Le Tiss wants Saints to sign more defenders (From Daily Echo)

ToastyTea wrote:
Mattie is right, we really need some more players at the back and without some new blood I fear for our lives. Fonte makes clumsy mistakes and we will get punished for them this season, badly.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

bigfella777 wrote:
Kolo Toure up for 3 mill, bargain.

Block41row0sfc wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
Kolo Toure up for 3 mill, bargain.

Agree with that. Are wages a stumbling point?

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

laffaminute wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

5-0 ? you are the optomist of the day, but i thought you were playing sunday

laffaminute wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

5-0 ? you are the optomist of the day, but i thought you were playing sunday

long memory wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

If you keep your head,when all about are losing theirs,if you can wait and not be tired by waiting, you'll turn into a true Saints fan my son.

long memory wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

If you keep your head,when all about are losing theirs,if you can wait and not be tired by waiting, you'll turn into a true Saints fan my son.

worried of n e hampshire wrote:
come on cherries (silly name)

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

RedArmy1 wrote:
Good Call. Fans have been wanting this all Summer.

Also missed out on getting Buttner to strengthen the Defence.

Goalkeeping situation not entirely sorted out - we lost Bart and got a similar player in to play second fiddle to Kelvin.

Need to spend and get in more quality.
in these 3 key areas.

Need to fight in the League Games - as if each game was a Cup Final to secure points.

Keep Barney etc for Cup Games where players will be too exhausted to fight in all competitions.

RED ARMY. FIGHT AND WIN. COYR.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Flashin the pan wrote:
Man C 1/7 to beat Southampton 14/1. Soton 5/4 to get relegated.
Not looking good you scummers.
5/4 must be worth a good bet surely?

insane saint wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote: Good Call. Fans have been wanting this all Summer. Also missed out on getting Buttner to strengthen the Defence. Goalkeeping situation not entirely sorted out - we lost Bart and got a similar player in to play second fiddle to Kelvin. Need to spend and get in more quality. in these 3 key areas. Need to fight in the League Games - as if each game was a Cup Final to secure points. Keep Barney etc for Cup Games where players will be too exhausted to fight in all competitions. RED ARMY. FIGHT AND WIN. COYR.

bit tame today Red Army1 LET GO GET THEM WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE WE ARE HERE TO STAY COYR now that feels better

Mush On The Beach wrote:

puppy saint wrote:

Flashin the pan wrote: Man C 1/7 to beat Southampton 14/1. Soton 5/4 to get relegated. Not looking good you scummers. 5/4 must be worth a good bet surely?

http://www.portsmout h.co.uk/sport/pompey /pompey-past/appleto n-certain-of-relegat ion-after-budget-cut -1-4158095 Looking a lot better than this.

It’s a laffaminute according to the Farton scummers, stop it my sides are hurting too much. There’s delusional and then there’s skunt, it's a whole new level

seventh-junction wrote:

skate_hate wrote:

Mush On The Beach wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

puppy saint wrote:
The Echo must have turned the tw&t magnet on.

Yes seems like youve arrived

Your are the Skunt gift that keeps giving on here JaffaMinute ..... Sadly for you though, you only ever fire blanks and it’s always over far too quickly with little in the way of style or imagination. No wonder she left you

Who left him? His sister?

Or was it his alter ego?....

lewie_7 wrote:
Agree that Kolo Toure would make a great signing, as would William Gallas to add top experience and character in the heart of defence. However, this goes against our transfer policy and breaking the wage structure for an ageing player may disrupt harmony with the playing group. I believe what has made saints great the past couple of seasons is that there are no 'marquee' players, and so better targets may be the lad QPR are looking at Kurt Zouma who looks quality and Danny Rose who had a great tournament at the olympics for GB, looks out of favour at spurs and could be the perfect alternative to Buttner. Also Lens, Butland and another CB would be nice but think were going to have to put faith in our scouting network... Be nice if they hurried up though!

RedArmy1 wrote:

insane saint wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote: Good Call. Fans have been wanting this all Summer. Also missed out on getting Buttner to strengthen the Defence. Goalkeeping situation not entirely sorted out - we lost Bart and got a similar player in to play second fiddle to Kelvin. Need to spend and get in more quality. in these 3 key areas. Need to fight in the League Games - as if each game was a Cup Final to secure points. Keep Barney etc for Cup Games where players will be too exhausted to fight in all competitions. RED ARMY. FIGHT AND WIN. COYR.

bit tame today Red Army1 LET GO GET THEM WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE WE ARE HERE TO STAY COYR now that feels better

We have improved the Squad. Time now to FIGHT and WIN. Southampton are one of Man City's bogey teams and we must make each game count. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON. COYR

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

Tony in Liberia wrote:
JUst because the club is owned by a rich family does not make us competing with the top clubs for international superstars; we still have to pay the wages, and with a ground holding 32000 (which will be full most weeks, laffaminute, you park-packing-I-don't -think-pot-of-toss), we cannot generate teh income to pay wages to compete with the top 6 clubs; maybe not even the top 10. I want the club to be self-sustainin, not funded from the pockets of someone who might pull the plug any moment. So, we cannot sign anyonewe want; that's the blatant truth. So, I trust NA & NC to know what we need, and know how to look for it. I also trust them to buy people who fit into the Saints system (playing and financial), without mucking everything up. And I trust them to do this because they've proved perfectly capable of doing it so far. And if we dont get more than 4 points in the first 4 games, so what? The season is 38 games, and we wouldn't have expected much more than 3 points from those particular games anyway. I keep the faith until I see reason to do otherwise, and I support the team & manager all I can during that process. I suggest we all do the same; the worst thing supporters can do is pass fear and negativity on to the players. Listen to Red Army (and, of course, Confucious, who is a genius. Mad as a bag of monkeys, but a genius), and not the negative cr@p. Support!!!!!!

new forest saint wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

No Montecristosaint, what really takes the biscuit is the extraordinary lack of faith and patience towards NC and NA by some people. The only thing they've got wrong thus far has been to over estimate by two years how long our return to the premiership would take !! So what's so extraordinary about showing some trust and loyalty to a management team who have always been good to their word .... thats common sense not folly, mate !

