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I reckon 'Pea Fritter' - can imagine him saying that.

So...Rupey hasn't done such a good job of 'protecting his investment' after all? Such a shame....hahaha..!

I'm off to an evening do with Lawrie McMenemy on Thursday, followed by a Q&A...anyone got any questions?? My first one... If you had to sum up Rupert Lowe in one word, what would it be?? £10 says he doesn't reply with 'Visionary'...!!

Mark my words...we're going to suffer because of staying out of the loan market.

So Rupert and Cowen are working for nothing then? Wilde doesn't claim expenses?

Well, if Lowe and Wilde were THAT reasonable they wouldn't have massaged each other's egos when they came back... They could have both declared that an independent CEO and Football Chairman was the way forward, but no. They wanted to be in charge. It's all about EGO. Can you see Rupert 'walking away' after the balls up he's caused? Oh no, he's here to finish us off this time.

Bit of Deja Vu with that paragraph - sums up Rupey from this season quite succinctly.

Or Option 2 could leave us on -27 next season (10 for admin after deadline, other 17 for CVA non-agreement with IR). We can't win games in this league with this squad, what the hell are we gonna do with half this team in L1???????????????

Nice to know there are people on here like you keeping your eyes open WC.. Lowe and Wilde coming back was all about who was in control WHEN we went into Admin, not to avoid it. When the PR Spin is reviewed at the end of the season, everything mentioned will be designed to curry favour with the Administrators appointed by whom?....you've guessed it. Put it this way, Rupey wants to hold the joystick..and will suddenly and miraculously find investment when it is right FOR HIM, not for the club. It's probably already in the can, and they are waiting for the right moment...just after the match which determines our season I reckon. Ken Bates, Jeff Mostyn, they did the same - Mostyn appointed Krasner, 'sold' afterwards to another group, and hey-ho...look Mostyn's never gone away from AFCB. Ego driven the lot of them.

Fully understand what you are saying - it's up to them now - as the great Ron Moody once said in Summer Holiday... 'ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS'

Appreciated Ponty, but can you see us winning that many games by the end of the season??? Lowe probably doesn't care - in fact he's done a better job of devaluing his own investment that Wilde ever did. What an astute businessman he is - Askham must be sooooo proud.

Could it be that ANOTHER of Rupey's loanees isn't that good then??? What a surprise....

I think you're watching a different team than me then...go down fighting? Go down drinking more like.

Perhaps Rupey hasn't got his investors lined up yet..

TBF I think Wotte came in with the right intentions - but there seems to be a big problem at our club. The lead should come from the top - I'm not getting at Lowe here particularly because it comes under Wilde's remit. Wotte I think has now had the enthusiasm beaten out of him for some reason which is sad. I think (had he been in place from the beginning) we may well have had a different season.

As we are talking about Pulis at the moment, I was told something at the weekend - the source I can't reveal (as you would expect) but apparently Surman, Lallana, Pulis are regularly out on the lash in Bournemouth most Thursday and Friday nights. I can't verify this any further but to be honest it would seem to tally with their performances lately.. I know the whole 'should they or shouldn't they go out' routine has been played out on here numerous times..but if they ARE doing this regularly it's no wonder we're in the sh1te...wheres the professional pride FFS? We still seem to have the same culture problem - why the hell aren't the club reining them in?

Maybe...but at least it saves the to'ing and fro'ing about whether it is good to stay together or not - and endless conversations over 'its not you its me' If nothing else it makes you realise whether you really like them or not - chances are you'll give them the elbow in time..!! The one time I tried the exercise, I managed to complete it in my head - negatives overruled the positives...time to end it.

I love this thread. Another idea....Big Water Shooter....pump the thing up and let rip...with the water that is.

Think about it.... Then write down in two columns....why you like/love about the person, and what you hate about them... If you have more of one than the other - go with it. If they remain equal............at least you'll be getting some good cardio workout..while you make up your mind...!

Or he could mean Aaron Davies, ex-Saint who also plays for Forest.

I don't think that it's unfair Nick - for every good player like Niemi and Crouch that were signed (by Rupert) - we had players like Delap, Delgado, McCann, etc signed to expensive contracts following big transfer fees only to be let go for next to nothing... It's not my fault Rupert decided to pay that amount for Delap - yeah he's doing ok now at Stoke but he looks 10 times fitter than he did with us. Obviously it's been documented on here that Gray wanted Diego Forlan, not Delgado - hindsight's wonderful - but did you see the story this week about Forlan being chased for a fee of around £25M now?? Add him to the 'what could have been' list - hey ho.

Jonah, if you actually read my previous post regarding Lowe instead of pressing the 'pressure release' button as above, you asked me what Lowe could have done off the back of the Cup Final and Europe. I gave you examples - never said how much he could have raised, for that I bow to your obvious superior knowledge BTW, so it does confirm my thoughts that Lowe has no intention of seeking any alternative funding for the club - unless of course we hit admin and he makes his phone calls to 'secure his investment' (or train set, take your pick). Ah yes, Lowe did sign Delap didn't he....what a fine investment. This mythical £4m you're on about - seeing as Rupey decided he could risk over £3.2M on Delgado and Chala, and then write it off - well I suppose there's no guarantee with any additional funds that Lowe would have approved the right signings anyway..such an astute businessman. Where was I responsible for Wilde and due diligence on him? In fact Jonah, if you look back at the articles still available online today at that time, Lowe was sending out warning signals regarding Wilde, as was Guided Missile on here. As for Wilde shafting the club for over £1M - who paid for Rupey's PR campaign during the first AGM then? Out of his own pocket? As for Seymour Pierce when did Lowe instruct them to look for investment? Did I miss something? As for Crouch, well seeing as we are (at this stage with no other evidence otherwise) no better off than when he was in charge - financially and on the pitch - do Lowe and Cowen's wages justify their positions? Especially as Crouch wasn't drawing a salary. As for Rupey's train set now, it's off the track awaiting engineering works.

At least we'd never have to try hard to find the Equaliser....

..but playing with oval balls.

Christ, you've been tracking me for 4 years then Jonah? Good grief.. Hmm..let's see - now couldn't Lowe have instigated a Rights Issue following the Cup and Europe 'success'? How about his friend Tom Scott? Or Lord Marland and his connections? I'm not going to argue about Trant - so you have evidence that Crouch didn't put any money in last season then to bring in Wright, Lucketti, Perry etc? As for Wilde, well no argument there. I wonder why Seymour Pierce couldn't find a buyer???? Perhaps dealing with a fragmented ownership base of three was a problem? Or is the truth that Rupey likes playing with the train set too much to let go?