The Milkybarkid

Saw him as well. He was excitedly chatting into a mobile, saying "Yep, it's the BIG one" He stank of fags

See, I naively thought the points deduction would get the players a bit passionate and playing with a bit of desire. While I couldn't see us doing a Leeds exactly, I could see a good start and the deduction cleared by the start of September. I dared to hope and that's dangerous when you're a Saints fan. It just leads to greater disappointment when your hopes aren't reciprocated on the pitch.

No need to throw millions at the team. A sign that we are forming into a cohesive unit capable of holding our own would suffice for me. But it's not happening.

We need at least 5 loanees. Maybe more. Who was it said we'd have clawed 9 of those points back by now?

Sorry to add to already troubled waters but, with the expected firesale of any player worth a bit, can the FL impose a transfer embargo on the club as well? Seem to remember this happening at Luton and Bournemouth, both of whom were banned from signing anyone for any fee or on a Bosman whilst the transfer window was open. Anyone know better?

There is a backer out there who would buy the club. It's just that no-one knows what they'd do with it after....

They'll win convincingly 3-0. The pressure's off to a large extent, except for the 10 point penalty next season, but then the majority of the players won't care about that, 'cos they know they won't be here. I fully expect us to win the last two btw. But I also expect Barnsley and Forest to win on Saturday, so it won't take us out the bottom 3.

You chose wrong, Mike. Big time. We'll suffer the consequences though. After all, we're just the mug punters to you, aren't we?

I'm off to Forest next week. It's my gf's birthday on Sunday so I promised her a day out in London, show, shopping, that sort of stuff..... I'm kind of relieved, in a way....

Reports in Ipswich suggest Magilton will take some time out before his next club. Gorman will go back to Hoddle's coaching school in Spain. I think we can discount JM frankly. I'd prefer Tisdale; he'd be proud to do the job and he's got a fairly decent track record. The other one I like is Eddie Howe at Bournemouth. He's done a good job keeping them up.

******** I'm shocked, stunned, ****ed off.. If you thought Lg 1 was going to be easier, think again. We'll still be a lot of teams' cup final....and on -10. We won't do a Leeds 'cos they had a passionate group of players who kept winning to overcome the penalty. Can anyone honestly see this lot doing that?

He was NEVER going quietly. This is all an ego-trip, made freely available because he's newsworthy at the minute. He sees it as a chance to excuse his part in the current meltdown by offering himself up as a non-apologist for all the severe financial mismanagement we've endured. Whoever buys the club will be haunted by RL and his media sniping, at least for the first month or so.

Just noticed that, in the picture of the banner at the top, the newspaper cutting underneath says "we scored some crack". Hope that isn't an interview with one of the players or something....

Can't see the point in worrying. Can things get any worse than they are right now? OK so if we DO go down, administration and the 10 point penalty, probably next season so we start League 1 in deficit. Like Leeds did? Blow me, they really suffered from it, didn't they? For me, it might even bring the togetherness we've lacked in recent years. Just a thought.

It's not happening. Not yet anyway. Don't believe the hype. We'll stumble on to the end of the season, 'cos that's clearly the game plan. We REALLY do not need the extra hassle anyway, not at the moment. The players have got enough to think about keeping us in this division without the extra worry of where their next obscene pay check is coming from (Deloitte and Touche IMHO). I'm convinced we'll still get out of this yet, you know....