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hugh

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Swindon, as it will only take me 30 minutes to get there, which is a good hour less than it takes me to get to St.Mary's. Looking forward to negotiating The Magic Roundabout again. I was one of the first to negotiate it. I had to get from Old Town to Gorse Hill at just before 8am on the first morning. God was that confusing.

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Son of Bob

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Leeds at home will be nice.

 

Also looking forward to lots of away grounds this year that I haven't been to yet. I'm hoping this season will be my only opportunity to visit them before we start our climb back to glory (you can't blame a man for dreaming!)

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Assuming that all goes well with the take-over and that MLT is Chairman (or similar) I shall be looking forward to the first home game, whoever it is against, because the atmosphere will be phenomenal!

 

Hope so, and should be over from Italy on my summer visit. Perhaps we can have a Saints exiles meet-up: DubaiPhil, Eric, me, etc, etc, perhaps even Alpine!

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Assuming that all goes well with the take-over and that MLT is Chairman (or similar) I shall be looking forward to the first home game, whoever it is against, because the atmosphere will be phenomenal!

 

Me too. I certainly hope that there will be a good turnout of people who will see the match as the first one of almost a rebirth of the club, interested to welcome the new owner/s, manager and some new players.

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What match are you most looking forwrd to...

...and why?

 

 

FA Cup Final 2012 v. Man.Utd

.........why do you think ?

 

Bah, why stop at the puny FA cup? Like many on here I reject your reality and substitute my own. Champions League final 2013 :p

 

Back to reality, Yeovil away - though I'm sure it'd be more of a laugh if they still had "the slope".

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If we get in the playoff final, it will most likely be that – as I haven’t been to the new Wembley yet.

 

But failing that, it will be against Millwall as one of my best mates is a fan. Nothing to do with any hooligan crap…

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Nineteen Canteen

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What match are you most looking forwrd to...

...and why?

 

Whilst on the subject, when do the fixtures come out?

 

The one where we might prove we can achieve an average gate of 21k+ regardless of match (just a run of the mill mid season league game) performance or league position now the club's nemesis, for so many (at least for the 500 regular posters on this forum) has been removed.

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Whitey Grandad

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The one where we might prove we can achieve an average gate of 21k+ regardless of match (just a run of the mill mid season league game) performance or league position now the club's nemesis, for so many (at least for the 500 regular posters on this forum) has been removed.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say that with the right manager and a couple of inspired signings I believe that the gates will be at least as big as last season. I cannot believe that anybody was attracted to St. Mary's by the big-name opposition and they certainly didn't come for the quality of the football.

 

Depending on the dates, I'm looking forward to some of the away games. Carlisle, Yeovil, Swindon and I'd certainly like to go to Bristol Rovers again and do them over.

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I'm going to stick my neck out and say that with the right manager and a couple of inspired signings I believe that the gates will be at least as big as last season. I cannot believe that anybody was attracted to St. Mary's by the big-name opposition and they certainly didn't come for the quality of the football.

 

Depending on the dates, I'm looking forward to some of the away games. Carlisle, Yeovil, Swindon and I'd certainly like to go to Bristol Rovers again and do them over.

 

Hopefully, the new owner won't read your honest assessment because that remains below the break even levels so the taps will need to be on from the start before a player is signed.

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Hopefully, the new owner won't read your honest assessment because that remains below the break even levels so the taps will need to be on from the start before a player is signed.

Break even levels won't include a mortgage though, will they?

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Hopefully, the new owner won't read your honest assessment because that remains below the break even levels so the taps will need to be on from the start before a player is signed.

 

The break even levels on the old mortgage agreement. Based on comments made that indicate that the new owner could be someone who is willing to actually put some money in then I would suggest that isn't a key factor anymore, merely a secondary one.

 

All football is based on running at a loss, we will be on a level playing field with the other clubs for a change. (I'm not saying it's the right way to operate, for it is all ultimately unsustainable.... but I don't support saints for the business side... I have my fill of that during the working day!)

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Whitey Grandad

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Hopefully, the new owner won't read your honest assessment because that remains below the break even levels so the taps will need to be on from the start before a player is signed.

My personal feeling is that the academy is unsustainable at this new level of football, unless Mr. Big wants to take a long-term view, that is.

 

Players' wages will obviously have to fall correspondingly and as Ponty points out, noy making stadium repayments would be a blessed relief. I'm quite sure that any new owner will have looked at all these sums very carefully. Anything over 12,000 would be outstanding in this division.

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chrisobee

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What match are you most looking forwrd to...

...and why?

 

Whilst on the subject, when do the fixtures come out?

 

Well the Premier League fixtures come out in a few weeks, 17th June I believe so I imagine all the other leagues will be released at the same time so not long to wait if that is the case. Always used to be but with the Premier League now a law until itself I can't be sure.

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On our first match (and subsequent ones) , I think we should do a "roll call" - each player who ever they are should get a roll call saying "your the best centre back in this league", or whatever their position is. Just give them some positive vibes. Like many others, I'm looking forward to the new season, not expecting a lot, but just want us to do welll. It's likely that we'll have a bigger crowd than many other teams so let's use it. I've always tended to clam up if we ever perform 'by far the greatest team' as I find it difficult to say untruths. On the other hand, I think our players will benefit from a lot of people saying they're good, even if they're not.

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