Redknapp: No-one could have done a better job than Nigel (From Daily Echo)

Dorssaints wrote:
just looked at the gallery of pictures from 1st training session.
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Do we have any idea who the new coaches are?
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It would be great to know who they were, their experience etc.....
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Not that interested in Harry's view of my club he made his views on my club quite well known when he left!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Dorssaints wrote:
just looked at the gallery of pictures from 1st training session.
.
Do we have any idea who the new coaches are?
.
It would be great to know who they were, their experience etc.....
.
Not that interested in Harry's view of my club he made his views on my club quite well known when he left!

If it is any help, the new Goalkeeper Coach / Assistant Manager is Tony Jimenez. See picture 32 in the OS Training Gallery.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I find it amusing that Twitchie is waving the patriotic flag!

Outside of the Box wrote:
Is the Echo on mission to wind us fans up even more,,,,first we get Mike (chicken) Callaghan,,,,and now Harry the Twitch Redknapp spouting his bile.

I know Cortese hates the Echo,,,but printing what this tw@ts has to say takes the biscuit,,,,he's the manager of QPR who are a relegation rival of SouthamptonFC,,,sort it out,,,,there are plenty of other managers you could talk,,,not this revengeful prune faced Skate barstweard.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Dorssaints wrote:
just looked at the gallery of pictures from 1st training session.
.
Do we have any idea who the new coaches are?
.
It would be great to know who they were, their experience etc.....
.
Not that interested in Harry's view of my club he made his views on my club quite well known when he left!

If it is any help, the new Goalkeeper Coach / Assistant Manager is Tony Jimenez. See picture 32 in the OS Training Gallery.

The other guy in the pictures is Fran Alonso, the qualified coach who came along with Gaston as interpreter. We do have a decent Training staff in place.

Salar wrote:
Why wasn't the dog interviewed? Could be just as informative?

COYR

Confucious wrote:

Salar wrote:
Why wasn't the dog interviewed? Could be just as informative?

COYR

Echo are running a story tomorrow featuring condemnation of Cortese (and very depressing Saints forecasts) from a dozen or more local dogs and a budgie and a white mouse. They ran out of people this morning.

All the dogs said the future looks "ruff"; the mice all had squeaky bottoms and, shown a photo of the new man, the budgie said "Who's a pretty boy then?" before pecking the nose on the photo aggressively (though I'm informed the Echo had stuck some millet seed to it).

Oh I'm so depressed and hard done by and feel so victimized. This is even worse than Diana's death and I wish my parents had never met.

I was going to kill myself with a huge aspirin overdose, but after three I felt quite a lot better.

There must be a village idiot somewhere in the area who is happy and prepared to give the Echo an quote to cheer us all up a bit.

rocketone wrote:
Didn't realise Jiminez was still around. Makes it all the more mysterious.
It is obvious that Cortese had this planned for some time but that would date the conspiracy back to the summer.
I said before that I thought Nigel knew of the possibility but may have thought he had ridden it out.
There does need to be a statement of some kind from the club. Otherwise we end up with the Pardew thing again, players wives etc.

Salar wrote:
Why wasn't the dog interviewed? Could be just as informative?

COYR

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Oh and when did you meet my wife?...:o)

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

The fact that I mentioned the photo sort of gave away who I was talking about.......to most people that is FFS...lol

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

The fact that I mentioned the photo sort of gave away who I was talking about.......to most people that is FFS...lol

ffs indeed... however I am short sited which is why I am still married!

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Oh and when did you meet my wife?...:o)

Baddesley Bill wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Oh and when did you meet my wife?...:o)

Warrens met her last Tuesday...I met her Wednesday, Mack met her last time he was ashore....Slugger's popping round to meet her tomorrow to sort out the pipes. You work too much J7!


(only joking!) :O)

warrens 76 wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Oh and when did you meet my wife?...:o)

Warrens met her last Tuesday...I met her Wednesday, Mack met her last time he was ashore....Slugger's popping round to meet her tomorrow to sort out the pipes. You work too much J7!


