Turkish Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 (edited) After our stormy weather over the summer with some 'fans' willing to turn their backs on the club and believing the media storm whipped up that doomsday was upon is the turnaround has been incredible. Whatever side of the fence you're on regarding our ex CEO what cannot be denied is that he was a divisive. He did a lot of good for the club, but we all know that he had his faults and that has been done to death. Now however after guiding us through choppy waters Kat, Les, Ralph and Gareth seem to have done what looked impossible in some fans eyes. We have a club that is successful on the pitch thus far, a manager who is fast becoming the most popular in recent history, a team who are committed and driven, giving up days off to train, players coming in say they've never known a group like it. The fans are fully behind the team and management, our history is being respected, local businesses are coming back to the club after being made to feel unwelcome by the previous dictatorship, ambtions are realistic, club legends are being welcomed back, indeed embraced, can anyone imagine Cortese running part of Benalis run with him like Ralph did? Shoulder to shoulder the clubs past and it's present, it was like a watershed moment signalling the new dawn that this great club is now in. Hats off to the current board, they have turned the situation round on the pitch, replaced our want away players with at least their equals as promised they would whilst making a profit. They have United the club and proven that off it running a football club can be done successfully, in a fan friendly way without making enemies along the way. It truly never have been a better time to be a saints fan. Edited 5 November, 2014 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Yes, but we're still not selling out all the hospitality boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 what about the adverts around the pitch. why havent we sorted them out, ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Yes, but we're still not selling out all the hospitality boxes. Give them time, they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 27 September, 2014 what about the adverts around the pitch. why havent we sorted them out, ffs You were one of the most vocal in your criticism this summer Brett, what's your view now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Give them time, they will. only if we have a revolutionary pricing structure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 How are attendance stats so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 As united as other times we've had a few wins on the bounce. We'll have to see what happens when our form dips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 27 September, 2014 How are attendance stats so far? Not worthy of expansion yet, another thing the club agree with me on. together as one. FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Yes, but we're still not selling out all the hospitality boxes. They're obviously working on it though - have had a questionnaire about hospitality and why I go/what would make it better etc etc. So I think it'll be relaunched soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Not worthy of expansion yet, another thing the club agree with me on. together as one. FACT But if they are down then the club is clearly less united. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 After our stormy weather over the summer with some 'fans' willing to turn their backs on the club and believing the media storm whipped up that doomsday was upon is the turnaround has been incredible. Whatever side of the fence you're on regarding our ex CEO what cannot be denied is that he was a divisive. He did a lot of good for the club, but we all know that he had his faults and that has been done to death. Now however after guiding us through choppy waters Kat, Les, Ralph and Gareth seem to have done what looked impossible in some fans eyes. We have a club that is successful on the pitch thus far, a manager who is fast becoming the most popular in recent history, a team who are committed and driven, giving up days off to train, players coming in say they've never known a group like it. The fans are fully behind the team and management, our history is being respected, local businesses are coming back to the club after being made to feel unwelcome by the previous dictatorship, ambtions are realistic, club legends are being welcomed back, indeed embraced, can anyone imagine Cortese running part of Benalis run with him like Ralph did? Shoulder to shoulder the clubs past and it's present, it was like a watershed moment signalling the new dawn that this great club is now in. Hats off to the current board, they have turned the situation round on the pitch, replaced our want away players with at least their equals as promised they would whilst making a profit. They have United the club and proven that off it running a football club can be done successfully, in a fan friendly way with making enemies along the way. It truly never have been a better time to be a saints fan. +1 .... even if you are on wind up Mr T, (which tbh I don't think you are!!) A couple of months ago I was, in football matters, a very dark place. But now it is shinning brightly and I can't take this stupid mile off my face!! I guess it calls for a little bit of this... (i'm sure evn Morgan had a beaming smile at the end of the match!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 27 September, 2014 But if they are down then the club is clearly less united. Just you wait until everyone gets back off holiday and there are no road works on the a31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Not worthy of expansion yet, another thing the club agree with me on. together as one. FACT Nail on head!