John B

I doubt it with all the negative comments in the press regarding Cortese some justified some not it is not surprising that people outside Southampton think poorly of him.

According to the bookies we are odds on for promotion in from 8/13 to 8/15 so they are more confident than lots of our supporters

I agree that the Club should be run as a business which I am sure it was when it was a PLC but some decisions have proved to be petty. Tesco I think is run as a business and some things it does helps the customer as well as the community and its profitability. I doubt whether Tesco would charge for Parking and not let local charities collect money outside

Although it is not a big thing there still remains the fact that at the moment we dont know if any current staff are going to the event and if not why not. It will be a shame if some dont attend and mix with some of the great players I have seen in the Red and White Stripes and Yellow of Southampton and played in some great not to be forgotten games. The Daily Mail like all newspapers tries to put on slant to get the widest publicity but there might something behind their story as apparently SFC did not respond to an invitation from the the organisers if they had I doubt whether there would have been a story but only time will tell. Dont really know why people get so upset with others reading of the situation because in 99% of the cases the poster has no idea of what has really happened

I wonder if Rupert has been invited?

Thats really good news although I did read something different in the Echo.

What has Lawrie done wrong?

I dont think you realise you wind up people with some of your sanctimonous posting

I think Cortese is doing a reasonably good job in running in running the club in League 1 with large crowds and no mortgage on the stadium. The only criticsm of him was the handling of Pardew like Lowe with Hoddle he took to much notice of the fans obviously he could not work with Pardew and should have bought in a new manager in the summer and we would probably be heading for Promotion - our Pre Season was a farce and I could never how we would be playing well at the start of the season. However Cortese seems to alienate all other organisations which are involved with SFC which causes problems which seem to have got out of hand

I support your post completely Cabrone and I cannot see how anyone can argue against it

MLG we live in a free society and MLT can say anything within the law if he feels what he is saying is right. You may not agree with what MLT says but that is life. I have no idea whether the Daily Mail's story is true but if current SFC players do not turn up to the celebrations it will be a shame and a pretty strange situation

Yes I agree with you on that Statement But MLT tried to save the club both on and off the field which is more than you and I have ever done

If Cortese was not involved with SFC many people would possibly think some of his actions were pretty childish and not the actions of a responsible CEO

I have no idea if this report is true but I do agree that SFC is a good investment and ML got a bargain To progress in the PL we need a lot of investment which ML may have paid out but I am not sure his family are that committed so an Arab Owner could possibly be a good thing but who knows what is going to happen. So I am not anti any takeover

The only thing I would like to add is that at the moment we need to watch what Huddersfield are doing as they have a relatively easy end of season

Peterborough have scored 45 goals at home this season in 15 games and let in 32 We have scored 23 goals at home in 14 games and let in 9 so whats the problem?

I think posters should be realistic that we are not going to win all our remaining games nor are our rivals Four points from two away games is a good return and we have every chance of getting promoted The bookies agree too http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-one/promotion

Seems to be a hell of a game Every time I log on there is a goal

Although the squad is pretty good it is not really much better than it was when the Window opened and numerous posters said it was not good enough for promotion So I would rate the window 5/10

I am not sure that is the case he obvious has potential but I would suggest that £10m is slightly over the top. With regard to Carroll strikers are always worth a lot and he has played for England but £35 m does seem a lot

That maybe true but he did not look and has never looked to me a £10m player perhaps one day he will

A model professional footballer talks sense unlike some posters on here. Yes we did slow down it was quite obvious and Man U got on top and scored twice. Other teams in League 1 do the same when we play them

Yes I agree but I now think we do need a new set of strikers if we are to perform well in the Championship

Does it matter where their fans come from they are a great club with a great tradition of winning. We played really well for long periods but they had class players up front we had Lambert and Barnard who tried had but had no pace

Sorry no Butterfield was better than Harding he had to defend as well as attack but both played really well