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Coxford_lou

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Great to feature in the NY Times too - people really are paying attention.

 

I'm not remembering the sense of panic Reed is describing on the last day of the season - I thought that came afterwards. Or am I misremembering?

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Great to feature in the NY Times too - people really are paying attention.

 

I'm not remembering the sense of panic Reed is describing on the last day of the season - I thought that came afterwards. Or am I misremembering?

 

Artistic Licence I think makes for a better story. I think a lot of us expected Mopo to leave but nothing like what happened.

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Coxford_lou

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Artistic Licence I think makes for a better story. I think a lot of us expected Mopo to leave but nothing like what happened.

 

It does! Fair play to Les for playing the game :)

 

To Dubai Saint, and the guy in the other thread who mentioned the PR company - you were right, the attention has gone up significantly.

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Like this bit!

 

Ever since an infant Moses was safely harboured in the Land of Goshem, on the banks of the river Nile, Reeds have been synonymous with the delivery of Salvation. Indeed, although this parable begins rather than ends with an Exodus, the achievements of Southampton's Les Reed are no less remarkable than those of the biblical bull-rushes of yore. He has saved his people, and he has done so without resorting to the chemical warfare and infanticide that Moses found necessary.

 

By God's providence, Les Reed - the Child of lowly Charlton FC - was adopted by a Swiss Princess (Ex. 2:1-10). He was raised in the Court of St Mary's in the manner of a Prince, under the domination of an evil Dwarf Lord, named Nicola. His training was designed to prepare him for high office. He was schooled in the writing of scholarly football ideas in the newest traditions (Acts 7:22). But Reed witnessed the vicious administration of Lord Nicola's justice, and he was dissatisfied. When he was 50 years old, Reed grew angry when he witnessed the Dwarf Lord beating a Liverpool Slave named Adkins. He killed the Dwarf and buried him in the sand (Ex. 2:12).

 

Then came the Exodus, and Southampton was visited by 10 plagues: Lawrenson, Merson, Savage... and some others. Reed was ex-communicated by the people of Southampton, and sent to a figurative desert. Then God spoke to him, in the image of burning pubes, and commanded that he return to lead his people.

 

Tottenham wanted to take his people, but he Would Not Let Them Go. The Lord spoke to Reed in August, saying, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak to all the congregation of Southampton, saying: 'We do not have to sell. We keep our lambs in our houses and the shadow of death shall pass over us." (Exod 12:1-14). And lo, it was so. Southampton was saved, and the shadow of death instead burned the houses of Philistines in Liverpool, and Tottenham, and other such places.

 

Amen

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Graffito

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Artistic Licence I think makes for a better story. I think a lot of us expected Mopo to leave but nothing like what happened.

 

A bit of artistic licence but also the club knew more then we did. There was a Solent interview with RK after the final match of last season in which he alluded to players leaving.

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Coxford_lou

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A bit of artistic licence but also the club knew more then we did. There was a Solent interview with RK after the final match of last season in which he alluded to players leaving.

 

Maybe so, but he's referencing the fans in this interview, and I don't remember us being in that mind set at that time:

 

"Just moments after the end of Southampton F.C.’s final home match last season, Reed, the club’s executive director, sat in his seat at St. Mary’s Stadium and absorbed a steady stream of salty language from fans as they stomped up the aisles."

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Maybe so, but he's referencing the fans in this interview, and I don't remember us being in that mind set at that time:

 

"Just moments after the end of Southampton F.C.’s final home match last season, Reed, the club’s executive director, sat in his seat at St. Mary’s Stadium and absorbed a steady stream of salty language from fans as they stomped up the aisles."

 

Ok I stand corrected. A lot of artistic licence there.

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VectisSaint

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That's a good read, although the NY Times has got its figures slightly wrong. They reckon we brought in £150m through sales.

Clearly a typo, convert the US dollar figure back to GBPs and it is £105m (as opposed to 150).

Strange thing is I really don't recall there being a lot of concern at the last game last season, sure I knew Shaw was probably on his way, but I didn't leave the ground that day with any sense of foreboding about what was going to happen in the summer. Still good to know that those in the heart of the club felt the same way about what happened in the summer as most supporters did, unlike some of the unbelievable Billy Big ******** types on here who try to make out they knew everything would be OK all along.

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VectisSaint

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Maybe so, but he's referencing the fans in this interview, and I don't remember us being in that mind set at that time:

 

"Just moments after the end of Southampton F.C.’s final home match last season, Reed, the club’s executive director, sat in his seat at St. Mary’s Stadium and absorbed a steady stream of salty language from fans as they stomped up the aisles."

Agreed, apart from Shaw there was no sense that I was aware of that anyone was on their way on that day, likewise for the people that sit around me. Also, most supporters would have stomped down the aisles, not up, clearly it is artistic licence.

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Agreed, apart from Shaw there was no sense that I was aware of that anyone was on their way on that day, likewise for the people that sit around me. Also, most supporters would have stomped down the aisles, not up, clearly it is artistic licence.

I took about two months for lots of people on here to even accept the Shaw to United story as not being completely made up by lying scumbag journalists.

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In Japan, articles in praise of Les Reed are numerate. He is a much heralded Football Executive and is as known as most of the Southampton player, aside from Yoshida, Maya (for obvious rationale).

 

Perhaps he is more lauded outside of England?

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If Reed did indeed say that he is not being truthful Imo. Whilst there were rumours of players leaving we were not at the stage of seeing the sales as they were.there is no way fans were hurling comments as is portrayed. No doubt fans were calling for the club to keep the manager and players together

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