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I suspect he will leave, but hope KL can persuade him to remain until the end of season at least.

or ''very much wanted him to stay, but not on his terms'' Truth is, we'll never know.

I have wondered if this has been part of the negotiation behind the scenes since last May, and the Liebherr's wanting to become more involved ("interfering" as NC might deem it) rather than leave it to one individual.

Nail on head. I just hope Katharina has some of her Dad's business acumen in her DNA.

injuries - and Boruc's clownery at Arsenal - purely coincidence then ?

For those old enough, remember how hollow you felt when Channon, KK, and Lawrie left. But the Saints continue....

Do you have a learning difficulty in writing a full coherent and complete sentence ? (or have "an issue" with it to use your term ?). [only joking by the way] Back on subject ,at about 6.20pm the BBC football site had "breaking news" that Cortese had left, this has however now been modified to "set to leave".

Acc to BBC he has left

What's Paul Allen up to these days ?

I suspect it is one or the other - either she wants to sell, or NC only wants to remain on his terms. Hope it is not both. Wonder what happened to NC's backers ?

Totally agree.

The trouble with using the media, and the threat of leaving, to negotiate your position, whether its for money or power, is that eventually the owners will accept the resignation. I think this was eventually the case with Clough at Derby where he had threatened to throw toys out again, and was probably surprised when the chairman accepted. I'm not sure the Liebherr's will continually cave in to 'demands'. What they choose to do if NC walks is of course the worry.

probably won't be a "sensible price" now though will it ? Already on Juventus books.

But we seem to like those complex deals.

just seen his value shoot up then

Good comparison.

Teams according to BBC Means bugger all to me. Perhaps we were watching the ref, just to see if we can import him to replace Clattenburg next time he's allocated to one of our defeats..sorry, matches

Jos has a rival for goal of the season ?

sadly true

Never interested in speedway, but a good video clip of a bygone age. Out of interest where was the track located ?

No we don't. But we should be looking at a GK that is an improvement on Boruc, (just as we 'upgraded' on Cork even though many last season - myself included- did not think this was a position to strengthen),not someone to sit on the bench.

With or without £30m from the notional sale of Shaw, we should not be looking at 'back up' GK's , CB's etc but players to improve the team not just deepen the squad.

F'kin hell - Davina McCall has aged.

Solent yesterday said 2,000. So that was really 1,000, the balance made up of carers, probation officers, youth support workers etc...

Inclined to agree with you, that the expectation of their fans and timing may suit us , providing we don't concede in the first ten minutes and fall apart of course. They probably will have the semi-final in the back of their minds as well. I'd settle for a point, but we should be capable of all three. Nothing against Sunderland as a club, but it'll be good to beat any team managed by Gus the Dirty Dago cheat, so perhaps it'll be c'mon Dagenham & Lambert next Saturday. Yes, that will keep it interesting. The debate of 8th, 9th or 10th is a pretty meaningless one. Once we get to 40 points, if we are out of the cup then at that stage, its virtually preparing for next season already, unless we get back in contention for the Europa League, which at the moment seems unlikely and no one really wants anyway.