owen le saint

Had reasonably high hopes when he arrived. Howver the Burnley Manager at the time, Steve Cotterell?, seemed to indicate the deal was a great one for Burnley (Stoke had previously offered £200/£300k) Burley paid a reported £1m with possibly wages at £8/£10k a week. Thomas was absolutely abysmal against Stoke. However he has strength and experience and will need replacing by someone with same attributes but is not basivcally sh-te.

I would be delighted if the takeover rumour was true. However a lot of this suggests investors are keen to develop surrounding areas. I am as certain as I can be that the river wharves (Cemex/Dibles Wharf/American Quay etc) are all on long term leases from Soton City Council. All involved lease holders would have to be bought out/relocated and, if this was being looked at, the news would be all over the city. Have not heard one scrap of info to suggest this may be happening. May be a takeover could happen without surrounding land development. Lets hope so.