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"Not excluding anyone who has The Clubs interest at heart" Maybe more to this last line than any thing

No Saints fan could ever deny what MLT has done for us a player - Of all the people in recent years his goals kept us in the top division - it is a real shame it has come to this - just wish it could be resolved in a meeting between them , put differences aside and the club have a respect for its past and the Ex connections have a respect for the project - after all surely they all want the same thing for SFC to be the best it can be -

I think , if you have an issue with a person it should be dealt with in private , not splashed out over social media sights , otherwise you could form the opinion who's needs are being met. NC to my knowledge does not use Twitter ( I may be wrong ) , The Echo in my opinion are just hacked off and are looking to whip a frenzy using language that is some what argumentative to induce a response . I am not sure what MLT agenda is, maybe it is sour grapes about the failed takeover bid, who knows, If you continue to ***** in public it just turns people off It would be nice to have some positive relationships with our new owners and ex players -

Just a side point away from the up's and down's of the last few days. Watching the video about the development of our new training ground and I can't help thinking just how impressive this new set up will be. The thought behind the design and the facilities which will be available for all of the players just states professionalism. Any future young prospects within the game from either the UK or from abroad will have to take even more seriously the benefits of joining this club , maybe even more than in the past due to the amount of money put into the re-development. We are well known for the development and progress of younger players but I feel this will only enhance our status as one of the top academies within Europe. It is a good time to be behind the vision and maybe in four or five years time , the thought behind the cash injection of the academy will be thought as trail blazing in a football world where some very average players are being transferred for 5 or 6 million.

Love the interview - heres the first picture pitchside;

Originally Posted by Colinjb Immediate emotional reaction. I don't want that f**king Argie in charge of my club. I want Nigel Adkins! Window Cleaner Full Member watch the xenophobia eh !! Here here WC Interesting reaction when we defend the Nazi claims from those down the road, and , we can slate a guy who comes from Argentina - unbelievable some the reactions here to a guy who was about 10 years old during the conflict - talk about double standards

Actually the club belong to the estate of Markus - we are not like the PST and have a wonderful fans "buy a share" - would be funny if we hit champions league spot this season - I wonder who will be returning then ?

A vision for the club , new training facility , club is debt free - I think the guy wants what is best for this club , emotional factors won't sway his decisions. I look at so many other clubs in total disarray - no matter how wonderful NA was for us - we have to move on, I would just hate with a passion if the likes of NC and The Liebherr family said "sod it, we can't do any thing right" put it up for sale and see nice lovely person like "those down the road" and many other clubs like Coventry , Blackburn, is that what we really want - or do we go for NC vision - simple choice really Turn up or stay away if you feel that strong about it - No one knows what has gone on behind closed doors ...........