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level.

He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job.

So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified.

For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice.

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Flashin the pan wrote:
Man C 1/7 to beat Southampton 14/1. Soton 5/4 to get relegated.
Not looking good you scummers.
5/4 must be worth a good bet surely?

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Confucious wrote:

new forest saint wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

No Montecristosaint, what really takes the biscuit is the extraordinary lack of faith and patience towards NC and NA by some people. The only thing they've got wrong thus far has been to over estimate by two years how long our return to the premiership would take !! So what's so extraordinary about showing some trust and loyalty to a management team who have always been good to their word .... thats common sense not folly, mate !

That's all very well, but - apart from putting the club on a sound financial footing, investing heavily in the training and academy infrastructure for the future and winning two successive promotions to reach the No1 league in the world and replacing - what have Nicola and Nigel done for us?

new forest saint wrote:

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level.

He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job.

So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified.

For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice.

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Here, Here !!! Wish there was a few more like you on this site Alicesdad. Have people forgotten just how harrowing it was to be a Saints fan before Cortese came aboard, and I say Cortese because the Leiber's would never of heard of SFC if it wasn't for him. Total respect to our 'legends' from the past but season after season of 'celebrating' 4th from bottom wasn't exactly the glory days !

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Murray mint wrote:

new forest saint wrote:

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level.

He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job.

So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified.

For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice.

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Here, Here !!! Wish there was a few more like you on this site Alicesdad. Have people forgotten just how harrowing it was to be a Saints fan before Cortese came aboard, and I say Cortese because the Leiber's would never of heard of SFC if it wasn't for him. Total respect to our 'legends' from the past but season after season of 'celebrating' 4th from bottom wasn't exactly the glory days !

Truth that. Out of interest are there any startles out there that can tell me the average age and international status of the team that took us to runner up in the 1st division back in the early 80's.

Murray mint wrote:

Murray mint wrote:

new forest saint wrote:

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level.

He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job.

So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified.

For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice.

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Here, Here !!! Wish there was a few more like you on this site Alicesdad. Have people forgotten just how harrowing it was to be a Saints fan before Cortese came aboard, and I say Cortese because the Leiber's would never of heard of SFC if it wasn't for him. Total respect to our 'legends' from the past but season after season of 'celebrating' 4th from bottom wasn't exactly the glory days !

Truth that. Out of interest are there any startles out there that can tell me the average age and international status of the team that took us to runner up in the 1st division back in the early 80's.

Apologies if my recollection of dates is a little out, but I was mostly very, very, drunk at the time

Cheapshot wrote:
http://www.talksport

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120814/ambitious-sai

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Would never happen but still good to dream!!

RedArmy1 wrote:

insane saint wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote: Good Call. Fans have been wanting this all Summer. Also missed out on getting Buttner to strengthen the Defence. Goalkeeping situation not entirely sorted out - we lost Bart and got a similar player in to play second fiddle to Kelvin. Need to spend and get in more quality. in these 3 key areas. Need to fight in the League Games - as if each game was a Cup Final to secure points. Keep Barney etc for Cup Games where players will be too exhausted to fight in all competitions. RED ARMY. FIGHT AND WIN. COYR.

bit tame today Red Army1 LET GO GET THEM WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE WE ARE HERE TO STAY COYR now that feels better

We have improved the Squad.

Time now to FIGHT and WIN.

Southampton are one of Man City's bogey teams and we must make each game count.

WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.

COYR

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote:
We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level.

He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job.

So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified.

For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice.

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

St Retford wrote:

Cheapshot wrote:
http://www.talksport


.co.uk/sports-news/f


ootball/premier-leag


ue/transfer-rumours/


120814/ambitious-sai


nts-enter-race-urugu


ay-star-178619

Would never happen but still good to dream!!

I think we're contractually obliged to make at least one totally leftfield foreign signing per transfer window, so this would fit the bill nicely.

StevieSteve wrote:

Alicesdad wrote:

StevieSteve wrote: We need a new Le Tiss! Lallana has flashes but is not consistent enough. Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week.

"Matt Le Tiss would produce magic every week" ...Did you ever watch him, and I don't mean the "best of ... videos" ?? . Le Tiss is a legend but his biggest weakness, next to a liking for cream buns and pies, was consistency. He most certainly did not do it every week. But when he did it was simply on another level. He has a point about defenders but this is not news. We all know this. The NC/NA team are on the case. Let them do their job. So far the Echo has dug up Benali and Le Tiss to make a comment in the absence of any news... All this is just criticism of NA/NC when this is totally unjustified. For ****s sake stop moaning and rejoice. WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Yes. I used to watch him play quite a lot! ;-) My first Saints game was a midweek cup game where he scored a hat trick. Every time he played he produced, not just goals but his passing and touch were outrageous and he made things happen every game he played. I think you've forgotten how good he was, or YOU didn't watch him maybe!? How can you find concern over new signings unjustly btw??

sarfhamton wrote:
What is worse spending like Pompey and Leeds, then going bust again or taking it steady and building over the next few seasons even if that means a struggle?

