26 Jun 2015 07:47:52
Who's this 1x1 clown?? Apparently he "grew up" in the 70's. Not sure about that, he should be old enough to have better bants and show a bit more class.

I'm not even going to disrespect your club because I admire what Southampton have achieved, it's quite amazing really. A very well run club. But people like you really don't represent the club particularly well. Don't get carried away after a couple of good seasons and stop being a prick

1.) 26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 08:44:28
My best mates a saints fan, he's exactly the same! They are doing well, may come top 8 again, they did well last year with signings, pelle, mane, Bertrand and even Elia did well. If they keep selling though, they will eventually have a year where they don't gel, and will find It hard to keep pace. If they lose schneiderlin they will struggle to replace him, even with their fantastic youth setup.

2.) 26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 09:18:20
I don't admire the way they're ran at all. They're constantly selling their best players and then trying to replace them on the cheap.

Complete lack of ambition. I believe the owner passed away and his kids turned the club into a cash cow. Don't get me wrong, it's a very well ran cash cow. No way can I admire a club content with finishing in the top 8 as long as their owners pocket a nice Christmas bonus though.

Imagine if in 2001 we'd sold Owen, Gerrard, Carragher etc to make a quick buck. We'd have been livid.

My admiration for Southampton starts and ends with the state of their finances.

3.) 26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 10:34:15
They definitely have a good youth set up churning out players with good attributes which they sell on at a good profit , I like their manager as well and so far they have reinvested some on their money quite well ala last year but maybe the bubble will burst as you can't keep selling your best and expect to do well in the prem league imo .

4.) 26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 14:41:15
I thought liebherr Died and his daughter just wants little to do with the football team and thus isn't interested in investing anymore?

I don't think there's anything wrong with selling players. Especially when they're so overpriced it's hard not to accept the bids. Lallana,Shaw,Schneiderlin,Lovren.

Especially getting in Bertrand,Wanyama,tadic,mane. You get the odd one that doesn't work out so well (ramirez)Over all I think for a club who apparently has an owner that doesn't want to invest more money and were in financial dificulties last year,they've done ok. I think ED002 said they really needed to sell last year,to get cash into the business.

I'm impressed with how they've gone about replacing players in general. There must surely come a point where they are stronger financially and won't need to sell.

Their current team for me is more than capable of competing.

5.) 26 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015 14:26:56
Suarez-Gerrard-Sterling!!

"Selling your best"???

Myopia is a truly wonderful attribute.

Mathematics are a lot more straight forward. Saints keep improving at the level they did last season and Liverpool keep declining at the level they did last season and Saints will finish above Liverpool at the end of next season.

Will that happen? Probably. Why? Saints have a manager who has a clear vision of what he wants to develop, shared by the Board, and will be given time and resource to do it. That will be your problem next season and as Utd have found, it will then take some time to sort it out once the owners look elsewhere.

Good luck with Clyne. I predict you will view him as another Dejan within a couple of months.