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He got a rather average and normally midtable Nice side to 4th place. He's clearly not just an average manager, he'll be brilliant for us.

I don't see it happening. He's already said he won't stand as prime minister in 2020 so it doesn't really make any sense. The Conservatives are more divided than ever; they need to focus on unifying again in the coming weeks.

Great news! I wanted him as soon as K Billy confirmed he was the mystery man and Garcia was no longer interested. Claude Puel's Red and White Army (We hate Pompey) Claude Puel's Red and White Army (We hate Pompey) *clap clap clap* *clap clap* repeat ad infinitum

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 53s53 seconds ago EU referendum 'on the day' poll: Remain: 52% Leave: 48%

YouGov are doing one. Apparently it's similar to the one they did for the Scottish referendum, and they got to within 1% of the actual result.

As per Guan's previous info, the board haven't changed their mind on Pellegrini and the fact that he wouldn't be suitable for our system.

Vive Claude Puel

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport 57s57 seconds ago It's my understanding that neither Manuel Pellegrini nor Jurgen Klinsmann are being pursued by #saintsfc to be their new manager I'm hoping for Claude Puel!

I'm saying nothing...

I agree, there are so many people involved that literally everyone in the room would have to be in on it.

I saw another so-called ITK on Twitter who said something similar to this. I'm going to refrain from commenting about the validity of such information from now on though.

They've got revenue from winning the Premier League and now playing in the Champions League! To develop our squad we have to sell our top players and reinvest it. Yes, we'd like to have a settled squad but we finished in 6th place, so it can't be all bad news.

I saw it and knew he was on the wind up I'm glad you took the bait of my previous post

Maybe there are bonuses and other formalities that need sorting out with a manager who, technically speaking, is still under contract. This could reasonably explain the delay until after July 1st. I'd be surprised if Man City would bother obstructing, even if legally they were entitled to some sort of compensation. Perhaps this is the reason why Saints prefer out of contract managers!

The point is that the Echo article explicitly states that we haven't offered a contract to anyone.

That puts to bed the idea that Mr Schitt is ITK

Hopefully a full pre season behind him and a run of games with plenty of goals will give J Rod the confidence to get back to his best form.

We don't need the ITKs Billy and Guan to tell us that we are not going for Klinsmann.

Bedwetting or spunking over Klinsmann?

Some Claude Puel news... http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Licenciement-de-claude-puel-la-cour-de-cassation-donne-raison-a-l-ol/698140 Traduction/Translation Olympique Lyonnais will not have to pay 6,977,574 euros claimed by Claude Puel, who the club had dismissed in June 2011 for "serious misconduct". The club said on Wednesday in a statement that "the Supreme Court rejected all the arguments put forward by Mr. Claude Puel, confirming definitively the judgment of 10 February 2015 by the Court of Appeal of Lyon which confirmed itself the judgment of the Council of Lyons Industrial Tribunal of 27 March 2014".

Meltdown time

No trousers, you're just jealous that you're not ITK. Do not dare question the legitimacy of Mr Schitt. *winky thing*

Yes

I was wondering about that, wouldn't we have to ask for City's permission first of all? Highly unlikely though that there would be any problems, if there were we could just wait until July 1st.

I believe it is all Jack Schitt. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that it is all an effort to drive traffic towards this Sotonians website (I had never heard of it before!) If any of our ITKs wish to confirm that Jack is indeed not making this all up, then please feel free and prove me wrong.