In Adkins we trust, as for the legends.............

thanks for the memories now go back to the golf course and mind your own!

Folkestone Saint wrote:

sarfhamton wrote:
What is worse spending like Pompey and Leeds, then going bust again or taking it steady and building over the next few seasons even if that means a struggle?

In Adkins we trust, as for the legends.............


thanks for the memories now go back to the golf course and mind your own!

So why is it your opinion matters but not that of a well respected and informed ex pro, I know who I would rather listen too and you it aint

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

Confucious wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

You have to bear in mind Tugboat that some people have half empty glasses which are not only cracked but cut their lips and chip their teeth.

And yes - welcome back RED ARMY!

Folkestone Saint wrote:

sarfhamton wrote:
What is worse spending like Pompey and Leeds, then going bust again or taking it steady and building over the next few seasons even if that means a struggle?

In Adkins we trust, as for the legends.............


thanks for the memories now go back to the golf course and mind your own!

So why is it your opinion matters but not that of a well respected and informed ex pro, I know who I would rather listen too and you it aint

tugboat wrote:

Confucious wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

You have to bear in mind Tugboat that some people have half empty glasses which are not only cracked but cut their lips and chip their teeth.

And yes - welcome back RED ARMY!

Got that-but some people should wear glasses-bino,s for a few-or even an eye op at £5.99.
Available at the saints mega store,one shirt -one op.
Its a winner-nicola are you listening ?
red and white sun shades.
A full range of red and white kitchenware
or how about a red/white wine to be drunk when wearing rose tinted glasses-dont hold me back Im on a role.
Any suggestions to enhance the megastore experience for the doubters?

St Retford wrote:

tugboat wrote:

Confucious wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

You have to bear in mind Tugboat that some people have half empty glasses which are not only cracked but cut their lips and chip their teeth.

And yes - welcome back RED ARMY!

Got that-but some people should wear glasses-bino,s for a few-or even an eye op at £5.99.
Available at the saints mega store,one shirt -one op.
Its a winner-nicola are you listening ?
red and white sun shades.
A full range of red and white kitchenware
or how about a red/white wine to be drunk when wearing rose tinted glasses-dont hold me back Im on a role.
Any suggestions to enhance the megastore experience for the doubters?

Good point and one I've been meaning to bring up on here. Why is the megastore in town so unbelievably small? They have room for, like, three different types of clothes and a couple of cuddly toys.I think they need to get a bigger unit so they can display the same range of 'merch' as they do in the one at St Marys.

In fact, I think this should be our priority ahead of signing a new defender.

Flashin the pan wrote:
Man C 1/7 to beat Southampton 14/1. Soton 5/4 to get relegated.
Not looking good you scummers.
5/4 must be worth a good bet surely?

seventh-junction wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

If (and it's a big IF) we did get beat 5-0 at Man City it wouldn't be the end of the world for us. We wouldn't suck up to them like your shower of skunt tw@ts did at the shed when Arsenal beat you 5-0. You were embarrassng then and are even more of an embarrassment now. Are you on your way to Plymouth yet??......nah WTFILN FOADP

SO50 Saint wrote:
Enjoy your trip to Plymouth tonight Laff, I do take it you are going as you are the first to criticise any saints fan that doesnt attend a pre-season friendly

laffaminute wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

If (and it's a big IF) we did get beat 5-0 at Man City it wouldn't be the end of the world for us. We wouldn't suck up to them like your shower of skunt tw@ts did at the shed when Arsenal beat you 5-0. You were embarrassng then and are even more of an embarrassment now. Are you on your way to Plymouth yet??......nah WTFILN FOADP

Dident realise you were at our game against Arsenal but well done.

tugboat wrote:

St Retford wrote:

tugboat wrote:

Confucious wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

You have to bear in mind Tugboat that some people have half empty glasses which are not only cracked but cut their lips and chip their teeth.

And yes - welcome back RED ARMY!

Got that-but some people should wear glasses-bino,s for a few-or even an eye op at £5.99.
Available at the saints mega store,one shirt -one op.
Its a winner-nicola are you listening ?
red and white sun shades.
A full range of red and white kitchenware
or how about a red/white wine to be drunk when wearing rose tinted glasses-dont hold me back Im on a role.
Any suggestions to enhance the megastore experience for the doubters?

Good point and one I've been meaning to bring up on here. Why is the megastore in town so unbelievably small? They have room for, like, three different types of clothes and a couple of cuddly toys.I think they need to get a bigger unit so they can display the same range of 'merch' as they do in the one at St Marys.

In fact, I think this should be our priority ahead of signing a new defender.

One more thing-and then I,ll drop off the radar, confucious can you come up with a range of acceptable swear words so the pozzy,s like me can vent their anger at the negs without being moderated.
I like the variations of the the word brick for example, I am absolutely bricking fed up with so called supporters calling for bricking signings ,and stating the bricking obvious,dont they think that our Nige doesnt bricking see what they see ?
Over to you.....

george chivers wrote:
As one who constantly complains about our lack of signings (I am happy with the ones we have made so far, but think we need another 4). I do however, have some sympathy with our management team when I see Wolves turning down £12M for Steven Fletcher and hanging out for £15M. What a joke £15M for a one in three striker who has played in two relegation teams.

And if Wolves get their £15M that will be a gross profit of £8M which will be a net profit £6.8M after Burnley take their 15% of the profits. Not a huge return and then they have to replace him in a short times scale with all the selling teams knowing what they have to spend. So it is difficult out there to sign players at the right prices and wages. I appreciate that.

But, I do worry about our first 6 games and what it will do to the players confidence if we come out of it with say only 6 points or possibly worse. And yes I know it could be 10/12 but the odds against that are quite high I think.

