| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton 17:58 - Aug 31 with 5569 views | TheResurrection |
A brief history of a team relegated who gambled the lot on promotion at the first hurdle. It caught up with them big time and they only truly got back on their feet when they totally hit the reset button and started all over again. It took several new owners, 4 or 5 managers, going into administration, a relegation and a ten point deduction.
This after a 13 year stint in the EPL where, let's face it, they were part of the fixture's and fittings.
Regardless of who's calling the shots what we're doing now is sensible and the right thing for the future of SCFC.
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Outside the top flight (2005—2012)
"""In November 2005, manager Harry Redknapp resigned to rejoin Portsmouth, and was replaced by George Burley. Rupert Lowe resigned as chairman in June 2006, and Jersey-based businessman Michael Wilde, who had become the club's major shareholder assumed the post. Following a club record £6 million being spent on transfers, Polish strikers Grzegorz Rasiak and Marek Saganowski performed well and the season saw the introduction of 17-year-old left back Gareth Bale. Southampton finished in sixth place and lost the play-off semi-final to Derby County on penalties. The board sought new investment in the club, and In February 2007 Wilde stepped down as chairman to be replaced by local businessman Leon Crouch as "Acting chairman", a role Crouch retained until 21 July 2007. In the 2007—08 season,
In the 2007—08 season, George Burley revealed that players such as Bale and Kenwyne Jones had to be sold to stop the club going into administration and that failing to achieve promotion had put the club in serious financial difficulty. Burley left the club in January 2008 to take over as Scotland manager and was replaced by Nigel Pearson who saved the club from relegation on the final day.
In July 2008 all the board members except one resigned, allowing Lowe and Wilde to return: Wilde as Chairman of Southampton FC and Rupert Lowe as Chairman of Southampton Leisure Holdings plc. Although Pearson kept the team up, the board did not renew his contract due to financial constraints, and the relatively unknown Dutchman Jan Poortvliet was appointed manager. Financial troubles continued to mount, resulting in more players being sold or loaned out and parts of St Mary's were closed off to reduce costs. In January 2009, Poortvliet resigned with the club one place from bottom of the Championship, with Mark Wotte taking over managerial duties.
In April 2009, Southampton's parent company was placed in administration. A ten-point penalty was imposed, but as the team was already being relegated due to finishing second from bottom of the Football League Championship this points deduction had to apply to the 2009—10 season. By the end of May, the club was unable to meet its staff wages and asked employees to work unpaid as a gesture of goodwill. The administrator warned that the club faced imminent bankruptcy unless a buyer was found. In June, administrator Mark Fry confirmed negotiations with two groups of investors, followed by confirmation that the club had been sold to an overseas buyer "owned and controlled by Markus Liebherr". Liebherr brought in Italian businessman Nicola Cortese to look after the club's business interests on his behalf. In July 2009, with the club in the control of the new owner, Wotte was sacked as head coach and Alan Pardew was appointed as the new First Team Manager.The Saints made their first big signing under Liebherr, striker Rickie Lambert, who was purchased on 10 August from League One side Bristol Rovers.
Southampton started the 2009—10 season in League One, in the third tier of English football for the first time in 50 years and with −10 points.
In March 2010, Southampton won their first trophy since 1976 when they defeated Carlisle United 4—1 at Wembley to claim the Football League Trophy.[16] Southampton finished the season in 7th place, seven points from the last play-off position.