(only joking!) :O)

Now I know why she was so keen to see me on sunday..kiss XX j7

warrens 76 wrote:
" it's a fickle old game" does he not even grasp the irony of what he said..

pmuff monday..SFC tuesday...back to pmuff few mondays later..Skate.

rocketone wrote:
Didn't realise Jiminez was still around. Makes it all the more mysterious.
It is obvious that Cortese had this planned for some time but that would date the conspiracy back to the summer.
I said before that I thought Nigel knew of the possibility but may have thought he had ridden it out.
There does need to be a statement of some kind from the club. Otherwise we end up with the Pardew thing again, players wives etc.

abbiscuits wrote:
we are meant to be signing albert adomah (BCity) winger as long as his injury eases in the transfer window!

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

J7junctionseven wrote:
No wonder she's always telling me she's tired. I thought it was all that flying around with her brolly and looking after the kids FFS!!... Right that's it, I'm giving up sweeping chimneys and going to become a plumber!...:o)

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

doreron wrote:
Absolutely ridiculous. I didn't think Adkins was doing a very good job of late, but didn't think he deserved the sack and hoped Saints would improve with more wins during the season. I can't understand why a complete stranger, who can't speak a word of English was appointed. It also looks as if he didn't do too well at his previous club either.

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I'm waiting for the next thread...."Rupe
rt Lowe says...."

That should be doozer! :O)

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Thornhill Saint wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

It is not that we don't appreciate what he did as a player. It is what he has got up to and said since he finished playing,

If he is going to slag off others publicly, people are entitled to voice their opinion and he should expect it.

I don't think Le Tiss gives a le Toss what others think any more than Cortese does. They are both similar in that respect.

Le Tiss is not beyond reproach, bit he is still a legend.

Thornhill Saint wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

It is not that we don't appreciate what he did as a player. It is what he has got up to and said since he finished playing,

If he is going to slag off others publicly, people are entitled to voice their opinion and he should expect it.

I don't think Le Tiss gives a le Toss what others think any more than Cortese does. They are both similar in that respect.

Le Tiss is not beyond reproach, bit he is still a legend.

Dorssaints wrote:
Tony Jimenez (quoted as coach) cannot be ex Newcastle guy as he bought sharehold of Charlton in July 2012.
.
Any one sure who he is, is it on any web page anywhere?

warrens 76 wrote:

abbiscuits wrote:
we are meant to be signing albert adomah (BCity) winger as long as his injury eases in the transfer window!

Who?
is he any good'
we will win tomorrow though..

Earl of Regents wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

abbiscuits wrote:
we are meant to be signing albert adomah (BCity) winger as long as his injury eases in the transfer window!

Who?
is he any good'
we will win tomorrow though..

WHO!
You never watched the Saints last season then?, He was Bristol Citys outstanding player against us in both home and away games. We lot both... But we have moved on now. COYR.

warrens 76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Selwyn froget...good work..

Earl of Regents wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

abbiscuits wrote:
we are meant to be signing albert adomah (BCity) winger as long as his injury eases in the transfer window!

Who?
is he any good'
we will win tomorrow though..

WHO!
You never watched the Saints last season then?, He was Bristol Citys outstanding player against us in both home and away games. We lot both... But we have moved on now. COYR.

MGRA wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Selwyn froget...good work..

no true fan would criticise Le Tiss for basically having a go at a coward....You can love the money that NC manipulates but that does not make someone a "true" supporter. Matt is a "real" saints fan. And mindless happy-clappies can slag him off all they want, it just shows what has happened to the football club. Still the NC-homo-erotic-fan club can follow their ambitions and dream about the champions league funded by sky money.... its just a shame it may be in a half empty stadium, but then again it appears this is not a problem for the small niche club of supporters. After all they say that the "old" saints should be dead and buried and this glorious "new" saints with its bimbo programme sellers, stupid car park charges and Chairman who is too scared to face a press conference is the way forward..... fair play... lets hope the football is good to watch in the meantime... ;-)

One Heart....One Vision wrote:
How long will the echo stir the dirt with so many non-stories.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

Baddesley Bill wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I'm waiting for the next thread...."Rupe

rt Lowe says...."

