so22saint

the one thing that strikes me at the moment is. what a bunch of ****s we Saints fans are... :-(

Well done Nigel, I never understood why you had to leave to be replaced by an untried and unknown set-up and I'm not surprised that we're swapping places. It galls me even more because I can't stand Leicester

We were, but the red faced tumour was still in control. This might be a true fresh start. It's that or no start at all

Tisdale, Nic Holmes or Le Tiss for me. Le Tiss and Franny would be a good team I reckon. If we have wiped some debt out and have a decent chairman / board next season I'd also like to see us keep maybe 5 of the current squad, sign 6 good journeyman pros who are used to playing in Div 3 / 4 and see if Le Tiss can get a couple of decent older players in on loan through his media contacts.

I think not getting Hoddle in has led to league 1... ;-)

They missed out by one season on being founder members of the Premier League (along with Notts County who's YTS player, Rob Matthews, sent Luton down with a 2nd half hat-trick - the only reason I know is that my Luton supporting mate Ian, and Rob, were good mates at Uni until that point). Anyway, the point really is that all the old "we'll walk this league" crap should now be in sharp focus for us. We could go the way of Luton, or we could do a Man City who I can remember the Skates relegating to the old Div 3 not that long ago. I do think the League are going to take more than 10 points though if they can. 1) Rupert made plenty of enemies there I'm sure (like he does everywhere, even his supporters say he's divisive) and 2) they've been made to look stupid.

If there's 28k, how about, to Go West: We're here, now that Ruperts gone We're here, now that Ruperts gone ...ad infinitum

yeah, his mum works at the General - I was surprised to see his name on the scoresheet - he's a good pro then.

5k. If I sell my company between now and May, £2m - but it's not going happen

heh, are you an AI?

I think Lowe's "roll the dice" approach to management over the last decade or so has led to a couple of gems, WGS and Dave Jones (and maybe Hoddle dalek, just for you :-)), but if you have enough managers you're bound to find you have some good ones in there. Problem is, you end up with a massive squad of players that drains money. Also, I think the upturn in form also coincides with more experience in the squad which is against what were were attempting at the start of the season. anyway, COME ON YOU REDS

They're bust and almost all their players have walked out after being told they won't get paid in 2009. They fielded their youth team COYR

I'm 35 and I'll be surprised if I see them in the Prem again in my lifetime to be honest.

League 2 beckons in 2010

As a company director of a multi-million pound company (one of 4 so I'm not in a position to invest in Saints - not yet anyway), I'm well aware of the directors responsibilities regarding trading while insolvent. Extracting money through directors fees from a loss making venture, prior to putting the company into administration leaving your creditors hanging is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Having said that, HMRC and the courts are much hotter on it now - hence the chap who killed his family and burnt his house down the other day - he'd done exactly that but the courts had chased him down and ordered him to pay his company's creditors. So, if anything untoward has taken place, and I'm not saying it has, it will probably end with personal bankruptcy of the main director.

That 3rd goal is one of the best goals I've seen at the Dell. Cheers for that JFP, it bought a lump to my throat. I always knew we were doomed to obscurity when we sold Shearer for £3.6m. I know it was a record, but I remember buying the pink in Eastleigh and turning to my wife in the shop and saying "this will be the bargain of the century what with all the money coming into the game". The ignorant **** who was chairman then (GA obviously) clearly thought that a bird in the hand, and David Speedie were a better deal

I've just moved a high traffic site (football.mitoo.co.uk should anybody on here use it) to new servers and it's now dealing with the peaks with no problems at all (after a very sticky October / November). I can offer as much free advice as the mods would like - PM me mods. as to the shower of **** on the pitch - pull your fingers out!

I remember this as it was Valentines day and I had to leave my g/f (now wife) in Leeds to drive down to see the game - the snow was with me all the way and I just managed to get ahead of it in Newbury - parked outside the dell at 3.59, ran into the Milton, said hello to my mates as the whistle went, turned around just in time to see MLT bang one in on 14 seconds or whatever it was. We were 4-0 up I think, the orange ball put Liverpool on the front foot though.

Thing is, put a buy in for 12 million or whatever it is and watch the price sky rocket. On the other hand, if you approached them in corporate with a couple of million in used 50s and I reckond they'd bite your arm off . I would

it's snowing again here in Winchester I reckon it'll all be gone by tomorrow though.

Agreed! The annoying thing is, is that the money he spends on PR would have paid for Pearson...

you're right, anyone would be better than Lowe and Wilde

Heh, maybe Rupert is starting to unite the divided fan base!

Same here Um, as is another mate of mine..

What annoys me is that, given the finances of the club, surely the 5k a month PR retainer could have been punted toward Pearson or some better players. It's not much, but many a mickle...