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Think it would be pretty naive of people to assume that just because there was no mention of a trust fund in the statement that one was not set up. Its pretty clear that Markus had grown a great affection for the club,and the fact that he was gravely ill instead of suffering a sudden death makes it all the more likely provisions were put in place. Besides,why would the club want to announce we had a trust fund with millions of pounds in,it'd only see other clubs asking more in transfer fees from us for their players. The statement from Cortese tells me all I want to hear,that the future of the club is secure and that the plan to reach the Premier League remains intact. I'm delighted NC is in charge of us,its nice to finally be run by someone whose primary concerns are the prosperity and financial security of the football club,and not lining the pockets of him and his mates on the board like Mr Lowe.

Went down today to lay a shirt and sign the book, some genuinely touching tributes, particularly the drawings and messages left by children. I know he was a very private person but I hope Markus knew what effect he'd had on so many by saving the club.

Don't think £18 is that bad a price to be honest,considering it's a Premiership team too. I expect if we do ever get back to the Prem the single ticket price for the same fixture in the league would be nearly double that. Am disappointed I can't get my ST seat again,kinda thought that was the benefit of having one.

Still lost for words. Thankyou Markus for saving our club, you are and always shall be a Saints legend for what you did. May you rest in peace.

Don't forget Andrew Davies

Not yet no

Yeah the crowd was embarrasingly small for them. I'd put that down to 1. The 95% chav crowd not being interested 2. Fatboy Slim was on the other stage 3. It was absolutely ****ing it down,wouldn't suprise me if most people were ****ing it up back at the tent.

Saw them at Oxegen earlier this month, they were pretty good but the poor weather made it hard to enjoy.

Maybe Cortese has banned Minty from posting any more photos of the game as he isn't the official club photographer?

My seat in the Northam was still in line with the touchline running parellel to the Kingsland stand so can't say I noticed it had moved,and as inoffthepost said the top layer of the pitch was dug up pre-season so there's no way you'd be able to see the old painted lines.

Had a bad feeling about the game when they played 'Sex on Fire' by KOL before the game,thats what they played in the 08-09 season! Seriously though we missed Lambert big time,and we really do need to learn to win without him as he can't play every game, reckon he'd have buried the two headers Hammond missed. Other than clearly needing to sign a big striker as a back up i'm not overly worried, still think there was enough quality on display to be optimistic for the season,although i'd say theres question marks over Jaidi, a few lapses in concentration today.

Would be quality if we announced a signing at some silly time tomorrow morning,unlikely I admit but with the way we've been announcing signings so late at night it wouldn't surprise me.

Was wondering if maybe we'd made a sneaky transfer before the deadline for tomorrow and are keeping it quiet until tonight. Would love it if it were Antonio.

They've spent money they haven't got to sign players they couldn't afford and cheated their way out of paying tax and are they dead? No. To me that's pretty much getting away with it.

That's that then,they've got away with it. Would be more annoyed but always felt the decision would go their way such is their luck.

Agree with Swannymere unfortunately, as much I'd love their joke of a football club to die the fact remains they've cheated and pretty much got away with it so far,can't see that changing. Please prove me wrong Judge!

Crouchie's last minute penalty, lifted the roof off St Marys and just for a short while I didn't care we were in a relegation battle,it just felt so good! Will never forget Higginbotham's stunning overhead kick that got disallowed before it because Camara was offside. Everything about the 3-0 game was great,not least Marian's goal.

Weren't we linked with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at one point?

If we didn't already have a couple of players already in the mould of little striker to go with the big one I'd love to see him here,but if I'm honest I'd rather we signed as close to a like for like Lambert replacement as possible.

Yes

Was in the Saints shop today and the guy offered me a closer look a printed away shirt as he said said they were too plain without numbers. Anyhoo the shirt he showed me was printed with Harding 22. I know it wasn't necessarily a player issue shirt but it did have me wondering if Dickson is going to be given number 3.

Further to my earlier annoyance (read above) my ST turned up in the post today,which is great but for the fact I specifically requested to collect it from the Ticket Office. Anyhoo,roll on Aug 7th!

Gave them a call today to see if I could come and collect mine as requested when I paid and the guy said that wouldn't be a problem,different story when I got there though as I was told they hadn't been printed off yet and I should return at the end of next week. Slightly annoying to say the least!

Bart does have a Z in his first name, which also reminds me of Tomasz Hajto.