OldNick

Mainly fair. I dont dislike Spurs, I do Liverpool as I grew up with lots of mates who were Liverpool fans as they ruled Division 1 (now EPL) for a long time. I have little worry about that with Spurs. They are the Saints of London,nearly getting there but as they get close the bigger and better clubs take the better players away. I like Poch and feel he will do well, but you will not finish above Arsenal or the like for a longtime as you like Saints will sell the players who can take you there. Time will tell if Toby will cut it at Spurs but i have never rated centre halves who are more worried about their hair than counting their scars on their face. Good luck to you and you may laud over us for another season but at the end of the day, you are just us but a couple of places up the league. Enjoy the Europa league as that is where you will be for years. i personally dont care for European football but i know you wannabees do

those companies did try to do something about their actions. The Greeks have done nothing in the last 5 years to try and rectify things. Im not sure i want to pay higher taxes so that the Greeks can retire early on index linked pensions and also don't think they should pay their taxes. Iam happy for the EEC to try and reduce their debt, but not if we are going to be back here in a couple of years time

that is true but if we were talking about a player choosing between Norwich, Derby, Swansea, Leicester, Palace or Spurs we would not blink an eye if he joined Spurs. Spurs have millions of fans around the world and do have that extra sparkle we dont. It is annoying but we are just a provincial club of large size, not one in the lights. Bridesmaids and only once the bride

I was listening to Talksport some weeks ago and a member of Celtics backroom staff said they had a fantastic young centreback (not Van Djyk) who will be a fantastic player.Perhaps we should buy him

Why is dealing in football transfers so different to normal life to fans? If you agree to buy a car and sign a contract at a lower price, why then go and pay a lot more if there is other interest? It seems to me the legal team have messed up as they misread or misunderstood the exact terms of the contract. The club must have believed that their position was watertight and so if they wished to get him they could as soon as AM had not paid the compensation in time.

Perhaps they had the deal agreed and signed before we woke up to what was going on. The club obviously thought they had 'An option to purchase' and so didnt need to chase. Somewhere somebody got it wrong and Spurs have benefited. The ither surprise is that no iother club came in for him.

what are they saying?

sounds like a post from somebody in the club/PR who knows what happened. it all seems plausible. I now believe we will hear that Toby has left, sometime this morning. A I still wonder about the timing of the departure of the CFO by mutual consent. I dont really expect somebody to leave such a job for no good reason

after following Saints for nearly 50 years it has always been the way that our better players leave. Even after all these years it is hard to bear and our position in the food chain is below Spurs. Therefore we as Saints fans have to get used to our better players leaving.

If the contract was in British law and an option to purchase then it is watertight. Options to purchase even if done on a fag packet are something you cant wriggle out of, as long as you follow the exact terms.

Your maths is not good at all, you need to swat up a bit, we all know the answer is 6

It would be galling if we not only lost out on TA but also the compensation. CFO leaving the club MAY have had something to do with it.

Ooops that sounds as if somebody has dropped a bollock, if the Toby thing fizzles out and he goes to Spurs without much trouble then we know where it went wrong

As much as anything it is principle. AM had an agreement that was in writing and a contract. if they have indeed broken it, why should our club shrug its shoulders and walk away. Spurs are at present one of our nearest rivals, to allow them to steal a march on us by potentially weakening us and them getting stronger is no good to us.

I forgot about the golf, I tried a search for meeting McIlroy and there hasn't been a mention on here for about 3 weeks

but DubaiPhil is over there................ohh:lol:

They have a classic thread on there of Old Southampton. A fascinating delve into the past

Mero now You own ' Pompey fan online' This site charges £5 membership, you should do the same. What would you do with £5? Dubai Phil has put a teaser saying about the 20th july, have you any idea what that may elude to?

to us they are traitors but they are wrapped up thinking Muslim first.No different to the Jews who put the religion before Nation.

No trolls there ,not at all

Oh come on ,they are not the average working British taxpayer. They go knowing the risks involved and afterall they are hoping to die so that they can have their 80 virgins....and the 80 mother in laws of course. We need to spend the extra money not on the disabled but by educating and improving the lives of those people in their communities in the UK. I was talking to somebody yesterday who works with abused and fostered kids in Ireland. He said as long as you can get to them before they are 12, you can help them after that it is containment. He warned that the extremists have now had 10 plus years of brainwashing very young kids and they would now be coming to the age where they can unleash their hatred.

I notice that on the other side they are under the impression it is a bed of laughter. Dont get me wrong I would be happier if they were still on here, but it does seem a site of back slapping and self congratulation. Perhaps Im missing it, but Im not lolling when i read the threads. Bearsy of course is still the main source of humour and we should pay a decent transfer fee to get him back.

bloody expensive black box

Lallana wanted him to join so there will be less of a focus on him when they play at SMS lol. I hope the new full back will be as good if not better. i assume this is our future each summer, losing a few stars. Any parents should not get names on the kids shirts as they will become redundant pretty quickly !!!

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