saint_sinner Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Is there any other chairman in the premier league that you would rather have running our club other than cortese right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Is there any other chairman in the premier league that you would rather have running our club other than cortese right now? Done a great job and got pretty much all decisions correct. Can't complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Is there any other chairman in the premier league that you would rather have running our club other than cortese right now? Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. you've spent more time than most on here talking about the chairman over the last 3-4 years. Has anyone found his spoon yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 you've spent more time than most on here talking about the chairman over the last 3-4 years. Has anyone found his spoon yet? more importantly i wonder if the 6 staff taken off their normal duties to find it have resumed their usual roles yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Not in the Prem, no. My dream would've been Venky's because I wanted us to make one of those 'promotional chicken eating' video's in pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty's Caddy Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 WTF???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty's Caddy Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. WTF???? (Don't know what happened above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. If only Guy had opened his biscuit tin eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danner Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Cortese looks past sentiment and makes the right call no matter how unpopular it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 WTF???? It's 11.40 man, put the bottle down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoksaint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. Think our best finish was '84 wasn't it when we finished 2nd to liverpool And we got knocked out of the cup at Highbury by Everton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Think our best finish was '84 wasn't it when we finished 2nd to liverpool And we got knocked out of the cup at Highbury by Everton? Yeah, so what? I'm sure Alan Woodford was lauded then much more so than Askham and even Cortese is now. Woodford woooh ohhhh He comes from near Eastleigh He f*cking hates Pompey etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Much of our progress over the last 3 years has been aided by a financial advantage over our rivals (not to diminish what has been achieved though). We're not too far away from a place in the league where that advantage no longer becomes ours and instead belongs to our rivals (or at the very best we are equals). So I'll be interested to see how he approaches things and how much patience he has in that position when it can't be about how much money we've got, but about how we spend it to even the playing field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Excellent! I was just thinking we need a new thread about the chairman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 No - doing a 10/10 job and shows up some of the buffoons in football, Gold and Sullivan for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brussels Saint Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. You are actually right though. When I grew up supporting the Saints in the 80's and most of the 90's, I had no clue who the Chairman even was and would not give it a second thought. The players, game and the manager were all important and my guess is that by today's standards some of the things Chairman today get criticised for would be mild compared to their predecessors. We talk about it and its important today because football changed. Now fans want, need and have access to huge amounts of information of every facet of the club. This was never a choice in the past, so it did not concern me. Had I had any clue who Guy Askham was or what he did, I probably would have had an opinion. I actually prefer modern football, as it does give us the opportunity to understand how our club is run and the characters in charge (to be honest, I also quite like the overhyped PL, prima donna millionaires, decent stadiums/pitches & lack of violence) As this is modern football and I am aware of who NC is.................no I would not change him for any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 Back in 1989/90 season Saints were in a great form, a team full of young players like Le Tissier, Shearer, Rod Wallace, Tim Flowers, Jason Dodd. We were playing excellent football and scoring loads of goals. We'd had a decent cup run with a great away win at Spurs and been unlucky to draw Liverpool away in the 5th round who were the top side and unfortunately got knocked out. Despite that we were pushing for our highest finish since 1985 and the future looked bright. My first thoughts after most games in those days was to write into the paper version of the Ugly Inside and On The March fanzines prasing Guy Askham and talking about what a great chairman he was and how i wouldn't want anyone else at the helm. Because that's how it was back then. We praised the chairman and talked about him all the time, not the players they were just employees paid to do a job, it was all about great chairmanship. Did Askham pick the team too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 15 April, 2013 Share Posted 15 April, 2013 I really don't care about how he treats people, as long as we get results and progress as a club. If he was such an asshole to everyone, we would never be able to attract players and managers of the quality that we have. Football is becoming a dog eat dog world, and Cortese won't sit back and act like his pants are made of bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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