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I heard he does not have a plan B but a plan C instead. Wow this Nigel must eat 4 shedded wheats for breakfast. Seriously now, good managers have a Plan B but if you don't have a good bench then it's impossible to change anything. A plan B could also mean switch the two wingers but IMHO that's something any manager should do to keep the fullbacks guessing.

You have a better chance of ****ging Miss World than predicting this one. I will even throw in my 500k yacht if anyone gets the right day. PS bad thread idea CB.

Sorry to hear the sad news about your mum, met her just once and the passion she had for Saints was truly amazing back then. She will no doubt join the great army of Saints that will welcome her like we are one big family. RIP Valerie and Daren you will find the strength when the going gets tough as that's what mum's do even a million miles away.

I think we should let him settle this season so anything from relegation is a good result for us. Next season we should let him get the players he wants in to have a go at a playoff place maybe. Start of season 2012 he should have us settled and ready for the title of division one.

Welcome Nigel to the club. I hope you can do your job well and not be another Sturrock. Take no schitt from the players and get us playing the Southampton way pretty quickly please. Onwards and upwards.

It's very true we have the best team and when I return from the holiday I will put £50 on us to win this league. We need tweaking which starts with a manager that has a system he wants the players to work on and then we need options from the bench for plan B. I still think we will **** this league.

I'm on holiday at the moment and I've had a chance to view our forum. So let's get this right. We had 30 applications for the Saints Job and it's come down to someone called Adkins and Howe has turned us down after hearing that Adkins was offered it first. Was the other 28 applications from complete muppets then because I can't help thinking Howe and Adkins are the very bottom of the cheap option barrel. What the **** is wrong with this club? Show some balls with ambition please as I hate division one football.

Does it work or do you need to be a member to view it now? I'm going abroad on Tuesday and I'm sure it will be cheaper to view the forum rather than online with safari.

Adkins needs to resign first if Cortese has agreed to up his compensation to them. My money now is on MoN still but I have a feeling Cortese has kept this an amazing secret to reveal a surprise that will make some happy and others ****ed off.

Don't sit on her though as no poor lass deserves that weight. ;-)

Great point, but this manager must be allowed to have a say in who he wants because Harry Redcrap's only failure was us because he had his hands tied. Great managers do get results and bigger crowds though but they are not around very long as something better will come along.

Saints offer Scunny 350k but they want more. Maybe back to MoN then but he wants to run it his way. Who's next then Mr Cortese as we have another 48 applications to decide on. :-)

Tuesday at 1-30 after he has taken his first training session. Won't be MoN IMHO as he won't do it the Cortese way so it will be Atkins as he will resign tonight from Scunny.

Because he put in a transfer request which is why we had some Blackpool speculation BUT it's been withdrawn after Cortese solved his problem. Don't know what it was though..... apparently

When I'm 20,000 feet in the air not knowing who the **** it is until I land in Marbella.

This is a funny league we are in and it's so hard to predict some results. If we had a decent setup and some better options on the bench then it's a crime not to believe that we should go up as champions with the money we have spent. That's why the next appointment is make or break IMHO. Get a budget one in and the players might respond. Get a proven class manager and the players can only respond because it's a known fact that good managers get results.

Pretty!

Deppo you're some game ****wit that's living on cuckoo land. nite all as I'm bored now.

Matter of fact it's not! I've only asked people to PM thorpie as he is someone I trust regarding a libel situation, and that I was too busy myself. Anyway it's clear MoN is in the running but it's down to Cortese as he needs to make the decision.

Cortese and KK spoke Friday morning, BUT Cortese has spoken to loads of guys now and I believe his decision comes down to 'How Reed let's them fit in his way.' My outside bet is Leonardo for that wow factor and the Reed way.

Paul Hart! enjoy your shi.te sleep now :-)

No idea why you are going all defensive for as I don't even know who you or patred are?

Why the big secret guys? calm down please as it's Cortese that's make the decisions not fans on a forum.

Been at our last two home games, don't know about today but he was the guest of Cortese and was in one of the glass boxes in the itchen vs Swindon. (got it confirmed today as well. 1 + 1 = 3 (who knows but I know he has spoken to so many and that loads are in the frame)

Why button it as I have found out directly elsewhere.