John B

I think the whole thing got out of hand by the refusal of the club to back Pardew since February . If there were better relations between the club and the media I doubt there would be such a fuss but Solent must have misinterpreted the comments made about ML which should have been clarified. Wonder how AP feels

After the Pompey game http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Under-pressure-Alan-Pardew-urges-Southampton-board-to-judge-him-after-18-months-article323655.html So there are quotes there from Pardew

I think it all started with NC statement that he was not happy with progress followed by Pardew stating he should be given 18 months I will try and find the links but I think you have given one Here is another http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Under-pressure-Alan-Pardew-urges-Southampton-board-to-judge-him-after-18-months-article323655.html By the way probably the Echo know about what has been going but they usually say that they understand a particular point

When I was 28 we got relegated so hopefully when you are 28 we will get promoted as the OP suggested. I am beginning to think getting Promoted from the Champioship for SFC maybe easier than I thought

Exactly no other choices really

I think his point is Burley was successful before coming to SFC and Pearson was successful after leaving SFC. which seems reasonable. I thought Burley a good appointment at the time but it cannot have been easy working at St Mary's during the time he was there but he proved not to be up to the job

I have heard a lot about the erosion of civil liberties so what has been done to make you come to that conclusion. I was caught by a speed camera doing 36 MPH up Lances Hill is that an erosion of my civil liberty or should I have stuck to the Spped limit which I thought was 40 anyway

I thought many on hear were discussing the rumour put out by Solent Not many Saints Fans are on the Forum so what is wrong with them discussing the speculation in the Echo for a wider audience . Of course they would be wrong to say that Pardew was to be sacked but there was certainly lots of speculation.

Yes I see thanks what you say makes sense

The Conservatives were the Blue Few this time last week

But Ken Clarke is Justice Secretary

By Shrewd I mean he senses an oppurtunity to gain advantage for the Conservative Party Inheritance Tax Reducing NI etc Clarke is completely different a true honest politican who discusses the Issues. Although I dont agree with the Daily Mail I sometimes read some of it and today after reading comments about Cortese I noticed Hitchen suggesting that the new Conservative/Liberal Government was to the Left of New Labour and there w ould be problems but only time will tell

Possibly because in his eyes they with the Echo Solent Daily Mail trying to destabilise the club but I thought they were trying to support the club

I dont like him too but he is shrewd Politican who can chance his views at the drop of a hat I remember in the TV debate with Darling and Clegg on Channel 4 he put Vince down saying something like only Labour or Conservative would be forming the next Government an Vince's Policies were irrelevant

I thought Slander was the spoken word and Libel was the written word

Thank you for your response I have read it but do not intend to respond as I have other things to do But will say that Lifting Stories is quite common these days I spend a lot of time keeping abreast of news and often find different sites have the same story word for word.

Just read his response

The funny thing is but I thought New labour was to the Left of the Tories but to the right of the Liberals

Unfortunately the world needs banking and London is one of the major centres so there is no point really in losing it. That said there needs to be global regulation of the banks as suggested by Obama and supported by the former Labour Government we cant do it alone as banks will move to countries where the regulation is less stringent because the Government will lose money and people will lose jobs

Because it is important to the Scots who dislike the Tories a great deal and find that they are in government The make up from Scotland is Labour 41 Liberal Democrat 11 Scottish National Party 6 Conservative 1 So they may have a point

So you think he is being complimentary to LM who has been involved in running SFC for over thirty years without out the backing of a Billionaire when we were a force in the top flight of English football managing at one time some of the finest footballers in England - World Cup Winners England Captains and a European Footballer of the year

What do you mean by quality . Do you mean you dont agree with the content or is it something else. I dont like the Daily Mail but it is purely because of the content and the stance of its contributors

Yes he did

What exactly is shoddy about the reporting of the Echo is it all aspects or just the Saints I live away from Southampton these days and have not read it for sometime

Yes I think you are right I think Hammond's injury and Morgan's absence through injury and suspension did not help our cause in the least