OldNick

And so you couldn't find references to PR and Spin, lol, and then say you haven't twisted my words

I agree, we have to give him time, and like LM another unknown he might do us well

you can play with my words if you like CB, I don't celebrate finishing 6th like yourself , I might be the only person in the world who thinks that aiming for 6th/7th/or8th is not quite enough, that actually winning a trophy is not odd. Do you think at this moment in time had the ST sales started now we would sell out, or do you think that the belief that we may push on might have had something to do with it? No if you read my original post again I said 20years but one of your band of merry men cut it down to 10 years. Please could you also point my post where I mentioned PR and Spin?

selling the players who get you off your seat due to excitement is not the way to expand the fanbase. It has been said that the fans in the Asian market are nt loyal and will happily change the club they follow

get us disappointed and then when an underwhelming signing comes in, it makes it seem a lot better lol Ricordo Fuller at 90k would be greeted in cwelebration at the mo :lol:

why is Ben Stiller training with us?

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Lol......the player must have had 2 years left on his contract....oh

if the club really didnt want to sell, why ddint we pick up on that quicker and not waste our time?

yeah but you were 45 at the time lol

Be fair though Pancake, he's not had the best service or a decent run. He's a cracking forward if given the right circumstances. He has a quick brain and gets into goalscoring positions that others fail to see

I dont know why I wasnt suprised with this. Can you tell us when Puel was interviewed if it went like this Name ? Claude Do we need to buy anyone? No You've got the job

That is great news,

Its hard to say as at that time we had a squad of superb players and team good enough to do so. Is that punching above your weight? The UK olympic team is aabove China Germany ,Russia is that punching above our weight or just that we have invested in the squad and nurtured a team.

dont worry we knew where you went wrong....you also got the sum wrong as well

I dont know is the answer. I do know we were an entertaining club for many seasons and finished 2nd in that time and so exceeded the present regime.

dont be ridiculous this is SFC, lol

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg is a bit of a mystery to me. Why would Bayern let such a talent go, unless there is some kind of big sell on clause?

Typical of a Saints fans luck, we get the only billionaire football club owners who want to make money:)

I dont know how old you are, but all this punching above our weight and only just been promoted stuff does my head in. There was life before the PL and we were seen as a side that was bigish and many fans favourite 2nd team. We were in the top flight for 27 years on the trot before we had a blip. I have seen Man Utd, Chelsea , Man City relegated at least once and just before I was watching football Liverpool were in the old Division 2 when Shankley took over. Therefore my view of Saints is a lot higher than perhaps yours and so I am not quite so patient and forgiving

it is amazing how such big figures are now seen as little. Perhaps we should have stalled a bit on the Mane deal, there did seem haste to get it done, the way some clubs are needing the pace and excitement of Mane we may well have achieved a much higher price now. We hardly have gone out and splashed the money we have received in.

CB are you truly happy with that? When I was young I had the thought that whatever Saints did was great and we were the centre of the universe, after following them for nearly 50 years I now am getting more impatient for the glory and experience of actually winning things. 1976 is a lifetime away. Whilst I still have the memories of the day and the cup run I would like fans who never have sampled it to see why we long for it so much

that is a very good post and combined with Block34 in the Fonte thread does make sobering reading. I dont think that the League is ever a realistic possiblilty now as the window of of opportunity was the last 2 seasons.Having a good go at the cups surely is the way for a club like us.

All valid but as you will know the teams with the strongest squads invariably win things. We strip our strength year on year and so the team doesn't bed in to develop into a trophy winning team. I notice you mention that Wigan finished mid table, well that is where we were expect to finish. Why does it matter that Leicester won the League cups ten years ago, they did it and we didn't. Pat present all the fans who say we have improved season on season have the moral high ground and it is very valid, but I believe there is a large swathe of fans who are disgruntled but quiet, it won't take much for that to change, forget not fans sung Lowes name at stages when it looked we were on the up.

Be careful Charlie, agreeing with me will get the thought Police on you:)