That should be doozer! :O)

Doh... *that should be a doozer!

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

Confucious wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I'm waiting for the next thread...."Rupe


rt Lowe says...."

That should be doozer! :O)

Doh... *that should be a doozer!

I hear they've got a scoop from the local Samaritans' branch. All the Samaritans there are Saints fans and they've been telling a flood of callers to go ahead and top themselves - as they intend to do as soon as their shift is over tonight.

Fortunately Bournemouth Samaritans are putting an extra shift on so they can take calls from the depressed Southampton Samaritans.

The Echo also has a dramatic story about a bloke who jumped off the Itchen Bridge and they are quoting him saying: "Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr

gh!"

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Confucious wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I'm waiting for the next thread...."Rupe



rt Lowe says...."

That should be doozer! :O)

Doh... *that should be a doozer!

I hear they've got a scoop from the local Samaritans' branch. All the Samaritans there are Saints fans and they've been telling a flood of callers to go ahead and top themselves - as they intend to do as soon as their shift is over tonight.

Fortunately Bournemouth Samaritans are putting an extra shift on so they can take calls from the depressed Southampton Samaritans.

The Echo also has a dramatic story about a bloke who jumped off the Itchen Bridge and they are quoting him saying: "Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr


gh!"

A bit sad mate, they still haven't found the last one that jumped from the Itchen Bridge, may be a bit sensitive at the moment.

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Baddesley Bill wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

I agree that Cortese needs to adopt a more "open door" policy.

But the fact remains that our team will acheive more on the pitch with the full backing of the fans.

So you broke 2lbs then... nice one!

Dorssaints wrote:
I am all for cheering Adkins name, I thought it great when Strachan was welcomed a while ago.
.
Booing the Board, or he new manager, you might as well kiss goodbye to the points now!

slugger wrote:
I do wonder who the Echo will quote next ......... Boris Johnson anyone ? ;o)

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I do wonder who the Echo will quote next ......... Boris Johnson anyone ? ;o)

Find and cut n paste a single comment that says differently then!

J7junctionseven wrote:
My money's on John Westwood, the next most annoying man to Saints fans after the baggy faced fraud.

MGRA wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote: Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us? Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle. Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole. We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good. Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has. Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down. A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Selwyn froget...good work..

no true fan would criticise Le Tiss for basically having a go at a coward....You can love the money that NC manipulates but that does not make someone a "true" supporter. Matt is a "real" saints fan. And mindless happy-clappies can slag him off all they want, it just shows what has happened to the football club. Still the NC-homo-erotic-fan club can follow their ambitions and dream about the champions league funded by sky money.... its just a shame it may be in a half empty stadium, but then again it appears this is not a problem for the small niche club of supporters. After all they say that the "old" saints should be dead and buried and this glorious "new" saints with its bimbo programme sellers, stupid car park charges and Chairman who is too scared to face a press conference is the way forward..... fair play... lets hope the football is good to watch in the meantime... ;-)

slugger wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
My money's on John Westwood, the next most annoying man to Saints fans after the baggy faced fraud.

Now that would be the most commented on article ever ! ..... c'mon echo , make it happen .

saintshorse101 wrote:

MGRA wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote: Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us? Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle. Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole. We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good. Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has. Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down. A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Selwyn froget...good work..

no true fan would criticise Le Tiss for basically having a go at a coward....You can love the money that NC manipulates but that does not make someone a "true" supporter. Matt is a "real" saints fan. And mindless happy-clappies can slag him off all they want, it just shows what has happened to the football club. Still the NC-homo-erotic-fan club can follow their ambitions and dream about the champions league funded by sky money.... its just a shame it may be in a half empty stadium, but then again it appears this is not a problem for the small niche club of supporters. After all they say that the "old" saints should be dead and buried and this glorious "new" saints with its bimbo programme sellers, stupid car park charges and Chairman who is too scared to face a press conference is the way forward..... fair play... lets hope the football is good to watch in the meantime... ;-)