And here is a possible thought to why - from Spanish take on our new man; The coach Mauricio Pochettino keeps reminding his players that back in 2007-08 under Ernesto Valverde, 18 games into the season they were third having gone 14 matches unbeaten only to endure the worst second half in La Liga history, winning just three in 20. But one thing's for sure: they're safe. Seventeen consecutive seasons in the first division are about to become 18. Not that they'd be satisfied with that. The days of visiting the black virgin of Montserrat to plead for her intervention to survive are over. With Atlético Madrid, Sevilla and even Athletic Bilbao underachieving, with Valencia always simmering with latent self-destructive intent, a European slot and maybe even a top-four finish really isn't out of the question. It is a huge success story – and this is the point in the story at which Sergio García proves everyone wrong, at which it is pointed out that he did play for Spain at Euro2008 and, according to his Wikipedia page, he did score 6969696969696969 goals as a kid at Barcelona. This is the point of the story at which Espanyol's sporting directorate puffs out its collective chest and goes: "See? See?!" Except that people do see. And they have seen it all before too. No, sorry: this success, just like last year's success, has little to do with their summer signing. Eighteen months ago, Espanyol signed Shunsuke Nakamura, publicly describing him as "finger licking good" and privately hailing him as the solution to all their problems, as 8,000 gathered for his presentation, Japanese TV signed an Espanyol-only deal and he released a light blue parakeet into the air like some kind of paladin of peace before going on to reveal the slight flaw in the plan: he is not very good. What followed was no goals, no assists, and an early departure. So far, Sergio García has scored just once – and that was an 87th-minute strike against Zaragoza, the fourth in a 4-0 win; so far, Sergio García's greatest contribution might just have been getting injured. Now that may sound flippant, but it is true. Few clubs have made a virtue out of necessity quite like Espanyol. Fewer still have done it with the bravery and balls of Pochettino. When you look at Espanyol's success this season, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that much of it is the fruit of fortune. Or it would be if Espanyol had a fortune, if Pochettino was not such an impressive and resourceful manager, if those that came before him – those that built and developed the club's youth system – had not laid such solid foundations. Sergio García got injured, Ernesto Galán got injured, Felipe Mattioni got injured, Jesús Dátolo got injured. All of them are new signings. This weekend, Espanyol defeated Sevilla 2-1 at the Sánchez Pizjuán: Jedward impersonator José Callejón got both goals. He would have departed in the summer, but a deal fell apart. Not one of the starting XI was a summer signing. Six of them are Espanyol youth team products. It is a running theme. When Espanyol's kids first emerged from the club's residency on Gran de Gràcia a decade or so ago – players like Joan Capdevila, Sergio González, Raúl Tamudo, Alberto Lopo and David García – one of their team-mates was the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino. The commitment to, and importance of, the youth set-up was, says one insider, an idea he "suckled on from [then coach] Paco Flores." And although the economic reality of the club that is an estimated €115m in debt and occasionally pays its players late has seen that commitment undermined – Espanyol now only take kids from a 50km radius of the city, salaries have plummeted in the B team, and those who ask to come for a trial have to pay €100 for the privilege – the effects of that drop in funding have not yet filtered through. Meanwhile, Pochettino's commitment remains steadfast and, notwithstanding signings like Sergio García who will be paid for over six years, the same economic reality that has seen diminishing investment in youth and forced the departure of seven players in the summer has also seen increasing need for youth. When Pochettino took over as coach in 2008, his role was simply to save Espanyol, who lay in the relegation zone. With a little divine inspiration, he did. But the man who, adding together his playing and managing career, has now experienced more first division games for the club than anyone else in their history, also had an eye on building, on stability. He imposed a tactical style on the youth teams for the first time – Espanyol and the B team play 4-2-3-1, but everyone else has to play 4-4-2, which Pochettino believes is the best system for general development. He attends training sessions, speaks to players and coaches right the way through the system and demands constant updates. He also insisted on making each team play in an age group above, to increase their competitiveness and accelerate their development. As one member of the technical staff puts it: "We're not interested in our youth teams winning games; we're interested in them developing players for the first team." It has worked. Not least because, as the sporting director Ramón Planes puts it: "You have to be very brave to give debuts to kids and stick with them." And Pochettino is brave: signings have played important roles, with winter arrivals Osvaldo and Iván Alonso especially significant over the last two and a half years, but he has handed debuts to 10 players from Espanyol's youth team. Only three clubs in the top flight have more youth team products in their first team squad: Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Barcelona. No squad has a younger average age. It has been worth it, too: Víctor Ruiz and Javi Márquez in particular have been hugely impressive – genuinely good players attracting interest from all over Europe. Without Pochettino's trust, they might not have taken the step up. That trust goes beyond just throwing them in, too: the coach is extremely defensive of his players, very close to them. "When I saw him as a player, he was frightening," admits Ruíz, "but in person he is the exact opposite." His sessions are, says one player, "fun". Yet the sessions are hard, too. "He makes you work like a dog," says Osvaldo. And if hanging around, sniffing each other's arses and licking your own balls doesn't sound particularly hard, think again. At first he introduced double sessions, fitness work in the morning, ball work in the afternoon, but now his sessions are short and intense. "Sometimes," Osvaldo adds, "you feel like killing him but it works." If training is hard, so is the coach. For all the support, as the Spanish phrase has it, Pochettino doesn't get married to anyone; players are forced to remain on their toes, assured of nothing. As a player he was good friends with Raúl Tamudo and even shared investments with him but had no qualms about taking the captaincy off him and easing him to the door. Moisés Hurtado and Rufete were both ushered towards the door too – both were dressing-room heavyweights. Pochettino's first physical coach lasted barely weeks – despite the fact that Pochettino is his son's godfather. Pochettino insists on his team playing aggressively (only three sides have committed more fouls), pushing high up the pitch, and chasing down opponents. They are strikingly well organised. He has a recording system linked up to his iPhone where, with a single touch, he can automatically order up replays of the previous move, ready to use at half-time. His side does not have a huge amount of firepower but they are incredibly effective: last season they scored fewer than Leo Messi but every goal earned 1.51 points. This season that figure is at 1.36: they are fifth despite scoring just 25 goals and having a goal difference of nought. But if that makes them sound like they are long-ball merchants, the impression is false: Pochettino insists on playing the ball out under control wherever possible and not sitting back and parking the bus. Take this quote, for example: "There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football." The man who said it? Pep Guardiola. Although Espanyol are not always great to watch away from home, they've been impressive at Cornellà, where they have won eight out of nine – only losing to Barcelona. Like last season, when they picked up 33 of their 44 points at home and should have beaten Barcelona, 24 of their 34 so far this season have come at Cornellà. The intensity and aggression is helped by a new stadium where there is a real communion between stands and pitch – a communion enhanced by the presence of so many youth team products and also by the continued 'presence' of late captain Dani Jarque, who died of a heart attack during pre-season training before last season. "It sounds like a cliche," reveals one insider, "but once the shock of his death was overcome, that really has helped to create a bond and a sense of purpose". After narrowly escaping relegation in 2009 and signing the player incapable of escaping it in 2010, what no one expected at the start of 2011 was for that purpose to be a place on Europe's biggest stage. Few expected the kids to be Espanyol's salvation but when it comes to Cornellà the kids are all right.