And there is another thing of course. I can't stand losing!

And I don't subscribe to the idea that going down again will be O.K. because we will still be within the 5 year plan. I think we need to maximise the opportunity we have now. Not throw it away and return to the Championship where the 5 year plan could turn into a 7 year plan.

So I am sympathetic. But I still want a CB, LB, RM and a striker now! Then perhaps we can get 10/12 points out of the first 6 games and head for a mid table position early on.

laffaminute wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

If (and it's a big IF) we did get beat 5-0 at Man City it wouldn't be the end of the world for us. We wouldn't suck up to them like your shower of skunt tw@ts did at the shed when Arsenal beat you 5-0. You were embarrassng then and are even more of an embarrassment now. Are you on your way to Plymouth yet??......nah WTFILN FOADP

Dident realise you were at our game against Arsenal but well done.

tugboat wrote:

Confucious wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Being a Past chairman of the Armchair Managers Society ,"PAMS" I would like to point out that,I need a new armchair.
Also its worth mentioning that we all know far more than Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese-even though they see the players every day.
Furthermore we respectfully ask Nicola to bankrupt the club to keep the whingers happy.
Oh and wasnt saints losing to man city at the start of the season mentioned in the doomsday book.
And more importantly RED ARMY IS BACK.
Lighten up people-SAINTS back in the Prem.

You have to bear in mind Tugboat that some people have half empty glasses which are not only cracked but cut their lips and chip their teeth.

And yes - welcome back RED ARMY!

Got that-but some people should wear glasses-bino,s for a few-or even an eye op at £5.99.
Available at the saints mega store,one shirt -one op.
Its a winner-nicola are you listening ?
red and white sun shades.
A full range of red and white kitchenware
or how about a red/white wine to be drunk when wearing rose tinted glasses-dont hold me back Im on a role.
Any suggestions to enhance the megastore experience for the doubters?

billythesaint wrote:
The club will sign the right player for the right fee on the right wages when it can. It's called good financial management so we don't go bust when the fair play rules come in. Until we have 50,60 thousand attendances and millions of supporters buying merchandise all over the world we can't afford to pay high wages. It would be financial suicide. So, those like montecristo who are acting like spoiled kids need to wind your necks in. 3 years ago if I thought I'd be hearing Saints fans moaning we can't afford Kolo Toure for our first season back in the Premier League I'd be jumping for joy that we still existed. Good times ahead. We will sign someone when we sign someone, same as every club. It's not exciting being so prudent and it is frustrating but if you don't like it, go support Barcelona or Man Ure.

Fatty x Ford Worker wrote:
Percy reconds lack of investment ouch another defeat the headless chickens are swooping.Panic buys you know the one one buy two get one free!

tugboat wrote:

george chivers wrote: As one who constantly complains about our lack of signings (I am happy with the ones we have made so far, but think we need another 4). I do however, have some sympathy with our management team when I see Wolves turning down £12M for Steven Fletcher and hanging out for £15M. What a joke £15M for a one in three striker who has played in two relegation teams. And if Wolves get their £15M that will be a gross profit of £8M which will be a net profit £6.8M after Burnley take their 15% of the profits. Not a huge return and then they have to replace him in a short times scale with all the selling teams knowing what they have to spend. So it is difficult out there to sign players at the right prices and wages. I appreciate that. But, I do worry about our first 6 games and what it will do to the players confidence if we come out of it with say only 6 points or possibly worse. And yes I know it could be 10/12 but the odds against that are quite high I think. And there is another thing of course. I can't stand losing! And I don't subscribe to the idea that going down again will be O.K. because we will still be within the 5 year plan. I think we need to maximise the opportunity we have now. Not throw it away and return to the Championship where the 5 year plan could turn into a 7 year plan. So I am sympathetic. But I still want a CB, LB, RM and a striker now! Then perhaps we can get 10/12 points out of the first 6 games and head for a mid table position early on.

10/12 points out of the first 6 games,and then head for a mid table position early doors-were you at rourkes drift ?????(dodgy spelling) George- aim for 4 points from the first four then we will be as happy as a skunt on the dole.Why worry about players confidence? thats NA,s job and he very good at that ,by the way-in fact the best Ive seen.Not about worrying ,but giving confidence.. Stop bricking worrying-back the boys to the hilt-you might be surprised or even bricking shocked.. Nigel Adkins-the south coast,s Shankley-and by the way he was the best manager of all time bar none. Something to aspire to.

laffaminute wrote:

tugboat wrote:

george chivers wrote: As one who constantly complains about our lack of signings (I am happy with the ones we have made so far, but think we need another 4). I do however, have some sympathy with our management team when I see Wolves turning down £12M for Steven Fletcher and hanging out for £15M. What a joke £15M for a one in three striker who has played in two relegation teams. And if Wolves get their £15M that will be a gross profit of £8M which will be a net profit £6.8M after Burnley take their 15% of the profits. Not a huge return and then they have to replace him in a short times scale with all the selling teams knowing what they have to spend. So it is difficult out there to sign players at the right prices and wages. I appreciate that. But, I do worry about our first 6 games and what it will do to the players confidence if we come out of it with say only 6 points or possibly worse. And yes I know it could be 10/12 but the odds against that are quite high I think. And there is another thing of course. I can't stand losing! And I don't subscribe to the idea that going down again will be O.K. because we will still be within the 5 year plan. I think we need to maximise the opportunity we have now. Not throw it away and return to the Championship where the 5 year plan could turn into a 7 year plan. So I am sympathetic. But I still want a CB, LB, RM and a striker now! Then perhaps we can get 10/12 points out of the first 6 games and head for a mid table position early on.