A new home shirt was unveiled on 10 June 2010, in celebration of the club's 125th anniversary. The design was based on the original St. Mary's Y.M.A. kit used in 1885; it featured the new anniversary crest and was without a sponsor's logo.[17] On 11 August, it was announced that Liebherr had died; however, the club's future had been assured and planned for before his death.[18][19] Pardew was dismissed in August and Nigel Adkins joined from Scunthorpe United as his replacement.[20] The club was promoted to the Championship in May 2011 as runners-up to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Returning to the Championship for the 2011—12 season, Southampton made their best start to a season for 75 years with a winning run at St. Mary's of 13 league games, setting a new club record and going top of the league. In April 2012, Southampton achieved promotion to the Premier League as runners-up to Reading. The final game of the season game set a record attendance at St Mary's Stadium of 32,363. Lambert finished the season as the Championship's top goalscorer with 27 league goals, his third "Golden Boot" in four seasons. He also won the Championship Player of the Year award.""" |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:02 - Aug 31 with 4062 views | Captain_Sham |
"Regardless of who's calling the shots what we're doing now is sensible and the right thing for the future of SCFC."
Further evidence of the truth of this statement is the group of people that disagree with it. A whos who of idiocy on Planetswans. |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:08 - Aug 31 with 4015 views | PawelAbbott |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:02 - Aug 31 by Captain_Sham |
"Regardless of who's calling the shots what we're doing now is sensible and the right thing for the future of SCFC."
Further evidence of the truth of this statement is the group of people that disagree with it. A whos who of idiocy on Planetswans. |
After almost a billion pounds of revenue over the last 7 years we haven’t got a pot to puss in and these are the sensible ones? |  | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:11 - Aug 31 with 3982 views | Captain_Sham |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:08 - Aug 31 by PawelAbbott |
After almost a billion pounds of revenue over the last 7 years we haven’t got a pot to puss in and these are the sensible ones? |
???? What the loving fk are you talking about? The fact that we don't have a pot to pi$$ in is the reason we need to sell all our players which why doing so is sensible. Fk me. [Post edited 31 Aug 2018 18:11]
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:12 - Aug 31 with 3970 views | Oldjack |
We're not asking for the crown jewels ,just a decent squad and backups ,having to play with broken bones ,says it all ,we're slowly being raped |  |
| Prosser the Tosser dwells on Phil's bum hole like a rusty old hemorrhoid ,fact
You Greedy Bastards Get Out Of OUR Club!
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:13 - Aug 31 with 3955 views | AngelRangelQS |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:08 - Aug 31 by PawelAbbott |
After almost a billion pounds of revenue over the last 7 years we haven’t got a pot to puss in and these are the sensible ones? |
I’m not saying that we haven’t been badly run over the last few years but surely all that money is a bit of an illusion... the more money we had coming in the more we had greedy players, agents and board members grabbing at it.
We’ve also got fairwood and the academy. |  | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:15 - Aug 31 with 3948 views | lidojack |
The irking thing is if we hadn't departed from our sensible financial policies from when we were first promoted we would be in a far better position to push on now.
The sensible workings of this summer have been forced by previous mismanagement. |  | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:18 - Aug 31 with 3920 views | TheResurrection |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:08 - Aug 31 by PawelAbbott |
After almost a billion pounds of revenue over the last 7 years we haven’t got a pot to puss in and these are the sensible ones? |
And how much was the expense??? | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:19 - Aug 31 with 3907 views | BillyChong |
Southampton ended up in that position due to mismanagement by the board, silly appointments (For Bob Bradley see Clive Woodward) so pretty much what happened here. They did seem to find some tidy owners in the end in that father/daughter duo. | | | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton (n/t) on 18:20 - Aug 31 with 3900 views | Earl_Strickland |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:21 - Aug 31 with 3877 views | TheResurrection |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:19 - Aug 31 by BillyChong |
Southampton ended up in that position due to mismanagement by the board, silly appointments (For Bob Bradley see Clive Woodward) so pretty much what happened here. They did seem to find some tidy owners in the end in that father/daughter duo. |
No, they broke their transfer record in trying to get back up on a severely lesser income. | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:21 - Aug 31 with 3878 views | sg1912 |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:13 - Aug 31 by AngelRangelQS |
I’m not saying that we haven’t been badly run over the last few years but surely all that money is a bit of an illusion... the more money we had coming in the more we had greedy players, agents and board members grabbing at it.
