Southampton Banter Archive August 04 2014

04 Aug 2014 21:23:14
Fatdave, they forgot to mention the 70 mil we get from tv rights. Bad journalism to say the least. We are a lot better off than that.

We don't get that all in one though I don't think, I think it's spread across the season is it not?

04 Aug 2014 16:08:24
It is not often that I can find the ability to salute the Pompey but I must do it now.

I congratulate them on the very bold and gallent tribute to the men lost in WW1 but putting the names woven into the new kit.

What a fantastic tribute to those brave men that lost their lives for this Country.

For one time only. Well done Pompey

Good sentiment indeed funky. we salute your bravery.

Totally agree, you took the words out of my mouth Funkysaint, great tribute to remember those lost

04 Aug 2014 22:56:26
What those people did should never be forgotten. Any of them. Wherever they came from. We are here because of what they gave.

Puts worrying about what players we will or won't get into perspective for a while.

Absolutely, when you think they were probably young kids,
bless them all & thank you.
well done Pompey.

The sentiment is to be applauded no matter what crap team you play for. As was said before it puts everything in perspective.

04 Aug 2014 20:05:31
seems what krueger stated that all money will be reinvested into the team
looking likely it was all lies
just like les reed telling lies
have any supporters got any faith in the pair of them
forestsaint

Absolutely agree board think one loan signing let's them off the hook. But fans won't forget the rubbish they have spouted. And we don't hit the ground running and have bad run all he'll will let loose. Especially when we have 70 million quid all promised to be spent. Pull your finger out Les and kick or its Les Read out

Time running out for their credibility. but not quite! I have everything crossed.

04 Aug 2014 18:10:06
If katharina Liebherr can pocket most of the money from the transfer deals this season and hang on until this present crop of youngsters can be sold off she can sell in a year or so with bags of money. this seems to be what's going on unless some of the cash is spent soon. I hope I'm wrong.

You're very, very wrong

04 Aug 2014 19:37:52
Sadly Bazz I think you are oh so right

I'm starting to think Bazz might be right

04 Aug 2014 18:07:17
Liverhampton have offered Barcelona £5mill for dani alves. Hello RK how about we stop that deal from happening and get our own back on Liverpool and sign him ourselves, £7mill should do it.

04 Aug 2014 20:50:42
Liverpool or soton?, where would he choose, difficult

He will be on over £100k a week. not really a realistic target.

04 Aug 2014 13:19:41
Saints after free agent georgeos samaras, god help us if this is true, how about spending some money les

04 Aug 2014 17:07:13
all the money from transfers will be reinvested in the team
what a load of rubbish
forestsaint

04 Aug 2014 17:36:47
hearing rodwell is going to sunderland
so it seems no one decent wants to come to saints
as they are a selling club but looking for poor cast offs as replacements even wickham is being tipped to go to wet sham
think all this rojo and redmond is a screen to get the fans off the boards back
forestsaint

04 Aug 2014 13:07:59
Jeez we're being linked with some utter dross at the moment. For now I'm still clutching onto the theory that they are all smokescreens and the real deals are ongoing behind the media spotlight. I hope so anyway. Less than 2 weeks till the season starts and being linked with the likes of Samaras doesn't inspire confidence.

04 Aug 2014 11:22:12
Posted on here ages ago that the ambition has gone with cortese kl doesn't want to push on to the next level as it will cost think about it we would need a new stadium to bring in the revenue y would she want to spend that sorta money when sms is packed out every week already and she can just sit at home and have regular money coming in we'll b lucky to see 20 million of the transfer money reinvested the signings will b shoddy bodge job loans to fill gaps and by the time Uv all realised this we will b going down and will b too late to do anything

Just saying, we have already spent more than £20 million on Tadic and Pelle.

04 Aug 2014 13:23:18
Cortese's ambition was to get to Champions League "at all costs". Liebherr is treating this as a business where the sort of money he wanted to spend for that sort of gamble is not good business; it is just too risky.

