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Bloody spygate. I can’t believe they relegated us to League 2. Bastards!

Mourinho documentary - 16 mins in, laughing about obtaining training footage from Bolton and their plans to beat Chelsea. John Terry laughing about it, happens everywhere. Shambles how we’ve been treated.

Beastiality

Illegal

He can also score a wonder goal at Wembley. 😀

The woman on the left doesn't look like a real person.

So sweet fuck all then.

Alien

There quite simply hasn’t been any major positives of the “multi-club” model. We made a few million in terms of signing players, loaning them to Goztepe and eventually them signing them permanently. That is it. SR tried to run before they could walk and should’ve taken a more safe approach: Build up Southampton, their reputation, the clubs stature and then begin looking into multiple clubs and branch out.

We’re gonna smash it… feel it in my bones.

We should lean into this more. Three panel scarves Southvalengoztepe, and signature doner kebabs and horse burgers on the concourses.

Sounds like some posters on here.

I think we would just like a tangible benefit when we are the central club in this...our should I said, the money club in this The fee we paid (not Goztepe I might add) was astronomical and completely out of whack with any other player in that league, probably ever. One of those benefits we are all waiting for, yes? Yes, kind of has to (see my initial point of Southampton being the central, sorry, money club). Since Dragan and his merry men came in we have been a fucking shambles in the main. Fucking right he provides a bit of focus in fixing it (we are still out of the top flight, and trust me that will impact your team with the French side). I think many Saints fans would wish he would sell up and piss off to Turkey to be honest. There he can feed the golden goose in a league with f-all revenue compared to the English top flight. But he can buy all the players he wants, which would be a bonus.

Tribbles

Lis is the goalkeeper you signed on a free transfer from a relegated team. Göztepe paid Romulo’s transfer fee. Romulo moved to a Champions League club; had Southampton not been relegated, he would most likely have gone there. You want Romulo, who is valued at 25 million euros and for whom Göztepe paid the fee, but Göztepe wasn’t even given a player of Onuachu’s calibre in return. Your expectation of mutual benefit is purely one-sided and far too high. The multi-club system has caused no harm to the clubs; it has brought only a very minor benefit. In other words, there is no situation that can be regarded as a loss. The Kayi Sanda transfer was made to increase the player’s market value; should there be an issue with Financial Fair Play, Valenciennes could balance the situation by signing two or three Southampton academy players by paying their transfer fees. Dragan Solak manages Southampton with a greater focus on sporting success, whilst he manages Göztepe with a greater focus on profit. If he’d spent an extra 5 million euros on Göztepe, they’d be competing in the Europa League; Göztepe is a goose that lays golden eggs, but he isn’t feeding it too much I’m allowed three messages a day – I don’t know why.

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To be honest I really think we are in the driving seat to win the league if we keep the core of last seasons team .. just pray to god we don’t go and fuck up by letting the likes of scienza and Jander go ..how are you guys feeling about these ? always get the feeling with saints that we kinda let the players decide if they wanna leave . But this is a massive season the relegated teams should have more transition then us with both squad and going from a losing to winning mentality.. whilst we should be in the position to hit the ground running as long as we keep the band together

Or book the padded seats in the Kingsland and enjoy the life of luxury with the geriatrics. £40 a pop they are. Two games and the £10 store voucher and you’ve pretty much got your money back.

I like the idea that we dont buy players as a club and that Dragan finances them out of his own pocket, with no financial impact to Saints what so ever

Bless you.

When I saw this headline on today's Beeb 'I felt Tourette's would ruin my life, now I teach at Cambridge' I just assumed it was him.

Every club has its own sporting director, head coach and scouts; it’s not you who’s doing the legwork, it’s Sport Republic. Clubs that sign players from Göztepe don’t really care about the quality of the Turkish league. The player who replaced Sesko shone at Göztepe and was transferred; the Ipswich Town striker shone at Göztepe; Juan, who was sought after by Champions League teams, was developed by Göztepe – they all shone in the Turkish league.

I think you should read up on how it works in England (if this is not a wind up) regards to club transfers. Still unsure what benefit is is/was to Southampton that we paid a vastly inflated/record deal for a young kid, conveniently from the French sister club.

They spent EUR116 last season on transfers, with about EUR100m coming in. So far they have spent about EUR53m with EUR86m coming in.