Season ticket holder hits out (From Daily Echo)

Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

Mr van Tuyl: as a season ticket holder you have made a significant financial investment at the personal level. But in the grand scheme of things, you are nothing. A drop in the ocean of the financial business of football. Mr Cortese will take no notice of you at all.

He sacks who he wants

He sacks who he wants

Nicola Cortese

He sacks who he wants

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

History 'my son will tell you how this will end. Remember a certain ruppert?
He thought he knew best chopped and changed managers and generally upset all he came into contact with. Cortese is worse, read moyes comments, he's spot on

Er, yeah. That's what bosses do, particularly if they think it is the right thing to do. It's not always pretty. Cortese is in charge, and we would not have a Club at all, certainly not in the Premiership, if it weren't for Cortese. So yeah, he can sack who he wants. He has got nothing wrong yet, so far as I can see. All the over-emotional, histrionic, theatrical posts just make me laugh. Judge at season's end. It does not say on your season ticket: "We'll give you a ring to see what you think when we've got a decision to make". Grow up, and support the Saints. We have an important game on Monday night. Nigel is a multi-millionaire, thanks to Cortese, and will have another lucrative job in no time. Boo hoo.

ghk230473 wrote:

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

History 'my son will tell you how this will end. Remember a certain ruppert?
He thought he knew best chopped and changed managers and generally upset all he came into contact with. Cortese is worse, read moyes comments, he's spot on

Mr lowe is not Mr Cortese.. Cortese has a grand vision for my club and I believe in him... has he been wrong yet?? Do you and others just want him to fail?? Stop looking back all the time.

ghk you are always dull, as boring as Moyes, who has been repeating the same season at Everton, year after year...yawn...

ghk230473 wrote:

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

History 'my son will tell you how this will end. Remember a certain ruppert?
He thought he knew best chopped and changed managers and generally upset all he came into contact with. Cortese is worse, read moyes comments, he's spot on

I bet you also complained when Cortese sacked Pardew. As we all know that was a good decision, and I for one am prepared to accept that he has Saints best interest in his decision making.

I will be there on Monday cheering on the team and welcoming the new manager into the Saints family.

More extraordinary views from Saints fans. Exactly what rights do you think your season ticket gives you (beyond your seat of course)? That Mr Cortese will come round to knock on your door to personally canvas your opinion before he makes a decision? Im afraid it is time for all those fans who think their support somehow bestows upon them involvement in the running of the club to wake up to reality. Yes this was a harsh decision (and undoubtedly a risk at a crucial time in the season), but Mr Cortese has not done much wrong yet. I am sick of 'Saints fans' saying they now want us to go down, or that they will never come to St Marys again etc etc. Petulant and childish.

batesieboy wrote:
Er, yeah. That's what bosses do, particularly if they think it is the right thing to do. It's not always pretty. Cortese is in charge, and we would not have a Club at all, certainly not in the Premiership, if it weren't for Cortese. So yeah, he can sack who he wants. He has got nothing wrong yet, so far as I can see. All the over-emotional, histrionic, theatrical posts just make me laugh. Judge at season's end. It does not say on your season ticket: "We'll give you a ring to see what you think when we've got a decision to make". Grow up, and support the Saints. We have an important game on Monday night. Nigel is a multi-millionaire, thanks to Cortese, and will have another lucrative job in no time. Boo hoo.

Fcuking Brilliant


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wiltssaint wrote:
More extraordinary views from Saints fans. Exactly what rights do you think your season ticket gives you (beyond your seat of course)? That Mr Cortese will come round to knock on your door to personally canvas your opinion before he makes a decision? Im afraid it is time for all those fans who think their support somehow bestows upon them involvement in the running of the club to wake up to reality. Yes this was a harsh decision (and undoubtedly a risk at a crucial time in the season), but Mr Cortese has not done much wrong yet. I am sick of 'Saints fans' saying they now want us to go down, or that they will never come to St Marys again etc etc. Petulant and childish.

Spot on

Tough call on Nigel Atkins

I have had my doubts through the season with some strange line ups and substitutions but believed he deserved the chance to see the season through

Whether we agree with the decision or not it has been made and we now need to get behind the new manager and continue to support the team

Cortese was right replacing Pardue. Who is to say this is not another good call. Only time will tell

COYR's

I am a season ticket holder in the Kingsland as well and that gives me no rights, other than to sit in my seat on match days. I am disappointed for Nigel, but it has happened. Deal with it. Name calling does not achieve anything.

