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Good as he is he is not a regular for his country and none of the major foreign teams have been in for him. Every player is replaceable.

I agree with you. I remember the grief that Lowe got for signing him for £1m but you could see what a decent player he was and was destined for better things. I'll still hope that Manure get hammered every week but wish him well for the future.

And you are a Saints supporter?

cant so no to MoPo and Levy? You do know that A Madrid sold Toby to Spurs and not us don't you? Who else have we sold to Spurs? As for no ambition - You are going to look very silly when Ron sees out his contract.

I don't think they will. One or the other.

I bet you £5 he wont go to Spurs.

Interesting to read that Toby wanted to go to Spuds regardless of the salary.

Thanks for this. Very interesting read and puts to shame all those who want to believe that the club is incompetent. Or will it? I suspect the Usual Suspects will be waiting to pour scorn on the next signing as they did with our recent acquisition of a "pub player."

I am sure any agent worth their salt would tell the player to hold off to see what other clubs might be interested. Why tie yourself to a medium sized club when one of the big four might be waiting in the wings?

Alps, print this out,stick it on your fridge. Read it every day before you log on here.

Les Reed says he did all he could to get Toby in. AM accepted our offer but the player chose his "dream move" to Spuds. How is that Reed's fault? I despair. We are supposed to be supporting the club not picking holes in something that we had no control over. As the OP says, was nothing leant last summer?

Phew, just as well he didn't post the full text then!

Good call Batman, getting your bed wetting in early!

Last summer many bed clothes were soiled at this point and those of us with more bladder control were saying wait until the transfer window closes before you bring out the plastic sheets. Just a thought. Why not try that this summer too? There is absolutely no point in bursting a blood vessel until we know what our squad comprises of.

Did they though? Toby says that Tottenham is his dream move and that he always followed their results. Do you think we could match Clyne's wages at Liverpool. You know better than most how bad things were when Lowe said he didn't know where the next £ was coming from. We don't want to go down that road again do we?

Les, if Alpine Saint was offered a lot more money by a bigger company, do you think he would take the offer or would he stay where he was out of a sense of loyalty?

I have the same right to judge as you mate. And isn't sharing opinions what this forum is about? I think I have made it clear that I don't have a problem with the current Board. I do have a problem with people who seem to think that running a club the size of SFC is a piece of p*ss and that they could do better.

Here is a question for you Alpine. Given that Toby clearly wanted to sign for Spurs and Clyne was clearly not going to sign a new contract, what you do suggest that Les should have done differently to make them change their minds?

Les, there are a number of people on an internet forum who think you are crap at your job and that they can do better. Would you consider job sharing with them so that they can pass on the benefit of their wisdom to you? Can you start with Alpine Saint please?

Then perhaps people should ask the genuine questions and not behave like babies who have lost their dummies.

With regards to my previous comment, I use the quote above as an example.

Seems to me that the thread is being used by the more negative of our brethren to start sharpening their knives again and that is the point I was addressing.

He has said he will see out his contract so in answer to your question, another two seasons.

So then. Les and Ralph were both vilified by the bed wetting fraternity last summer during the "meltdown." They had to bite their tongues when the football started because they had done their jobs well and the results were good. Now it seems that they are crap again because a player we didn't own decided he wanted to go to Spuds and not us and that another player, with a year left on his contact, didn't want to sign a new one and preferred to sign for a bigger club. Really, what is the problem?