Right guys, this weekend I fly out to Kenya with The Saints Foundation where I'll be working at a school and orphanage. You can read more about it here it's never too late to support and donate A while back I asked you all for some questions as Nicola Cortese is hoping to fly out and meet with all the volunteers. I have printed off your questions for him and here they are: Saintsfan4life - Why was Pardew sacked? (unlikely to be answered but worth a shot) - What youngsters are potentially 1st teamers? Chilco Saint -Please ask Nicola about future plans for increasing capacity at St. Mary's when we're in the Prem! How will it work etc Saint Greg 10 - Are the Liebherr family looking to sell the club anytime soon?- Is there conflict of interest between himself and the Liebherr family in regard to the club? JentheSaint - i'd ask about the new fa academy structure and what class we are going to be; could ask him about the training ground and how its coming along? ReubenAgbola - Who is his favourite player? Would you ever go on the pitch and address the Saints supporters over the PA? Conman “the Physio” - I'm interested to see what plans there are for the U21 team i.e. if they could be entered in some sort of league or what. Thattheresaintsfan - Ask him if he wants a song sung about him by the fans or if he's jealous of the ones who get their own songs Saintadam1981 - Does he understand the offside rule? always wondered how much he actually knows about the actual game SL Saint - Ask him if Saints have been offered the chance to join the NextGen: Series for the u18s next season? Its the academy champions league and I would love to see us compete with the top youth teams in Europe. Cheers -Dan - As well as questions about implementing youngsters into the first team, I'd like to know about our transfer policy regarding first teamers like Lallana and Lambert - I assume we've received offers for both (if teams weren't offering for Lallana at a League One team they're mental) so I'd like to know if our policy is firmly "Shut up and go away", whether it's "Wait and see if we get a fair offer" or if we're going "If you want our players, you pay double what they're worth". Evidence suggests the latter but I'm programmed to be nervous! Saintsbornagain - I think if I had the chance to talk to him rather than a question I would apologise for booing him when his face appeared on the big screen at the Johnsons Paint Trophy final at Wembely. Looking back it would have made him feel like cr*p especially after we he just cheered Marcus. I and a lot of others were wrong and just say that I expect 99% of fans totally love him now like me and appreciate what he has done for this club. I was wrong..... I hold my hands up but it was hard to trust anyone given what we had before him! DanW - Which position does he hope to address/upgrade during the January transfer window? Scheiderlinisthegoalking - Ask him what his favourite food is.... ItchenNorthMatt - 1. Does he own a training jacket with NC on the front? (not a good sign but if yes, does he have any intention of using it?) 2. Were we interested in any players over the summer that we didn't already know about? 3. How much did SDR cost? 4. What does Les Reed do? (I hear he does quite a lot, but his job title doesn't give much away) 5. Will our academy be classified as category 1? 6. What is the progress of the work at Staplewood? 7. Do his children wear Southampton shirts? Channon walked on H2O - My question would have to be - so what was it in Nigel Adkins' CV that made you go for him when there would have been much bigger names you could have gone for? And now you've been proven so right are you a smug git?! AdamBanana20 - Ask him what the club's plans are when we get into the premier league(I wanna hear him say champions league football!!) Saint Ford - Ask him if he realises how loved he actually is by Saints fans Fran - Ask him at what score he starts to relax..I reckon 6.0 Anymore for anymore?
Ask him how people like Jordan Sibley and other non-football staff at the club get their jobs (and whether he can sort me out with one ). I reckon I could do a better job than the nervous mumbling guy with the lisp who interviews the players
Ask him if himself or any of his advisors have a secret username on here to see what we are all talking about
Good luck FLT, as I think you'll need it with that list of questions. BTW, you won't get past the top one if you ask it first. Make it the last. Cheers.
I thought Saints fans knew why Pardew was sacked and this is the actual fact of why he was and not a wind up. I know a lawyer who does work for a number of football clubs and Pardew was sacked for what he did to Cortese wife. FACT. I Have no need to make this up i support a lower league team i have no gripe with Saints im not a Pompey fan or anything like that but trust me that is factual.
I have an extra special question for him from you Saintsfan4life ...... "Why can't Dan Harding play every game, take every throw-in, every corner, every free kick, all penalties and please can we use his jumper for goal posts"
Even if that was true, Cortese's lawyer and Pardew's lawyer wouldn't be in the habit of blabbing that sort of information to their mates if they valued their jobs with their respective high-profile clients. If your contact isn't either of those, he won't be in a position to tell you that. More rumour and hearsay.