so if i say i think matt is wrong i am a `happyclapper` if, prior to last week, i wanted NA to stay i am a happyclapper`, if i dont like what was done to NA but will support the new manager i am a `happyclapper`? so mgra what is it you want? it seems to me that you didnt want ML to take over the saints, you didnt want ML to install NC as chairman, you dont want NC to have ambition for the saints, you would rather fans stayed away than saints trying to win leagues and trophies?
i dont like what NC did to NA and i dont like the way he did it! and i hope NA goes on to succeed elsewhere. i hope that NC learns from the fans reaction to this that he might need to be a bit more open and explain his decisions. i hope the fasns get behind MP and dont boo him. most of all i hope i am able to support my team for years to come, if thats in L1 or the champions league. you may not like NC or his ways but dont start calling other fans `happyclappers` just because they dont agree with you, it makes you look very narrow minded and bitter.

saintshorse101 wrote:

MGRA wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote: Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us? Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle. Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole. We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good. Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has. Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down. A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Selwyn froget...good work..

no true fan would criticise Le Tiss for basically having a go at a coward....You can love the money that NC manipulates but that does not make someone a "true" supporter. Matt is a "real" saints fan. And mindless happy-clappies can slag him off all they want, it just shows what has happened to the football club. Still the NC-homo-erotic-fan club can follow their ambitions and dream about the champions league funded by sky money.... its just a shame it may be in a half empty stadium, but then again it appears this is not a problem for the small niche club of supporters. After all they say that the "old" saints should be dead and buried and this glorious "new" saints with its bimbo programme sellers, stupid car park charges and Chairman who is too scared to face a press conference is the way forward..... fair play... lets hope the football is good to watch in the meantime... ;-)

so if i say i think matt is wrong i am a `happyclapper` if, prior to last week, i wanted NA to stay i am a happyclapper`, if i dont like what was done to NA but will support the new manager i am a `happyclapper`? so mgra what is it you want? it seems to me that you didnt want ML to take over the saints, you didnt want ML to install NC as chairman, you dont want NC to have ambition for the saints, you would rather fans stayed away than saints trying to win leagues and trophies?
i dont like what NC did to NA and i dont like the way he did it! and i hope NA goes on to succeed elsewhere. i hope that NC learns from the fans reaction to this that he might need to be a bit more open and explain his decisions. i hope the fasns get behind MP and dont boo him. most of all i hope i am able to support my team for years to come, if thats in L1 or the champions league. you may not like NC or his ways but dont start calling other fans `happyclappers` just because they dont agree with you, it makes you look very narrow minded and bitter.

Linesman wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

With the abuse that Matt Le Tissier is getting on another page, if fans resort to that after what he has done for the club, over many years, I am not so sure that NA will not soon be forgotten.

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I am a "happy clapper". I hear that there will be several thousand "happy clappers" going to the Wigan away game. We will be making the long and arduous journey there in order to "happy clap" our team to a win...and to help secure Premier League survival.

Aint nothing wrong with being a happy clapper imo.

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I am a "happy clapper". I hear that there will be several thousand "happy clappers" going to the Wigan away game. We will be making the long and arduous journey there in order to "happy clap" our team to a win...and to help secure Premier League survival.

Aint nothing wrong with being a happy clapper imo.

Baddesley Bill wrote:
I am a "happy clapper". I hear that there will be several thousand "happy clappers" going to the Wigan away game. We will be making the long and arduous journey there in order to "happy clap" our team to a win...and to help secure Premier League survival. Aint nothing wrong with being a happy clapper imo.

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................

... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................

... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................


... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO?

That's what the skunts did.

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................



... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO?

That's what the skunts did.

The difference being that we DO have access to proper financial backing ...... I'll support until i have good reason not to , skunts ? ..... no comparison .

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................



... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO?

That's what the skunts did.

The difference being that we DO have access to proper financial backing ...... I'll support until i have good reason not to , skunts ? ..... no comparison .

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote: I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am. Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read. The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further. Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth. Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers. I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters. We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said: "Draw a blue line under it all and move on." So here is that blue line................ ... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO? That's what the skunts did.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................




... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO?

That's what the skunts did.

