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Surely this is what the reserve/devolpment squad is for? isn't the point of reserve squads to have players who can stand in if needed? Pulis to get a chance to play emergency striker and become a fans favorite after putting four past Rochdale? or we could just play 4-5-1

ketchup?

Then there was Barnard he is usually pretty pumped up but..............

which begs the question why say it in the first place?

Or prehaps the rumours aren't true? of course then NC doesn't come out looking to good so we better just assume they are.

Intresting interview on the O/S with dean usual rallying call, but the interesting bits for me are on AP http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2143117,00.html "the desicion was taken by the club it had nothing to do with the players" "It was a suprise after the result at the Bristol game" strange comments given the rumours about the players wanting AP out.

However the club statement never said anything about gross misconduct did it? A lot of people have latched on to the pardew super love rat rumour as the reason AP went it helps them becuase that way it seems NC was forced into this and didn't just fire the manager on a whim with no back up lined up (despite the fact that chairman do such things all the time). The actual statement here http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2139306,00.html States that it's the vital intergration of first team and devolpment squad that was the problem. It says the club reiveiwed the situation and it wasn't working. Nothing about fights, gross misconduct or anything else. Now the club could lie about it by why would they if it was gross misconduct it would be in their interests to say so.

Speak for yourself I care it's the first trophy I've seen saints win (I was only 2 in 76) as such it will always hold a special place for me.

Well I'll suppose we will see on Saturday.

Why? losing Lallana has always been a possibilty, if he told the reporter he stayed becuase of AP he might now have less reason to stay. Of course it could all be made up.

Best we've had since WGS though (lost something like seven matches last season, granted drew a few to many). Also it could be a major **** up with no new manager lined up, if the team perform like they did against Swindon before a new manager comes in we could be way of the pace by the time a new manager has settled and got us playing well again (if indeed he does). We won't know how much of a ****up it is/isn't until the end of the season. I was confident of top two a week ago now not at all.

You missed this part which is more telling to me. I assume we can kiss Adam good buy in January then. Pardew was popular among both the fans and the players. I've spoken to Adam Lallana, who had been linked with clubs in higher divisions, but was happy to stay at St Mary's because he rated Pardew so highly

this^^^ I'm amazed how many people are ready to except some internet rumours as fact.

Thats probably worse then, some where stating the players wanted AP out, now imagine if some did and some didn't. Lambert has always had nothing but praise for AP (so did Antonio in a recent interview but he doesn't count anymore). So Hammond didn't have a problem possibly others too (Kelvin on SSN is quoted as saying he understands why the fans where upset about AP). So we could have a team that are now divided and unhappy about the AP situation not great for a promotion push.

Really oh ...............................

Again not really. Lots of managers are sacked and chairman have nothing lined up yet many have figured out a manager was on borrowed time. Most chairman are happy to relay on a caretaker while they find the right manager.

Do we? we've had some rumours nothing more they may be correct they may not, but it seems a lot of people are prepared to accept them as truth despite the big holes in those stories

yes apparently he knows about/ has seen text messages sent to AP by NC after the Rovers games bollocking him for not playing our new wonder signing from serie A..................

Lots of clubs sack managers without having replacements lined up it happens all the time, why do people think saints would be any different? caretaker managers are frenquently used by lots of clubs.

just gets better and better this week

Still think the whole thing is a bit of a cluster f u c k most of the rumours about what happened have holes big enough to drive a truck through them. I made no bones about being a big supporter of AP but it often felt like he was on hiding to nothing from the moment we failed to win our first ten league matches last season. As for NC none of the things he has done have upset me until this one. If I new the truth I'd probably be less ****ed but I get the feeling the whole truth will never come out. Right know my opinion of NC will probably be based on APs replacement, what I'd really like is to have a settled manager and team like Man U and Arsenel have had.

I'm not saying these things aren't true just that people are now posting as if they are true we have no evidence either way.

Well this from the rumour on 606 which deppo says is the same story that he heard Cortese interviewed EVERY SINGLE PERSON who was at Staplewood on that day last week, although the incident happened while Markus' memorial was being planned. The player said Nicola handled it with the utmost professionalism. TWO key players threatened to hand in Transfer Request's if action was not taken. So if it happened as it's being told that is some where before the Oirent game and after the Bompey game. Personally if true I'd would expected those involved to be suspend until an investagation took place. However no one was and the team performed better in the games that followed the incident rather than worse which is what you'd expect.

According to the rumours it took place before the Orient match (before MLs service at st Mary's)

LOL in that case he should of told them that the would have to get promoted and win the JPT to get rid of AP.