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What are our traditional away colours? I assumed it was yellow.

Steve de Ridder is my new favourite player. I said it first.

Maybe he's just got himself a new commercial deal that commands a fee when he's used in promotional material? Maybe that's a little far-fetched!

Sorry!

Additionally, it's ok to mention a player being money-seeking provided they don't sign for us? Re: CMS

Have I touched a nerve? You seem to be getting a little irate about fans using this thread as evidence to criticise a player. Is not your real gripe with fans getting on our players' backs, rather than commenting on how good or bad a scenario is that has been put forward by another poster? Not sure about you're final ironic/sad point, care to explain it? I doubt it's your writing, probably because I'm missing the point yet again. I'll quote the two posters I was referring to as your point about repeating 'if true' also doesn't seem very clear. Again, it's probably my failings rather than your argument technique that is at fault here...

Even though the two posts that contain the sort of thing you're on about actually both say 'if true', and so are accepting that the info might not be true, in which case they accept the points would not be valid. Think you were a bit too keen to make a point there, let the facts get in the way, which is ironic.

Does Top Gun know something we don't know?

A few quotes from twitter. Hero. 'I've noticed people want me to tweet in English, from no on, that'll be the case!' 'Thx to everyone involving the Saints for the warm welcome! ' 'My followers were more than doubled in 1 day...shows the fanaticism and magnitude of this club!'

Ignore, posted on the wrong thread.

Would certainly be interesting. If he can overcome the challenge to his position from the new signing then maybe he deserves his move. If not his advisers may need to eat some humble pie.

If we sign a centre back I'll be over the moon.

sign him up!

Or we can debate the point on its individual merit as some of us are doing...

But until (and I don't think this will ever happen) we have dwindling attendances and nobody buying club merchandise your argument isn't valid. We aren't being exploited if we choose to pay the money. Sky might charge astronomical fees for their television, but it is still the individual's choice whether the opportunity cost of a wider range of television is worth the money. I'm not saying the club should exploit people, just that if it charges higher fees and we keep paying then it is entitled to do so. I certainly wouldn't sell my product for ten pounds if I knew people would buy it for fifteen.

I take your point. Do you think it is more that people don't want to pay the extra cash, or they are annoyed with the way they have to pay it? Because if it's the latter, it shows our price modelling is fair. Maybe it will take a while to get used to, the Americans don't complain that store prices are given pre-tax, maybe we'll end up like that.

Never heard of the chap! Best of luck to him though.

That's the thing, WE have the choice of going somewhere else if we choose. If the business model is wrong then the business will fail. That doesn't seem to be happening at the moment.

Not when it is a business turning over nearly £15 million though surely, that's a wage of 4% of turnover. In answer to your point about being treated like mugs, do you also refuse to buy items at the supermarket or food at a restaurant? The basis of a Capitalist Economy is that you charge a margin, nothing is available for cost price. If it is ridiculous, as you suggest, then people won't pay, the business suffers and it is forced to assess its expenses. Southampton FC are not the most expensive club to support by a long way, but because fans invaraiably will not move clubs there is no direct comparison except to the past.

Is anybody really concerned that the chap running our club is earning £11,500 a week, which is probably less than quite a few of the players? Personally don't see anything particularly wrong with that.

Leicester play in the King Power stadium?!

Ah yes, damn.

I agree with this point. If a new crest means we can flog more merch to people and so buy a better player or give higher wages to keep our best players, I'm all for it.

Certainly with that design, I can't recall many other badge redesigns that have absolutely nothing to do with their respective club. That's just some initials in a shield!

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