10/12 points out of the first 6 games,and then head for a mid table position early doors-were you at rourkes drift ?????(dodgy spelling) George- aim for 4 points from the first four then we will be as happy as a skunt on the dole.Why worry about players confidence? thats NA,s job and he very good at that ,by the way-in fact the best Ive seen.Not about worrying ,but giving confidence.. Stop bricking worrying-back the boys to the hilt-you might be surprised or even bricking shocked.. Nigel Adkins-the south coast,s Shankley-and by the way he was the best manager of all time bar none. Something to aspire to.

NA and Shankley- i can see they are almost the same, incredible.

laffaminute wrote:

billythesaint wrote:
The club will sign the right player for the right fee on the right wages when it can. It's called good financial management so we don't go bust when the fair play rules come in. Until we have 50,60 thousand attendances and millions of supporters buying merchandise all over the world we can't afford to pay high wages. It would be financial suicide. So, those like montecristo who are acting like spoiled kids need to wind your necks in. 3 years ago if I thought I'd be hearing Saints fans moaning we can't afford Kolo Toure for our first season back in the Premier League I'd be jumping for joy that we still existed. Good times ahead. We will sign someone when we sign someone, same as every club. It's not exciting being so prudent and it is frustrating but if you don't like it, go support Barcelona or Man Ure.

50 or 60 thousand ? if you extend the ground it will be packed to the rafters every week.

billythesaint wrote:
The club will sign the right player for the right fee on the right wages when it can. It's called good financial management so we don't go bust when the fair play rules come in. Until we have 50,60 thousand attendances and millions of supporters buying merchandise all over the world we can't afford to pay high wages. It would be financial suicide. So, those like montecristo who are acting like spoiled kids need to wind your necks in. 3 years ago if I thought I'd be hearing Saints fans moaning we can't afford Kolo Toure for our first season back in the Premier League I'd be jumping for joy that we still existed. Good times ahead. We will sign someone when we sign someone, same as every club. It's not exciting being so prudent and it is frustrating but if you don't like it, go support Barcelona or Man Ure.

tugboat wrote:

george chivers wrote:
As one who constantly complains about our lack of signings (I am happy with the ones we have made so far, but think we need another 4). I do however, have some sympathy with our management team when I see Wolves turning down £12M for Steven Fletcher and hanging out for £15M. What a joke £15M for a one in three striker who has played in two relegation teams.

And if Wolves get their £15M that will be a gross profit of £8M which will be a net profit £6.8M after Burnley take their 15% of the profits. Not a huge return and then they have to replace him in a short times scale with all the selling teams knowing what they have to spend. So it is difficult out there to sign players at the right prices and wages. I appreciate that.

But, I do worry about our first 6 games and what it will do to the players confidence if we come out of it with say only 6 points or possibly worse. And yes I know it could be 10/12 but the odds against that are quite high I think.

And there is another thing of course. I can't stand losing!

And I don't subscribe to the idea that going down again will be O.K. because we will still be within the 5 year plan. I think we need to maximise the opportunity we have now. Not throw it away and return to the Championship where the 5 year plan could turn into a 7 year plan.

So I am sympathetic. But I still want a CB, LB, RM and a striker now! Then perhaps we can get 10/12 points out of the first 6 games and head for a mid table position early on.

10/12 points out of the first 6 games,and then head for a mid table position early doors-were you at rourkes drift ?????(dodgy spelling) George- aim for 4 points from the first four then we will be as happy as a skunt on the dole.Why worry about players confidence? thats NA,s job and he very good at that ,by the way-in fact the best Ive seen.Not about worrying ,but giving confidence..
Stop bricking worrying-back the boys to the hilt-you might be surprised or even bricking shocked..
Nigel Adkins-the south coast,s Shankley-and by the way he was the best manager of all time bar none.
Something to aspire to.

laffaminute wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

5-0 ? you are the optomist of the day, but i thought you were playing sunday

long memory wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

If you keep your head,when all about are losing theirs,if you can wait and not be tired by waiting, you'll turn into a true Saints fan my son.

slugger wrote:
i does seem obvious (to me anyway) that the most sensible posts are written after people get home from work , could there be a link ?

Spudsaint wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

5-0 ? you are the optomist of the day, but i thought you were playing sunday

I do trust NC and why not? Some people have very short memories. I'm sure we have a number of signings lined up as NA keeps saying and that the £ deals will be negotiated as the deadline approaches. There will also be loan opportunities. In the meantime we play the existing defence in games that we're unlikely to win anyway. As Matt says 4pts from the first 4 games would be great. I'd tak that. We will take some beatings this season whoever we play, but we must stay united & strong as we did for the 28 consecutive seasons we were last in the top flight. When NC starts taking the Prem money out of the club like Lowe and his mob did, that's the time to kick up. COYR!

long memory wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

If (and it's a big IF) we did get beat 5-0 at Man City it wouldn't be the end of the world for us. We wouldn't suck up to them like your shower of skunt tw@ts did at the shed when Arsenal beat you 5-0. You were embarrassng then and are even more of an embarrassment now. Are you on your way to Plymouth yet??......nah WTFILN FOADP

Dident realise you were at our game against Arsenal but well done.

Dident?

warrens 76 wrote:

long memory wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

laffaminute wrote:

lavalady wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Indeed, !!!we got beating last Saturday 4-0!!!

NA said he was happy with the team losing 4-0 against Udinese so he will be totally ecsatic with a 5-0 defeat at city.