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Just you wait until everyone gets back off holiday and there are no road works on the a31. You can't handle your Yorkshire sauce by the sounds of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 You can't handle your Yorkshire sauce by the sounds of it Gravy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeintheslowlane Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Yes I think it's an amazing turnaround. I'm not a big advocate of "supporter on the board" representation but I would like to think the board are receptive to a ground-swell of opinion. As an old fart I'd like to see the next generation of local & support from further afield being encouraged by a reduction in match-day ticket prices. It's now apparent modern football finance isn't based on maximising income through the turnstiles...it's revenue from TV coverage, sponsorship and commercial diversification. If "the brand" is to be expanded and the standing of the club enhanced to match, an expansion of the stadium in the future would be an announcement of intent. At current prices our inability to fill the stadium is the only failure in what has been an exciting beginning to a new era in the club's history. Surely the club should be making some move to encourage filling the current capacity and maybe an aggressive reduction in pricing to fill a modestly enlarged St Marys in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Gravy ? Life at Saints certainly is at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 I am very much with the sentiment, but must confess i missed our name change, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintadjg Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Personally I think any fan who says they thought we weren't in the **** is talking ****** . I've never known a team disassembled and reassembled quite like what happened to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 27 September, 2014 Share Posted 27 September, 2014 Two words spring to mind; record, broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 28 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 28 September, 2014 Two words spring to mind; record, broken You don't think the club is now united and more positive than is has been for a long time? Fair enough you continue with your personal crusade against me. You're at 8 out of 12 now so down to 66% ratio now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCholulaKid Posted 28 September, 2014 Share Posted 28 September, 2014 Personally I think any fan who says they thought we weren't in the **** is talking ****** . I've never known a team disassembled and reassembled quite like what happened to us. How about those people who thought they'd wait until the end of the transfer window and a few games into the season before giving the board both barrels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 28 September, 2014 Share Posted 28 September, 2014 After our stormy weather over the summer with some 'fans' willing to turn their backs on the club and believing the media storm whipped up that doomsday was upon is the turnaround has been incredible. Whatever side of the fence you're on regarding our ex CEO what cannot be denied is that he was a divisive. He did a lot of good for the club, but we all know that he had his faults and that has been done to death. Now however after guiding us through choppy waters Kat, Les, Ralph and Gareth seem to have done what looked impossible in some fans eyes. We have a club that is successful on the pitch thus far, a manager who is fast becoming the most popular in recent history, a team who are committed and driven, giving up days off to train, players coming in say they've never known a group like it. The fans are fully behind the team and management, our history is being respected, local businesses are coming back to the club after being made to feel unwelcome by the previous dictatorship, ambtions are realistic, club legends are being welcomed back, indeed embraced, can anyone imagine Cortese running part of Benalis run with him like Ralph did? Shoulder to shoulder the clubs past and it's present, it was like a watershed moment signalling the new dawn that this great club is now in. Hats off to the current board, they have turned the situation round on the pitch, replaced our want away players with at least their equals as promised they would whilst making a profit. They have United the club and proven that off it running a football club can be done successfully, in a fan friendly way with making enemies along the way. It truly never have been a better time to be a saints fan. Cortese would have been shoulder to hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 28 September, 2014 Share Posted 28 September, 2014 After our stormy weather over the summer with some 'fans' willing to turn their backs on the club and believing the media storm whipped up that doomsday was upon is the turnaround has been incredible. Whatever side of the fence you're on regarding our ex CEO what cannot be denied is that he was a divisive. He did a lot of good for the club, but we all know that he had his faults and that has been done to death. Now however after guiding us through choppy waters Kat, Les, Ralph and Gareth seem to have done what looked impossible in some fans eyes. We have a club that is successful on the pitch thus far, a manager who is fast becoming the most popular in recent history, a team who are committed and driven, giving up days off to train, players coming in say they've never known a group like it. The fans are fully behind the team and management, our history is being respected, local businesses are coming back to the club after being made to feel unwelcome by the previous