Fitzhugh Fella

I wouldn't be surprised if the Echo rang the wrong number to be honest. The club fed the Echo last night with this story and I smell a rat!

You have a point. Lowe's biggest mistake was coming back I think. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Care to comment further, Rory?

Sorry 19C - I am not that much in the loop - guess if its true we will find out soon enough. I heard last week we had been rescued by a father and son combo but it looks that what they offered has not been good enough. Again I must stress I am not in the loop but just hearing this from those that are. Could be a massive joke but I for one would not think it is funny.

Sometimes Steve, its best not to pull your gun from your holster too quickly! To be fair to you.... that lesson took me a while to learn also!

True 19C - but I hear there is also a board meeting later in the day.

Steve - I think you leapt to conclusions a bit fast there, and you were wrong. None of this has come from LC whatsoever. Move on from 2008 mate!

With respect mate, relegation now is the least of our problems

The luxury of being able to choose exactly when wasn't available - there were and still are last ditch negotiations going on and FL deadlines then become secondary.

I think there was feverish negotiations going on all last week but today Aviva and Barclays finally pulled the plug or turned down what was on over. I think the deadline bit is a red herring to be honest.

Lets hope this post doesn't come back to haunt you

Hearing tonight from more than one source there is going to be major (but unfortunately negative) developments tomorrow, starting with an announcement at 7AM re the shares. There are some last gasp negotiations going on which have been circulating for several days but it seems hopes are now fading and it could be administration by this time tomorrow. Hope I am wrong but I would not post this without being reasonably certain of the facts.

Shame!

T'was a cracker though!

There has been a lot of grapevine gossip over the last 72 hours and perhaps IF it is true is why we never went into administration last week.

I believe the club came extremely close to going into administration last week but someone from outside the club took financial steps to prevent it happening. I know no more - just a whisper on a grapevine.

Thats a big blow. Don't like Surman in the middle.

When Davies returned he linked up very well with Beattie, I remember them ripping Spurs apart Dec 2000 on a Sky game for instance. My views re Strachan are just my opinion from watching and listening. I was not aware I had to personally know the individuals before voicing an opinion. Would you have let Davies go for nothing?

Don't agree - I remember KD being treated shabbily in the lead up to the final when GS named him in the squad and then never bothered to tell him he wouldn't even be on the bench. Once GS makes his mind up he can be far too narrow minded/inflexible. And I don't think big Sam would have guaranteed KD a guaranteed first team place.

He did - the David Jones court case was the start of our decline. I don't blame Rupert for having to part company with him but he was a good manager and it was a massive slice of bad luck for us and an appalling slice of luck for him. From there on after it has been mistake after mistake. I wonder what would have happened had the ridiculous accusations not arisen.

Strachan had big flaws imo. Yes he did reasonably well here, got the players fit, steadied the ship and got us to a Final but some of the football was really dire and he was/is far too stubborn. The way he failed to bring out the best in Kevin Davies is a good example of that. KD is/was a very good player who had lost his way and needed "managing". Strachan froze him out, he eventually left for nothing and yet since has given Bolton invaluable service and this season has played his way into the fringe of an England call up.

Funnily enough I think I prefer him to Wilde. Lowe is a bit like Thatcher towards the end of her time in power - absolutely barking but at least you knew where you stood. Plus I think he would probably stick to his word which is more than you can say about Mikey. And Bern, I don't obsessively hate him but I hate with an obsession what he has done to our club. There is a subtle difference but don't know if you can appreciate it.

He was a bit of a plodder compared to say Danny Wallace but of course he got between the boxes with a minimum of fuss and the maximum efficiency and he could score goals. He just never caught my eye but that was probably because off too many pints down the Fitzhugh.

Sorry I missed this question yesterday - it was in the main News part of the paper.

This seems a reasonable and fair post. The club hate fans who ask pertinent questions, they are an inconvenience. Incidentally Victor I never rated David Armstrong until he stopped playing and then I suddenly realised what a good player he was. Oh to have someone like him today.