Saint86

The NO.1 signing this summer should be Peretz - if there is any way/shape/form its possible, the club should do everything they can to make it happen. He has won us more points than any other player IMO.

Interesting thought, would we potentially try and send any of Salt, Tonda, or Spors to Goztepe... Depending on what ultimately comes out, i am not sure any of them could ever work for saints again... but the SR group may try to keep them on.

You only have to look at the club trajectory under Cortese and after Cortese. He saw us to back to back promotions and a Wembley final win in the 3 seasons post his arrival. He bought in Poch, and the squad, coaching, and scouting setup he oversaw gave us the momentum in the following years to break into the top 8 and europe. He spent other people's money is the most common criticism levelled at him re the football club... all i can say is that can you imagine where we'd have been if he'd been spending Solak's money...

I suspect emotions are very raw and will remain that way for a while. But right now nothing can happen as the window is shut. The club have to move very quickly to reset the coaching and backroom setup, and to try and assuage / mitigate the toxicity and anger that is building. Fundamentally, it was (until this point), and amazing season. The bond between the players doesn't go because of this, nor does the bond with the fans. Get rid of the back eggs that have caused this furore, get rid of those that really don't want to be here, then close ranks and try to go again. IMO, we need to go out right now and get a proper name manager in. A bit like Koeman during the summer of discontent. In many ways, the on the field impact is like we lost the playoff final - the same players will want to move as in that eventuality. The rest can be healed - if the club get it right. What matters now is that the right decisions are taken, and that the club does all it can to make amends with the fans, the players, and with the media / public perception. There is a scenario where they pull this out of the fire, and we're sat here next may having rebuilt the club and righted these wrongs... but i reckon its about a 10-20% chance, and there is a higher risk that we slip to mid table obscurity or lower, with a poor squad and money wasted, lose the parachute payments, and start sliding quite quickly to oblivion. Its imperative that they sort out the DoF position asap - i.e., if Spors is going, from a purely sporting perspective that needs resolving almost before anything else can happen squad/coaching side.

Could we see JWP returning? 1 year left on his contract and our midfield is about to be decimated.

Leicester have won the premier League, the fa cup, and the championship in recent years 😅.

This is superb.

The sad fact is that he is a very good manager. So silly what has happened. I just cannot see a way for him to stay on sadly.

What chance do they have. They were told until yesterday they were playing Saints, now they have 2 days to prep for the EFL board members club, who conversely have been preparing to play Hull since last tuesday. Shocking. Hull should obviously take their own legal action against the EFL if they are not promoted.

OFC Sheldon is all over this with the initial release. The bloke loves to see saints in the mud.

Steve needs to get pedalling.

Can't not read this in Tessem's voice, absolutely cracked me up 😂

At this point i wouldn't put it past them just to wind us up on here 😂

Can't see it officially reported anywhere

We're the best team in the league, we should be promoted. We've royally screwed ourselves over but i doubt very much we've done anything that most teams weren't doing, and we've clearly been wronged by boro in a stitch up for the ages.