dictatorship, ambtions are realistic, club legends are being welcomed back, indeed embraced, can anyone imagine Cortese running part of Benalis run with him like Ralph did? Shoulder to shoulder the clubs past and it's present, it was like a watershed moment signalling the new dawn that this great club is now in. Hats off to the current board, they have turned the situation round on the pitch, replaced our want away players with at least their equals as promised they would whilst making a profit. They have United the club and proven that off it running a football club can be done successfully, in a fan friendly way with making enemies along the way. It truly never have been a better time to be a saints fan. Apart from gonk droids like you reminding everyone of their negative posts, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Bump this thread as after todays Staplewood stuff it seems "Dorkish" was bang on the money again. Despite all the grief i got over the summer and even on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 lol, bump your own thread, I do give it to you, you definitely keep it up. whats the excuse today, oh yeah, we've had a knees up at the training ground development that Cortese designed and initialised, or because Kat has spoken more English in one video that MP spoke all last season or a great speech from Wreck It Ralph that he could have tried on the likes of lallana and co or you just fancied a bit of plain old "look at me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 lol, bump your own thread, I do give it to you, you definitely keep it up. whats the excuse today, oh yeah, we've had a knees up at the training ground development that Cortese designed and initialised, or because Kat has spoken more English in one video that MP spoke all last season or a great speech from Wreck It Ralph that he could have tried on the likes of lallana and co or you just fancied a bit of plain old "look at me" He was right though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 He was right though. always play with two hands.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2014 lol, bump your own thread, I do give it to you, you definitely keep it up. whats the excuse today, oh yeah, we've had a knees up at the training ground development that Cortese designed and initialised, or because Kat has spoken more English in one video that MP spoke all last season or a great speech from Wreck It Ralph that he could have tried on the likes of lallana and co or you just fancied a bit of plain old "look at me" no mate, I'm pretty sure some of the people welling up and gushing with pride today were the same ones slagging the club and it's owners off all summer. Great to see a united club with the fans happy and behind the team and board, like it or not even under Cortese the fan base wasn't united, it is now, apart from the wierdos with personal agendas of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 lol, bump your own thread, I do give it to you, you definitely keep it up. whats the excuse today, oh yeah, we've had a knees up at the training ground development that Cortese designed and initialised, or because Kat has spoken more English in one video that MP spoke all last season or a great speech from Wreck It Ralph that he could have tried on the likes of lallana and co or you just fancied a bit of plain old "look at me" What exactly did Ralph wreck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 What exactly did Ralph wreck? where were you in July and August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 things like this make this forum so worthwhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckenham Saint Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Personally I think any fan who says they thought we weren't in the **** is talking ****** . I've never known a team disassembled and reassembled quite like what happened to us. Not all of us were worried...I know a few Saints fans, myself included, who weren't worried when everything was happening. We appointed a manager who had a better CV than any other manager we've had before coming to the club. We were making huge profit on the players we were selling, all to clubs bigger than us. We were expanding our club off the pitch, various appointments behind the scenes that don't have too much of an impact on the pitch but help the clubs profile grow. We were in the middle of building the new state of the art training facilities, unveiled today. We signed the third highest goalscorer in Europe, the best midfielder in the Eredivise, a Champions League winner and various other great players (Alderwireld is a big name, and I don't just mean it has a lot of letters!) Krueger and Reed were both very positive through the whole thing, and let us know not to worry - there was no firesale, there were no plans to sell the club and there were players coming in. For all the put downs of them, all the people that said they were just easy PR wins, keeping the fans quiet? Well they weren't lying in the end, were they? All the evidence that we were going to be fine was in front of us. Some just decided to ignore it and believe anything the Daily Mail spouted. I repeated the above sentiments quite a bit through the summer, I believed whole heartedly we were going to be fine. Ralph Krueger and Les Reed were both very confident that we were going to be fine, and we were. The reaction on here was mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 What exactly did Ralph wreck? Nowt but some folk still appear so bitter after being hung from their own petard by their utterances through the summer that they are still happy to make fools of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2014 *searches for "like" button* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 where were