If (and it's a big IF) we did get beat 5-0 at Man City it wouldn't be the end of the world for us. We wouldn't suck up to them like your shower of skunt tw@ts did at the shed when Arsenal beat you 5-0. You were embarrassng then and are even more of an embarrassment now. Are you on your way to Plymouth yet??......nah WTFILN FOADP

Dident realise you were at our game against Arsenal but well done.

Dident?

Dident he though...bless he is trying,,,,very!

St Retford wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

My concern is that you are a skate. You've been consistently negative about Nicola for as long as I can remember despite there being quite a lot of evidence to suggest he knows what he's doing.

slugger wrote:
i does seem obvious (to me anyway) that the most sensible posts are written after people get home from work , could there be a link ?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

slugger wrote:
i does seem obvious (to me anyway) that the most sensible posts are written after people get home from work , could there be a link ?

The worst are when the poster has been overdosing on the Sherbet!

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

Wozzie wrote:

Flashin the pan wrote:
Man C 1/7 to beat Southampton 14/1. Soton 5/4 to get relegated.
Not looking good you scummers.
5/4 must be worth a good bet surely?

We have our work cut out to survive in the TOP FLIGHT!! You have your work cut out to survive!! Who the F____ is laughing now!!

LoyalSaint wrote:

long memory wrote:

montecristosaint wrote: My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

If you keep your head,when all about are losing theirs,if you can wait and not be tired by waiting, you'll turn into a true Saints fan my son.

well put long memory, shame too many have short memories at the moment!!!!

Fatty x Ford Worker wrote:
Percy reconds lack of investment ouch another defeat the headless chickens are swooping.Panic buys you know the one one buy two get one free!

Salar wrote:

Fatty x Ford Worker wrote:
Percy reconds lack of investment ouch another defeat the headless chickens are swooping.Panic buys you know the one one buy two get one free!

Have you been watching too many double glazing adverts?

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

Baddesley Bill wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

I assume we are not talking about a team currently 1-0 down at Plymouth then :O)

slugger wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

I assume we are not talking about a team currently 1-0 down at Plymouth then :O)

deffo not ! .......... they're off the bottom of the scale ........... now who on earth could it be laffamimute ?

SaintMark wrote:

slugger wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

I assume we are not talking about a team currently 1-0 down at Plymouth then :O)

deffo not ! .......... they're off the bottom of the scale ........... now who on earth could it be laffamimute ?

Would someone just tell me who it is! This is driving me crazy.. Oh yes and brighton are having a good night!!

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

long memory wrote:
Plymouth3 Pompey 0

hedge end bob wrote:
SOME TW@TS ON HERE MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL.
SUPPORT IS WHAT WE NEED .
TW@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@T

S

WobblyCat wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Good post, got the predictable comments from some. NC and NA have done a fantastic job, no doubt, but not enough quality has been brought in for some reason. Looks like we will start against the English champions with a weaker back line than we had last year and only two keepers, one of which has very little league experience. I think it’s strange. Go on, shoot me!!

slugger wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

I assume we are not talking about a team currently 1-0 down at Plymouth then :O)

deffo not ! .......... they're off the bottom of the scale ........... now who on earth could it be laffamimute ?

SaintMark wrote:
Just look down the road at our fallen friends. 9 of there 11 were 18 or under! How can you not be happy with what's going on at our club? That could have been us!!

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:

slugger wrote:

seventh-junction wrote:
Can someone just remind me what football club holds the record attendance of 53,000 at the new Wembley stadium please.
I'm sure I know who it is.....I think they play in red and white and come from the decent part of Hampshire....now what's that team called again.......
WTFILN FOADP

can't quite put my finger on it ...... is it the only club worth a second thought on the south coast by chance ?

I do know they are a PREMIER league team now but broke the record as a League One side if that helps.....ooh their name's on the tip of my tongue....

Is it that team that pay their bills?

Yes I'm prettty sure they not only pay their bills but also pay their players and staff etc on time every month.
I also know they have had back to back promotions and are the biggest club on the south coast. Does that help?

thought i had it then ! ........ are they far and away the best supported team in the south ?

I assume we are not talking about a team currently 1-0 down at Plymouth then :O)

deffo not ! .......... they're off the bottom of the scale ........... now who on earth could it be laffamimute ?

Is it that team that operate on a sensible self sustaining budget so if the owners did leave for whatever reason the club wouldn't implode and have to rob charities and local businesses?

slugger wrote:

SaintMark wrote:
Just look down the road at our fallen friends. 9 of there 11 were 18 or under! How can you not be happy with what's going on at our club? That could have been us!!

well said mark ....... lots of short memories on here .

SaintMark wrote:

slugger wrote:

SaintMark wrote:
Just look down the road at our fallen friends. 9 of there 11 were 18 or under! How can you not be happy with what's going on at our club? That could have been us!!

well said mark ....... lots of short memories on here .

Not been on here for a while, and reading through these posts on here I remember why.

billythesaint wrote:
The club will sign the right player for the right fee on the right wages when it can. It's called good financial management so we don't go bust when the fair play rules come in. Until we have 50,60 thousand attendances and millions of supporters buying merchandise all over the world we can't afford to pay high wages. It would be financial suicide. So, those like montecristo who are acting like spoiled kids need to wind your necks in. 3 years ago if I thought I'd be hearing Saints fans moaning we can't afford Kolo Toure for our first season back in the Premier League I'd be jumping for joy that we still existed. Good times ahead. We will sign someone when we sign someone, same as every club. It's not exciting being so prudent and it is frustrating but if you don't like it, go support Barcelona or Man Ure.