We’ve also got fairwood and the academy. |
Fairwood?
.. the training ground we don’t actually own? | | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:23 - Aug 31 with 3862 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:08 - Aug 31 by PawelAbbott |
After almost a billion pounds of revenue over the last 7 years we haven’t got a pot to puss in and these are the sensible ones? |
Didn’t mean to down arrow that sorry.
Yanks and Jenkins out. C*nts |  | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:28 - Aug 31 with 3834 views | Chief |
Would one extra permanent signing and 1 or 2 more extra strategic loans be that much of a gamble? |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:31 - Aug 31 with 3813 views | PawelAbbott |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:18 - Aug 31 by TheResurrection |
And how much was the expense??? |
Who agreed to paying those prices and wages?
They weren't forced to buy Borja, Bony, Ayew, Messa, Clucas etc.
No one made them waste the money. They did it. | | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:31 - Aug 31 with 3815 views | pembsjack |
relying on kids to fill the squad is a bigger gamble in my opinion. Couple of injuries and a bad run of results could easily follow. Putting a hell of a lot of pressure of youngsters not quite ready yet. | | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:36 - Aug 31 with 3771 views | Darran |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:28 - Aug 31 by Chief |
Would one extra permanent signing and 1 or 2 more extra strategic loans be that much of a gamble? |
A couple of weeks ago he reckoned we had money for a dabble in the loan market.
I wonder what happened?  |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:40 - Aug 31 with 3736 views | TheResurrection |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:36 - Aug 31 by Darran |
A couple of weeks ago he reckoned we had money for a dabble in the loan market.
I wonder what happened? |
We brought in Carter Vickers | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:44 - Aug 31 with 3708 views | Darran |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:40 - Aug 31 by TheResurrection |
We brought in Carter Vickers |
Yeah that one player will make a difference. | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:51 - Aug 31 with 3669 views | AngelRangelQS |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:44 - Aug 31 by Darran |
Yeah that one player will make a difference. |
If Bony stays, where do you think we are short?
I think we can all agree on a physical central midfielder but other than that? | | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:51 - Aug 31 with 3672 views | Earl_Strickland |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:40 - Aug 31 by TheResurrection |
We brought in Carter Vickers |
You make my piss boil, The Resserection my ass. Your nothing but a character from Viz! | | | |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:53 - Aug 31 with 3655 views | Chief |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:51 - Aug 31 by AngelRangelQS |
If Bony stays, where do you think we are short?
I think we can all agree on a physical central midfielder but other than that? |
Up front. We have 2 strikers, neither of whom are fit. | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:53 - Aug 31 with 3652 views | Loyal |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:36 - Aug 31 by Darran |
A couple of weeks ago he reckoned we had money for a dabble in the loan market.
I wonder what happened? |
Maybe he is just a good liar as someone else indicated. |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:55 - Aug 31 with 3637 views | Shaky |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:44 - Aug 31 by Darran |
Yeah that one player will make a difference. |
I used to go out with a Vickers once.
Let's hope this one is as good as she was with her chest. |  |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:55 - Aug 31 with 3634 views | Darran |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:51 - Aug 31 by AngelRangelQS |
If Bony stays, where do you think we are short?
I think we can all agree on a physical central midfielder but other than that? |
I don’t necessarily think we are short in numbers I just think we are short in strength with too many youngsters. | |
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| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 19:01 - Aug 31 with 3584 views | Uxbridge |
| A lesson not to gamble in going straight back to the EPL from Southampton on 18:53 - Aug 31 by Chief |
Up front. We have 2 strikers, neither of whom are fit. |
And CB. Plus, if Fer is injured, we're in trouble.
In terms of numbers, it isn't that bad, but it's some key positions we could really have done with strengthening.
On the flip side, it's exciting to see the kids coming through. They've surpassed expectations to date. I'm enjoying that as much as anything. |  |
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