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FFS! Solent isn't doing commentary at all! just occasional sit reps punctuated by purile crap - No change there then :-(

Coyr !!

+1 enjoyed reading that :-)

Given where we from, staying up will be a result, anything else is a bonus. Any realistic plans to get back into the CCC and beyond start NEXT season, not this one.

Reason(s)?

Spot on !

I'm in :-) ID: 9S6409106N5893903

I'm delighted, very sensible signing. For those who were big name dreaming, don't be dissapointed and look at it as being 'the best we could get' He is exactly what we need starting, as we do, -10 bottom of the old 3rd team/squad/ whatever in tatters. As someone else said, he arrives without baggage and knows exactly what has to be done. Lets get behind the new boss and be realistic over who we expect him to sign. It's great to be back COYR :-)

Thing is there are 2 schools of thought on this and if you represent them as a simple equation - bearing in mind it's a looooong time since I did any maths - you get YES + NO = YES + NO So if you resolve that (or whatever it was we used to do to equations back in the dark days before we had clever computers to do this all for us) It all seems to cancel out and leave you with er..... Maybe? ...and i've completely forgotten what the question was, so I'm in the pints of pride camp - but you have to be a girl apparently - I'll get me coat.....

So to summarise this thread so far then, no one has a clue who is coming or when, or is anyone really really really in the know? What are the odds on a surprise this Saturday....

Those are all excellent points (snipped for brevity) The only one I'd take issue with is the notion that this will be a 'relatively easy league' I think it will prove to be a highly physical - at times skill snuffing league. We'll need a squad to get us through that and have to rebuild again for higher leagues. I guess it all hangs on the new owners objectives/timescales/budgets. To be fair we don't know much about those atm. Damn this is exciting and apologies for drifting toward 'off topic' which is 'who' not 'why'

I shall allow myself to dream a little then :-)

Erm..... I'd be the first to admit that I do miss the bleedin obvious sometimes, but I get the impression I'm looking at some sort of parrallel universe here? Thread after thread bandies around 'big name' actual or wannabe managers.... Why would any of them sign up for a LEAGUE 1 Club, with hardly any players, 5000 st's sold, -10 points and hardly any time to do anything about it before the season KO? Too big a risk for the CV regardless of money isn't it? Hopefully I'm wrong and you're all right, I would love to see wee Gordon back but seriously? I don't see it. Maybe I should up the medication....

Thanks for the welcome :-) @Saint Fan Cam :- Don't worry, I'm no 'forum virgin' and I have my can of Troll Spray and my flame proof trousers always at hand :-) I completely agree with your concerns about time and the squad mind set, I get cold sweats just thinking about the Saturdays to come this season, you gotta be in it to win it, and at least we are in it ! My son forwarded me an email from a Leeds supporter a while ago warning us (in a positive way) of the season ahead. It may have been posted here, if not I'll put it up - it rang very true. Time isn't on our side for a comfortable season, but it is, in terms of building a solid club for a new era. We absolutely have been damaged by recent events and those of the last few years, but I believe that enough will be achieved this season to make it one of consolidation, albeit with a fair few heart stoppers along the way. BUT I don't want a re-run of the past. I don't EVER want to see our club go through (I lost count) x many managers in X years again, losing our best players every year. I would rather risk another drop to get it right than grab the first easily available short term fix!

Hi folks, I'm new to the forum, tho a Saints fan since I was 12 in 1962. Exiled to North Wales for the last 20 years. A little early to be worrying :-) This time last week I was seriously contemplating who on earth I would support in the future so I am just patheticaly greatful that I never had to finalise that decision. Reality is this year that we do start -10 in a tricky division with (as yet) no manager and no 'team' in the true sense of that word. We will need at least 60 points (inc the -10) to survive, 75ish for mid table and around 100 to make the playoffs. This season, with who ever in charge and regardless of money in the bank, we should all see it as a success if we don't go down. I for one will feel very proud if we don't, it's a BIG ask! I hope the new owners take a sensible, sustainable long term view and don't just buy names in an attempt to please us fickle fans and boost things. I think feasible targets would be; 09/10 survive in L1 10/11 get to the play offs having built the club a lot in the meantime. 11/12 or 12/13 CCC building and developing more. 2014 or 15 back in the Prem and stay there in time for my 65th in 2015 :-) For adventure and excitement we can have some good cup runs like we used to do. The single biggest change that the new owners could make to Saints is that our superb academy is no longer breeding talent for sale, it's breeding talent for the 1st team. Find us a Moyes(esque) young manager, give him a temptation proof contract I say :-)