John B

My point is it is not a very good return from the Academy in the last few years except for OXO and we dont know whether he wants to stay

It ia a bit worrying that we can not produce any youngsters who Are good enough and want to stay Lallana seems to be the only one and he has been a first teamer player for over three years now

What advantage would there be to the club of altering the Stadium it would cost money and I would prefer money to be spent on the team

Yes we developed him and get £10 m why should we get money from Arsenal if they develop him further Should we pay MK DONS £500000 if we manage to sell on Puncheon?

In business of any sort the buyer and seller have to be happy with the terms of the sale to go through Normally a buyer will not buy if he thinks the seller is not offering a good deal and is ripping him off. We don’t know whether the 40% sell on is in fact what Cortese is asking for but if he is I fully understand Arsenal's stance. We don’t know whether Cortese actually wants to sell OXO but if he does I doubt whether many clubs would accept a 40% selling on clause of course he should get as much money as possible £12m seems reasonable to me at the moment but if he was to excels in the Championship this season then more. Sometimes young players do not become great players so there is always a risk in buying them If OXO wants to go and of course he may not I think he should be given the opportunity to play at one of the top clubs in the world But I dont mind whether he stays or goes - if he goes we should be able to get in some really good players to help us to the PL if he stays he will help us to the PL.

Well it has collapsed due to the ridiculous sell on clause so not that good business perhaps

He does appear the best at ****ing off Pardew I agree. But he is doing a pretty good job at the moment but we will have to see how he gets on in the next couple of years.

Yes I was going to say something similar to what you posted If he does go for £12m which is very likely we should be able to get in some decent players but we must not forget that their wages will be high

Does not appear so at the moment although he might have and SFC are keeping it secret. However I think some members of the U21 Squad are about to sign or have signed for PL sides which have paid a lot of money for them For instance http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13713913.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13685517.stm

I like Brentford I used to work and know a number of their fans. It cannot be easy supporting a small team when teams like Chelsea and Fulham are nearby but they do so fair play to them. I also like Brentford because they play in Red and White Stripes and their Reseves were the first Team I saw at the Dell

Just think it is going to be similar to Gerrard and Lampard with England

Of course if we did not have Morgan I would be delighted but we do have him and I think he needs to play with a top quality experienced CM not Jack Cork

Heard it myself from someone who told me about Guly and Forte not sure I am overjoyed with Cork arriving However if Morgan is off then it is probably a good signing just think we need an experienced CM to play with Morgan

That is true as I never went to St Mary's when we were in the PL it is very unlikely I will go there if we are promoted

I agree that if everyone was paying £8 per game that the club would not survive but by charging a tenner many oldies like myself went to a game once a month or so but I will not be going at £27 a ticket

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Yes agree completely the Reading manager did a really good job in getting his team to Wembley whilst Dave Jones failed yet again with Cardiff

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I think you are being Pedantic From Book written by David Bull Constant Paine: From Southampton Legend to South African Ambassador. Bristol: Hagiology, 1998. Page 16 Come the start of the 1955-56 season Terry was a Winchester City Player Like the season before joining SFC Morgan Schneiderlin was a RC Strasbourg Player

You must be ****ing joking Just because Cortese has a dream it does not mean it is going to happen

I dont think the current situation is anything like the situation when Lowe tried to avoid Administration it is more like the early to mid 1960s Where we had a respected Manager in Ted Bates home grown talent in terms of Paine Sydenham and Chivers and good Pros like Knapp Huxford Walker Hollywood etc and a 30000 Stadium with no mortgage and not many people knew who the chaiman was Now we have a respected Manager in Nigel Adkins home grown talent in terms of OXO Lallana and Morgan (like Paine he was bought in early) good Pros like Fonte Davis Harding Guly etc a 30000 plus Stadium with no mortgage but everyone knows who the Chairman is. The past is the past SFC did OK with limited resources but the future is bright and before us although some of the dreams of Champions Leage football are a little unlikely

Ever since the PL came into existence SFC struggled and so do all the smaller clubs I cannot see anything changing if we do return unless we spend huge sums of money

You dont seem to have much grasp of reality - Lowe did a reasonable job with the limited resources and like most clubs he had to sell players to balance the books. Cortese like Lowe believes in Sports Science the development of Youth and balancing the books and unlike Lowe has a free Stadium and a billionaire backer. Lowe operated primarily in the Premier League where we were always struggling because of our lack of a rich backer and before the relegation from the PL I thought things were going reasonably well. Cortese is doing a very good job at the moment but it is a lot easier now because of the financial situation at SFC but I still doubt Champions Leage football will come to St Mary's as other teams in the PL have shed loads of money large Stadiums and the same dreams as Cortese . Going into Administration appears at the moment to have been a good thing

Yes I agree but then some go the other way so that players like Lallana can do no wrong

Perhaps Jason Puncheon wanted to play in the PL and was ****ed off when Cortese refused him a chance to talk to another club