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    three halves wrote:
    Velleity wrote:
    three halves wrote:
    Velleity wrote:
    three halves wrote:
    He did so well he was sacked with his team bottom of the league.
    Cortese has pulled off a master stroke by sacking NA then.
    How to lose the supporters backing in one easy lesson and reduce the attendance by those that have had enough and wont be back.
    You should tell us your seat number so we can check that you're really withdrawing your support from the players tonight and for the rest of the season.

    I'd hate you to believe that we thought you were just spouting off with no intention of following it through. Oh no.
    Im sure if you look around the stadium there will be many empty seats and mine is one of those.
    As for spouting off you seem to be full of yourself on here.
    I see. So, no seat number, then? If you're not going to be there then there is no possible reason for not telling us the season ticket seat number. I guess you're popping along then.

    I'll be amazed if there are "plenty" of empty seats; you're the only ST holder on here that I've noticed to have posted that you're not going again.

    Look, I felt sick when the news came out - I hate what Cortese did and the way he did it - but what the *team* needs is support. I bet you a pound to a penny that that's what Adkins would say. Not giving your support seems a little churlish. Come along, enjoy the football and support your *team* regardless of what you think of its chairman - that's what it's about.
    To ask for my seat number is to question my integrity and just shows you are arrogant.
    If people are as unhappy with things like me they wont go,the attendance figures wont tell lies.
    Don't get on your high horse. You are not personally known to other posters just as a login name so it's not questioning your integrity - you prove your statement!"
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Pep's backing for new Saints boss Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino

First published in Saints News
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by Joseph Sexton

Mauricio Pochettino’s remarkable work with the Espanyol youth academy helped win him a dream job with Saints – and the backing of ex-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola!

The 40-year-old Argentinian was sacked by the La Liga club towards the end of last November with Espanyol bottom of the table.

In his last 20 league games with the club, stretching back to the end of last season, the new Saints boss won just three and lost 13.

During his 145 games in the Spanish top flight with Barcelona-based Espanyol, Pochettino’s win ratio was 34 per cent with 44 per cent of games lost.

But it was his work with Espanyol’s academy that mainly attracted him to Saints chairman Nicola Cortese.

Pochettino is held in high regard in Spain, and Bayern Munich boss in waiting Guardiola has said: “I admire him for his ideals, his character. The foundations of his principles are always the same.”

Saints’ academy has produced gems in recent years such as Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale, Alex Chamberlain, Adam Lallana and now Luke Shaw.

But Espanyol’s record is even more impressive, and Pochettino takes a lot of credit for that.

They have produced a remarkable 15 Spanish internationals across all age levels since the turn of the Millennium.

Around forty players currently appearing in Spain’s top two divisions have come from Espanyol.

Cortese has said he wants to build a Barcelona-type model at Saints. Seven of the Barca side that started the 2009 Champions League final were home-grown, and Cortese believes he can oversee such a system at St Mary’s.

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