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    barnjo wrote:
    Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
    barnjo wrote:
    Saints fans need to get realistic, you did well last year and even though I'm not a fan I want them to do well. You got relegated from the premiership in 2005 with at least 12 internationals in the squad with the likes of, lundekvam, crouch, phillips, delap, niemi, le saux and the manager that everyone wanted as England manager! Staying up for the first couple of seasons would be a great achievement, I do hope they do because it's great for the city. Also too an earlier comment about the club of course Saints are still in dept 99% of football clubs are Mr liebherr didn't just hand over 30 million as a present his family will want that back, plus don't think Cortese is good for the club he is trying to get as much money out of the club as he can before he sells, fact!
    Money out of the club you say? But you also said put 30m in - which has been converted to equity so is no longer a debt. Fact. Developing Staplewood at a cost of 15m. Fact.

    Which is it to be? Can't be both can it? And that's a fact.
    Yeah Cortese is taking money out of the club he hasn't put 1 pound in he isn't Liebherr is he. If you know so much then you must be a friend or Cortese himself! Ask him about his own contract and all the little perks that go with it that he wrote himself. 15m to develop stablewood where have you got that figure from are they building it out of gold! If it has cost that much it will be mortgaged not just paid out of Liebherr families pocket. And like my previous comment Saints are still in dept the same as every other football club they just have secure dept keeping up with payments and they don't owe the tax man. Plus how do you think players are bought cash in a briefcase! they will owe money for Jay Rod over the next few months or years.
    Crikey, isn't there some bad feeling on here from our Portsmouth friends?

    I've said this before; wouldn't your time be better spent offering your help to try to get your Supporter's Trust bid in? I'm sure they would (genuinely) appreciate any help they can get.

    Spending your time on here while your club lurches towards bankruptcy seems an odd way of supporting them, that's all..."
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Saints to revamp St Mary's?

An artist's impresion of the revamped St Mary's An artist's impresion of the revamped St Mary's

SAINTS have released artist’s impressions that appear to show possible plans for a St Mary’s Stadium expansion.

The drawings were contained on a DVD given to fans who have renewed their season tickets.

They look to show extensions to the Kingsland, Northam and Chapel stands, with a fresh frontage on the stadium.

A new building is also attached to the back of what appears to be the Chapel end in the drawings.

The designs are included on a DVD which features a review of the last three campaigns, as well as a selection of interviews.

Fans shouldn’t get too excited yet, though.

Rumours of a possible St Mary’s expansion have been circulating since Markus Liebherr’s takeover of the club was completed in 2009.

But no plans have been lodged with Southampton City Council, and Saints themselves have not so much as mentioned the artist’s impressions on their website.

The drawings were also featured under the hardly-definitive heading “our future?” in the DVD.

Saints are unlikely to consider putting any expensive plans in motion unless they can safely establish themselves as a high-flying Premier League club.

They would also need to be confident of a season ticket base that is both big enough and loyal enough to warrant the initial costs and sustain the necessary crowds to make an expansion viable.

While attendances last season were impressive, Saints’ average St Mary’s crowd was still nearly 6,000 below the ground’s current capacity.

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