St Retford wrote:

billythesaint wrote:
The club will sign the right player for the right fee on the right wages when it can. It's called good financial management so we don't go bust when the fair play rules come in. Until we have 50,60 thousand attendances and millions of supporters buying merchandise all over the world we can't afford to pay high wages. It would be financial suicide. So, those like montecristo who are acting like spoiled kids need to wind your necks in. 3 years ago if I thought I'd be hearing Saints fans moaning we can't afford Kolo Toure for our first season back in the Premier League I'd be jumping for joy that we still existed. Good times ahead. We will sign someone when we sign someone, same as every club. It's not exciting being so prudent and it is frustrating but if you don't like it, go support Barcelona or Man Ure.

Good lad. Just one thing that I hope people can correct me on because I'm quite often a terrible f@ckwit, but I thought that FIFA's FFP rules only applied to teams that qualify for Europe? Teams that finish mid table are free to overspend to their hearts content, no? (Not that I think we should or will, obviously.)

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

randre wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Have you ever written a positive post?

I don't think we have played it cheap. Good signings st the right prices. I don't know if you are aware but the fair play rule comes into play as well.

Tony in Liberia wrote:
JUst because the club is owned by a rich family does not make us competing with the top clubs for international superstars; we still have to pay the wages, and with a ground holding 32000 (which will be full most weeks, laffaminute, you park-packing-I-don't

-think-pot-of-toss), we cannot generate teh income to pay wages to compete with the top 6 clubs; maybe not even the top 10. I want the club to be self-sustainin, not funded from the pockets of someone who might pull the plug any moment. So, we cannot sign anyonewe want; that's the blatant truth.

So, I trust NA & NC to know what we need, and know how to look for it. I also trust them to buy people who fit into the Saints system (playing and financial), without mucking everything up. And I trust them to do this because they've proved perfectly capable of doing it so far.

And if we dont get more than 4 points in the first 4 games, so what? The season is 38 games, and we wouldn't have expected much more than 3 points from those particular games anyway.

I keep the faith until I see reason to do otherwise, and I support the team & manager all I can during that process. I suggest we all do the same; the worst thing supporters can do is pass fear and negativity on to the players.

Listen to Red Army (and, of course, Confucious, who is a genius. Mad as a bag of monkeys, but a genius), and not the negative cr@p. Support!!!!!!

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
I don't recall us ever having spent this much before and we are obvious trying hard to spend more! We know they want more players because they've said so. However not getting ripped off or paying wages that are out of kilter with the squad has to be a golden rule never to be broken. Breaking it becomes a habit and ends up in League 1 losing to Plymouth 3-0 with a team of kids and no prospect of improvement.

There will be players out there who like what we are doing and want to get on the bus but most will be chasing the dollar.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
I don't recall us ever having spent this much before and we are obvious trying hard to spend more! We know they want more players because they've said so. However not getting ripped off or paying wages that are out of kilter with the squad has to be a golden rule never to be broken. Breaking it becomes a habit and ends up in League 1 losing to Plymouth 3-0 with a team of kids and no prospect of improvement.

There will be players out there who like what we are doing and want to get on the bus but most will be chasing the dollar.

St Retford wrote:
*term*

slugger wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Good post, got the predictable comments from some. NC and NA have done a fantastic job, no doubt, but not enough quality has been brought in for some reason. Looks like we will start against the English champions with a weaker back line than we had last year and only two keepers, one of which has very little league experience. I think it’s strange. Go on, shoot me!!

in my oppinion this the worst type of post we get on here ....... for mr montechristoe's eyes ........ i don't believe for a second that you go to games (at least not saints ones) , it's been my privelidge over the the last three seasons to share our resurrection with like minded fans ........ all i meet are more than happy with our progress..... which begs the question ....... where are your real loyalties ?

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Good post, got the predictable comments from some. NC and NA have done a fantastic job, no doubt, but not enough quality has been brought in for some reason. Looks like we will start against the English champions with a weaker back line than we had last year and only two keepers, one of which has very little league experience. I think it’s strange. Go on, shoot me!!

in my oppinion this the worst type of post we get on here ....... for mr montechristoe's eyes ........ i don't believe for a second that you go to games (at least not saints ones) , it's been my privelidge over the the last three seasons to share our resurrection with like minded fans ........ all i meet are more than happy with our progress..... which begs the question ....... where are your real loyalties ?

Yes let's talk about bad posts. I don't agree with you slugger so I'm not loyal to Saints. Yes let's talk about bad posts. Your implication does tend to fly in the face of what I’ve been doing with a lot of my spare time and money for the past 30 years though. I would like to just clarify what type of moron I am, I wasn’t on here bleating in the past 2 seasons because we lost 2 games on the trot or we hadn’t spent enough money. The problem with you and ‘like minded’ fans is that we often can’t agree to disagree so outsiders like me who aren’t loyal can’t question anything without comments like ‘when were you a premier league manager’ or your own assertion that MC Saint has never been to a Saints game becuse your views differ. I’m not questioning why we haven’t spent 30 million I am just raising the point as to why we haven’t strengthened the back line. Fonte and Jos deserve a shot at the PL (though I doubt that will be the pairing at the end of the season) but if one gets injured at the moment we have Dan or a nipper stepping in. An experienced centre half on a free would have done me for now., I think we could have been a bit better prepared for Man City. If we beat them I will be f...ing ecstatic but I still think we need more quality. You may not agree Slugger but I will respect your opinion as you are entitled to it and because you are a long time, popular poster and also because you’re not normally so utterly beastly to me!

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

St Retford wrote:

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

MAN UP!

