St Marco Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Think some of you might actually need to read the statement before getting all in a twist.... The Echo article says they contacted saints to get a statement on Niges future. They say Saints ignored their request and thus indicate that silence = Adkins is gone. Saints statement reads "For clarification, the following statement was issued to the Southern Daily Echo in relation to the story they are running this morning. It has been the Club’s conscious policy for the last three years not to reply to questions or calls for statements from the Daily Echo and this will continue to be Club Policy" So they are saying they don't answer questions from The Echo. That is all it is. Got to love how the same old people try and turn a nothing statement into the end of the world....again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARCELONASAINT Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Redknapp coming back is the most absurd thing i seen posted here. How does anyone ever think NC would ever work with that man is beyond me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 More worrying is the club's clear grasp of grammar, as that kind of capitalisation (and it making the final cut of a statement) is the mark of an uneducated person. Even here we're a bit Championship. I think the capitalisation of "Club Policy" makes it clear that it is an extremely important document, worthy of reverence, as opposed to an intangible concept which they ignore when it suits them. It is "The Club Policy", not "a club policy". Although it's not a proper noun as such, they have used some artistic license to confer some kind of Special Status on it, hence their, and my, caps. I will agree that numerous other club releases appear to have been written by a non-infinite number of monkeys with access to Word though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Really? A lot of the ones i know are fully aware of issues at the club, they just cant be arsed with all the blind lemons on here who are desperate to defend their leader in spite of the growing concearn. Probably because you have been bending their ears as much as you have nbeen bending ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Think some of you might actually need to read the statement before getting all in a twist.... The Echo article says they contacted saints to get a statement on Niges future. They say Saints ignored their request and thus indicate that silence = Adkins is gone. Saints statement reads "For clarification, the following statement was issued to the Southern Daily Echo in relation to the story they are running this morning. It has been the Club’s conscious policy for the last three years not to reply to questions or calls for statements from the Daily Echo and this will continue to be Club Policy" So they are saying they don't answer questions from The Echo. That is all it is. Got to love how the same old people try and turn a nothing statement into the end of the world....again. This has been said already, but no harm in adding to the numbers of people who actually get it, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Have I missed something, or what has happened to the Annual Radio Solent Fans Forum? That used to be a way of the fans connecting with the Chairman, Manager and players. Any word for LadySaint who always spoilt us with summaries of what was said and what went on from a Bird's Eye View. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Probably because you have been bending their ears as much as you have nbeen bending ours. That stevegrant bloke would know feck all if it wasn't for his Turkish Debrief. I'll leave you all with that mental image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddings and Monkeys Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Just a point hasn't pretty much every manager that has received a public statement of confidence from his chairman then got sacked? Maybe the club have put this non-comment thing out because Nigel isn't going to be sacked and any public statement about it even a positive one will just add fuel to the fire and more speculation? No no no!!! Something has to be going on; it simply has to be!!! Cortese must be picking the team, he simply has to be and dictating formations to the manager as well FACT, he'll be playing soon...at the same time as selling the club and stopping work on the training ground and designing horrible kits for us for the next 6 years and getting us into massive unsustainable debt. He must be so busy at the moment with all this meddling. We are struggling because our defence is crap and we failed to strengthen sufficiently in the summer - no more no less. We all hate the fact that we're losing for the first time in almost 3 years but why do people always look for things that aren't there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I think the capitalisation of "Club Policy" makes it clear that it is an extremely important document, worthy of reverence, as opposed to an intangible concept which they ignore when it suits them. It is "The Club Policy", not "a club policy". Although it's not a proper noun as such, they have used some artistic license to confer some kind of Special Status on it, hence their, and my, caps. I will agree that numerous other club releases appear to have been written by a non-infinite number of monkeys with access to Word though. Heh heh. It's like it is a biblical parable or authoritarian tract, which is even more worrying. Those capitals around Club Policy say: 'Thou shall obey, and we are more powerful and sinister than the local rag, with the means (horses' heads, men with dark glasses etc) to shut you up if you differ from the party line'...Eek. Or perhaps I'm reading too much into it...(!) