beatlesaint

Well I have just got back, living in Bournemouth, and i have to tell you...... oh dear, there is a serious amount of work to be done, an awful lot of players need to be bought in, and a new manager with a bit about him to get the best out of what we have. The only good points were - Mills at left back looked useful, Patterson when he came on looked busy...then I am struggling. The bad points were - Lancashire is still as slow as before, Rasiak didnt seem interested, Lallana was...umm....**** ****in poor, there i said it. Still its only a friendly, presumably a fitness thing and next saturday against Ajax we will begin to see the team take shape I hope. But we are gonna need 5 or 6 players I reckon.

Well I have just got back, living in Bournemouth, and i have to tell you...... oh dear, there is a serious amount of work to be done, an awful lot of players need to be bought in, and a new manager with a bit about him to get the best out of what we have. The only good points were - Mills at left back looked useful, Patterson when he came on looked busy...then I am struggling. The bad points were - Lancashire is still as slow as before, Rasiak didnt seem interested, Lallana was...umm....**** ****in poor, there i said it. Still its only a friendly, presumably a fitness thing and next saturday against Ajax we will begin to see the team take shape I hope. But we are gonna need 5 or 6 players I reckon.

He will not appoint Adams. Even on the off chance he was considering it if he reads supporters opinions (as the Echo would like us to believe in their taking part credit in attracting him to SFC) he will soon gauge the reaction of fans.......far too sensible for that to happen. This aint the Lowe and Wilde roadshow ya know

Its all very well saying "back to the real world" but the real world means you need a manager who knows this league and knows how to get out of it. The big name manager can be for the premiership if/when we get there. What would be the point of appointing a big name who has no clue about this level of English football ? And lets just think about this - we are excited cos we have a wealthy owner after years of crap BUT a big name manager will look and say to himslef "league one, minus 10 points, do i want to risk my reputation ? " Had we been Championship then yeah, fair enough, a big name may well see the bigger picture. But bottom of League 1 is a hell of a journey back to the big time...... 2 years minimum IF everything went right (getting into play offs this season and winning them) 2 years is a long long time in the life of a football manager.

There is also Steve Cotterill you can add to that list !

Tony Adams.........defensive coach - yes manager - no thankyou. Just bought my season ticket Mr Oldknow.......dont spoil it please

Thankyou

Just phoned and got mine straight away plus the freebie Ajax ticket. For anyone who has gone up and got them in person are they in the form of a booklet again or have they gone back to the credit card style plastic variety ?

My thats cheery !! Do you think watching some of our defending at corners will give him a heart attack then ?

He did early part of the season before he got injured. I agree that he and McLaggon will do well for us in this league......if they get a game of course

My boss is a Pompey fan and a bit of a wind up merchant. He has been unusually quiet today, none of his usual snide comments about Saints that are intended for me to hear. Of course it may have something to do with me tapping his Pompey mug as i left last night and saying "enjoy your moment in the sun, the road back to regain our place as top team in the South starts here" !!!

Like him or hate him the bottom line is that if Leon Crouch had not been here we would probably not have a Southampton Football Club now that we can all look forward to with a bright future. He deserves thanks for all the money he has contributed to keep this club alive. If you dont like him then keep a diginified silence and just remember that like it or not he is partly responsible for our club still being alive.

Statement now on OS as well.

Not so sure that Tisdale wouldnt be okish, but where the hell does this obsession some people have with Tommy Widdrington come from and on what basis FFS ?

Oldknow hinted at the right management on and off the field last night.....and for all the right things he has done over the summer in holding it together when the crunch came and it was putting a team out on the pitch with the right tactics Wotte showed time and again last season he wasnt the right man for this club or English football IMHO. Surprised he hasnt been kept on to head up the Academy but if they want a clean sweep then great, suits me..... Be interesting to see if they go for a name or someone who knows how to get out of this league !!!!

In that case......**** em !! ha ha ha ha ha if they dont get taken over they will be relegated this coming season. See you soon skates !!!!

I have similar convos with my missus, only she rarely asks whats happening I feel the need to inform her so she actually has something useful scooting around her brain I blame Dineage.....and the fact that since they moved away from Northam and the two parts of meridian became one - hence that ***** of a weatherman instead of Gemma - we have amounted to eff all in their eyes. And of course we are League One now. Fred didnt mind it being top story when they thought we were out on our asses tho did he ?

He's from Finland.

I am one of the biggest pessimists i know but i do think we may start to look for things that arent there until the signature goes on the contract. They hung around waiting for 4 weeks whilst Pinnacle were assing about....they aint gonna drop it all now at the 11th hour. Roll on tomorrow

Hey ! me too in the same place as well, on the old bench seats originally £5 for each year would be lovely....but very unlikely !!

they might all have these problems/hurdles for all we know....we just dont take this close an interest in the other 91 league clubs

Now with my rarely worn optimistic hat on I would hope that this will be pretty straightforward given all they have to do is agree there is nobody shady on their proposed Board of Directors list and that the contract just accepting the -10 points AND NO OTHER PENALTY, as per their defnce statement when Pinnacle accused them of pulling the rug from under them, can then be issued and signed.....and hey presto !!! Of course that could be too simplistic and optimistic but hell I'm gonna give it a go

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You will not be aware that this is just his latest username then ? (BTW you missed the wink thing off the end of your "idiot" sentence )

If he pitched up on a few threads then you could use the argument that he is just a fan with a different opinion. But he pitches up on nearly every thread and argues the toss on each and every one. That is not just having a differing opinion, that is being argumentative and attention seeking. Just all put him on ignore if you dont like his ramblings, though like i said it doesnt completely work but it gets rid of 75% of his "views"