John B

I cant see us going down but unless we finish the season well with good wins what would his position be then. Also I dont know how much money he can spend in January getting in three quality players will make a lot of difference to the team I would have thought.

Stability is of no use without success but I fully understand what you are saying. Chelsea have had four managers in what 2 years but are successful because they have outstanding players SFC have had five managers in what 2 years but are unsuccessful perhaps because they do not have many outstanding players

I know that but I mean is how can you tell this season if the plan to get to the Premiership with Pardew is achievable. Or does he just have to scrape out of the relegation zone to keep the plan on course.

what if he cant only a question not an opinion?

I noticed your optimism 1 - 0 to Saints will be OK by me. It is a long time since Saints scored 4 in a game at St Mary's usually they cannot manage that in a month

As you say if we are in danger of relegation a change of manager maybe required but at the moment we have not reached that stage as we have hardly played any of the bottom eight clubs where winning should be easier. My main concern is that we maybe stuck with Pardew even though by the end of the season we are not playing well enough to mount a push for promotion. I still think we rushed into appointing a manager because it takes time to work out how to progress to the future of course I will be proved wrong if we manage to finish in the top ten

I think she may have a point:D

I think most people including the posters on here have done stupid things but does not make them stupid. It only makes them stupid if the continually do them I would have thought.

Best Australian Batsman since Bradman? Pleased that Lee was injured for the ashes too

Do you really think it was JP or Wotte that caused us to be relegated I doubt if any manager would have succeeded but then the grass is always greener on the other side as they say.

Possibly a lot of our problems in the past were caused by a financial pressures. Now we dont them the team in theory should be doing better but at the moment it is not. Will probably change for the better in the next couple of months although I thought it had when we were 2 1 on Tuesday and only seven points away from safety thinking on Saturday only four points from safety. It really is so frustrating

I agree I live in Berkshire and quite by chance met a fellow Saints supporter in the Local Homebase starting chatting to him about things that were being said on the Forum which he knew bugger all about

Yes I think he is running it as a business I dont think in anyway he is a fly by night type of person but will eventually make some kind of profit. Which I have no problem with because if he does that will mean that the club is successful

I have not bought into the five year plan because I dont think you can plan to get to the Premiership definitely in five years because of so many factors outside our control However I have bought into the idea that with careful management we can challenge to get into the Premiership within five years and will eventually reach it possibly in five maybe more maybe less.

A very interesting post which highlights the problems at the moment Is 50 the usual amount of points to be safe?

To be fair to him he was expecting Stern John to stay and had no idea what was going to happen to the Poles

Not a very cunning plan then:rolleyes: Yes I agree they are the only possible milestones at the moment So if we fail to get promotion next season by losing on penalties in the final do we start another four year plan.

Yes if we won the toss we always defended the Milton Road end I thought in the first half

Getting to the Premiership in the foreseble future is quite achievable with investment and good management and I fully expect to happen. Actually what is in this 5 year plan are there any milestones or events on the way? And how will it be known if we are on the way to success with this plan at the end of the season and how often is the plan being monitored

Yes http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8285846.stm

Sorry I meant jobs being lost up to Administration .

Well that is OK then if nobody lost any money or lost their job but highly unlikely I would have thought

From the BBC Article Cortese's plan is for the club to win promotion from League One in two seasons and reach the Premier League in five years. He does not expect Liebherr to enjoy a return on his investment until the club returns to the top flight but reckons Saints can break even in the Championship. I thought it maybe a hobby until I read the article so what do you think?

No not a teacher just fed up with your spat with Pig Swill

Not very PC I would have thought;) and a bit confrontational perhaps