John B

Are you saying the OP has made a Gaffe possibly from his Gaff

Well put Sir

I think you should reconsider being a Saints Fan as I dont think the Club will ever meet your expectations. We will have a difficult season but with fans like you criticsing all the time it is not going to help the situation in anyway

I do like the ridiculous comments that the board is incompetent about Tadic Surely biding on a player that other top clubs appear to want shows that the scouting is top notch. Perhaps we should be bidding for crap players would that make the board look competant If we dont get Tadic it will show that the whole idea of us competing for a CL spot was complete bollix as players are more interested in money than incoherent dreams and they probably realise that CL football at St Mary's was never going to happen unless shed loads of money was to be spent. I cant blame KL for not wanting to give greedy players and greedy agents her money to get in extra players tp live the dream We only have to look at what happened to Pompey and Leeds when they spent too much also a risk analysis on the whole idea of spending £200m plus to get to the CL would highlight the stupidity of the whole idea We just have to accept that we will have to have a rebuilding phase which may take two or three years

1) They don’t need to sell players that is true but if players want to go there is nothing they can really do that will benefit the situation. However they have recruited an excellent coaching team which in some peoples eyes is better than the former one. They understand the importance of the History of SFC are trying to communicate with the fans don’t seem to be upsetting local suppliers and the staff at St Mary’s. Also they are trying to address the commercial failings of the old regime so all in all progress is being made. Players will come in and games will be won and lost 2) There is no evidence that they want to make savings as you suggest 3) The club have put in bids to replace Lambert and Lallana and have decided to try out Targett in place of Shaw At present no one else has left although SFC are apparently looking at Caulker and the Celtic CB if Louvren goes having rejected a Liverpool bid 4) It is impossible to do this if Players want to leave. How do you work out which players should go when. Lining up replacement players is not a particularly good ploy if you are trying to get players to stay and get the best deal from the buying club. 5) I would expect the Club are doing this there is no evidence that they are not. 6) The players all seem to be motivated from Tweets and Interviews - Perhaps they do not want to give Fonte another long contract as he is getting to age where there may have been alternatives Mopo was not a fan of Cork so may not have wanted him to have another contract. But it is not a particular problem at the moment I would have thought 7) The youth teams coaches may have been sacked for some bad behaviour they were not sacked because they were not up to the job you are not saying that the Club should have overlooked their indiscretions if they did in fact occur. I doubt the club wanted to lose players but it shows how well they were chosen and how well they have been developed by SFC surely a plus point Getting £30 m for an 18 year old is a remarkable achievement. The players who have gone so far are going to World Class Clubs it is very difficult to persuade players to stay if Man U Liverpool or Arsenal come knocking and want to pay you mega bucks. 9)/10) Two pieces of Management Bull**** which the Club may or may not be able to do I am unable to see what else they could have done with all the money in the PL players are bound to want some of it and leave. We need to get behind the club as they try to manage the situation and not continually go on about what might have been and continually criticise things which are really out of their control. Some people seem to have little idea of what the board actually does even one said it was getting the run around and was amateurish when in fact the club is run on a day to day basis by the workers who have not changed for sometime. On the transfer front that have put in two good bids for players got serious money for Lallana and Shaw and rejected bids for Fonte and Louvren We are where we are but I fully expect SFC still to be in the PL at the end of this season as we have have a great coaching team and money to spend to strengthen the team lets face it Koeman has only been at the club a week

So it is down to bad Management so what have the club done which is bad and what should they have done better PS Newcastle are about to lose their French CB to Arsenal

I think your analysis is flawed so what makes think we weren't that far away as we hardly beat any of the teams above us although we did beat Liverpool who had Suarez missing

Seems slightly over the top to me We have a new manager who is more experienced than the Previous one a very good coaching team and have put in bids for Lambert and Lallana replacements Shaw at the moment appears to be going to be replaced by Target We will be playing in stripes and no doubt work is being done to bring in other players I am sure y the end of the month things will look very different

Fonte is 31 this year perhaps there are concerns about his age in giving him a new contract

When we were in the Championship in about 2008 I never thought we would get to the PL But once we we came out of Administration I thought we would as we had no debts and money behind something we never had before

Very good and sensible post as usual doddisalegend I dont like the PL just too much money for the players and executives to get their noses in the trough

That Japanese bloke Lee he was pretty useless

Very True

We do seem to have some of the oddest supporters in the PL

Cortese not only apparently seems to have brain washed half the first team squad into thinking we would get to the Champions League but numerous fans to However I doubt he was paying CL wages and that is the reason why our top players are leaving I think the same thing happened to Bridge when he first played for England

especially as the players only return tomorrow

Yes I forgot about that I went to see them v Everton 1974 they won even Ossie scored but we did not stay up and Paine did not play I think he was upset with Lawrie Mac who he felt had taken the team down. Can understand his frustration as it was him and Chivers who got us into Div 1 and it was him who did most to keep us there under Bates

Yes sorry stupid The PL is money money money I am afraid Your dreams for SFC of course is very noteworthy but when Man U offer Shaw £100000 per week it is not surprising he left I have supported Saints for over 50 years not because they were likely to win much but because of loyalty apart from Paine and MLT most really good Saints players have left to better themselves playing football is their job. Its not like we are like Pompey with a poor ground who lost their players and money and are now in League 1 We have loads of money and we will be able to build a good team I am looking forward to the new season with a new squad of Saints players

We are where we are now because we are Provincial PL Club with a very good Academy The previous CEO/Chairman had ideas which were totally unrealistic We will sell Morgan Adam and Luke who have been at the club since the days of Lowe and have every right to move on to earn more money and get more success

It quite amazes me how some people come up with some conclusions contary to the facts and evidence and whats more do not undestand the PL Why would Shaw not want to go to Man U the most famous club in England for £100000 per week We will get in players some may do well some may not that is Football

£100000 per week whilst a million people are forced to use Foodbanks Britain today where the rich get rich and the rest of us dont

Very well put I was slightly concerned when we were in the Championship and League 1 whether we would get in top youngsters but I dont think that was the case am I right

I should imagine in five years time most will have gone

I dont see what the problem is if the players want to go let them. I expect some players we get in will be on contracts with their old clubs Rickie was so should we tell new players not to come to SFC because they are on contracts