Badger

Five minutes later NC calls back the chairman of Rochdale or wherever : NC: "....and another thing don't bother coming to St Mary's expecting free hopitality in the Directors suite, you can contact our hospitality department to find out the cost of a package ...." Opposite number : "you leave us with no choice but to reciprocate,and withdraw your invite to any pre-match fare here this season.." NC : "fine, you keep your tripe and onions, and we'll serve our five star catering to more discerning clientelle...... afterall we've got the best catering in the Football League..." Opposite number "yes, some bloke was telling me about this at the Rochdale Hockey festival the other week.."

"Jidda" ???

Probably accepts the inevitabvle that Dawson will eventually get his move to 'Boro.

In my time supporting Saints I can only recall opening day wins as: 1975/6 3-0 v West Brom (we know what happened that season) 1980/1 2-0 v Man City (Keegan's debut) 1986/7 didn't we beat QPR 5-1 ? 1988/9 (?) 4-0 v West Ham The above games I saw. 199SOMETHING 1-0 away to Coventry. Have I missed any ?

Hope it stays that way.

Also, will it lead to a vast shift in contracts of employment. Can we agree with our employers that we will work for a nominal salary, but they should pay heavily for our image rights ?

misses

Baron

Fair point.

I doubt that LM is in the know, as he is not in NC's inner cabinet is he ? Furthermore,I doubt FF would post rumours from that source.

No, I'm not saying that.

Some good points in there. Agree that NC is essential and central to our progress with everything he has brought to the club.AP is probably as good a manager as we could have attracted twelve months ago and there are not many, if any, I would want instead. Like you though, my gut instinct is that all is not well and I am anticipating a bit of a rocky road ahead.

A case of its all quiet on the Preston front. I did read that Ferguson jnr was trying to bring in some players, so perhaps they will be keen to do a deal to get some £ in. Whether we want Carter is of course another matter.

bemused

Sorry to say Pilchards, that I did not read the statement - and the delay in issuing it - to be the overwhelming ringing endorsement that others have seen it as. Yes, it rubbished the rumours , and made a particularly barbed attack on two former Saints who had expressed an opinion but it fell a little short of praising AP and stressing he was the man to take us forward etc.This came after the rumours had circulated and gathered a greater momentum than they deserved. A speedier but perhaps shorter public denial would have culled the issue long before the Echo etc went in pursuit of a quote from anyone with a Saints connection.

madness

baggy

90 minutes gone...and some Saints fans are quick to post how good a manager and motivator 'monkey heed' really is,and that they wanted him appointed at Saints years ago.... (personally I can't stand the bloke and the result on Saturday will not change that).

lamp

Either of the following two 'Southampton styles' to recreate would be acceptable: 1. The 'Channon- Ball- Keegan - Golac' era , of quick one touch passing or 2. 'The Alehouse' days of the late 1960's where McGrath, Gabriel , O'Neil and Fisher provided the protection and platform for others to excell. Ideally,I'd like a combination of the two.

It would also give Wenger the chance to see how the two of them combine in midfield...

roll

Amazing how a thread about an average journeyman type of player can soon be swamped as posters imagination goes in to overdrive and we end up with Italian and Brazillians very few have ever heard of being suggested.

Are you sure you are not confusing him with Prutton ?

A foreign non-ginger age range 22-26. Lets leave it to some silly sod to research their computer game data base to advise on the possibilities here.