John B

Much as to be expected - we returned to the PL too early with inexperienced PL players and coaches and the transfers in have yet to make their mark this season It is going to be difficult to start playing really well and being hard to beat not impossible but highly unlikely dont really see what would be gained by sacking Adkins as he was always going to struggle with the squad he was given and the need to play the Southampton way. I would be happy if we played the West Ham way and ground out a few results

I too have supported this club for over 50 years and agree that Cortese should start communicating. This man who takes 100s of thousands out of the club failed in his five year plan to get us to PL and consolidate the team there I know we got to the PL in three years which was fantastic but this has caused the problems we have today as the squad contains too many players which are not of PL standard and was evident last Tuesday at Leeds. If we had been in the Championship for a further two years we would have recruited better players and those already here would have become more experienced. However I realise that you cannot guarantee promotion in any season but as our transfer policy seems to have affected Nigel badly as the transfers he was talking about before the season started did not happen it would be a good idea to know what the clubs intended plan for the next five years actually is including the possibility of relegation and to mention who is going to own the club over that period

There do seem to be a number a large number players with contracts who are not good enough for the PL So I dont think the club expected to be in the PL so quickly

Cortese like Adkins is out of his depth A small time banker running a small desk to a CEO running a PL football club a step too large

I would suggest that perhaps Dave Merrington knows a great deal more about football than you

How anyone can think we are going to stay up playing the way we are at the moment quite amazes me we just dont have the management coaches and players to perform in the PL

I think you should get back on the medication mate and calm down For a team like Southampton success can only be achieved in cup competetions rememember the JPT but for some reason the shambolic people running the club for a moment disagree.

I think Mr Garrett's posts show a great deal of sense and realism compared with your usual fantasies and continual trolling

Another stupid signing get him in and loan him out

For things to change we need to keep a clean sheet To keep a clean sheet we need good defenders something which Adkins has overlooked

I dont think it was a particularly good summary Most teams which get relegated play well for part of a game

that figure is meaningless really we had a squad of League 1 and championship players so we had to spend big to compete with teams which already had PL squads and were making them better. That said the £30 could have been spent better

what a load of cods wallop

Harry is quite a pleasant chap actually well respected in the Football world but he did not do well when he was here last. It does not show much maturity not wanting him because he was successful at Portsmouth all the pompey supporters I have met are OK too just like you and me supporting their local team. I dont think he will come by the way what we need is somebody to assist Nigel who has PL knowledge

I doubt if it is true either but like Nigel is out of his depth at the moment hardly his fault so is Cortese as he was only a banker investing money not a business man running a company. As he is only involved at SFC for the money I can see him doing anything to keep the club in the PL

I would go ------------ Boruc -------- Clyne Richardson Jos Fonte Yoshida Fox Cork Schneiderlin Davis Lallana Puncheon Ramirez Chaplow Guly J ROD Lambert then we might have a chance

I dont think the facts in anyway prove your points For a club with a five year plan our signings since Adkins has arrived have been pretty underwhelming with no or little of experienced top flight players joining which is what surely is required

I was going to say that too not sure many of his signings about from Clyne are top class

Based on current evidence we will be relegated shipping in three goals a game makes in inevitable even if we only let in two goals a game we will still be relegated

It is like the Plebgate situation with Mitchell you knew he was going but not when he was going. Prefer NC went myself so that we got in players for football reasons and wanted by the manager this might be the case now but there are too many rumours which say that is not the case. I feel that NC downfall will be because of his transfer dealings like Lowe's was his choice of managers

The object of football is to win not play pretty football 433 when we dont have the players to play it. Adkins is a rookie manager and with the players he has had given to him is unlikely to turn it around Conceeding three goals a game is not going to become conceeding 0 goals a game suddenly

I think the club would be better without Cortese He seems to upset loads of people and has little knowledge of running a company I dont even know whether he was a successful banker

According to someone I know who used to work at St mary's NC is picking the team although I find that hard to believe myself

After Lowe I just wanted a resonable CEO but for some reason we seem to have a meglomanic who seems to have no regard for Fans Players Employees and Suppliers. I wonder what sort of person Markus really was

I dont understand why people dont accept criticism of Cortese from what I have heard from people who work at St Mary's he is a little despot. Whether being a despot is good for a CEO running a football club I dont know