Charlie Wayman

Fans are stakeholders in the Club and should have a voice in running it like any other stakeholder. True or False? That works just fine for plc's for without fans there is no income. Now, we Saints fans are part of a different world, that of the privately owned business. ML as sole owner has a serious wedge of folding stuff (we are told) so NC as his executor may feel sufficiently adequately supported by ML's pile to play home games in an empty stadium if he so wished and still run the Club successfully. In other words the dis-empowerment of the fan stakeholder of popular management theory. You can come along and enjoy the spectacle if you wish but don't expect a slice of the pie; when the promised land is reached certainly do not expect to rub shoulders with our new found 'prawn sandwich' friends. Daft? Well, we don't appear to need a shirt sponsor... This scenario may or may not be realistic but could offer one explanation of his apparent lack of interest in fans.

The lack of communication is a growing concern, it is certainly disdainful of fans and smacks of the arrogance of old fashioned 70's style top-down management - "take it or leave it, your views of no interest to me" At least Rupert Lowe had the guts to stand up front and tell fans to their face that their views didn't matter a golden toss to him - I was all for hanging that barsteward! This new man did not seek inputs to kit choice; fans had no say in the ticket fiasco that will hurt and alienate many fans and there is less and less information on the OS and more and more corporate bull**** and money grubbing crap! Yes guys, you should be worried. This may be a new era but not necessarily one that'll make you feel part of it. I'll bet in two years time if this goes on you won't feel like a Saint at all... Oh yes and Bring Back our Stripes!

Been away - went to West Quay today - saw the new kit - it looks cheap and cheerful - it looks like sh*t*- I am depressed, very, very depressed - just paid out a bucket of smackeroons - to watch blokes I hardly know - run around in gym kit - for a whole season - what's the reason? Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! - what a mug

Nor Schneiderlin???? Well you can't please everyone, I hate the bloody thing, effectively we're playing in white! For how many years did we support the "Save our Stripes" campaign? So what was that all about. I suppose we'll end up with a Swiss cross and speak in German... "Ich hasse dieses blutige Hemd!" - Yep! I did get a German 'O' Level with distinction.

Ridiculous fuss about EFF all as usual! Let Cortese get on and manage the club the way he wants. Fans have two choices as always, accept their outcomes or sod off to support another club. This is not about loyalty or principle it's about interference. If fans want a surefire way of ****ing off Cortese it'll be by constant Effing nitpicking at every thing he seeks to do. Then we'll end up back at square one or is that what sh*t-stirrers like Illingworth wants, you do wonder sometimes? As I said if people don't like the way Cortese runs the show then they can Eff off. Illingworth & Co certainly don't speak for me!

Chnaces are Pardew is in Cape Town with BBC or ITV as a pundit. He won't be thinking sh*t about Saints right now only how to improve his own dosh flow and making contacts that could land him a big job.

What I hope most is that Saints ARE one of the contenders! Let's not get too carried away, the new season starts in August and if we get off to our usual indifferent start we may be some way behind the pack y end-September and chasing - and chasing to catch up is never easy as we discovered last season. Our biggest enemy will be complacency, becoming over confident and lazy thinking we're a shoo-in for the title and underrating other teams. If we start like that it may take a few weeks to come to terms with the idea of having to work for it as reality to kick us up the Rrse and force a rethink...

Won't be a priority for sure. The midfield is where we need to spend, sure we have numbers of people there but we need real quality, a man with vision and intellect. The one player whose absence really affects our whole performance is Morgan Schneiderlin. When he's out through injury or suspension we are mediocre. Hammond is great at getting up and down and hustling but is more a link player than a creator. Despite his jinky skills on the ball, Adam really would not claim to be the architect of move building, seeing the right pass before the rest of us - only MS seems to have that gift and hanging on to him will not be easy re: St Etienne.

That may be ageist old boy, I've got a S2000 that's been well breathed on, an Impreza with 300 bhp and and i_Pad.... I'm a bit older than you and probably faster!

Me too but there was nobody up there at 10.30 this morning when I went for mine. Not exactly fighting through crowds to get to the ticket office, more like 6 lads smiling so I would choose them! Is that bad or what? Maybe the instalment plan issue is going to cost them big time.

Went up there this morning to collect my ST, more accurately I paid up the dosh and got only a receipt for my pains. The STs will be sent out in July. Never mind, done and dusted. Top marks to the bright lad on the box... "I'd like to renew my ST please, same as before.." handing over last year's wallett He " Do you want the same seat again?" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I said before WAIT for the beginning of the second financial year. It's obvious that the first yaer was unusual, the second year will be the (Cortese's) first year of true income and outgoings

Is that Empire down by the station?