Without NC - there was no club , how would we all feel if he said right , I have had enough put the club up for sale - some mong comes in like "down the road" because as we all know Fans are always right , we know everything , who to play who to bring in , 442 , 451, you name it - Its football people come and go, all I can say is this new guy will know one thing and one thing only - if you are not meeting the HIGH expectations of this club - your a gonner . Wait and see what happens and never boo the new guy

I wonder how many will feel the same if we go to the champions league - stranger things have happened , Its football people come and go - when Pardew went who would have thought Nigel would have done this much - I'll wait to see what happens prior to judge the new guy.

Great result and come back - J Rod done a job all you can ask from the lad - but Clyne is without doubt my mention for today - the lad never gives up and put it on Rickies head with ease - well done the lads

Or £126,000 for TB -

Today's news tomorrows chip paper /SIZE] Who gives a monkey just a bedwetting post IMHO

Millions & Millions owed to every Tom, **** and Harry - court costs , administration costs, broken the law in respect of non payment of Taxes NI , all this to keep 12 or so guys employed for another 28 days - just close the funcking thing down once and for all

From Todays Snooze and not gone down well with the bestest fans Rate: Apollo 4:41 PM on 13/12/2012 @adenuff - If the club is more sale able , how come no one in 12 months has said I'd like to buy it out right , in fairness to the folks down the road that is what they got - The answer lies in the fact we have fat in our pipes, no proper facilities, we hire a field in Southampton to train on , we owe cash to every Tom Richard and Harry and here we are , following our 250k supporters on the common to this shambles - it's time to release this poor frail lady we call PFC to the final resting place , no matter how grand we think we are , how big of a sleeping giant, our over committed part time employees are gushing in the press what an honor it is to pull on our shirt - we are finally seeing through the Emperor's clothes that all we have left is a naked shell of nothing

What I want to know is - who is quoting who as posts here and the Snooze are so a tuned

I often thank the guy who started this Fred - when I feel down just pop onto the Pompy Takeover Saga - who needs medication to feel good

Indeed hard to know ho the WUM's are on the snooze but some very funny comments and cleverly written that the planks dont know who to agree with -

Just from my scribbled notes of todays procedings If you gave an order 00:03 → 00:05 that Fratton Park wasn't to be touched... 00:06 → 00:08 and your orders are always followed... 00:10 → 00:12 then why would Fratton be in danger? 00:15 → 00:17 Why would it be necessary, to transfer in more players? 00:24 → 00:26 Fratton was a substandard Ground 00:27 → 00:28 - Players were being transferred - That's not what you said! 00:29 → 00:31 You said players being transferred in because the club was in grave danger. 00:32 → 00:32 That's correct! 00:33 → 00:34 You said it's in danger. I said, :Grave danger?: You said, :Is there any other kind?: 00:35 → 00:37 - I recall what I said. - I can have it read back to you. 00:38 → 00:40 I know what I said! I don't have to have it read back to me, like an . . . 00:41 → 00:42 Then why the two orders? 00:43 → 00:45 PST ? 00:46 → 00:48 Sometimes men take matters into their own hands. 00:49 → 00:51 You've made it clear that your men never take matters into their own hands 00:52 → 00:53 Your men follow orders, or we lose more points 00:54 → 00:56 So Fratton should have been in danger, should he? 00:57 → 00:59 - You snotty little bastard. - I'd like to ask for a recess. 01:00 → 01:03 - I'd like an answer to the question. - The court will wait for an answer. 01:04 → 01:06 If PST gave an order... 01:07 → 01:08 that Fratton wasn't to be touched... 01:10 → 01:11 then why did players have to be transferred in? 01:13 → 01:13 PST . .? 01:15 → 01:18 Your manager ordered more players because that's what you told him to do! 01:19 → 01:21 - Object! - And then you cut these guys loose! 01:22 → 01:24 - I'll hold you in contempt. - You doctored the account logbook! 01:25 → 01:27 - Damn it, - Consider yourself in contempt. 01:28 → 01:30 PST , did you order the players in 01:31 → 01:33 - You don't have to answer that. - I'll answer the question. 01:34 → 01:36 - You want answers? - I think I'm entitled! 01:37 → 01:38 - You want answers? - I want the truth! 01:39 → 01:40 You can't handle the truth!

In the second half of the hearing, Katherine Holland told the court: ‘I’m happy to tell you those (discussions) have resulted in considerable progress.’ Basically we flipped a coin in the court cafe and REL are buying the coffee's

Just a thought , upon announcement will it be white or grey smoke coming from F/ Park ?

I wonder if Judge "closing down " Sales is having a WTF is this all about moment ??

Oh can't wait to play against my heros, Oh can't wait to hear the songs, Oh can't wait to play in front of the cop, Oh can't wait to walk down the famous tunnel ------ Oh what a shame we gushed about a team that was there for the taking if we were to not busy collecting autographs , pictures taken with their hero's and weting themselves about going to all places "Liverpool" - The SFC Holiday tour of the premiship continues..

As I have said before ..... Just believe