John B

I think you could play up front and we would still win. Any team we put out from those who have started recent games should win easily That said I think Wotton needs a rest but unlike Burley who collected midfielders Pardew seems to collect Defenders. so Fonte for midfield?

Myfamily moved away from Southampton in 1950 and my brother and I started taking an interest in the Saints in the late fifties. We move back to Southampton in 1962 and we have been watching them ever since. Seen some great games and good players in that time. Best Games Saints v Nottm Forest at the Dell FA CUP Replay 1963 Saints v Nottm Forest at the White Hart Lane FA CUP Replay 1963 Best two results Saints v Leyton Orient away 1966 Saints v Manchester United FA Cup Final 1976 still the best day of my life Best Player Terry Paine With Regard to NC and Italy just feel that the whole thing seems unlikely but I dont know

Yes I agree we dont have to put out the best team to beat Stockport

Like when we were in the Premier League but Window Cleaner does make a good point below.

I dont think I am being overtly critical just putting forward views which you dont agree with. But the team is going to finish this season in the worst position it has been in the Fifty or so years I have been watching them

Like most of the posters on here I would have thought If you do not agree with what I say perhaps you can put forward alternative points. So what is it that you do not me saying?

They may well of been trying to put Cortese in a bad light because they may have thought that that Cortese was making more of what had happened. He may well have been approached by AC Milan but I find it hard to believe that he was invited on to their board fulltime after such a short time at SFC. Cortese now says it happened some months ago Of course I dont know any of the facts that is why I find it interesting.

I still dont understand why the Echo's Credibility has taken a hit. They are just reporting interesting stories I would have thought. NC mentioned on Solent that he had been approached by an Italian Club which I think was very interesting it is now on a number of sites that it happened sometime ago .

The club is beginning to lose as more and more people question NC's motives. They should just sort out the problem Are you certain that this spat is causing circulation figures to drop ?

You dont have to read to be a bookseller but it does help;)

Not according to the Echo http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/League+One/Southampton

According to the only information the Echo has been banned but there does not seem to be a full and proper reason available. The Echo dont appear to know exactly why they have been banned

I have never seen it here either. Since we left the Premiership I have not seen mainy Saints shirts being worn either but do see a few Pompey ones. Always chat to Pompey shirt wearers really feel sorry for them now

Please refer to my earlier post but on the original topic "I can confirm there was an approach from a top Italian team, not just now, that happened a few months back," NC said. So why mention it now on Solent? http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28012010/63/cortese-sticking-saints.html

As a bookseller I often go to his shop to buy books he has always been OK when we have discussed Saints and Pompey. Bought David Bull and Bob Brunskill. Match of the Millennium : The Saints' 100 Most Memorable Matches. there cheaply recently That said Football Books are not really a Speciality of the Petersfield Bookshop

The did not save the club if there was the possibility of the club being bought by someone else. Thats all they just bought the club you and others may think they saved the club

Sorry my mistake My point is that ML/NC did not save the club as I believe that someone else would have bought it not of course as good as ML. Some think Leon Crouch may have saved the club what is he up to these days I wonder

No he did not save as ML bought the club. Obviously ML being the owner is very much preferable to the other consortiums but I dont believe that SFC would have gone out of business because at less than £15m was a good buy

That is a very interesting perspective with a few interesting points especially 3 and 4

That is why I find it difficult to believe that AC Milan were interested in him

I always bought a programme when they were relatively cheap and had information in them which was new these days with the Internet we know so much more

I think that sums up my feelings too but I will not judge NC on whether he was right on the points you raise but how well SFC do on the field. At the moment I give him 7 out of 10 but that hopefully will increase when the new players bed in and performances improve significantly

Sorry I think it is the otherway round Cortese banned the Echo so he surely needs to contact Murray. I still do not really understand what the Echo has done wrong they are only reporting things which have been said and are in the public Domain. But I am more worried about on the field matters at the moment things may of course change but we dont seem to be playing well at the moment and although it is not a problem that we will not be promoted this season I was hoping performances would have been better so we can enter next season with a high degree of confidence. That said I think getting promoted next season will be easier than this if some or all of the Ex Premier League Clubs go up this season. Still looking Forward to going to Wembley hopefully in the JPT

Even with our -10 point penalty we are nowhere near the top

You do seem to be a decent Chap Wes but I think I will give the Echo the benefit of the doubt until I hear otherwise. Cortese needs to sort out the problem with the Echo ASAP if they have done something that really warrants banning I will of course agree with you then .