So why doesn't he want to come back? I thought he loved us? Surely there are better places than Wolverhampton to settle and bring up kids? If he's your pal then shout in his ear!

On the day and on their second half season performances, it was a fair result and there can be no complaints. All season Millwall have been the team that has matched us result by result and indeed bettered us on the run-in when they pulled away and ended with a better record, discounting our -10 situation. They almost upset the apple-cart by overhauling Leeds but overall the best three teams have been promoted. Our job is not to be envious but to make sure we play them again in 2011-12. Right now my hope is that we start where we left off and build a winning lead in our division by Christmas. Like most of you guys it will be a strange feeling expecting to win and knowing we shouldn't lose on paper but even so not sure how I will react if we are not top from the off. My guess is we'll be uncompromising barstewards on Pardew's back the minute we drop any points or don't make top place early on. We won't be the only ones either... Mr Cortone will be watching... er! I mean Mr Cortese. Silly me!

No disrespect Alpine old-son but this is about Grass growing and the World Cup. You were told last week why tickets are not on sale yet so go back and read and do your homework properly and stop trying to divert the rest of us talking utter b*llocks about things we know nothing about but like to bulls*ht anyway

The grass is growing and very quickly. The World Cup is an expensive and poor quality distraction from the real business of football. The idea of national teams in this day and age of globilisation is a retrograde step back into a murky history in which nationalism has been the singular most destructive force of mankind. The football is crap of course by definition and falls well short of even premier League standards. How can it be remotely possible to expect to bring together a group of the so-called 'best' players and meld them into an efficient team in anything like the amount of time available between the season's end and this lipstick tournament? Look how long its taken Saints to do that - all saeson in fact - and the job is by no means done, so what chance at national level in one month. So what we get are teams cobbled together at the last minute of mostly strangers dressed in similar uniforms whose instinctive styles differ so much that you can forget notions of fluid football and cohesive units. At best we'll get a more inspired form of the 'kick'n'rush' or 'hoik it into the middle' style of football we see in league 2 and that's probably insulting to the bokes in league 2. So don't imagine that what you'll be watching is any better than it is just because names like Ronaldo and Rooney are bandied about by the media to brainwash you. Sure, there will be moments of skillful play from some of the more gifted but that's only a small part of what football is. On the whole it will be a predictable bore with England gone in the Quarters, the result beyond doubt (Spain or Brazil) and the runners-up forgotten by the time you do your pub quizzes in September. So rather than let the grass grow under your feet get the mower out and cut it every third evening throughout June rather than sit indoors watching the 437th re-run of "They think it's all over - it is now" crap! Ughh! Pass me that bucket.........

Who did Charlie Wayman play for before he became a Saint?

Lambert and lallana

Test comes the week before players report back from training, when is that? If he stays or goes that's when we'll know for sure

On more careful reflection the delay looks to be administrative only. Soon, it will be exactly one year since the buy-out so it seems likely they are waiting for income flows from ticket sales to start to flow in the second year - which will be the 'first' fully operational year. The first year finances must have been somewhat artificial covered as it was by the settlement. I have been told (club) that no changes to seating or executive areas are scheduled, they have great difficulty selling what they've got available already.

For Holloway and Blackpool it is very much the case of "be careful what you wish for". I'd bet odds are less than 1-10 on for Holloway gone by December + Blackpool gone by January. They are about to get Tangerined!

Really odd! Why keep prices secret, it's always a take it or leave it situation anyway. I suppose they're hoping Pardew will sign a BIG NAME to boost interest and justify increases. Even our great Swiss Rollers must have cottoned on to the fact that we in Engerland are in a recession and soon to be taxed out of existence. Where will the money come from then, old thing? Any rise for the same old s**** in this climate cannot be justified as most of us had a zero inflation award this year. What's that? Inflation is running at 5% do I hear you say.. Just try putting up prices by 5% and reality will kich in big time.

Now I feel really sorry for my old Dad, he had to watch that lot playing as a kid. One size fits all kit did them no favours and a bit of running up and down and lifting weights might have come in handy. At least it's daytime so they did a bitmore than turn up of a Thursday evening to do a little bit of exercise ready for Saturday

Did we really offer £20m for James Milner? Wow!