I will be in my seat (snow permitting) on Monday to see the first match in the next chapter of the Saints story and I will be supporting the team and new manager.

"As a season ticket holder, I have been held in contempt"

"As a season ticket holder, I think you're a prat"

batesieboy wrote:
Er, yeah. That's what bosses do, particularly if they think it is the right thing to do. It's not always pretty. Cortese is in charge, and we would not have a Club at all, certainly not in the Premiership, if it weren't for Cortese. So yeah, he can sack who he wants. He has got nothing wrong yet, so far as I can see. All the over-emotional, histrionic, theatrical posts just make me laugh. Judge at season's end. It does not say on your season ticket: "We'll give you a ring to see what you think when we've got a decision to make". Grow up, and support the Saints. We have an important game on Monday night. Nigel is a multi-millionaire, thanks to Cortese, and will have another lucrative job in no time. Boo hoo.

LOL well said, no one wanted adkins after AP, cortesse didn't know what he was doing that day either, history proved the know it alls wrong,

Some 'fans' really need to get a grip. Waving white hankies, booing the manager etc. get a bloody grip! We all need to get behind and support the team! Lets face it, NC isn't going to be losing any sleep over this. If you're not willing to get behind the team and back the manage then fcuk off down the road to skuntville! COYR!

As a season ticket holder you have the right to your seat, and you're expected to support the team. There will be 11 players on the pitch on monday giving their best to beat Everton. Will you help by being a part of the 12th player (the supporters), Mr van Tuyl? If not, you are a tool...

http://georgeweahsco
usin.com/2013/01/18/
mauricio-pochettino-
the-man-with-a-plan/


Have a read of this

Lay off the bloke, least he can put a well written piece together. We are all entitled to our views, hence why we come on here. Why call him a tool etc. NC is a man on a mission, could be impossible or could end up be a Dream! Nigel top bloke some funny decisions but you left us in a better place with the help of NC I may add.

As a season ticket holder I am looking forward to the next chapter of supporting SFC.

batesieboy wrote:
Er, yeah. That's what bosses do, particularly if they think it is the right thing to do. It's not always pretty. Cortese is in charge, and we would not have a Club at all, certainly not in the Premiership, if it weren't for Cortese. So yeah, he can sack who he wants. He has got nothing wrong yet, so far as I can see. All the over-emotional, histrionic, theatrical posts just make me laugh. Judge at season's end. It does not say on your season ticket: "We'll give you a ring to see what you think when we've got a decision to make". Grow up, and support the Saints. We have an important game on Monday night. Nigel is a multi-millionaire, thanks to Cortese, and will have another lucrative job in no time. Boo hoo.

Batesie I guess from the tone of your posts you are firmly in the NA hater category of fan that we have. How do you know that NA is a "multi-millionaire" and please stop INSULTING fellow saints fans just because you disagree with them. There is a sad and worrying trend on these threads that if someone disagrees with someone elses view they insult them like we are back on school playgrounds where bullying happened. Please may I respectfully urge to you respect other peoples views. You don't have to like them or even agree with them but your attitude sums up so much of what is wrong with modern Britain that only your view is right and matters. Yes I agree we need to judge at the end of season but in my opinion people have the right to express concern.

As a season ticket holder, I was against the Pardew replacement.
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I guess that is why I am not the C.E. of a premiership club.
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I just worry about the timing given that we were heading in the right direction!

For our fans to react in the same way as Chelsea is in no way the same. At Chelsea it was to do with histrionics and the fact that Rafa Had criticised Chelsea fans when manager at Liverpool.
On Monday I will be fully behind my team and in no way will I be demonstrating. Adkins is gone and will not be coming back. Get over it and move on. COYR

Can't see how you can have a head coach who can't communicate with the players unless through an interpreter.

Skating on thin ice wrote:
Mr van Tuyl: as a season ticket holder you have made a significant financial investment at the personal level. But in the grand scheme of things, you are nothing. A drop in the ocean of the financial business of football. Mr Cortese will take no notice of you at all.

