NickG

I am not sure how they will do but at the moment it is looking very poor for them. crap board losing mentality no money no manager crowd turning against players and board stated they need to start clearing their £110m debt. will be interested to see who they appoint

using their £110 million debt?

quite a few posters were saying we would not get promotion without paying millions over the odds for Lewis (who did his best to throw away Peterborough's chances and way behind KD) and CMS

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2011/1232.html

people some are saying West Ham will be better than us - they have huge debt that they want to decrease, they don't have a manager, there best players are leaving and last two managers totally undermined by an unpopular board. Cardiff? Locals want Jones sacked. They have no money. on-loan players Craig Bellamy, Jason Brown, Stephen Bywater, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Jason Koumas, Seyi Olofinjana and Jlloyd Samuel are to return to their parent clubs. Jay Boothroyd, Chris Burke, Gavin Rae, Martin John and Adam Matthews all have left / are leaving. Just couple of examples of how much is still up in the air making the division hard to predict.

we might.

those who feel less important than they once were, are those quicker to moan - there as well as here. (using keyboar* where the letter between c & e not working so using strange phrases to avoi* it!)

reckon West Ham will be lower

manners cost nothing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13469477.stm both clearly have something lined up

happy to correct errors

Thanks. Seems to have been in prem for years - signed for Chelsea in 2001

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how old is he? Been around for ever

season tickets are one option, paying in installments and buying ticket each week is another. when I was younger I couldn't afford a season ticket, and I didn't have a credit card. what was worse though, there was no internet forum where I could moan so I just had to buy a ticket for each game.

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/fb_news.php?storyid=12632 moaning at the delay in releasing the retained list ffs! 1) football season not even over yet 2) think it was earlier than last year!

you only boo'ed Wright cos he is ginger.

Think this whole thread is silly - old ground as to whether he was properly supported or not, radio interview think he dealt with pretty well - given chance/led to slag off saints and managed to say he understand different opinions and positive things about team.

Why did Norwich do well? New manager came in and performed and only knew success at the club - same applies. Finished season before strongly - not as strongly as we did this year. Money behind them - probably we are better placed. Depth of squad - certainly think we are ahead of where they were 12 months ago. summer signings - ? They added about half a dozen players who clearly have done well, but worth noting they didn't chase big names mainly lower league players or player not made it at their higher level clubs. I cannot see any reason why we should look at Norwich and say it is out of our reach, with only two or three signings. That is not the same as saying I expect it

think it was the hooks for clothes.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/listen-again/episode/32746 1800-1830 about 38mins in Mainly about Blackpool but says how much he loved the players and changing room at saints

before my time! Interesting read... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jan/04/southampton-sportinterviews

nothing wrong with that. We could. Whether we will, who knows, but they have shown its not ridiculous to aim for it - but I do think it would be ridiculous to expect it.

that's more than I thought - guess none of them had a last 6 months as good as us, as good crowds (Norwich probably matched on crowds), or as big resources

suggest anyone new to thread has a listen, he doesn't say the things in first post! The interviewing says you have proved people wrong for example, and he says football is all about opinions and you have to take it on the chin! Clearly doesn't fit in, and we are going to get rid but nothing wrong with his interview