John B

I doubt if it is true either but like Nigel is out of his depth at the moment hardly his fault so is Cortese as he was only a banker investing money not a business man running a company. As he is only involved at SFC for the money I can see him doing anything to keep the club in the PL

I would go ------------ Boruc -------- Clyne Richardson Jos Fonte Yoshida Fox Cork Schneiderlin Davis Lallana Puncheon Ramirez Chaplow Guly J ROD Lambert then we might have a chance

I dont think the facts in anyway prove your points For a club with a five year plan our signings since Adkins has arrived have been pretty underwhelming with no or little of experienced top flight players joining which is what surely is required

I was going to say that too not sure many of his signings about from Clyne are top class

Based on current evidence we will be relegated shipping in three goals a game makes in inevitable even if we only let in two goals a game we will still be relegated

It is like the Plebgate situation with Mitchell you knew he was going but not when he was going. Prefer NC went myself so that we got in players for football reasons and wanted by the manager this might be the case now but there are too many rumours which say that is not the case. I feel that NC downfall will be because of his transfer dealings like Lowe's was his choice of managers

The object of football is to win not play pretty football 433 when we dont have the players to play it. Adkins is a rookie manager and with the players he has had given to him is unlikely to turn it around Conceeding three goals a game is not going to become conceeding 0 goals a game suddenly

I think the club would be better without Cortese He seems to upset loads of people and has little knowledge of running a company I dont even know whether he was a successful banker

According to someone I know who used to work at St mary's NC is picking the team although I find that hard to believe myself

After Lowe I just wanted a resonable CEO but for some reason we seem to have a meglomanic who seems to have no regard for Fans Players Employees and Suppliers. I wonder what sort of person Markus really was

I dont understand why people dont accept criticism of Cortese from what I have heard from people who work at St Mary's he is a little despot. Whether being a despot is good for a CEO running a football club I dont know

I think the person sells Football Programmes wherever he can including at St mary's so now I expect there will be a shortfall in his income

And never likely to be Surely most clubs are in the same situation so why should SFC be any different

So where are these fans going to come from?

I would prefer Cortese to grow the team something he appears to have failed according to many instead of spreading propaganda to gullible fans. To build a larger stadium would be a ridilulous gamble as there is no guarantee that SFC will be in the PL in three years time

Celtic and Rangers are big clubs no matter what they do on the pitch I meet loads of their supporters where ever I go but very few Saints ones out side Hampshire

Me too What games did you see

I agree with you people have different views and just because he did really wel getting Pardew's team into the Championship and then getting us into the PL does not mean that Adkins will thrive this season. However I think he of course Adkins should be given a chance but I have a similar feeling that I did when Gray and then Wigley were in charge. Lets hope I am wrong but I often think getting the right manager is not that easy and if Adkins went I would not have any idea who would replace him. So come on Nigel you have the support of the fans so lets start going up the table

That is the best comment I have seen for sometime Adkins has not managed in the PL before and I would have thought that it would be a good idea to have someone in to help him

Clearly Adkins is not a PL manager but do we have the time for him to learn

Yes Complete Rubbish

I would have thought most managers would be out of depth with the squad Mr Cortese has overseen arrive at St Mary's probably with the help of others

I could not find anything either when I looked a couple of years ago From Wikapaedia Cortese was educated in Switzerland and England in business communication and finance.[2] He was involved for ten years in sports business practice as head of the sports and entertainment desk at various Swiss banks, providing global services to sports and entertainment professionals.[2] His most recent position was as an executive at Banque Heritage in Geneva where he managed the finances of billionaires. He had previously run the sports business desk for Credit Suisse.[3]

Of course you are right and it does seem a reasonable approach. But with no financial muscle behind us we are just a small PL club which like in the days of Lowe is unlikely to flourish unfortunately

You dont seem to realise that most of our problems are caused by the front 6 not assisting the defence well enough