Koeman at Finch Farm with his agent?

Raneiri and many others have said this season has been a freak, an amazing brilliant freak and all the coponents fitted together perfectly for Leicester, that won’t happen again or not for years.

If big club wisdom has gone, why do smaller clubs still bleed their best players to them?

Money, as much as we’ll now try to be fooled that we all have loads of money (we do to a point) the bigger clubs will always have more so its a pointless arms race with the players and agents benefitting, football and our National team haven’t benefitted from more money in the sense of perfomance so why should it now?

Clubs have less of an identity, we have plastic stadiums, we have no ownership of our clubs, we go to the match and we are told its an experience.

I accept this and still love the game, I also accept things change, I am not mad and I certainly am not surprised, if the board or club believe I believed them when they said things about players staying, managers staying, champions league and the rest of the shite then they’ll be sorely disappointed.

We are a selling club, we have always sold, we win little and for our size in our history we have been poor.

This is not a rant but a fact Pap, I can only assume you didn’t see us in the early 90’s when we were truly shit, if the internet was around then the comments would be on the wall framed by now as they would have been gold.

Originally posted by @Optimus-trousers

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Summary of Saints’ focussed Twitter users: 04/06/2016 09:42:56

| talkSAINTS @talkSAINTS | Everton have agreed to pay £4m to #Saintsfc in compensation for Ronald Koeman. (Source: @telegraaf)4 minutes ago |

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Originally posted by @Optimus-trousers

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@WillHillBet - William Hill Betting

Ronald Koeman has reportedly agreed terms to become the next Everton manager. #EFC #SaintsFC https://t.co/x3dFJTNnlc

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Favourites: 8

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Originally posted by @Optimus-trousers

Sourced from A tweet by TheSunFootball tweet

@TheSunFootball - The Sun Football

Ronald Koeman set to be announced as Everton manager http://thesun.uk/6013BSaoh #efc #saintsfc https://t.co/wrA2Jmc2Jl

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Favourites: 12

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I fucking hate him now

Gay Highland Saint

I fucking hate him now

Gay Highland Saint

Bazza will announce the new Saints manager shortlist in the coming days…

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Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez

Bazza will announce the new Saints manager shortlist in the coming days…

5 hours after it’s been posted elsewhere, eh?

bit miffed by the whole thing, but it’s football. Every single team in the world, bar Barcelona and Real, are stepping stones. To complain about our status as one is futile. Likewise, the club of course cannot explicitly state this.

also, it’s easy to take a pop at Koeman, or anyone “going for the money”, but hand on heart who wouldn’t have their heads turned at having their pay doubled or trebled? I’m sure I would, and imagine 95% of people would if they are honest.

Finally, this “luck” thing is utter bullshit. We are lucky that we continually appoint new managers and improve. We are lucky that we keep signing players and have a pretty high success rate of them being good acquisitions. Yet, if a signing doesn’t work out its because we are shite?

in short. Gay, get a grip, change ya nappy, and stop being so wet. Or just go to TSW and fit in perfectly.

Baz saying your ITK when you are posting what is widely available elsewhere is daft. Also, claiming you are always right is even dafter. Need we dig out your thread crowing about relegation before te Arsenal game? Prat.

Yes, it’s shit Koeman is off. I’d much rather he stayed. But it’s football. It’s an excuse to be pissed at the bloke, but he doesn’t have any great ties to the club, and I can say is honestly not do the same if I was going to get such a mega pay rise. The club survived before him, we’ll survive after him.

My piece done. I’m gonna get back to this beach side beer, and hobbling round a festival. Beach Boys & PJ Harvey tonight. Lovely.

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Thats fighting talk up here sweetheart! :lou_is_a_flirt:

‘Luck’ - If you do really think that luck plays no part in getting players to sign who are ‘another mane’ or tadic, then with all due respect that is a little naive at best … players gelling and settling in fast can not be guaranteed… we can try and be systematic in our selection process, but it requires a fair bit of luck to get it right more frequently than not… I will afford you a little more respect (nappies, seriously? thought that WAS left behind on SWF - with this place welcoming more diverse opiniion and respecting it?)

… I dont profess to have ‘red and white’ running trhough my veins -I wont cry for the TV if relegated, I simply dont believe football or saints is that important in the grand scheme of life - its just a game. But if engaged in a discussion about club strategy, I do believe its fair enough to question whether our approach will enable a continuation of our more recent success or whether we are putting that at risk?

Better go change my pants… :lou_facepalm_2:

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I didn’t really say I was in the know as such I merely posted what I was told, the person telling me works at the club so its not rumour at all, people were spreading rumours I wasn’t, I take it if Everton bid (if they do) for Saints players you won’t want me putting any of it up on here?

Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez

Bazza will announce the new Saints manager shortlist in the coming days…

If you want I can copy and paste it 7 hours after its posted on Saintsweb and then claim to be ITK… :lou_lol:

I wouldn’t bother, I’m sure we can read about on GrandOldTeam earlier that day.

I doubt this guy posts on there, I merely confrimed a rumour, you go on speculation my little Heseltine and I’ll go on what this fellow says.

Your mate who works at the club told you that Koeman plus agent were en route to Everton to sign a deal. Which was, firstly, exactly what was already available online and, secondly, wrong. Good inside information though - thanks for sharing it with us.

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If this comes to pass then I’ll be disappointed, mainly with myself for believing that Ron was different.

I’m usually pretty good at spotting a cunt, but it’s starting to look as if he did me up like a kipper.

Managers are like malicious puppies.

You give them unconditonal love and they wag their tails and lick your face - then they leave you and you see them being walked around the park by someone else.

All you have left is a little plastic bag of tepid shit.

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It’s only a joke Bazza. You’ve got to admit, it’s very funny how he’s wound you up a kipper.

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I doubt he has wound me up ha ha! I go back to the first page of this thread and your serious nature, you didn’t post then did you ha ha oh Cherts.

Well, whatevers happened he’s made you look a complete turnip!

Who is more serious? Serious question…srs…

Turnip? Is this a ref to the Sun in 199whatever? Where are the Swedes?

How dare you call Bazza such a thing! :lou_surprised: