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Add Michael Svennson to that list.An injury that was instrumental in our decline.

Is that just for the name Torres on the back of a shirt,or is he any good ?

Just seen the article and it is merely a reworking of the guff in the Echo to appeal to those reading in Coventry. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/football-rumours-gossip/2009/06/08/iain-dowie-linked-with-southampton-fc-manager-role-92746-23816565/

No I think it was Referendum Party.I'm sure I've read it was in 'The Cotswolds' constituency,which if true indicates it was a general election rather than European.It predates his time with us so the episode and his involvement passed me by at the time.

Agree with that. The only proviso I'd like to see added is that it is a seat on the board and that he is given a bit of a "gagging order" not to make 'official comments'.No matter how well intended he is,Crouch does sometimes seem a loose canon and his comments regarding the clubs structure on 5live were definitely 'foot in mouth' time,or spoken without fully engaging his brain.

Am I right in thinking that the identity will have to be made public to satisfy the FA of the 'fit and proper persons' test ?

nor Ian Branfoot.

So Ince would like you to believe.This conveniently overlooks the fact that he inherited a side that Martin Allen had put together and the brains behind Ince's operation was Ray Matthias who is well versed in the lower divisions. Ince is a charlatan.Give him a wide berth. Just for you Dalek,I'd add that Hoddle is a more credible candidate in my book than 'the guv'nor'. Somehow I'm inclined to agree with you about Shearer.He would attract massive media interest and make us into an even bigger scalp for the rest of the division to aim for. Tisdale remains the outstanding candidate for me given his track record,and potential.

I too would be quite happy for a return to the 'Keegan era' shirts. As I've said previously on the subject of these kits, it would seem appropriate to return to the shirts from a time when Saints were at the 'pinnacle' of English football.

It must be the islamic crest that attracted them.

I don't think delldays has been away that long.

I expect we are not too keen to incur the matchday costs for a paltry attendance. I would not consider travelling and paying to see any prem team going through the motions.Ajax is a different proposition.

How did I forget him ?

Actually we've been taken over repeatedly whilst you've been away. Pinnacle dropped out,and we were bought by an Irish consortium led by Paddy McGinty and his goat,who quickly sold us on to a Swiss cuckoo clock manufacturer but they were only 'fronting' for a pair of Iranian jews.As they were concerned by the 'fit and proper persons test' they were forced to sell to a.n other,although widely known to be a 'Tin pan alley' combo of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rod Stewart. They are rumoured to have got cold feet and were in negotiations with a reported local chemical engineer ,this could be the mysterious Alistair Dial ( or Chemical Ali Dia as known to his friends ). At this stage Pinnacle re-emerged. Hope I have not missed anyone out.

A good fixture,and a fittingly prestigous one to honour Ted with. Perhaps it will be used to give our new away kit an airing ,so I hope Ajax will turn out in their famous kit.

So I can easily attend And lets not forget to drop in to see Rupert this season either.

Probably Watford sounding out a replacement for the geezer who has now gone to Reading.

Thought he was buying Palace.

Alistair Dial ? Looks like an anglicised version of Ali Dia to me.

Come on hypo share the mirth.

if the PM's are still doing the rounds then feel free to pass the info on to me. Out and about all day tomorrow so unable to F5 my way through the day.

Cotterill might have been an acceptable option under the old regime. But,we now have to plan Saints future;start afresh so we need someone to build and mould the team.Tisdale is that man in my view. Inexperienced ? Yes but so was Martin O'Neill when he first left Wycombe having brought them out of the Conference.

Also thought, might Reading be in for Dowie ?

Tisdale would provide a far better option imho. Dowie would however be ahead of Boothroyd,Ince,in the order of preferences though.

What links does Roger de Haan already have with Southampton ?