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Have I missed something, or what has happened to the Annual Radio Solent Fans Forum? That used to be a way of the fans connecting with the Chairman, Manager and players. Any word for LadySaint who always spoilt us with summaries of what was said and what went on from a Bird's Eye View. I would imagine Radio Solent having no away whatsoever over the club and its ownership, and the club's policy on responding to speculation (I wish I knew what it was... ) might possibly have had a somewhat detrimental effect on the ARSFF. "Welcome to the fans' forum, with us today to answer your questions as official representatives of Southampton FC we have Myrtle, who cleans the offices at St Mary's, and the kid who does the numbers in the Megastore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Having not been on here much in the past week or so due to being busy, I can also vouch for not having a clue what this spoon thing is about. I thought it was one of Turkish's usual attempts at wit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 No no no!!! Something has to be going on; it simply has to be!!! Cortese must be picking the team, he simply has to be and dictating formations to the manager as well FACT, he'll be playing soon...at the same time as selling the club and stopping work on the training ground and designing horrible kits for us for the next 6 years and getting us into massive unsustainable debt. He must be so busy at the moment with all this meddling. We are struggling because our defence is crap and we failed to strengthen sufficiently in the summer - no more no less. We all hate the fact that we're losing for the first time in almost 3 years but why do people always look for things that aren't there? I shall add you to my shortlist of people talking sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Heh heh. It's like it is a biblical parable or authoritarian tract, which is even more worrying. Those capitals around Club Policy say: 'Thou shall obey, and we are more powerful and sinister than the local rag, with the means (horses' heads, men with dark glasses etc) to shut you up if you differ from the party line'...Eek. Or perhaps I'm reading too much into it...(!) ;-) "The Club Policy (featuring The Ten Commandments)". 1. Thou shalt not communicate with the media. 2. Thou shalt not realise Saints play in stripes... Knock yourselves out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom & Gerry Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I know twisting things to make dramatic headlines is what papers do but it doesn't make it right. Yesterday the headline was along the lines of "Adkins says he doesn't know how long he's got" You'd be hard pressed to find any manager who knows how long he's got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 "The Club Policy (featuring The Ten Commandments)". 1. Thou shalt not communicate with the media. 2. Thou shalt not realise Saints play in stripes... Knock yourselves out. 3. Thou shalt not buy anything resembling a 'defender'. EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I shall add you to my shortlist of people talking sense. Its a very short list on Saintsweb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 This is a typical journalist, every answer is a winner kind of question. It's the kind of thing they get up to when they're not hacking into the phones of murdered children. There are two possible answers to the question "is Nigel Adkins' future safe", both can be spun by a newspaper. As it is, "No comment" can equally be spun to mean anything you want.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotois-saint Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I don't think any of us know how long they've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I thought it was one of Turkish's usual attempts at wit... No, it was a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 No, it was a true story. The question is, whether the issue was resolved or did it go the same way as the chocolate bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 (edited) No, it was a true story. I also hear a bulb, a helmet and a plank went missing....maybe you could fill in Edited 23 October, 2012 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 The question is, whether the issue was resolved or did it go the same way as the chocolate bar I heard that NC was ready to fire the person who took the spoon. Reed was trying to worm tongue him out of doing it but NC was adament that a head would have to roll. It turned out anyway that Guly had taken the spoon and as soon as NC found out he did an emabarrassing U-turn and pretended he was just joking all along. At the same time, he told Guly that he would be starting against Spurs at the weekend on the left in a 433 and that he should go back and tell Adkins. Don't shoot the messenger, just passing on what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I don't think any of us know how long they've got. I do. Ive just shelled out a fortune for life insurance and income protection. It inevitably means Im bullet proof until 65 then will drop dead the week after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I heard that NC was ready to fire the person who took the spoon. Reed was trying to worm tongue him out of doing it but NC was adament that a head would have to roll. It turned out anyway that Guly had taken the spoon and as soon as NC found out he did an emabarrassing U-turn and pretended he was just joking all along. At the same time, he told Guly that he would be starting against Spurs at the weekend on the left in a 433 and that he should go back and tell Adkins. Don't shoot the messenger, just passing on what I've heard. I heard J-Rod was keeping the spoon ransom until NC got him back playing on the left.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I also hear a bulb, a helmet and a plank went missing....maybe you could fill in at least no one took his mug. he'd be lost without Jordan Sibley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I heard J-Rod was keeping the spoon ransom until NC got him back playing on the left.... Deffo Guly, he was using the spoon to eat his CoCo Pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotois-saint Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I hope you will have good health and live a long life way past 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotois-saint Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I do. Ive just shelled out a fortune for life insurance and income protection. It inevitably means Im bullet proof until 65 then will drop dead the week after. I hope you will have good health and live a long way past 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Anyone seen the Echo story yet? Club have issued a statement on twitter saying it is club policy and has been for three years that they dont reply to