He sacks who he wants

He sacks who he wants

Nicola Cortese

He sacks who he wants

You lot on here are a joke ! Call yourself true supporters what Cortese has done is disgraceful and he should be held accountable he is not bigger than the club stinking iti tosser if we get relegated it will be on his head and cappuccino or what ever his name is will lead us straight back to the championship !! An unbelievable decision at this stage in the season

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

Patronising g1t,who are you telling to wind your neck in, aren't people entitled to their opinion?

shaun_inuk wrote:

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

Patronising g1t,who are you telling to wind your neck in, aren't people entitled to their opinion?

Absolutely, didn't realise that some of our fans are total nobs and that they don't seem to give a stuff about the team or Adkins treatment !!

lowe hater, cornwall wrote:

shaun_inuk wrote:

skatebait wrote:
Wind your neck in son.
You know f all about how this decision will pan out, so you and your precious season ticket need to do what you do best and support the Saints.

Patronising g1t,who are you telling to wind your neck in, aren't people entitled to their opinion?

Absolutely, didn't realise that some of our fans are total nobs and that they don't seem to give a stuff about the team or Adkins treatment !!

Aren't people entitled to their opinion. ...priceless. ..
Don't give a stuff about the team. ...
Really you two get to bed, church in the morning x

lowe hater, cornwall wrote:

Skating on thin ice wrote:
Mr van Tuyl: as a season ticket holder you have made a significant financial investment at the personal level. But in the grand scheme of things, you are nothing. A drop in the ocean of the financial business of football. Mr Cortese will take no notice of you at all.

He sacks who he wants

He sacks who he wants

Nicola Cortese

He sacks who he wants

You lot on here are a joke ! Call yourself true supporters what Cortese has done is disgraceful and he should be held accountable he is not bigger than the club stinking iti tosser if we get relegated it will be on his head and cappuccino or what ever his name is will lead us straight back to the championship !! An unbelievable decision at this stage in the season

You xenophobic small minded negative moron. Cant belive you call yourself a Saints fan

skatebait wrote:

lowe hater, cornwall wrote:

Skating on thin ice wrote:
Mr van Tuyl: as a season ticket holder you have made a significant financial investment at the personal level. But in the grand scheme of things, you are nothing. A drop in the ocean of the financial business of football. Mr Cortese will take no notice of you at all.

He sacks who he wants

He sacks who he wants

Nicola Cortese

He sacks who he wants

You lot on here are a joke ! Call yourself true supporters what Cortese has done is disgraceful and he should be held accountable he is not bigger than the club stinking iti tosser if we get relegated it will be on his head and cappuccino or what ever his name is will lead us straight back to the championship !! An unbelievable decision at this stage in the season

You xenophobic small minded negative moron. Cant belive you call yourself a Saints fan

What and you think you are !! Tosser disappear back under your rock

The integrity and good reputation of our club has been severely damaged by the events on Friday. Even if the gamble works, the loss of integrity is not a price worth paying, imo. Any manager would find the current decision-making structure at Saints frustrating and unworkable. The Dark Lord is dead but seems to be fit and well and living in St Mary's all over again. I'm ashamed of my club at the moment, quite ashamed.

lowe hater, cornwall wrote:

skatebait wrote:

lowe hater, cornwall wrote:

Skating on thin ice wrote:
Mr van Tuyl: as a season ticket holder you have made a significant financial investment at the personal level. But in the grand scheme of things, you are nothing. A drop in the ocean of the financial business of football. Mr Cortese will take no notice of you at all.

He sacks who he wants

He sacks who he wants

Nicola Cortese

He sacks who he wants

You lot on here are a joke ! Call yourself true supporters what Cortese has done is disgraceful and he should be held accountable he is not bigger than the club stinking iti tosser if we get relegated it will be on his head and cappuccino or what ever his name is will lead us straight back to the championship !! An unbelievable decision at this stage in the season

You xenophobic small minded negative moron. Cant belive you call yourself a Saints fan

What and you think you are !! Tosser disappear back under your rock

No, he is right actually. Within your post you have shown a degree of being a petulant child by name calling of human beings.

I don't like what has happened, but I don't want it to destroy everything that has been achieved. I will support the team right through.

I may not at this moment in time like what Cortese has done, but calling him childish names won't help. Let's just hope the decision works out well for the good of Saints and let's support the team and manager moving forward.

As for Nigel, he will least be a saint on my eyes.

NA sacked for being very good at his job.

