This! After the Pulis nonsense, the club got smart and put a clawback into Sam's contract. No way he is going to pay that himself, so it means that anyone hiring him is going to have to add 2 mil. to the signing bonus which will pass through to the Palace.

Allardyce had decided that he wasn't going to manage the club this year anyway, so there's no harm, no foul here.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

How many times did Elvis, Bowie or Sinatra retire?

Edited by nickgusset (16 Nov 2017 11.46pm)

Warnock was sacked.

If that's the extent of your ambition then you'll never be disappointed. Buggers off when he could have built something and now look at the shambles.

I can't understand this love in with Allardyce. Pulis lied when he left and he's rightly hated. He kept us up as well. What's the difference?

With you on this one. Not in love with the man at all though I am grateful for the job he did. He used us to restore his reputation and we benfitted from that. While it’s his right I would feel aggrieved if after such a short time with us he returned to premiership management having retired on the premise he needed a break from club management. Less than a season is hardly a break and he can’t have needed it that badly if he resurfaces that soon. The biggest danger is he turns up at a relegation rival. If we go down at their expense the money we get back will be irrelevant.

Not even half a season gone and he's touting himself. His family must be a right pain in the arse if he's had enough of spending time with them already.

And this magical £2m figure that people seem to forgive him for, less than 1/6th of what PvA cost so what quality exactly will that pay for?

Edited by Southampton_Eagle (17 Nov 2017 7.50am)