ART Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 You may love him or hate him or perhaps be indifferent but today, August 7th is Nicola Cortese's 46th birthday. I think none of us Saints supporters can begrudge wishing him a very happy birthday. Afterall he is the man who convinced Markus Liebherr to invest and buy our club at it's darkest hour. Together they laid the foundations for a 5 year plan to get the club back into the top flight. Nicola, kept his word and achieved Markus's dream. Many Happy Returns and a Very Happy Birthday Nicola! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Saints related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday to the Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 ART you are my favourite poster unbelievably random Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Get ye to the Muppet Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Crab Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Saints related? I agree. And take down all those people from the banner too - none of them are at the club anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydie Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday Nicola! (Please find a new multi billionaire for us!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 The Don, one one day may you return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday little Nic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 You may love him or hate him or perhaps be indifferent but today, August 7th is Nicola Cortese's 46th birthday. I think none of us Saints supporters can begrudge wishing him a very happy birthday. Afterall he is the man who convinced Markus Liebherr to invest and buy our club at it's darkest hour. Together they laid the foundations for a 5 year plan to get the club back into the top flight. Nicola, kept his word and achieved Markus's dream. Many Happy Returns and a Very Happy Birthday Nicola! er... Who the deck is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 I agree. And take down all those people from the banner too - none of them are at the club anymore. I hope someone status a birthday thread for belmadi and monkou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Wonder what he is doing nowdays? I thought he would be CEO of Real Madrid or Barcelona by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Wonder what he is doing nowdays? I thought he would be CEO of Real Madrid or Barcelona by now. Got a job reporting on Saints for the BBC under the name "Ben Smith" afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpin4rizeal Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy birthday nicola the legend. I think we that traitor scouserboy lambert should be removed from the banner and replaced with the don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Crab Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 I hope someone status a birthday thread for belmadi and monkou. I agree. I think that would be very considerate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Thanks for everything, you saved us in a dark hour and lifted us up, all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy birthday Nicola. Hope you got the GI Joe with the Kung-Fu grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 The Don SFC LEGEND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_RLY Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 More important than any player, more important than any manager was The Don. Drive, commitment, passion and determination make the club the best it could be. Happy Birthday. Please come back one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintadjg Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy birthday to The Don true SFC Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday NC - wherever you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 ave it shortarse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 So he was short and one of the youngest in his school year, no wonder he was such a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simondo Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 who..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Got a job reporting on Saints for the BBC under the name "Ben Smith" afaik. LOL awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 So he was short and one of the youngest in his school year, no wonder he was such a ****. Napoleon complex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy birthday to the man who ran the club during the best five years I've lived as a Saints fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Napoleon complex? Funny you should say that. Exclusive footage of Cortese's super-secret takeover meetings. [video=youtube_share;63L_qNlCN6U] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Dear Don, I hope you are having a very happy birthday. Thank you so much for giving us the "Southampton Way" (which everyone is still trying to work out what it is). Thank you also for selling your awesome "vision" to the squad to the extent that the poor suckers actually believed that we were in a position to go for a Champion's League place. You did such good job that they have now fecked off elsewhere to get it next season. Nice one. But the big thank you goes to showing those easily persuaded what you were really made of when you left once once the people with the money fronted you up. Have a lovely day and please, never, ever come back. p.s. We are going to look like Southampton FC (the stripes are back, yay) again next season but your dream of turning us into a poor man's Liverpool is half there as that is where many ofour guys have gone. Thanks again xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 ave it shortarse. I'm assuming that would be in his mouth as we know he carried Markus's watch in another orifice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy birthday Nick nack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 This is all you need to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJackoInHurworth Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Doubt Nicola will read this, but would echo the sentiments of many in wanting to thank him for all he did for our club and in wishing him a great birthday. Whatever mistakes he made (e.g. getting rid of the stripes and, reportedly, not having great relationships with club staff) he can credited with far more successes and for those I am truly thankful and grateful. Happy Birthday!! (Apologies that I post this somewhat belatedly!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Doubt Nicola will read this, but would echo the sentiments of many in wanting to thank him for all he did for our club and in wishing him a great birthday. Whatever mistakes he made (e.g. getting rid of the stripes and, reportedly, not having great relationships with club staff) he can credited with far more successes and for those I am truly thankful and grateful. Happy Birthday!! (Apologies that I post this somewhat belatedly!) And enormous thanks for getting Markus involved because whatever else has happened, that was your biggest input to SFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 And thanks for bringing Les Reed to the club. His greatest signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 (edited) This is all you need to know As a short man, I won't lie to you and say I've never idly considered Cubans, but I've never done it. I knew a bloke that did. He got proper ripped for it behind his back, just like Tom Cruise does. Problem is, females don't have this compunction, so if we going out as a family for a dressy event, it looks like a bevy of women are taking their little brother out to see Lion King or something. It's only the narcissism that gets me out of bed in the morning, y'know. Edited 7 August, 2014 by pap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Pap, if you are happy in your own skin this sh*t doesnt matter. If a guy is confident in himself he doesnt need to wear lifts. Which tells you a lot about the Don But then you know this anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday to The Don Dread to think where we'd be if he hadn't persuaded Markus to buy the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Happy Birthday to The Don Dread to think where we'd be if he hadn't persuaded Markus to buy the club. Good point. Someone with more money might have bought us and we might be challening for a CL place..................but hey, we are where we are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Good point. Someone with more money might have bought us and we might be challening for a CL place..................but hey, we are where we are We'll never know but it was looking rather bleak until they came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxford_lou Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 As a short man, I won't lie to you and say I've never idly considered Cubans, but I've never done it. Aren't short men supposed to be better in bed? (Happy birthday Don!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Aren't short men supposed to be better in bed? (Happy birthday Don!) Any answer I gave would be self-serving or self-incriminating, so I will defer that to the judgement of people that have slept with men of various height. (Happy birthday Don!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Aren't short men supposed to be better in bed? (Happy birthday Don!) Dudley Moore seemed to do ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 We'll never know but it was looking rather bleak until they came in. As you say, we will never know...but there are usually options. For example we dodged a bullet that hit Coventry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Did a tremendous job, but at what cost? The carrier pigeon suggests there might be some blood to spill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Interesting that there have only been 45 replies so far. Perhaps the majority are happy with the progress but were unhappy with the methods??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Interesting that there have only been 45 replies so far. Perhaps the majority are happy with the progress but were unhappy with the methods??????? Or just don't give much of a toss about his birthday, especially as he won't be reading this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 7 August, 2014 Share Posted 7 August, 2014 Or perhaps he will? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 8 August, 2014 Share Posted 8 August, 2014 Any answer I gave would be self-serving or self-incriminating, so I will defer that to the judgement of people that have slept with men of various height. (Happy birthday Don!) Calling SueWhistle Calling SueWhistle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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