OldNick

Alpine as you have that crown I very much doubt it. You are the Patsy who keeps banging on about Rudi, I made an observation but you tried to make something of it. You have told us you live in Austria, we take that as good faith for all we know you still live in Southampton and use the excuse of moving to save fielding the 'can't be bothered to go' posts which you never could answer. You want others to spend and pay so you can enjoy the fruits of it.

I accept your word an I didnt mean to imply you were lying but I have 2 versions (including my own ) one from you and Casey, at present I lean towards his but do accept that htere is a middle ground.

Weston I think you are right but it does make sense as the gates are dropping. Stewart Dennis on Radio Hants said that the break even was 17k and the club were precariously close to administration. Therefore RL I assume has a budget permatch to spend. Therefore it is a juggling contest. At present I am finding a lot of my business colleges have been told not only are they not allowed to go above their overdraft limit a lot are having it reduced. Saints whoever is in charge will have constraints and whilst to us football fans it seems obvious that you play your stars who are more likely to win games, but to banks they are more worried about the debt not getting bigger.

Im glad he has as i dont want him to go too soon.

playing in the hole he is, at left back he's not. Having the choice of keeping lallana on a sensible wage against Rudi on 10k plas then there is no contest. For me its not about Rudi its about a young player that needs to improve in certain areas.

Oh look at her

That is fine and I accept that you did so. Iam comfortable accepting jimmy Cases words as it is something that I have seen over the years.I have not got the close knowledge you have on it and so may be wrong. I do feel it serves your purpose to wish for fans to believe your version and so it tempers my judgement. It could be fairly cited that it serves mine to believe Case of course, but to be fair I know JC's history at clubs but i dont yours.

That sounds plausible I was told jan is given the teamsheet but yours would seem more sensible but who knows.Only a few know the full truth. I do know that the club are really trying to stamp out leaks of info and so there is a real fear that anyone a bit loose in their words may get caught out and be fired.

Isnt it funny your double standards. You highlight my opinion and then rubbish the fact and then put up your statement regarding Rudi. LOL

LS all due respect but on this occasion I myself would go with Jimmy Case on this as he played for quite a few teams over the years. You may be right but as you were in the media I suspect you were having a tea and sandwich in the press room rather than be walking around the dressing rooms 5 minutes before kick off. If it was LC wishing the team luck i doubt there would be any notice taken, I wouldnt worry if he had. Askham Im sure never would have because i dont think he would know anything about football even though he has been involved for decades.

Vectis very true and you should accpet that nobody wants to offload the best however much you dislike RL. As I have pointed out before if we manage to avoid administration then those players getting off our wage bill have saved us -10 / -15 points this season and that is more than they would gain us if they played. We are hardly cut adrift yet although if we fail to pick up points in the coming weeks then we will be so.

A win at Preston will not put 3000 on the gate. A few hundred as fans have seen false dawns too often to be easily convinced to return.Add the fact its on tv on a saturday night and some may miss Xfactor then I beleive you are wide of the mark. Listening to the interview the player did not seem too scathing of RL wishing them luck.

well whoopee do lets hope he lerns to stoke the ball in from 25yards on many occasions.

but when I said DMG was not guarenteed a place that was not believed. Dont just pick the things that suit your arguement Alpine.

i think Lallana is a wonderful prospect. Last night he was not so much in the game but still showed some really great skills. My greatest concern about him in the scoring stakes is that he doesn't seem to have any power in his shooting but relies on sidefooting the ball.

Alpine you are odd, you take an honest assessment and then try and make out that it was a dig.Rudi played OK, but he made a massive mistake that set up Morrison and the ball was kicked off the line, had we gone 1 down it would have been fatal. And yes he did not look worht a massive paypacket as he was no better than the majority of the kids and had you asked a neutral 'who is the 1.6m pound player in our side they probably would have said Euell, DMG , Morgan or Cork.

from what I have been told RL has input to team selection,. I have also been told that he has NO input into training and team talks except to wish the players good luck etc. I also know that DMG has not been guarenteed a start. So yes he does have an input, something that I voiced to you privately and said to you in that PM I didnt wish to make it public as the club does not need all the pressure that goes with the fans potentially being on the back of a 'chosen team' So if you wish to use the fact that RL does have input into team selection then you also should accept that he does not have any part in the rest. I am not happy that he is doing so and do not support the fact. I also do not support fans embroidering an innocent fact of RL wishing the team luck (like most other chairman) into doing team talks.

Um, I dont know if you listen to Radio Hants, but when DMG said about him going into the dressing room he told us that he went in to wish the players luck etc. He went to the training ground earlier in the day to reassure the players about the clubs situation as they may be concerned. After DMG had finished his interview Jimmy Case who is not a fan of RL, said we shouldnt take too much into this as MOST chairman go into the dressing room before the game to wish the players luck ad give them 'you can beat them' type things. Whilst i dont like RL's input into team matters he is not giving team talks. I fear we ALL are taking too much attention to the politics rather than the football, which apart from the disappointing fnal score was a good entertaining game.I enjoyed the game as it was full of inventive and pleasing football. As long as we can stay up next season will be far more enjoyable.

If you were at the game last night I'b be surprised at your comment. DMG was one of our better players and looked well worth his place in the team

some very attractive football Euell really up for it.Rudi did ok apart from his header that set them up , although he didnt look worth a big paypacket compared to the others. DMG reall y worked hard and he admitted in his interview he worked harder than he has before (I hope the penny has dropped that to become a fans favouite you dont rely on scoring) Jan made a big mistake not taking Thompson off as soon as we scored and made us more solid. Even when he made the sub IMO he should have brought BWP on as he is stronger than Smith, or Gobern to tighten things up. Considering all the fans on the prediction thread expecting us to lose by at least 3then it was a good result.MOM Euell

SISU is a hedge fund isnt it? there a few of those on the brink so I wouldnt be so sure.

could you not tell some of those Yanks who want to get Obama HR is really black

yep Bennetton would have him in an advertising campaign.

I remember how bad Ross took it when it looked like his misses had f####d off. He wouldnt like it if he had a message about her on the voicemail

it was a shame it was only boos. I cant beleieve he had the cheek to attend.