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You are kidding right? I can count at least £35m wasted on players who don't play.

Cortese was a man out of control. I'm surprised it has taken this long for the owners to reign him in. If it was my business and my money i wouldn't have let his behaviour go unchecked for so long. No doubt legal cases will follow soon, but unlike those that Cortese brought and settled at the last minute, this one will be at his own expense. My money is on Katarina.

But he wasn't even a good businessman. If he was such a good businessman he would have borrowed the £14m to buy the club himself and be cashing in his investment now for upwards of £150m. He didn't, Katarina will be; he'll walk away with f-all. Genius.

It's a fookin disgrace. An off the shelf kit shared by at least a dozen other clubs including Bristol City, and Everton. Where are our stripes, where is our tradtion? This shirt is a disgrace. DON"T BUY IT.

I would happily bet anyone a pound to a pinch of **** MP wouldn't leave if NC went. If he did he will be the first manager in recorded history to choose to leave because of a change of CEO. Remember if he resigns no pay off, just a P45 and the job centre with all the other unemployed managers. In reality this is just NC trying to rachit up the presure on the Liebherrs.

Shhh. This is a secret so don't tell everyone. Maybe QPR are going down because they didn't play as good football as everyone else.

Have we ever had a fan on the board? Like Cortese before he started at SFC, most fans have no experience of running a business so not a good idea. I would think the good people in Switzerland could come up with an experienced CEO to take us to the next level.

I'm too late to vote alas. But I would have voted NO. Corteses achievements above and beyond what any other CEO appointed by Marcus would have achieved are hugely over estimated. My advice to the Liebherr Trust (I'm sure they waiting to hear my advice), is ditch the expensive and egotistical Cortese and get another CEO in; and continue your involvement.

If NC goes the Liebherrs will replace him. End of. No big deal. If the Liebherrs want to sell the club they will sell the club whatever Cortese says or does. Personally I think Cortese is a bit of a loose cannon and it would be a good idea for the Liebherrs to get in a new man to take us to the next level.

I think it's probably more about his rewards rather than money for team buiding, justguessing obviously. My advice to the good Liebherr people is to call his bluff.

I think Cortese and a number of posters on here way over estimate his importance to us. If he left he would be replaced swiftly and with little trouble.

It is truly amazing how a few simple fans on here believe in the hype put out by the clubs PR dept. And frankly a little embarrassing. Cortese's 'vision' and 'the next level' are my two favourite catch phrases. The the Dwarf has fooked up yet again sacking our most successful manager since WWII after back-to-back promotions and easing into premiership mid table, for a failed foreign coach. It's a pity we will never see out the journey Adkins was taking us on. BTW. Espanyol have moved out of the relegation zone since MP was sacked. Fact.

What really p1sses me off about Cortese is for a supposed tough guy he doesn't have the balls to turn up to the press conference and explain his actions. If you have anything about you at all, when you make difficult or unpopular decisions you face up and explain yourself, not hide away. Just when you think you can't have less respect for a man he surprises you.

If there is anything good to come of all this, it is that the Liebherr family realise what a prat they are employing and get rid of Cortese before he does any more damage to our club.

It's quite sweet in a funny way that some people are so insulated from the reality of life they think nothing can go wrong just because they have faith.

When and how often?

Well I'm worried. There is absolutely no evidence that the Liebherr family is the slightest bit interested in SFC. Cortese is borrowing large sums of money, and suppliers are suing for payment. There is enough there to worry about I think. Maybe the Liebherr family are continuing to bank roll us, if so great. Maybe the suppliers who went unpaid was just an administrative slip up, and maybe the loan Cortese took out was just to cover cash flow issues, all of which means there is nothing to worry about. But without knowing the facts, yes I'm worried. Coupled that with the fact Cortese has never run any sort of business before rolling up here we should all be worried.

Just a small list of some of the things Cortese has done which outline why the good people from the Liebherr family should get rid of him.... 1. Sacking a good manager with no replacement lined up 2. Nearly ******* up the signing of Adkins because of dodgy business practices. 3. Delaying completion of Staplewood development by not paying bills 4. Falling out with local media which continues to cost the club in depleted sponsorship revenue and poor promotion of events. 5. Falling out with clubs ex-players and icons, causing the club poor PR and depleted takings in corporate functions. 6.Banning all press photographers thinking fleet street wouldn't mind, and having to do a humiliating climb down. 7. Dropping long standing contracts with local businesses in favour of Portsmouth based companies, further eroding the community aspect of the club. 8. Dropping memorial trophy to a man who served the club for sixty years further eroding the community aspect of the club and causing schisms in the fan base. 9. Sacking cheap program sellers for more expensive program sellers in the belief a pretty face will flog more programs, yet again forgetting about negative PR. 10. Choosing a man with no professional footballing experience and no top flight management experience to be director of football. 11. Falling out with former players , local businessmen, fellow football CEO's, local media, national media, current manager, former manager, and an increasing number of fans. 12. Insisting we'll never be in debt again, before taking out a loan against future TV monies. 13. Not listening to his manager and failing to buy the defenders needed. 14. Dropping over a hundred years of traditional red and white. It was often said that bankers never make good businessmen. Cortese is the prime example.

If Adkins hands are tied as appears to be the case, he can hardly be blamed. I think he is the best person for the job and learning fast about the premiership. He just needs to tell Reed and the Dwarf to butt out.

I'vesaid it before and I'll say it again, Cortese is not a businessman he is a banker. He is out of his depth and lurches from one screw up to the next. He is no more responsible for our baqck to back promotions than Delia Smith is for Norwich's. The Liebherr family need to act now and sack the fool, and get in someone who isn't going to trample all over our heritage.

Depends if Cortese and Reed listen to Adkins this time when the transfer window opens. He said he needed defenders but Clotese and Reed failed to bring anyone of sufficient quality. If Adkins gets the players he wants, and not the ones Reed and Nicky want to sign, we have a chance of staying up.

What the hell Reed is doing anywhere near SMS is a mystery. He spent his entire playing career in non-league, his coaching career has been at the FA working with schools, again at non-league clubs, and of course at Charlton Atheltic (the Big time), where if he ever shows his face again will need police protection from the Charlton fans. That he now sits on the board at SMS beggars belief. That he has anything do with the way we play or the players we sign is a astonishing. Yet another example that not only is Cortese a sociopath but doesn't know what he is doing I'm afraid.

Why does the Dwarf feel so threatened he had to remind everyone how silly he has been for the last three years in not talking to the Echo. I'm not sure he is from Planet Earth sometimes.

I think Marcus would have realised Cortese's behaviour and decisions were harming the reputation of Southampton FC and by association himself, and would have got shot of the Dwarf; replacing him with someone more experienced in running a modern football club.

Cortese is borrowing not lending. Thats the problem.