MP sacked by Espanol for being useless. (his replacement has revitalised the side with 4 wins and 3 draws out of the 9 games he's been in charge)

Cortese's fans will say that, whatever he does, he does for the good of the club, but it is no excuse to act like he does.
He is a thoroughly despicable poor excuse for a man, representing everything that is wrong with modern football and dragging the good name of Southampton football club through the mud.
I won't stop support the team, but this has left a nasty taste in the mouth.

costa gaz wrote:
NA sacked for being very good at his job.

MP sacked by Espanol for being useless. (his replacement has revitalised the side with 4 wins and 3 draws out of the 9 games he's been in charge)

Cortese's fans will say that, whatever he does, he does for the good of the club, but it is no excuse to act like he does.
He is a thoroughly despicable poor excuse for a man, representing everything that is wrong with modern football and dragging the good name of Southampton football club through the mud.
I won't stop support the team, but this has left a nasty taste in the mouth.

A TRUCE please.

Whatever everyone's personal reactions and over-reactions this has got to stop...

Firstly: the club NEED us whoever is in charge, all who think they are being loyal to NA, ask yourself would he want to see his work undone, the effort all for nothing, fans tearing each oter apart..NO, you dishonour him by being disloyal to the club...

Secondly: We love NA for his decency, dignity and SUCCESS, all this moralising would not exist if he had missed promotion last season and we did almost blow it...had we been firmly in the relegation zone would everyone be so outraged.NO...it is because he was succesfull AND decent not just the decency..so those who are venting at NA are you holier than thou?

Three: I wish NA had not gone HOWEVER I will not deny that some of our panicking and giving up possession, speed of play, and substitutions left me worried, I believe we can do better whether that was due to NA is yet to be seen.

Four: NC....judging from our early start he would be neglectful in the extreme if he did NOT line up successors...many including myself thought that we were getting there....

Five: our recent results look flattering in comparison to our early season form nonetheless we still have lost more points from leading positions than any other team.

Six: If we want a glowing future we have to think ahead, our greatest asset is our academy...as potential constant relegation candidates (if NA had reached his limits) those players who want honours and european football will always be destined to leave us...

Seven: If our academy grows and links in with Argentinian and Spanish youth and boy can they play..I ask all fans to think of the implications!!!

Remember that picture of the enlarged stadium, european football and a feeling of loyalty and belonging to all those poor SOUTHERN kids with no identity but a mufco shirt....

If Cortese gets it wrong he will pay the price....NA will always be a wonderful person to us, let us not forget what he taught us...together as one...

I remember the interview at the end of last season..the writing was on the wall for a long time...

I will miss him AND I want the South to for once have a chance to join the big league, with this in mind the new guy has to be welcomed and NC judged end of season we have a difficult run in did NC stick or twist who can tell until the fat lady sings.

Remember in the eye's of SFC you are a customer not a Fan.

If Tesco does something you don't like go to Lidl instead

batesieboy wrote:
Er, yeah. That's what bosses do, particularly if they think it is the right thing to do. It's not always pretty. Cortese is in charge, and we would not have a Club at all, certainly not in the Premiership, if it weren't for Cortese. So yeah, he can sack who he wants. He has got nothing wrong yet, so far as I can see. All the over-emotional, histrionic, theatrical posts just make me laugh. Judge at season's end. It does not say on your season ticket: "We'll give you a ring to see what you think when we've got a decision to make". Grow up, and support the Saints. We have an important game on Monday night. Nigel is a multi-millionaire, thanks to Cortese, and will have another lucrative job in no time. Boo hoo.

well said mate , spot on , stop winging and support saints !we all lucky to have a club with real ambition ! If it was nt for cortese who knows where we d be probably floundering around in league 1 and waiting half the night for m o t d to come on x

Outside of the Box wrote:
"As a season ticket holder, I have been held in contempt"

"As a season ticket holder, I think you're a prat"

go down m27 and grab a cheap ticket if ur that unhappy its your choice , victor !

We all know that the daily echo hate cortase and I swear that they're trying to get us to revolt against him well tbh I'm gonna still support the players on Monday night, so cn u stop reporting this negative crap!!

Fellow Saints fans,

Once we get over the emotional reaction to Nigel's sacking (the manner of which was the saddest part), we should reflect more carefully on Saints situation.

