You were calling bullshit on the whole thing. See my post above - I think the whole thing is entirely plausible without Gus ever having much of an interest.
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Gus said this morning Saints more important than Palace for him.
You were calling bullshit on the whole thing. See my post above - I think the whole thing is entirely plausible without Gus ever having much of an interest.
That's why I clarified - I called bullshit at the CRUX of the matter which is the suggestion that Gus hates Saints because he didn't get a job, which he in fact, never wanted.
Rusthall Seagull
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exactly - this is the bullshit part, Gus would not have even considered a moved to Southampton.
Exactly, the first 6 months were hardly spectacular were they? Signs of progress but nowhere near enough to suggest what he would achieve the following season with a lot of people still predicting mid table. A club the size of Southampton surely would want more than that?
It was Cortese who was telling people at a Saints dinner only last night. If he says Gus was on his shortlist, then he very probably was.
I think Gus had already shown enough at the time Adkins was appointed, on very limited resources, for him to have some appeal to Saints.
Betfair Bozo
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Cortese played cat and mouse with the Scunny chairman for days over Adkins, even stating that the deal was off and they were looking elsewhere. Yet all the time they had a 3 name shortlist and never approached us or Bournemouth? If you cast your mind back Adkins was long odds on with the bookies from very early in the piece and Howe was the only other runner, according to the betting. Amazing if it is common knowledge within football that Gus was not mentioned in dispatches at any stage.
Betfair Bozo
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Cortese mind games? He said plenty about Pardew also remember, just before and after sacking him.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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Probably Cortese mischief making before Saints big game on Saturday.
Not OUR big game tho. Thats P A L A C E for any Uruguyan managers and their Argentinian assistants of south coast teams that may be reading.
Not OUR big game tho. Thats P A L A C E for any Uruguyan managers and their Argentinian assistants of south coast teams that may be reading.
Richard Hebberd's Syrup
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Yes - which is slightly worrying IF true. If he willing to leave us for a side in the same division that were below us in the table at the time, then all this talk that he wouldn't walk out for a Premier League team unless they were one of the big ones is looking pretty hollow
Er yes. Two or three people have done so.
Sorry, I was switching between this and the "daily echo" thread and got somewhat confused.
Edit: Largely as a result of [MENTION=2422]Tony Meolas Loan Spell[/MENTION]'s palace rants, which are near identical in each thread.
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Everybody in football, (even every single Saints fan prior to their recent success) knows that Cortese is a snidey lying little wanker, who'd sell his Grandmother's arse for a profit. I wouldn't believe a word that he says - a view which most honest Saints fans would agree with.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
See post #49
If a reporter asked Cortese squarely whether or not Poyet was on a shortlist of 3 before Adkins' appointment, I'd be willing to bet he'd get a firm "NO". If pressed as to why he said Poyet was on a shortlist at some dinner or other before the game against Brighton, I think you'd get a load of wooly flannel about him being "considered" but too expensive, one of about 20 people on a wish list, and it only being mentioned because of the game the following day - perhaps put down to "playing mind games".
No way was Poyet on a last 3 shortlist at Southampton, approached by Southampton himself, then rejected. Sorry, I just don't buy that at all.
I don't believe anyone, least of all me, has claimed that.
gwc
georgeweahscousin
I don't.
There is a slightly mental section of our fanbase who can't seem to deal with the club being run well so have digs at him and call him a lier.
He has come through on all of his promises so far. He doesn't try to be liked, he has said that himself.
As for the profit comment? On what basis? We have run at a loss since he came in....
My understanding of a shortlist is a list of candidates in serious contention for a job.
How on earth can he have ever been a contender if he wasn't even approached?