Not a saints fan (Leicester City) but I can't believe what is going on at your club. An excellent English core team being dismantled. What hope for the rest of us. The premier League is a poisoned chalice. OK. Happy to be back but for how long. Wish you luck for the season - one point behind us of course. P.s. The Dell bit like filbert street were proper grounds.
Thanks for your interest, but we really haven't a clue what it is all about, I remember a visit to Filbert Street, there was a pitch that didn't have any grass on it, instead a sort of covering of what looked like dock leaves! Mind you that was a few years ago, didn't you have a young GK playing called Peter Shilton at the time, whatever happened to him?
Really? Please name one other club that finished 8th and immediately sold 7 of its first team. Hell, let's widen the net. Name one other non-relegated club that's happened to.
Hardly. Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs. Breaking into that would have proved very difficult, and very expensive. We had a very good season, and the big clubs being the vultures that they are, decided that they liked what they saw. Even more so given that what they saw was very English, and very youth, based. (Which for me is the difference between us and when other teams, like Newcastle for example, have has those occasional very good seasons). I don't blame the players for wanting to better their careers (or pay packets, or whatever), and I don't blame our board for failing to hold onto them. I will however blame the board, and the coaching and scouting staff, if those proceeds are not adequately reinvested.
If you want to know where all this will lead you just have to look at Serbian football. Everyone either supports Red Star or Partizan. ALL the good players end up in a different country maybe via a year or 2 at Red Star or Partizan. (we have one now) My local team FK Vojvodina is the number 3 club and home gates average less than a 1000. The only fans (who go to matches) at the Belgrade clubs are the Ultra gangs. The fans of the smaller clubs gave up years ago. Serbian clubs are literally only feeder clubs - there is no revenue on match days. Southampton are doing a damn good job to follow suit!
If we have a half decent team and KL decides to sell up and keep some cash I'm cool with that as long as any new owner isn't as clueless as her when it comes to running a football club.
Mark Wallington perhaps? I didn't think he was that bad a goalie actually - yes I am old enough to have seen him play. Also we may be the first club this is happening to but with the advent of the Financial Fair Play rules and the need for English trained players etc in the big boys squads I bet we aren't the last...
Don't want a buyer who will probably load us with debt to get the purchase. Happened to United. We are safer with KL.
I agree 100%. Thats why I despair for the rest of us - do we really want a good season and maybe a good cup run - only to be raped if we do to well. Doesn't seem fair. It's the reality of the premier League but... why would a young kid support the saints or the foxes... when man u. etc. Get the cream. . I will be overjoyed if the foxes stay up. But.. anyway such is the reality of the modern game.