St Mary's is not packed out every week: the average attendance in 2003, when we last did well in the PL, was higher than our average attendance last season by 1000 seats.

Sadly, St Marys is not situation in a good accessible position. Even though all the stands, apart from Itchen, can have another level added to them, bringing total capacity up another 18,000 potentially, the surrounding area cannot accommodate that amount of people: more car parking and potentially train station access would be required. It is just too much money for that investment as the 18,000 extra seats does not give the return to make it viable.

If we were to increase capacity, that would mean a different site, and investment of about £60m. Given St Marys does not sell-out, that £60m would also not get the investment return required to make it viable.

Liebherr cannot pocket the money made on the players. Also having the funds in the bank rather than in the assets (players) does not make the business good for sale; it makes it worth less than what it could be. So no KL won't be selling the club; not any time soon anyway.

Money will be put on the signings, but there is no point in wasting it on players that could potentially flop (see Tottenham). Osvaldo would have been better loaned in instead of forking out £15m.

The aim is to get into Champions League and get a share of the €909m pot that was distributed to the participating teams. That makes the business a much better prospect for selling, with the commercial backing and sponsorship that comes with that, but right now it is not even European-bound.

Time is of the essence now. If we keep making £92m on player sales every year that is good business, especially on £9m investment on those players. Doing that for the next few years to then have enough money to justify stadium expansion and top-player signings for Champions League is probably going to be the way of it.

I think u will find that as she has no board of directors to answer to she can do as she pleases and I know we have spent 20 million but they surely players koeman wanted to buy from his original transfer budget before players were sold

04 Aug 2014 16:42:23
Liebherr is non-executive chairman despite being the owner. Ralph Krueger is the chairman. Gareth Rogers and Les Reed are part of the club's board as well. Liebherr even has a board of directors for the holding company, of which Gareth Rogers and Hans Hofstetter are part of. So no she doesn't just do as she pleases.

Those players were part of the original budget most likely yes as they have been completed first. But the loss of other players who didn't want to stay came later, so now they are working on those signings to replace them. These things take time sadly, especially since clubs know we have the money and want to inflate prices on their players.

04 Aug 2014 18:36:09
Should have built at Stoneham

Saint90. It is nice to see some people talking sense on this site. I am unhappy that the squad is a little thin and things not going as fast as I would want, however we Must trust in the board and be aware that Ffp has a massive say in who we can bring to the club.

05 Aug 2014 11:30:03
Patience is a virtue. Saints fans need a hell of a lot of it. I believe the board is working hard but the other clubs are playing hard ball.

It may be the case that clubs at the end of the window finally given in, or we say too late you had an offer and you left it. The art of negotiation is important, but it does put everyone on edge.

For example, Celtic are more than likely going to be knocked out of the CL qualifiers tonight. That potentially means the deals there are on again. While there is a chance of them going through though they will stay stubborn.

The Stoneham plan would only allow for a 25,000 seater stadium, the local council wouldn't let them build it bigger. The Rose Bowl site would have been ideal, annoying that cricket can sort of do what it wants

04 Aug 2014 09:26:01
Now there is a rumor that we are interested in samaras. this is getting ridiculous! Anyone else to St Marys?

04 Aug 2014 05:07:37
Hoping there is some truth in the demetri mitchell rumours. 17, english, Man u. proper winger, fast and wants to take the defender on. exactly what defenders hate. one for the future. are becoming manhampton ;)

Why do we want to help train utd young players! That means one are own players misses out?
Anyway getting sick of all this loan rubbish one maybe two but we're being linked with loads?
Sounds like some body's trying to stay up on the cheap?
We're's the money gone?????

04 Aug 2014 09:00:11
whyare we wanting man u youngsters
when we have got our own academy and why dont
man u want him
where is all the money gone from the players that
have left
forestsaint

04 Aug 2014 00:04:20
Went to Emirates Cup today - Chambers cost Arsenal the game playing at centre-back. This rather amused me.