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There is a story doing the rounds that things changed and Puel decided that it was best for all that Fonte moved on now. I don't know if that is true but it would explain a lot.

As I said, he may well have thought that Fonte would stay until the summer. If you believe some rumours we were looking to replace him then with Fabien Schar. Things do change you know. Reed gets slagged off for not saying anything and slagged off when he does. If you have ever worked in any sales situation there is no such thing as being damn sure about anything until the ink is dry on a contract. As for not getting as much stick, I think you will find that he would have got stick for something else by those who want to believe that the club is badly run.

Excellent post. Whatever you think of Les Reed, he is not stupid. When he said that we wouldn't release Jose until a replacement was in place he probably thought that he would knuckle down when the window was closed and we could replace him in the summer. Something has clearly been wrong with Fonte since the Euros and it would appear that it came to a head recently, prompting a shift in the management position to move him on. The situation obviously changed big time when the extent of VVDs injury became known. If it is true the price of our main target went up by 5m Euros after we had agreed a deal then I don't blame the club for pulling out. Once you get a reputation of caving in, there goes your negotiating position. Other targets didn't work out either leaving us high and dry at the end of the window and leaving us with out of contract players as our only option. Out of the very few available, there is one who has clearly been a quality player in the past. If we can get fit and stay fit he will be a decent signing. I don't believe for one minute we are paying this guy a fortune, we just don't operate like that. Yes you can call it a panic buy, but rather than a total **** up, I think the club have gone about their business in their usual way and were left short in the window because they don't bend over and get shafted.

You posted several times suggesting that Always should be banned permantly. And you call me a liar!!

If true Reed has seriously lost the plot. Giggs would be a crap centre half.

I don't recall him saying we are better and more intelligent than the rest, just that we have a way of operating that works for us. We are also working for the long term rather than the short term, a point that seems to be lost on the knee jerk reactionaries. Many people said a good cup run and a mid table finish would be fine this year. We are having a good cup run and could well finish mid table, but hey, let's sack Reed and Puel anyway.

Yes he did. On several posts he asked that you should be banned permanently. I think he may have some issues!

Chased off with ridicule? Not really as I still post here most days. What I haven't done is renew my membership, and that is because the place is populated by ****s like yourself. What was ridiculous (and embarrassing) was your childish posturing in trying to get a fellow member permanently banned. A bit like a petulant Premiership prima donna waving an imaginary red card about. Anyway, back to business and Jack Schitt's info. He was very detailed about the injury and I haven't seen that elsewhere. If that is wrong I was say that was more than an indication of the veracity of his information than the timescale of the lay off. He said that VVD (if all goes well) "could be back in training in to around four to six weeks or so." Or so would take it into two months and you wouldn't expect him to be back in the first team until he has put in several training sessions, so out of the first team for between 2 and 3 months isn't miles away. The other stuff was also very detailed and if false could soon be disproved. As far as I know the only info that he passed on that he been proved wrong was the Pellegrini rumour and he did come back to explain why that happen. You believe him or you don't, which comes back to my original point which is that the same people who say that the JS is rubbish are often the same people who believe or repeat other, more negative stuff, about the club which has the same level of providence i.e. these people have heard or have been given the info from someone else who may or may not be kosher. Whether the JS info is correct or not, do people seriously believe that the club didn't try to bring in another CH in the last window? It makes no sense to anyone with a modicum of common sense, unless of course you want to believe that Reed is doing all he can to sabotage the club.

Why would anyone want to believe in what Jack Schitt tweets? It would mean that the club have been working hard to support the manager, that they don't pay over the odds for players, that they don't take crap from players and that Les Reed is not a total idiot. What can't have that can we? We would much rather believe that the club we support is badly run and has only got here by luck. I bet if Jack had slagged Reed and Puel off and had said that Fonte had been badly stitched up it would be quoted on here as gospel.

And yet people believe the nonsense written on here on a daily basis. Go figure!

I don't know. How much control did he have last season compared to this?

Why do some of our fans insist that our failures are down to Reed? Despite our rise over the last 7 seasons at some point some fans have complained about our lack of ambition. Every season. When we were getting promoted it was because we didn't go up as Champions. When we appointed a manager it was because it wasn't someone super special. There is no pleasing some people. Reed isn't superman, but he isn't the total **** that many like to make him out either. Oh, and Cortese seems to be given plenty of praise about our rise from the ashes, if he gets the praise for that why cant Reed bask in some of the glow too?

Yet Reed supported Puel in buying Pied, Boufal, Gabbiadini, and Hassen? Not doing a very good job of not supporting him there. Perhaps he should have known that Austin would be out for months, that Redmond, Tadic, Long and JRod would miss so many chances between them, that Vardy would nobble VVD. Oh, and he didn't sell JRod. We were clearly trying to get a CH in and for some reason that didn't happen. Perhaps we should wait until we know why that didn't happen before we start sharpening the pitchforks?

You are so right. The last seven years have been a complete disaster.

So as one of the "gullible" perhaps you would like to explain to me how you know that your version of events is correct? Thanks.

Explain to me in what way I was celebrating? As there was a Saints connection with both winners I mentioned it as a Saints double. Nothing to do with a celebration. Nothing to do with Walcott scoring against us. So yes, strange.

What a strange little man you are. Nice to see you back Always!

And Lallana voted player of the year. A saints double.

Crap result but perspective time. We lost to a stronger Arsenal side. Liverpool lost to Wolves at Anfield. Spurs were very nearly embarrassed by Wycombe. We have a ton of injuries. It is not the end of the world.

Congratulations to everyone at the club. Well deserved! It seems that Les Reed's plan is coming together.Lets win it for Marcus.

Another bit of excellent news concerning a contract extension and no posts from the Usual Suspects? I guess this doesn't fit in with the anti Reed, Puel, club management agenda.

I love it when players get slaughtered even before they have signed or have kicked a ball for us.

So he wasn't the? Are you telling us that he was a perfectly happy bunny?

I was talking about the Fonte situation. Not once did I mention Yoshida. So why bring it up? That is a separate discussion but if he proves to be an adequate replacement then it is even more of a result. You could start an argument in an empty room .