The difference being that we DO have access to proper financial backing ...... I'll support until i have good reason not to , skunts ? ..... no comparison .

I mean't in the blind trust without question. It's a dangerous stance to take.

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................

... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

mack chinnon wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................


... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

Agree but the change of personnel wasnt conducted in a very Saintly way and portrayed the club and Cortese in a bad light.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................




... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

So blind faith? No scutinising? No accountability for the CEO?

That's what the skunts did.

The difference being that we DO have access to proper financial backing ...... I'll support until i have good reason not to , skunts ? ..... no comparison .

I mean't in the blind trust without question. It's a dangerous stance to take.

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

If we are relegated I hope cortese gets treated the same way by the owners.

J7junctionseven wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

If we are relegated I hope cortese gets treated the same way by the owners.

If we are not and finish mid table and attract even more reallygood additions to the squad in the summer, what do you think we should do then?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
I don't know if his decisions are right or wrong, only time will tell. Accountability in any business or activity is key. Saying he is accountable to the Liebherrs is well and good, but what if the only person speaking to them was Cortese? They might only get one perspective. Bit like Barings Bank asking Nick Leeson about Nick Leesons trading...

Anyway, let's move on. Some teams picked up points yesterday so we really need something tomorrow night, particularly bearing in mind the next two games. Big game made even bigger now.

COYR

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

If we are relegated I hope cortese gets treated the same way by the owners.

If we are not and finish mid table and attract even more reallygood additions to the squad in the summer, what do you think we should do then?

That's entirely my point about accountability. It means being accountable for your decisions - which might be a promotion or pay rise or might be the sack. I seriously hope we are midtable and getting ready to push on, awesome. God forbid we collapse and end up bottom - Cortese has to go. I do admire his single mindedness and think he might succeed.

J7junctionseven wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

If we are relegated I hope cortese gets treated the same way by the owners.

If we are not and finish mid table and attract even more reallygood additions to the squad in the summer, what do you think we should do then?

J7junctionseven wrote:
Why have the Echo not done a thread about our new signng yet?

ghk230473 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

slugger wrote:
Truth is that i adored being a big fish in a small pond in L1 and then the Championship ........... but now i have a taste for winning (great feeling aint it ?) ...... so I share Nicola's vision and have a feeling he'll get us there .

If we are relegated I hope cortese gets treated the same way by the owners.

If we are not and finish mid table and attract even more reallygood additions to the squad in the summer, what do you think we should do then?

We still have time to get them in now, especially as mp has been waiting in the wings watching for weeks! (and what sort of bloke does that)?
I hope and pray we do well but history shows that clubs who keep managers do well, we are on our 3rd already.
If it pays off, cortese will eventually have a statue of himself, big if though.

Confucious wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

My wife likes secrecy and she hates me for being too nosy - at least that's what she keeps writing in her diary.

My mate was challenged yesterday for fishing in a private lake. He said the notice was clearly headed "PRIVATE" so he didn't read it. He then told the warden that he wasn't fishing but just teaching his pet worm to swim.

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................

... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

Littleton-Saint wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

Why does appointing a failure who can't speak English make Cortese clever?

J7junctionseven wrote:
Why have the Echo not done a thread about our new signng yet?

Littleton-Saint wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

Why does appointing a failure who can't speak English make Cortese clever?

Littleton-Saint wrote:

milton road wrote:
Even if MP does win a couple of games, even if we end up chanting his name. Harry you are wrong, we will not froget NA ever, after all we did not forget you and the mess you left us?
Nor did we forget what Pardew did for us on his return with Newcastle.
Nor our youngsters who arsenal stole.
We have a ruthless and clever chairman, just hope he hasn't been too clever for his own good.
Because it is us and our club that will suffer if he has.
Sure I will cheer for NA tomorrow and I will cheer for the team. I won't slag Cortese or the new guy, we need to be together and focused on a win tomorrow night. Actually I hope it will be called off. We need the extra time to sort things out and for things to settle down.
A team going out who doesn't know the manager and vice versa does not bode well.

Why does appointing a failure who can't speak English make Cortese clever?

