Lord Duckhunter

Last year was completely different because we had just lost Nicola a few months earlier & had lost the manager as well. The club captain and talisman both left along with 2 great prospects and what most fans considered our best centre half. It was pretty much the spine of the side, and don't forget Jose did not sign a new contract early in the summer. I know the press get some clog on here, but what happened was pretty unusual.Turns out the board & Kat managed the situation brilliantly , and Ron turned out to be a brilliant appointment. It was pretty obvious that Morgan would leave and although losing NC is a blow, this is the only time we'll get decent money for him because of his contract situation. Toby was never our player and if he performed well will attract interest from others wanting to get him in. Unfortunately money talks and others pay more. Personally I hope we have meltdown every summer, that next year Ron is linked with moves along with victor, Jose & Mane . It'll mean we've had another cracking season.

Correct . It's supply and demand . If you increase the supply of labour you keep wages down . When the state then subsidies low wages it makes the situation even worse. Add to that the artificial " benchmark" of a minimum wage people can't even live on , and you end up with a low wage economy and increased gap between rich & poor . Lefties created this problem , but seem oblivious to it . I guess they think people in work but still needing welfare is a good thing . The Tories need to grow some balls and sort it out . Put an end to unskilled immigration and put the minimum wage up to a level where people working don't need benefit . Tax credits aren't a handout to the worker , they're a subsidy to the employer. Without low skilled immigrants and tax credits how would Tesco attract people to work for them? By paying them more, that's how.

Nonsense , no chance of winning the league even with those 2 .

I remember when spurs itk posted poch was a done deal. They even posted a photo of him turning up for talks and some of our experts on here said it was pony

Fry's wife sent me a PM asking for help .

I'd take him on loan as part of any deal for NC. Maybe till Jan , with the option of a extension till end of season. He'd give the place a buzz, give us another option and maybe even show Brenda up. Wages will obviously be an issue, they'd have to fund some of it. And provided he hasnt turn into bill big balls , dont see what there is to lose. Rickie going all out to prove Brenda wrong and maybe earn a final contract at the club who defined his career , could work short term, even if it just puts a rocket up Pelles arse.

I hope so, I thought we should have taken him following Norwich's relegation.

When was the last time Liverpool finished below us? People also seem to be overlooking players natural ego and confidence . You have to have absolute 100% belief to be a top flight player. These guys (and this is no criticism of NC) believe theyre the best. NC won't be sat there thinking " no chance of Liverpool making top 4 , I won't sign" . In his head he'll believe a couple of signings as good as him and we'll crack it. He'll convince himself he's the final piece in the jigsaw. Add to that Brenda will be telling him how good he is, how he will fit in, and how close they are to the top 4 and NC can really make the difference . These guys don't do self doubt, they cant do they'd get eaten alive at the top level .

Let's for the sake of argument compare him signing a new saints contract to a Liverpool one , let's say 4 years . Forget the money , you said career wise. In 4 years will he play in champions league for Liverpool ? Maybe, proberly not. Saints? Absolutely no chance whatsoever . Will he win a cup or two at Liverpool , quite a good chance of that. Maybe even the Europa league , with us? Unlikely Will we finish above Liverpool durian ing those 4 years ? Doubt it, when was the last time this happened. Will England pick him more if he plays for Liverpool ? There's a number of posts saying yes, but we really don't know . I'd edge towards yes . In those 4 years will Brenda and Ron still be manager of both clubs , highly unlikely . Which sort of manager will Liverpool attract compared to us. Klopp maybe, Rafa again, would managers of that ilk come to saints? I'm prepared to be persuaded otherwise , but in what way will his career not be improved by swapping Southampton for Liverpool . The only benefit I can see from him not doing so is that maybe a top 4 club will come in for him this time next year. So why on earth would signing a new contract be better for his career than not signing one, or leaving for Liverpool ? Maybe his career will stall at Liverpool , but it could stall for us . Whose to say Lovren wouldn't have been shiete for us this year , there were signs at spurs and Sunderland that he had a rickett in him. I'm not anti saints, I love the club . But if He was my nipper and a top 4 club didn't want him , Liverpool would be my choice over saints for his career.

Don't talk nonsense man . It may not improve his career as much as going to Chelsea , Arsenal or Manchester clubs , but if you don't think Liverpool is an upgrade on Southampton , you're deluded . Did James Milner go to Liverpool for the money ? Strange if he did , because didn't city offer him more to stay . He went because he knows he isn't a top 4 regular and Liverpool are far and away the next best option after that . I doubt if there's one neutral who doesn't think Liverpool is a big step up from us career wise.

What about Irene

When are first TV games announced .

Looking at that and taking into account Bournemouth bank holiday/airshow situation , I'm guessing they'll be ; Away,home ,away , away. Which, unless we play them , will mean us being ; home,away,home,home.

People were saying on another thread that we're opposite Boscombe & they don't play at home bank holiday in may or Aug. If that is the case we'll also be home the week before Aug bank holiday as its the Bournemouth airshow.

At the end of the day Woy is a pretty average manager and average managers make lots of misjudgements, but that's all it was . People don't seriously believe he thinks Clyne is our best RB, but won't play him because he plays for saints , do they?

This will end up like the Lallana / Clatenburg spat . In 6 weeks when NC is singing his new clubs praises , we' ll all be able to post "Woy was right , he got too big for his boots " . Whilst he remains a saints player , Woy is a complete plum who wouldn't know a right back if one bit him on the arse , nether would Gary Neville .

Since 1966 only one England manager has beaten a previous World Cup winner in any competitive fixture . Sven , Germany 5-1 & Argentina 1-0 ,despite the media love in of robson & venables I don't think they beat a previous winner and I can't think of another one .

These are the people that should be given a fresh start in the UK , rather than any tom **** and Harry from Rommania & Bulgaria . If we didn't have so many people living here from safe Eastern European countries , then maybe public opinion would be more receptive to rehousing these poor unfortunate people .

Nothing like she is on TV then.

I've had a membership before the days I could afford a S/T and thought them quite a good idea. However , this seems a bit pricey to me . Personally I think they should knock a couple of quid off every home ticket a member buys, up to 10. That way , people who go to 10 games pay £5 to be a member, go to one and its £ 25, 5 and its £25 ect. Although it may affect my chances of tickets I do think we need to open up away tickets a bit more, so anything that gives more people a chance to travel away is a good thing. Priority should be away games attended , not whether you're a season ticket holder or not.

Its all to do with the period that you can use a tribunal, it used to be that you had to work a year but there was talk of extending it to two ( except in discrimination cases ) . My company still insist mangers follow the correct company policy regardless of service length , however they are more likely to dismiss if you're under a year as there will be no chance of paying out compo ( except discrimination cases)

So you're trying to say that Nicola , the must ruthless egomaniac ever to run the club, even pipping Rupert to that honour , had ONLY one objective . That this ruthless heartless bar steward set Nigel an objective which he then failed at . If your theory is correct why wasn't Nigel sacked after promotion then ? Was Nicola too soft, did he feel sorry for Nigel ? Or are you talking complete and utter pony ?

Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Case, Alan Ball , Mick Mills, Peter Shilton, Joe Jordan, Dave Watson,

I don't know why some people get worked up about these things. Somewhere there's someone thinking about a move to us. Someone contracted to someone else will be aware of saints interest in them and a ball park figure regarding wages .

Disagree with this pony , who decided on the criteria , a couple of right boring plums ? I don't do every game but do between 8-12 a season and would say any London game is a great day out. I always love Liverpool , but this season Leicester was great. My criteria is; standard of real ale, decent pubs , regular train service.