alpine_saint

No way. You cannot blame me for you inability to control yourself.

Sorry, I think it is completely irrelevant what his past career is. If AP had a player who he did not trust to follow his instructions, he would drop and probably sell him.

Because NC doesnt trust / respect / have confidence in him ?

Mods, please get your house in order. One of your cohorts appears to be on a crusade to ban me, and he is not responding to my PMs. I receive more than my share of abuse, but I got infracted for comapring someone to Alistair Campbell. The double-standards on here, dependent on prevalent viewpoint, are astounding. Have you lot got together and decided to weed certain people out over the summer ? I would appreciate a response to this thread.

Says the person that called me a "w@nker" yesterday. What stunning hypocrisy.

You are so right. Thanks for pointing this out to us proles.

Arent you going to tell us what fabulous news this is and how we should be mightily grateful ?

I trust NC to do the right thing for the future of Southampton Football Club, and if it p*sses off this site's spin doctor, even better...

Lord Mandelson ?

Thereby demonstrating your complete naiivety of the situation for all to see. ML and NC are a package; the understanding is that it was NC that got ML interested in us. Therefore no NC, no ML. Or are you so self-opinionated that you would bet the future of the club on being right ? Everyone else is fully aware and agreeing that in a straight "him or me" discussion, AP would lose. What the hell is wrong with you ?

Oh dear...:smt015:

Gone whining to the mods, I see....

37 ? Impressive.

Your self-appointed role as the mouthpiece for SFC is f**king hillarious.

Personally, I am delighted to hear about our players keeping their fitness up at Staplewood rather than vomtting over a tart's barely-covered chest down some back-alley sh*thole in Faliraki or Aya Nappa.....

Labour will need to replace Alistair Campbell soon. You should apply. Though you might get smacked by Adam Bolton for your trouble.

Yeah. He only rescued the club. Wot a bastard.

I would hazard a guess here : yes.

Sarcasm ?

Personally, I consider this to be very bad news. There seems to be so much rumour doing the rounds that something is going to happen - no smoke without fire... AP hasnt done enough for me to get the whole of next season; I have some worries about his tactics and ability to motivate the team for 2 matches a week, especially when the first one is a mid-winter trip to a northern sh*t-hole with a cow field of a pitch, but he also has not done enough wrong for me to be replaced this summer. If it was not for the -10 points, we would have been promoted. NC isnt stupid; even if he is impatient, I feel he will appreciate what AP achieved last year. BUT Maybe the trust has gone - what if he made it clear that promotion was the goal this season, and AP ignored him and focussed on the cups, and then AP manipulated the fan base with his "poor me, I'm under pressure" comments to the press ? Working partnerships are complex issues, and maybe NC doesnt have the confidence in AP he should have.

Indeed. Despite having criticisms of AP and not being 100% gushing in my praise of him, I see this meeting as no more than that either. In a way we should be pleased; it means next season is being worked on NOW, rather than everyone p*ssing off for 2 months and nothing happening, as was the case under the Beetroot-faced-Bastard, because he couldnt bear paying new signings over the summer.

Wasnt me who suggested it, simply expressed my reaction to reading it.

But if it is a straight choice between ML/NC on one side on AP on the other, I know which side my bread is buttered on. Very worried that MLs love affair with this club may be over due to AP.

Goes without saying.

wow, 1 hour gone and we are 0-0 with the team second-from-bottom......... Outstanding effort for the season-long loyal home fans Oops - even better