Baird of the land

I still struggle to see him leaving whilst injured( i still think he'll likely be out till close to new year). Most likely we'll have to rehabilitate him, get him fit, get him match fit and then he'll be flogged in summer.

Really so we are end up flogging 7 of the first team for upwards of 130 million, you think we are going to be spending anywhere close to that.

Also given the dominance of TV money a protest will be of little relevance unless it contributes to relegation. I'm hoping someone will come in and give them a good offer for a club that'll make them happy to leave with a lump sum over milking saints dry every summer.

Indeed, but if all they care about is milking Saints it won't make any difference.

Yeah current squad minus expected next batch of departures is a massive relegation scrap squad, which is hardly surprising when you rip the majority of the first xi away.

Indeed especially since there is zero financial need and a million other reasons not to. Simple greed or weakness behind it, don't know which is worse.

No i don't trust them. No board with any sort of ambition would sell 7+ first team starters. They clearly just won't to pocket as much cash as they can and hope to avoid relegation in order to repeat the process next summer.

Yep empty words whilst they sold all the family silver.

Clearly the board generating a wonderful spirit in the camp via their extraction of any value from the squad.

Sorry think we are aiming for 4th bottom whilst extracting large amounts of value from the club via selling players.

Hope someone with ambition buys the club.

Got sunburn whilst visiting North London.

Don't rate him at all.

Now if the idiot could please explain how they aim to get into Europe by selling anyone half decent

Think gnarly is an awful player. Would hardly be surprised if we're offering clyne about as we speak.

Relegation scrap here we come. What joy, what nonsense about European ambition.

Maybe we can get him to pose in a selection of other clubs kits, just so they can get an idea what they are buying in the next window.

I still don't think its un feasible with a decent board/owner. Pity we don't have that anymore. Sure they would buy saints as their feeder club if they were allowed.

Agree, the idea some have that if there's the slightest sniff of interest clubs sell instantly is nonsense. That's what's so terrifying about saints currently. Embarrassing actions by a prem club, acting like a league 1 club.

It's the timescales that have killed the joy. 3/4 years of joy of seeing them play for saints would be ok. The new sell them the instant they show promise kill it's completely for me.

You do invest in a training ground if the plan is to repeatedly strip any assets of value coming through the academy. That's renewable asset stripping or harvesting if you like the term better.

Worst fact about asset strip is that they have removed any joy from watching academy players play for us. We know now in 12 months they'll flog reed, jwp and targett if there's any interest.

They get to roll in money like hogs in heaven. They clearly don't care about anything else.

So now we have chance to to take their highly mediocre cast off and help develop them too. Will this joke ever stop giving

Asset stripping, farming. Pick a word not good either way.