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Would not be a bad signing in theory - the key is in whether AP thinks he can complement others in the team though.

0-2 or 1-3 if Raz plays ... not strong enough yet.

Hehe - I hate being predictable!

Yeah - Northam would love to have a couple of drummers at the back of the stand. Would be nice for the rest of the stadium.... (;

I laughed somewhat to see Norwich are not deemed worthy enough of a bye! LOL O:

TBF Kingsland are louder than the Chapel quite often. We're Kingsland over here.

Impressive words.

Good read - impressive words and cannot be disappointed at this time with the appointment or indeed the general policy. I find ML and Cortese to appear very professional indeed. We have a good manager and there are some early signs that he will be backed in a manner that will return us to the Prem as soon as reasonably practicable. Words are cheap however and while I am hopeful for the future, I will reserve judgement until real evidence of a full and proper team rebuilding process materialises before jumping on the happy clapper bandwagon. Years of mistrust and underambition under the Lowe regime has led me to be cautionary of bright new dawns - sorry if that offends any softies out there, but I want to see evidence of improvement before casting a full judgement either way.

No hysteria here. Just waiting for the mass wrist slashing at 5pm Saturday when we lose 4-0 to Millwall. Reeds in wind...wait and see.

Superb!!!

I think the time to calm down so to speak will be AFTER we have signed in the areas needed and in particular when those players are able to show there worth.

What a bunch of over-protective, sway with the wind, happy-clapper, flower-waving, give up and hope, pansy smelling, underambitious, women we have on here. Well, if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Err, what about the Ambitious Realists? Thats the party I fall into, as I suspect many others do. There's really no need to be derogatory when trying to argue a point. The big problem for many on here is they cannot debate properly without jumping onto their keyboards in some fit of rage and have a juvenile slanging match. Keep cool - it's only a fans forum. LOL. PS: For happy clappers, I suggest another tag - the Blind Optimists! LOL

An excellent post FF...assuming it is all factual of course, which I strongly suspect it is. Crouch indeed should be honoured for his unselfish and generous contribution to Saints future - if it were not for him I suspect we would not have a club now. A true Saint if ever there were one. One last point. IMO just because we are clearly fortunate to have been saved by Markus and Co., does not dilute the fact that they have a duty to the clubs supporters to provide the adequate resources to make the club successful. Otherwise, what has been learnt or improved from the Lowe era? Nobody is expecting Kaka and Rooney, but we are expecting better than what we have had. And so is AP. It is essential to do this to (a) stop a further relegation (b) at least try to have a decent season and win some games. This league is as difficult to get out of as the CCC and there are some peeps on this forum that seem to think we'll breeze it with the present squad - but we will not....ask Leeds fans about that.

How many times have we heard that though in the past?! Its the standard excuse and its the fans that have to suffer with poor performances from a team not up to the job. Why should we pay good money to watch an inferior team? I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of my team losing.

If I agree with you, can I have my happy clapper badge and be friends with you forever?

Err no it's not. All that tells me is that Burley made a poor managerial decision. Or to put it another way, why does a manager HAVE to wait until the end of transfer deadline day to sign a player? Fact is if the resources are there and the manager is good at his job, it actually does not matter.

Interesting statement that... who are these people? 'Fast food' has been with us for at least 25 years now, so that's a couple of generations. Does that mean that if we were born more than 25 years ago for example, we are not a part of this group of people (counts me well out!)? Fast food ain't what it used to be either...fast food my *rse!

What I am saying is, the last 24 hours is not a great idea - it was the old regimes way of doing things and we paid the price in two relegations. Why keep on doing this? I may be wrong, but I for one am not impressed with the idea that it will all come good once the season starts. It has nothing to do with expecting cash to be splashed as such and it is not about patience...its all about proper preparation. If ML bought the club not thinking that there would be every likelyhood that we would need emergency resources very quickly, then he was poorly advised IMO. My impression was that ML and his team DID know there would need to be urgent attention to the squad - the trouble is we're still waiting to see some sign that AP will be supported adequately to arrest the decline.

Surely these are just excuses though? If the new regime were really any different to what we've previously experienced, AP would have the resources necessary to make decisive moves for the men he needs. As an example, if that's the case, why has Murty not signed - it seemed a nailed on certainty to me? Either the offer is derogatory to him or AP does not want to make an offer yet or he has been let go. All strange possibilities given the circumstances of our ownership, previous messages of hope and the fact that we're so close to the season starting. I do wonder whether AP is finding it very hard to convince players of any worth (i.e. better than the youngsters) to come to us.

I would agree with you Andy. However, there's no news of Murty signing one week since a good performance in the Hearts game. All the signs are that Rasiak wants out and will not be stopped from leaving. Schniederlin has not played with the 1st team alongside Gillett in a decent friendly. Thomas couldn't make it past 70mins in the Hearts game. The squad is paper thin in terms of depth.

You were doing really well until you got to this bit - nobodies whinging and posting on here is pathetic eh??? Well that covers everyone including yourself then! What you're saying is, if you don't agree with a persons POV then that persons POV is petty moaning and that person is playing no part in making this club great again. Either you're mad or a very poor conversationalist, or both?

Good observation Nickh...kinda aligns with my feelings.

What? I think you'll find that statement is not true of my posts if you care to check. Try doing some proper research before making false accusations JB.

Thanks Ron - if I didn't support the team I would not have been one of the 1st to renew my ST and certainly would not bother to post my thoughts on here, knowing there would be the usual trolls throwing abuse. It's not as if I am in wrist slashing mode - I thought it was a perfectly valid observation given AP's comments in the Echo actually.