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His shares are probably worth close to zero so he doesn't have anything to lose with this last throw of the dice. Someone who loves the club would give their shares away to someone with cash ensuringthe club has a future. Lowe, Wilde n co don't give a toss, they would rather the club went bust than give their shares away.

Why is everyone assuming that Fulthorpe is even remotely interested in trying to save Saints?

Agree with every word.

What did you think of the game today Scooby? Where were you sat?

This is all so depressingly predictable, as most of us have said from day one - what Lowe is doing is the perfect recipie for relegation. Too many kids, foreign manager who knows nothing about the Championship, AND trying to play an open passing game. As confidence gets lower, opposition gets wiser, and pitches get heaver - trying to play this type of game will get harder and harder.

yep, they might be below us but at least they have a someone with money in charge.

Pootaloo hasn't got a clue, if we were gonna get a manger from conference level we had might as well hired Nick Holmes.

Complete ****e, I don't even expect a relegation fight after watching that, we will be down with no fight whatsoever. I thought these youngsters were supposed to play with passion and pride, half the ****s looked like they didn't give a toss. McGoldrick just strolled about like an arrogant ****. We will finish bottom by a distance IMO.

I cannot believe they are still freezing Skacel out, even half fit he would be better than that shower of ****e today. Even if he does get appearance money it's surely worth paying if the alternative is relegation - we simpley can't afford to throw away any points.

If we lose today we are seriously in the **** - I would say we go from possible to probable on the relegation meter.

A good idea as long as it's done sensibly and doesn't result in relegation. In my opinion you should always play your best team regardless of age, if you are leaving out a better player just because you hope the kid will develop and be worth more you are asking for trouble.

I don't disagree with what you said, except for the lose games part. We are not in a situation where we can afford to lose any more games than we have to because relegation will screw up any long term plan we have in place. Every single point is worth it's weight in gold this season. Balance the books and consolidate our position should be the only plan for this season then we can move on from there. Do you think it would be wise for Stoke City to implement a long term plan to get in the UEFA Cup at the expense of league points?

In our position winning is the only thing that matters. If failure didn't mean certain administration and starting next season on -10/15 in league 1 then we could maybe afford to be fussy about what we watch.

It's still making a commitment to pay £1m, something you wouldn't do on the verge of admin.

I have to admit, if I didn't have a season ticket I couldn't see myself forking out £25 or whatever for a ticket to go last night. I don't think it's just the poor results or the fact that were watching kids, it's more the fact that it appears we are being force-fed a Lowe experiment that makes it so off putting. If it was a chairman we trusted, and a manager we respected putting the same team out fans would be more inclined to be loyal IMO.

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One option would be for Lowe and Wilde to pay for the above out of their own pocket. Could actually be a prudent move on their part considering relegation would mean administration and them getting zero for their shares.

I don't think Cardiff were that good, Derby certainly wont be anywhere near the promotion spots and I didn't think QPR were great. We have played one good team IMO. It will be interesting to see how they respond tomorrow and Saturday.

Legod you are the one who usually says "anyone can beat anyone in this league". Birmingham were the only decent side out of them IMO.

Dumb thread, Lowe hasn't put a penny in. He's paid to do a job so is open to criticsm.

The fact that you use Bristol City and Swansea to illustrate success more than proves my point. They are probably two clubs of similar size as portsmouth - but without a mega rich backer. Both these clubs who are both over achieving probably will be denied a place in the Prem by a worse run club that has a backer or a ton of Sky's parachute money. Without serious money there will always be a limit to what we can achieve.

It will be great WHEN their house of cards goes tumbling down, that Gaydamak would not think twice about selling them down the river. BUT it is certainly not a warning about selling off the club, at the worst they will just be back to where they were when Madric bought them, they were skint and had nothing to lose anyway. I would certainly rather have a dodgy rich owner who could pull the plug at any minute than just be eternally rubbish and skint. Without a rich backer you are, and can achieve nothing nowadays.

I'd be happy to watch the kids try hard and fail if failing didn't mean relegation and administration leading to -10 points and possible League 2 the season after. The whole future of our club is on the line, go down and **** knows what will be sold off? The Stadium and Staplewood will be at risk, the much prized acadamy will be history. Winning is everything IMO.

Anything less than 4 points will be a bad return IMO, Ipswich are not great away from home and if we can't beat Barnsley we have serious problems. We have already handed 3 points to our relegation rivals Blackpool, we can't afford any more slip ups against "easy" teams.

Guthrie was a great player for us, if it wasn't for him we would have got nowhere near the playoffs that season. He was just frustrated, no surprise for a young kid in that atmosphere.