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To Billyboy's last 5 rumour replies
24 Jul 2015 08:23:35
We have already bought a replacement for Spiderman, his name is Jordy Claise. All we need now are 2 CBs.
26 Aug 2014 14:45:14
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The ambition of the new owner had NO bearing whatsoever on players leaving. Lallana left due to wanting CL football, he was never going to get that at saints even if Cortese could convince the owner either ML or KL to invest. Best estimates as to how much investment would be required to reach the CL are between 250. 000. 000 to 500. 000. 000. Now for a provincial club like saints who at best can draw 32000 fans every week would mean financial suicide. Even if in a fit of madness the owner decided to fund the CL push then getting the World class players that it would take to come to us would in itself be a minor miracle. last season showed the glass ceiling for saints. This is the reason players left & was not due to the new owners ambition changing. KL still wants to reach the CL but & here is the crux of everything she has been more grounded than Cortese & has realised that it WILL take a long time to achieve the goal. This was something that some players were not willing to work towards so they took the easy route and slagged of the board in order to make their moves seem less like them being spoilt brats & moving on. Look at the very good #WeMarchOn video, this basically says it all.
If there was an option between finishing 8-12 every season & the club running on a good financial basis or being in the CL & full of debt then I know which one I prefer.
26 Aug 2014 08:11:38
I actually think that the board have done some very good business this summer. £25. 000. 000 for Lallana when he is really worth no more than 15 mil. £20. 000. 000 for Lovren a £12 mil profit. £27. 000. 000 for a fat LB, none of these players wanted to be here so why is that the fault of the board? Oh I know it's because they got rid of Cortese, a man who was wantanly spending someone else's money without any regard. he was also making obsured promises to players about being in the CL within 2 years. Now I'm not saying footballers or indeed some of our fans are stupid but really 2 years? Teams that are far bigger than us haven, t managed it. So what have the new board done wrong? In my eyes they have replaced those who have gone with players of an equall or maybe even better standard, give them time. They have bought in a world renowned manager who has managed in some of the biggest leauges in the world who has bought with him a very good backroom staff. They have spent a huge amount of money on players while ensuring the future stability of our great club. To all these "fans" screaming for the board to spend every single penny the have earnt on buying new players I say this, remember Pompey.
25 Aug 2014 13:05:34
27k in August when people are still on holiday & againgst WBA is actually quite a good attendance!
25 Aug 2014 08:59:49
In the words of harry Enfield "Calm down calm down"
lets look at this in a controlled manner, we have played 2 games. one game against last seasons runners up & we played them off the field & barring a few bad misses should have beaten them. our second game was against a team who came to St marys to get a draw the smothered our CF with 2 men everytime he got near the ball they were all over him. Tadic again looked good & will turn out to be one of the bargains of the season 7 will in my opinion prove to be an upgrade on AL. Long is a decent ST who will harass defences all day long. Pelle will get goals. Our defence is looking good and dependable. As for relegation, no way not even close. people need to remember that we have only played 2 serious games & 4-5 friendlies. This is going to be a good season mark my words.
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