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Ah. Were back to the baby eating mindset I see.

No but to attract a good CEO and team manager you need to show them: The board are united The board have a workable plan for recovery The board have the funds available to implement the development plans for success produced by the CEO and team manager Without all of those in place you simply attract turkeys who cant a job anywhere else- and we dont have any of those in place.

Cowen is a good man and widely respected who doesnt have any of the baggage of the principal shareholders. The problem is that at most companies the major shareholders want a seat on the board - and thats where the divisiveness comes in. Without somebody coming in with a takeover offer they all accept, I'm not sure all three of Crouch, Wilde and Lowe would step back.

Good insight. A thought which clearly hasnt occurred to anyone else. You're the first. Second trickier part is, how do we get that since no-one apart from SISU has shown any serious interest.

What do we want? Lowe out! What then? We dont know! Do we want a multi millionaire? Yes! Do they want us? No! Magic Fairy anyone?

Fair enough. My point was based on the appalling financials at the year end. As he was Chairman for only three months of that, then sure Dulieu bears the greater weight.

Jesus, I'm not surprised Meridian felt they had to leave home to get away from you. Did you ask ask about management of the Great Western Railway every time someone wanted to claim a train ticket on expenses?

Have a look at the thread title. There are some clues there.

I'm not primarily blaming Crouch, though arguably he should have done more to sort out the mess he inherited. Wilde's execs spent money in anticipation of investment which never materialised. Probably only Wilde knows the full story behind that.

Which year would you like to start listing potted histories of the club in order to ensure every post is balanced. Perhaps we could start with 1898 and work backwards according to demand.

Try and stay on topic. The thread was about the motivation for bringing Lowe back, not who bears the most blame /credit for the situation prior to him coming back, thats been done to death endlessly.

Probably lots of things - not wanting to wind up and motivate the opposition, wanting to make sure his players arent complacent, and getting the excuses in early if we 'get lucky'.

I think Wilde realised that between them the new management team he had brought in and Crouch had practically bankrupted the club. Bringing back Lowe was a desperate last throw of the dice to try to avert financial meltdown. IMO of course it is a marriage of convenience, but Lowe isnt being set to fail by his group nor Wilde. The cat fighting at the moment (AGM) is to do with what happens in the future - ie either who gets the blame when things go pop or who gets to control the club when it recovers.

Yes the other shareholders wanted out of SFC, but didnt want to pay the £12.95 transaction charge to sell their shares at Barclays. They hit on this cunning idea of bringing back Rupert with the deliberate intention of getting him to bankrupt the club - thereby dispensing with the need to sell their shares.

Is he directing the tv cameras as well? My, there is no end to this mans power.

It was a good opportunity for JP whichever way it turned out. At worst he got a better job with more money than at Helmond - at best he would have got widespread praise and recognition for making a competitive, even promotion challenging team out of very little.

Only if you change your mind

Nope it hasnt worked. Still knob like.

Try and read the whole quote on manutd.com then you could avoid looking like a knob on at least one occasion. United will arrive at St Mary’s on Sunday without Rio Ferdinand and Carlos Tevez for the Reds’ FA Cup third round tie against Southampton. Sir Alex told press on Friday that Ferdinand is still struggling with the back injury he sustained in the warm-up at Stoke on Boxing Day, while Carlos Tevez will not return from Argentina in time for kick-off. “Unfortunately Rio's still not training and we’re trying to give it time to settle," the boss said. "We’re managing it the best we can. He certainly won’t be playing in the next two games but hopefully we’ll have him ready for Chelsea next Sunday. By that time it will have hopefully settled down and he’ll be available for the big one against Chelsea. The work we’re doing at the moment is geared towards making his back more supple and there’s more resilience to the problem. The work he does in the gym is important.” Ferguson also admitted he had not yet decided whether Cristiano Ronaldo would face Southampton. “I may not play him on Sunday,” Sir Alex said. “We’ll see. We’ve got a big month in January and we’ll navigate that month with the 23 players I have. Those 23 are going to have to play a part, particularly in the game against Southampton and the two legs against Derby [in the Carling Cup semi-final]. The teams at Southampton and Derby will be different, for example.” Southampton may be languishing towards the bottom of the Championship table, but Sir Alex says his side won’t take victory for granted on Sunday. The FA Cup is, after all, renowned for throwing up surprises. “It’s a different kind of competition and one that requires luck too, you have to remember that”, he said. You can be dominating a game and get one break against you, as we did last year against Portsmouth in the quarter-final. There was a breakaway and a penalty kick, our keeper was sent off and we’re out of the cup. That’s what cup football is. It’s sudden death and anything can happen. We always say: ‘Give us a home draw against anyone’. We’ve not got a home draw, Southampton have got that and it’s an advantage to them. But it’s a good stadium and a nice pitch. They’re a young team, their coach has done a great job considering he’s not got any money to work with and he’s having to make do with young players. I expect an interesting game.”

Of course we're likely to get stuffed. The point is JP has done as well as can be expected with players who were only the reserves and youth of last seasons relagation fodder.

Dont want to be rude mate, but I find what Sir Alex has to say far more interesting than your babbling.

Pompey would squat in it.

"But it’s a good stadium and a nice pitch. They’re a young team, their coach has done a great job considering he’s not got any money to work with and he’s having to make do with young players. I expect an interesting game.” Alex Ferguson. Good endorsement from Sir Alex of JP. Should give food for thought to those who would make JP the scapegoat for the ****ty situation we're in. He HAS done a pretty good job with practically bugger all to work with.

On the same basis you dont keep a Jag in the garage because petrol is dear - you either sell it or use it. IMO we primarily want to offload Saga for a fee but currently have no good offers - having him put in a good display against Man U would help attract attention. If no offers are forthcoming the alternative option is play him. I doubt his appearance money makes up more than 35% of his wages. It would make no sense to pay him 65% of his money to do nothing. Better to play him, pay the extra 35% and probably grab a few extra points whilst still keeping him in the shop window.

Thats the least plausible theory Ive heard.