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................

... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

batesieboy wrote:

slugger wrote:
I have read newspaper articles, listened to the radio reports, watched the football programmes on TV and surfed the web endlessly and I have become very angry with comments made about our football club by people who are full of their own prejudice and who are no more informed about matters leading up to Nigel’s sacking than I am.

Some of our fans need to face up to a few facts. They might like to believe that Cortese eats babies for breakfast, that he kicks puppies and beats his wife and whatever other exaggerated nonsense they may have read.

The facts are that Nicola Cortese saved our club from a fate every bit as bad or even worse than Pompey are facing. He encouraged Markus to buy the club and it is his drive and ambition that has seen us have the resources to get back into the Premier League and that includes appointing Nigel Adkins in the first place and he has the drive and ambition to take us even further.

Yes we are all upset by Nigel's dismissal and what the papers have said about how that was handled and we know the papers always tell you the absolute truth.

Nicola Cortese only cares about this football club. He does not care about you or me or Matt Le Tissier and his bitter views nor does he care about the Daily Mail or the Sun or the archaic ways of the old Pros on the telly who still think things are like they were when they played twenty years ago. He doesn't have the patience for the devious and mischievous ways the media works nor the usual games that other clubs, agents and players try on when dealing with transfers.

I have the utmost respect for Nigel and I will follow his career with great interest and wish him well and success with whatever club he may manage but I am a Saints fan and for me the success and continuation of Southampton Football club is all that matters.

We can sulk, we can hurl insults, wave white handkerchiefs, whinge away in cyberspace or we can do what Nigel always said:

"Draw a blue line under it all and move on."

So here is that blue line................


... copied and pasted again but you get my drift ?

Yawn. You must have been reading all my posts since last Friday, Slugger.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

warrens 76 wrote:

J7junctionseven wrote:
Couldn't give a flying f@ck what that money grabbing fraud has to say about the club he stabbed in the heart and then in the back for good measure.
Do one you vile ,corrupt, greedy, immoral pr!ck.
The Echo have even chosen a photo of the pr!ck poking his tongue out FFS

J7 get a grip..no Cortese equals no club..

....not everything is black and white otherwise all our wives would be like Mary Poppins to the Kids and the best pornstar in bed..taught by Gordon Ramsey to cook...

I like you and your posts but widen the view on this one.

Warrens I have to disagree with you on this one - I know you misunderstood J7's post, but that's not my point.

You say no Cortese equals no club, by which I assume you mean no owners. That's equating SFC to being an emotional decision. I have no problem with that. Other times you might post saying Cortese's decisions are purely hardnosed business ones. I have no problem with that either. But we can't mix and match. If this is a hard nosed business so be it - which means shareholders replace CEO's if they don't deliver just like CEO's replace managers if they don't deliver.

Level playing field is my point. Either it's pure business like Glazers and Manure or it's emoitional like Dave Whelan and Wigan.

Not aimed at you btw but the type of post that many make that mix the two up.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

lowe esteem wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Whilst fishing for Grayling on the river Test today I had time to mull it over.

My conclusion is that this is about confidence in Cortese's decision making ability. To replace Nigel with another coach hinges on that.

Some say he know's what he's doing and is very ambitious.

Others will point to the falling out with AP, the Echo and other media, Eddie Howe, ex players, not defending the court cases for non payment against Solent Interiors and ex members of staff, ticket office etc etc.

If we are to trust his decision making ability we can only judge it on what we see due to the secrecy level at SMS.

It's that simple - does he make good decisions?

I don't know. What I do know is that blind faith is foolhardy in the extreme, checks and balances are what avoid the melt down that happened at Pompey or in the wider world the banks. If you don't scrutinise then all you are doing is crossing your fingers and hoping.

Anyway, smashed my personal best Grayling so all is good here!

You missed a VERY SIGNIFICANT manouvre that says a whole lot more:
NO red and white stripes and a white shirt at Home.. because he can...remember...lov

e him or loave him...it's his ball at the moment, and he can go home when he wants to.
Thank you Mr Adkins, forever a Saint.