articles from the paper!! Nige? clubd for sale? should be an interesting morning this " non response " policy is surely fairly obvious. If THIS site is anything to go by, the merest rumour (whether there's any truth in it, or not) has a domino effect and before long taken up by tabloids journos who are having a slow, lazy day at the pub. If Saints were to go out countering every hint, rumour or conjecture that gets in print.... they'd be working at it 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 Why does NC have to come out and speak to fans? Yes it maybe re assuring but we pay money to watch saints play (or try to play) on the pitch and that is all. I do not tell my customers what goes on behind the scenes of my business! .and I expect that like many companies, you're glad you don't have to ... ....at the end of the day, it's NCs problem most of all, let him sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 I saw the statement and it worried me. As people have said I you have noting to say, don't say anything. I wouldn't be surprised if initial phone calls have already been made. A win may not even be enough for NA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 23 October, 2012 Share Posted 23 October, 2012 We don't need a statement from the club to tell us that things are not rosey in the garden.....everybody and his dog knows that Adkins is under pressure and will most likely lose his job,that our defence is god damn awful and we should have done better in the transfer market and that somebody at the club has an unhealthy fixation with Barcelona. How about telling us something we don't know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostBoys Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 And more crap from the Echo this morning - the club will not back Nigel but the fans support him with a few posters airing their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 I see the Echo are running the story about the missing spoon and private toilet in todays paper addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 I see the Echo are running the story about the missing spoon and private toilet in todays paper addition. No dirty laundry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 What's the spoon and bog roll story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 I see the Echo are running the story about the missing spoon and private toilet in todays paper addition. He he, just had a lunchtime read of the Echo and saw that! Like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 I never saw the spoon story. Am I missing out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 From today's Echo.... Royal wee? Are Saints expecting a royal visitor? There has apparently been a private toilet installed at St. Mary's, perhaps because Saints feel flushed with success since their return to the Premier League. Rumours are that currently only one person has access to use the facilities, aside from the cleaners, but whether this is just a flash in the pan or preparation for a visit from royalty remains to be seen. Saints fans have also been expressing concern over a missing spoon that apparently has gone astray around St. Mary's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 i'd just like to add that the missing spoon was taken very seriously by powers inside of St Marys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 He he, just had a lunchtime read of the Echo and saw that! Like it. I never saw the spoon story. Am I missing out? Another couple of Turkish's delusion rantings that he swears blind are true, just proves that the Echo reads this site is all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 I see the Echo are running the story about the missing spoon and private toilet in todays paper addition. That should help everybody put the rest of their 'news' into proper context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 Another couple of Turkish's delusion rantings that he swears blind are true, just proves that the Echo reads this site is all... Yep, the echo report every thread that appears on this spaz board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 Yep, the echo report every thread that appears on this spaz board. Enough monkeys with enough typewriters (or tablets with today's technology I suppose) and you get the complete works of Shakespeare. I'm sure that at least one or two posts on this "spazboard" hit on something like the true situation just because of the sheer volume and variety of content. So if the Echo reports the jist of most of it they might be getting somewhere near reality as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 Enough monkeys with enough typewriters (or tablets with today's technology I suppose) and you get the complete works of Shakespeare. I'm sure that at least one or two posts on this "spazboard" hit on something like the true situation just because of the sheer volume and variety of content. So if the Echo reports the jist of most of it they might be getting somewhere near reality as well. So they just happened to pick on a thread which was blocked yesterday afternoon about a missing spoon and decided to make it a story did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 So they just happened to pick on a thread which was blocked yesterday afternoon about a missing spoon and decided to make it a story did they? no, that's not what I said, in fact the fact that the thread was locked probably made it even more enticing to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 So they just happened to pick on a thread which was blocked yesterday afternoon about a missing spoon and decided to make it a story did they? did they find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 did they find it? i dont know. As i understand it, it was still missing last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 i dont know. As i understand it, it was still missing last night. Top info, feel free to PM me with any breaking developments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 October, 2012 Share Posted 24 October, 2012 Top info, feel free to PM me with any breaking developments IF they find it and i am made aware i shall start another thread, it's worth the risk of an infraction point for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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