30 months ago SFC was close to the scrap heap (just like Poopey now are). We were rescued by St Markus AND by Cortese, his financial adviser, who put Markus onto the takeover of the club. Both have been revered by Saints fans as heroes, notwithstanding some concerns about Cortese's ways of doing business - e.g. the sacking of Pardew and his replacement with Nigel which was itself seriously questioned at the time and his ill-judged run-in with the media which means that they will take any chance now to rubbish Cortese for revenge.

We live in a different age. Football has (unfortunately, in my view) changed in many ways. The big money ownership by foreign magnates started with the big name clubs but is gradually spreading to the so-called smaller clubs. SFC now falls into that category. We can't turn back the clock. We can't beat 'em so we have to join 'em, unless we want to remain a football minnow.

Cortese is ambitious. He is still backed (we assume) by Liebherr money despite the demise of St Markus. We may not agree with his ways but surely we have to go with his ambition for SFC. If Cortese (and thereby the Liebherr family) call it a day and sell us to another rich foreign owner or a private equity consortium, who knows who will own the club. We can do without the likes of Poopey's erstwhile owners.

As some have said, the fans pay good money to watch the Saints but just think how much money is being put at risk by SFC's financial backers. I believe that Cortese is trying to fulfill St Markus's dream of making the Saints a truly major club and only that is keeping the Liebherr family on board. If the fans jeopardise that by withdrawing their full support of the team (and thereby the club), the Liebherrs will probably throw in the towel. And who could blame them?

We have to ask ourselves as devoted Saints fans (and I have been one for nearly 60 years): what do we want for our cherished club? The chance to reach the top of the tree or settling for at best mid-table mediocrity. Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice.

By all means, on Monday night give a final rendering of 'there's only one Nigel Adkins' because that is true. He did a great job for us, was a true gentleman and will long remain in the hearts of Saints fans. He kept his dignity even when he was thrown off the bus. His final message to the team says so much about the man but it is also a message to us fans. Keep the faith, keep believing in what we have been doing and keep improving.

We fans must also keep our dignity. We are not Chelski fans. We are THE SAINTS. Let's not let ourselves down by foolish behaviour at Monday's game. Support the team as we always have - the players need that support even more in the coming weeks with the uncertainties created by Nigel's departure. Let's stick together and reach for the top.

We owe it to Nigel who, given the nature of the man, will be as keen for Saints to progress as we must surely be and will, I believe, retain a genuine fondness for those 'great fans' as he sincerely called us.

In short, let's keep calm and carry on.

COYR

One thing is obvious despite all the mud slinging and handbag waving, we are all passionate about our team. No matter what has happened to us and whoever made it happen, we're still there week in week out.
We've enjoyed good times recently and were starting to look safe back in the Premiership. Yes Cortese is an enigma, maybe a genius maybe a fool, love him or hate him, he is our chairman and runs the club. I believe he wants Saints to be successful and will be ruthless and making this happen, I will not complain about success.
But I will complain about his total lack of humanity, to sack a successful man in this manner is despicable, and does leave a nasty taste.

I for one will not be joining in any protest of in any form (white hankies? please, we're already a laughing stock don't make it worse) I will be right behind MY team the team I love, I will continue to give it my all for the lads, also I will give señor Pochettino every chance to prove himself. As I am certain that all of you on here will do despite your difference of opinions.

COYR!

Littleton-Saint wrote:
The integrity and good reputation of our club has been severely damaged by the events on Friday. Even if the gamble works, the loss of integrity is not a price worth paying, imo. Any manager would find the current decision-making structure at Saints frustrating and unworkable. The Dark Lord is dead but seems to be fit and well and living in St Mary's all over again. I'm ashamed of my club at the moment, quite ashamed.

good post

been thinking a lot about all this and great shame to see us fighting each again.

most has been said and to a large degree its about results till the end of this season

what worries me is a lot of people who seem to know a lot about football in the papers this weekend seem to think we have made a very risky and foolish decision

i just hope cortese knows more than all of them....

It's a tight call on this one. Nigel did very well for us and was an all round good guy I hope he does well in his next position he deserves to. But I think we need a strong manager who will give Saints the hair dryer treatment when required. Mr Nasty will do us no harm. Ruffle our feathers and shake a few up.

thomasupton wrote:
Can't see how you can have a head coach who can't communicate with the players unless through an interpreter.

To tell you the truth Thomas, the interpetreter is a better tactician than the gaffer so I think we will be OK.