beatlesaint

Totally agree with all that. Southampton FC and its continued rise back to the Premiership is more important than one player, and if that money realises the vision sooner then I'm all for it.

Oh I think you can bank on it. NC will not accept 50% of a fee then wait for 50 appearneces for another bit and an England cap for the rest. Remember Cortese is a proper businessman, he doesnt do this football version of business where half a fee is based on ifs, buts and maybe's !

Barnsley

They would be the two guys waiting at the bus stop ! Crosby maybe but Adkins ? No way supporters wouldnt recognise him.

when do we get to the date that alpine goes into meltdown cos we haven't signed anyone yet ? How lonmg have we got ? :-)

For a start skinning someone is not the sign of wether a player has a brain or not. I nominate one Matthew Le Tissier as evidence of that, so I fail to see what the skinning or not of O'Shea etc has to do with anything. You can laugh as much as you like but nothing will convionce me that Alex is not a more intelligent player than Theo. But niether those of us who believe he is or those who believe he isnt are going to know for a few years yet so its all personal opinion at present. Lets revisit this thread in say 2016 to find out who was right :-)

Which he wouldnt be bought in to play at to be fair.

The caring, sharing face of supporters of Southampton FC. Not sure it was worth sleeping if thats the best you can come up with ;-)

I have emailed the club and asked if the supporters who are in this 4 year age pocket could be ring fenced and treated as pensioners, the 65 rule applying to new season ticket holders only. Probably wont do any good but i feel it is unfair, a price increase of that magnitude is a little over the top. I am nowhere near 61 by the way !! :-)

I imagine thats why we have two weeks grace before they go on General Sale, or people who want to move seats can do so !

I fear he will go to Swansea. Brendan Rogers is the guy he looks up to having been bought through the Chelsea ranks by him. Pity.....unless they are looking further afield.

Error of the day you mean ! Dont forget Bally had two spells playing for us.....me thinks you are only looking at the second :-)

not called Imogen is she ?? ;-)

It seems more than coincidence that Cardiff have choked at the end of the season for the past 3 years, Wolves did the same when Jones was there and as has been said by Hoddle's love child we would have gone down that season Lowe put him on "leave" to fight his ridiculous charges. I think Jones is an ok manager, no more than that. He never inspires much confidence when interviewed and you just wonder if thats the case in the dressing room too.

Ooops, sorry, I forgot we have gone up !

Antonio - great cover for both wings and through the middle.

Does this mean Stewart Dennis gets paid then ? I believe in the season of destruction when Lowe came back and we went into administration Mr Dennis was "performing" like he does now.......and he gets paid for reading out the team sheet with his voice cracking and breaking when he tries to put some feeling and emotion into it ? Geez. Stewart Dennis or Mike Osman ? Get your coat Stewie :-)

They need the money, Barry Fry and Fergie have both said he will be gone.

If I was a Huddersfield fan I would be bloody fuming. How the hell can you play one striker (and a crap one at that) up on his own against a team that everybody knows cannot defend ? You have to play 2 strikers against them, Clark has been very naieve here i think. Championship teams will tear this lot to shreds and without MS up front they could well be the whipping boys of the league. I feel sorry for the Huddersfield fans but oh boy Lee, you screwed that up good and proper.

I couldn't agree more Turkish, lets just not run before we can walk.

Absolutely.......just because we have dispatched the Bristol Rovers, Bournemouth's and Orient's does not mean we are on course to dispatch Real Madrid, Man Utd and Barcelona in the next decade. I'm sure every club aspires to be Barcelona.....some have quite a head start on us.

We dont want any silly talk like that about Arsenal and young English players around here thankyou very much ! Stick to your foriegn playes Arsene :-)

I cannot say where I got it from but I can assure you that the talk was of consolidation next season, see where we end up then push on in the following two seasons in an effort to see the 5 year plan through to its target - Premiership football. Of course if we do very very well, ie, top 6 then that will be a bonus. You dont have to believe me, lets just wait and see, but I would be very surprised if, given the information I was, we spend big this close season. A couple of quality players for decent but not ridiculous fees and a couple on the cheap would be my guess. Of course if Chamberlain goes that may change.

Luton are The Hatters :-)

Nothing at all. Markus said, in the only televised clip I have ever seen of him speaking, that progress would be sure but steady and I believe that still applies. The 5 year plan allows three years to regain Premiership status and I believe NC and NA will use next season as one of consolidation. Obviously if we are in with a chance of the play offs towards the end of the season then of course they will go for it but people's expectations shouldn't be too high. If we do a Norwich then fantastic but they are very much the exception rather than the rule.