for clarification and not received it - Some irrepairable differences which will lead to quite a few players leaving - Players like Cork and Fonte in the dark over their futures which hasn't gone down well with others - Things have changed a lot since they signed long term contracts and they don't feel they know what is happening, same as fans - Good group of players who are no trouble, so must feel strongly - One thing Cortese did particularly well was communicate to players - he was close to them - Big chance of Lallana and Lovren going to Liverpool - Will come out in the wash once things have settled down - Not just Reed but whole board that are not well liked - Thinks we will accept the £25m Lallana bid

Its not Hodgson, Sky, Cortese or the Daily Mail who is making our players leave, its the players themselves.

We all know he is going. But we shouldnt be bullied by Liverpool and our first consideration has to be Saints, not the player. It should be done on our terms.

Press were told it was England talk only.

Paco Jémez? http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/mar/17/rayo-vallecano-all-or-nothing-approach-sid-lowe http://soccerlens.com/can-persistence-pay-paco-jemez/118563/ http://www.beinsports.tv/soccer/article/acgxockvx9w41nv58dtb0h6lo/title/paco-jemez-keeping-rayo-vallecano-interesting-if-not-successful

And we arent even good at being a selling club.

Blackmore was there but not allowed to ask questions about anything other than England.

All the Academy players who are good enough to start matches already do.

I don't see us going for an in-work Manager. Not sure we are cut-throat enough to take a decent Manager away from a club, unless it was at L1 or L2 type level.

Pretty odd. Especially after the recent successes.

Mate who is a bookie said someone put 8 grand on Oscar Garcia this morning at 25/1.

No, Im sure they aren't. They see him as a good squad player for a good price.

I want Reed talking about the football matters he is responsible for, rather than Krueger bumbling through all the interviews. But ultimately Rogers is top dog, what does he actually do? If its not selecting Managers, or negotiating?

Best not to assume anything. Our last few pre seasons have been really well plannes and we have had great starts to the season. Hopefully we stick to the Switzerland formula that has worked for us. If there is money for the flights.

And surely he should be taking more flak. Ultimately Ralph isnt going to be the ones who either accepts or declines offers nor who decides what type of offers we would have to listen to. He is a mouthpiece and commercial guy, not a key man in the football operation.

Are we having any or just going to start with whoever our first game is?

If the new Manager gets us to stand still then he would be LMA Manager of the Year. Almost impossible.

Lallana's camp will put a bit of pressure on and we will accept the offer hiding behind the fact the player wanted to go. Same thing will happen with Schneiderlin and Lovren, maybe others.

Get rid of those who want to go? Then do what? We would barely have anyone left.

Why does this all of a sudden need to be done today? Oh, because Liverpool said so. What a load of ********.

How many of those played more than 10 league starts for each club? Less than half.

Possibly. But with 80m income from PL its hard to see. Also our now CEO was Chief Financial Officer during the Cortese reign so if it is that bad how the **** did he get promoted off the back of it? Will be in far more trouble if we get relegated via selling 6 or 7 of our best players.

Like we should wait to see what happens with Poch? Why wait when it is obvious? 99.9% - Shaw, Lallana and Lambert won't play for Saints again.