you in July and August? So what did he wreck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 that's beautiful pap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeintheslowlane Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 What exactly did Ralph wreck? I'd say "Noodles" perception of a "meltdown.":lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Pap, you're on fire today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 where were you in July and August? Yes. That's not really an answer. What has Ralph wrecked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 where were you in July and August? Where were you since the season started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Where were you since the season started? sitting in Itchen North, not sure i understand. What did Ralph wreck? well, you cant blame him for the manager, thats for sure. Quite clear that MP was off after NC went, though you could argue that he made himself look a bit limp wristed with all the 'begging to stay' when we all knew that wasn't going to happen. But he did wreck the team, a bloody good one. We sold off players for good money and they wanted to go and now we are doing even better. Brilliant, i am happy, unconvinced initially but have to say that the team is better than last season in many ways. But please dont tell me that Ralph and the board were not a complete bunch of amateurs over the summer and made us look like some kind of tin pot clueless regime. At least they shut the door at MS and yes, got in RK, they have done some good things, but "we're not selling any of our players" to selling five of the best, come on! And Chambers FFS, that one still ranks as a shambles. But we're all happy now and as long as we continue as we are, everyone will be happy, me included. If it does go a bit a Pete Tong, this place will be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2014 where were you in July and August? So what did he wreck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 sitting in Itchen North, not sure i understand. What did Ralph wreck? well, you cant blame him for the manager, thats for sure. Quite clear that MP was off after NC went, though you could argue that he made himself look a bit limp wristed with all the 'begging to stay' when we all knew that wasn't going to happen. But he did wreck the team, a bloody good one. We sold off players for good money and they wanted to go and now we are doing even better. Brilliant, i am happy, unconvinced initially but have to say that the team is better than last season in many ways. But please dont tell me that Ralph and the board were not a complete bunch of amateurs over the summer and made us look like some kind of tin pot clueless regime. At least they shut the door at MS and yes, got in RK, they have done some good things, but "we're not selling any of our players" to selling five of the best, come on! And Chambers FFS, that one still ranks as a shambles. But we're all happy now and as long as we continue as we are, everyone will be happy, me included. If it does go a bit a Pete Tong, this place will be interesting. So you're blaming the man that admits quite freely admits he doesn't have anything to do with transfers for players leaving. Seems legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 As united as other times we've had a few wins on the bounce. We'll have to see what happens when our form dips. yep this . If we lose a few games on the trot or a favourite player is sold it will all kick off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 November, 2014 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2014 sitting in Itchen North, not sure i understand. What did Ralph wreck? well, you cant blame him for the manager, thats for sure. Quite clear that MP was off after NC went, though you could argue that he made himself look a bit limp wristed with all the 'begging to stay' when we all knew that wasn't going to happen. But he did wreck the team, a bloody good one. We sold off players for good money and they wanted to go and now we are doing even better. Brilliant, i am happy, unconvinced initially but have to say that the team is better than last season in many ways. But please dont tell me that Ralph and the board were not a complete bunch of amateurs over the summer and made us look like some kind of tin pot clueless regime. At least they shut the door at MS and yes, got in RK, they have done some good things, but "we're not selling any of our players" to selling five of the best, come on! And Chambers FFS, that one still ranks as a shambles. But we're all happy now and as long as we continue as we are, everyone will be happy, me included. If it does go a bit a Pete Tong, this place will be interesting. Are they making us look like amateurs now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 The question is "is this the most united the club has been?" I don't think we can answer right now. Success papers over cracks very very nicely... so to me right now because it's going so well, we don't know if there are significant cracks or where they are. A bad run, shock resignation or wacky transfer window and we might start to see where any fault-lines are. And there may not be any. We may be really united, and not in a plastic Manchester sense. I just don't think we can tell right now because of the momentum and current circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 November, 2014 Share Posted 5 November, 2014 Are they making us look like amateurs now? No, definitely not, but the one thing that worries me, they think that next summer they will get away with losing RK, Tadic, Pelle, MS and J Rod and still get to second place. That would be amateurish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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