Mush On The Beach wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

montecristosaint wrote:
My concern is that we are limited as to the players we can sign by NC's insistance on a strict pay policy. We simply are not competing with the top half dozen clubs in the transfer market and if the club is indeed amongst the richest then that is just not tenable and shows a lack of realism not to say ambition. Saints are not a bank and while it is great running a tight ship trying to recruit bargains is not viable and is gambling with the club's future. What really takes the biscuit is this extraordinary lack of understanding some diehard fans have whose one and only slogan is in NC and NA we trust. its folly and some need to realise these people do not walk on water and are I think making serious mistakes.which will cost the club dearly.No good moaning if we cop a five nil beating on Saturday it will be too late to put things right.

Good post, got the predictable comments from some. NC and NA have done a fantastic job, no doubt, but not enough quality has been brought in for some reason. Looks like we will start against the English champions with a weaker back line than we had last year and only two keepers, one of which has very little league experience. I think it’s strange. Go on, shoot me!!

in my oppinion this the worst type of post we get on here ....... for mr montechristoe's eyes ........ i don't believe for a second that you go to games (at least not saints ones) , it's been my privelidge over the the last three seasons to share our resurrection with like minded fans ........ all i meet are more than happy with our progress..... which begs the question ....... where are your real loyalties ?

Yes let's talk about bad posts. I don't agree with you slugger so I'm not loyal to Saints. Yes let's talk about bad posts. Your implication does tend to fly in the face of what I’ve been doing with a lot of my spare time and money for the past 30 years though. I would like to just clarify what type of moron I am, I wasn’t on here bleating in the past 2 seasons because we lost 2 games on the trot or we hadn’t spent enough money. The problem with you and ‘like minded’ fans is that we often can’t agree to disagree so outsiders like me who aren’t loyal can’t question anything without comments like ‘when were you a premier league manager’ or your own assertion that MC Saint has never been to a Saints game becuse your views differ. I’m not questioning why we haven’t spent 30 million I am just raising the point as to why we haven’t strengthened the back line. Fonte and Jos deserve a shot at the PL (though I doubt that will be the pairing at the end of the season) but if one gets injured at the moment we have Dan or a nipper stepping in. An experienced centre half on a free would have done me for now., I think we could have been a bit better prepared for Man City. If we beat them I will be f...ing ecstatic but I still think we need more quality. You may not agree Slugger but I will respect your opinion as you are entitled to it and because you are a long time, popular poster and also because you’re not normally so utterly beastly to me!

I love the smell of a good rant in the morning (afternoon for me), nice one wobblyCat.

long memory wrote:
BC has pulled out of purchasing Pompey

george chivers wrote:

St Retford wrote:

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

MAN UP!

Never mind MAN UP! MAN CITY and MAN U are more to the point. Get real. I don't think Nigel should go, but if we are in the bottom three in October I'm quite convinced Nicola will get rid of him and it will be more Nicola's fault than Nigel's if he does get fired. We the lack quality to do reasonably well in this league and that needs to be addressed.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Channers is out. It's Trust or liquidise.

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george chivers wrote:

St Retford wrote:

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

MAN UP!

Never mind MAN UP! MAN CITY and MAN U are more to the point. Get real. I don't think Nigel should go, but if we are in the bottom three in October I'm quite convinced Nicola will get rid of him and it will be more Nicola's fault than Nigel's if he does get fired. We the lack quality to do reasonably well in this league and that needs to be addressed.

Mush On The Beach wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Channers is out. It's Trust or liquidise.

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Saintsayer II wrote:

george chivers wrote:

St Retford wrote:

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

MAN UP!

Never mind MAN UP! MAN CITY and MAN U are more to the point. Get real. I don't think Nigel should go, but if we are in the bottom three in October I'm quite convinced Nicola will get rid of him and it will be more Nicola's fault than Nigel's if he does get fired. We the lack quality to do reasonably well in this league and that needs to be addressed.

George I am amazed at you and others regular fans and season ticket holders If you are so convinced that we are doomed to fail why do you bother attending Surely a charitable donation equal to the cost of a ticket would be more beneficial and may help to-wards your salvation
I don't have blind faith in anyone in this sport but I do believe that we will be sufficiently well set up to survive this year and year on year we will improve our PL status

St Retford wrote:

george chivers wrote:

St Retford wrote:

Egomaniac wrote:
montecristosaint is simply echoing my comments yesterday from which I got stick - again.

Well said monte - totally agree with your comments.

Our current squad is a very good Championship side, but Premiership? Don't think so. We will be slaughtered at Man City.

Nigel was the right man to get us to the top flight, but I still do not think he's the right man for us to compete at Premiership level. Believe me, I do not get any pleasure from saying that, and I still hope I am wrong. - but I don't think so.

If I am proved wrong, I will happily concede that.

We shall see.

MAN UP!

Never mind MAN UP! MAN CITY and MAN U are more to the point. Get real. I don't think Nigel should go, but if we are in the bottom three in October I'm quite convinced Nicola will get rid of him and it will be more Nicola's fault than Nigel's if he does get fired. We the lack quality to do reasonably well in this league and that needs to be addressed.

Seriously, you doubters need to grow a pair and have a bit of belief. It's faith that builds the soul, and without soul you can't be a saint.

truelysaints wrote:

Folkestone Saint wrote:

sarfhamton wrote:
What is worse spending like Pompey and Leeds, then going bust again or taking it steady and building over the next few seasons even if that means a struggle?

In Adkins we trust, as for the legends.............



thanks for the memories now go back to the golf course and mind your own!

So why is it your opinion matters but not that of a well respected and informed ex pro, I know who I would rather listen too and you it aint

Glad you are not managing Saints. Building up over the next few seasons, you say. If in the premier we stay whilst build up we do.Good players much we need, not future but present need we.