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Not agreeing with the use of this in other threads, and I also applaud Connor and what he has achieved...but what does it tell you when An ordinary fan (who happens to be a 16yr old Student) manages to sense the fans' feelings (however much a minority as some may want to believe - lalala) and does something constructive with it... and the Saints Trust proposes a repeat of what has got us in this state, as long as they get to receive the inside track.. How about the Trust putting forward a proposal for shares to be proxied to pressure the big hitters (like Mike Fenner proposed??)

Hang on a minute...we may be onto something...! We have Mark Wotte... Swiss Consortium..... Biggest Swiss Export....CHOCOLATE Players Nickname for our Brylcreem Boy....MR CHOCOLATE GET BEHIND THE SWISS TAKEOVER FFS!!!!

Well it was running late because they couldn't stop laughing about the Saints Trust proposals.... Unfortunately now Mr Wilde has prior engagements until next June, so who knows when we will get an answer...just as long as it is held on one of the two days a week that Rupey Baby works.

How about Lifelong Saint? If nothing else, I bet our expenditure on the copiers would decrease... No...Hang on...RESULT!!!!! SAINTMARC...

I'm glad someone else was a bit more precise in their allegations than me...

Can I front the 'Liberate SFC of Cretinous Directors and their Supporters' Party please?

I thought that manager had moved onto pastures new....hey ho...

Is that all they could come up with??? If Lowe and Wilde can marginalise a 10% shareholder what hope has the Trust got? How about a statement detailing no confidence in the current regime....oooh no, too controversial I bet....let's be a bit populist in the current boardroom eh, to give them an opportunity to say they are 'listening to the fans'. Rupey must be chuckling right now.

Oops..guess we were thinking of different puppets...mine goes wild every now and then.

I did text Julian Clegg on Solent yesterday concerning Brown's visit...he didn't read it out. It did say...'Perhaps Brown is in Southampton to thank Rupert Lowe for showing him that someone was more unpopular than himself' Perhaps I was right....!

That will be because of prior engagements I imagine.

Can I return this thread to normality please.... I fooookin hate Rupert Lowe, Mike Wilde, Guy Askham, Mike Richards, David Windsor-Clive and Old Man Withers from the Amusement Park... There..

And to think I thought we already had one puppet in the boardroom....

Just a thought, but what if the bank gave their continued support for now, but those in charge put us into Admin voluntarily?

Did I miss something? Have Askham and Richards changed sides????

Indeed..it could also be that some who have been fed info from sources thought to be in one 'camp' could well be representing the other after all......

That's a shame I was hoping someone would have the balls to tell him what he has been doing wrong!!

and the Echo failed to use the headline....OrGASMIc?????? Bolllix...!!

Cheers..for the record I suppose I am mentally deficient in a way, for some reason I won't give up on Saints although they have been a constant source of stress during my life...however the highs when they happen are even better. It could be worse...we could all be sheep and follow Chelski or Southerners United. Personal Abuse should be reserved for Politicians who are not in contact with the real world on their £65k salaries, expenses, 2nd homes...who are immune to this foookin recession that they helped create by their inability to make swift decisions. Oops...sidetracked...

Double edge sword though Nick - just think, we may never have signed Gasmi, Robertson, Pekhart, Smith if we were in Admin... See...I knew I could find a positive!!!!

Indeed...only the Interim Results will tell the story... Anyway, in the absence of facts, here is my theory. Lowe has spoken to the Bank, and they have given him until the end of the season to improve things...they have told him that revenue from games isn't enough..hence his decision to play the experienced bods. With a bit of luck they've told him not to bring in so much cheap sh1te in the form of loans that don't play...and pointed out to him the last time he went for 'quantity over quality' we got relegated then as well.

Well, you are entitled to that view JFP, I was thinking more along the lines of, what has happened to our previous directors including Patrick Trant????? Not a word....

Oh dear...SFC would be like a Launderette then though....the machines are on but the manager can't be found....

JFP, at least you can never be doubted as to what I want to see happen..no hidden agendas on my part. I have stated numerous times that my judgement on Lowe and Wilde is based SOLELY on their performance since May 2008. That is the only fair way to assess them - they want to forget their past differences, so I can't see how they can have a problem with being assessed that way. I just think that Lowe's interview then was the catalyst for what we have now - he had no intention of taking a back seat.

RUPERT Lowe last night blasted Saints' non-executive directors for their role in the situation the club finds itself in. The former chairman said he did not blame the executives for the "decline" at Saints since he was forced to resign back in June 2006. But in his first major interview since leaving the club, Lowe said "the (executive) management needs to be debated" and called his ousting by the Michael Wilde regime "an injustice." Lowe also said he and his former board allies - who still own around a quarter of all the Southampton Leisure Holdings shares - are not obstructing a potential deal with London-based hedge fund Sisu. He did add, though, that he was still waiting to receive "formal documentation" from Sisu before deciding whether their proposals were worth supporting. Lowe also defended his own record as Saints chairman, pointing to the building of St Mary's and the strengthening of the academy. "In my time as chairman we were financially prudent, we made sure we had enough cash to cover our costs and we invested in the academy," said Lowe. "The long-term planning of the old board has not been continued. "The management team have not managed the club well. "I built the stadium, I built up the academy - that was my brainchild. "I am the last person who wants to see anything happen to the club." Saints' current financial situation - the club is estimated to be losing around £1m a month - "is not sustainable long term. It has been sustainable so far by selling the club's best players. "Kenwyne Jones, Gareth Bale and Chris Baird went last summer and there's been others like Martin Cranie and Dexter Blackstock." Chief executive Jim Hone and operations manager Lee Hoos were the people Wilde placed in charge of the day-to-day running of Saints after Lowe and his No 2 Andrew Cowen resigned. Lowe added: "The management needs to be debated - I don't blame the current management, they were put in place by Michael Wilde, Leon Crouch, Patrick Trant, Mary Corbett, Lawrie McMenemy. "They (executive management team) have been let down by the non executive directors. Promises were broken." Lowe mentioned a "smear campaign" waged against him and also made reference to Wilde's manifesto Planning for Success'. "There's more untruths in there than any document I've ever read," said Lowe. Back at St Mary's last night to watch Saints' goalless draw with Sheffield Wednesday, Lowe obviously remains hurt by the events which forced him to quit. "What happened 18 months ago was an injustice. It has not served the club well," he stated. "Instead of asking questions of me, you should be asking Michael Wilde why he did not put any money in. "You should be asking Leon Crouch why he decided to vote for Michael Wilde. "You should be asking Keith Wiseman, Ian Gordon and Paul Thompson, all people who voted for the current administration. "All I have done is watched quietly from the sidelines for 18 months. "My blood pressure has returned to normal and I haven't had people shouting at me. "But the club has declined in that time. There is a lack of purpose and a lack of common objectives. "It's not surprising that the football has not been going well." -------- So nice to know that Rupert is still as reflective now eh?? 'I built this, I built that'...hmmm you mean the Academy that was a Premier League requirement...not to mention a Youth Policy that was in place 20 years before? Or a stadium that was built with debt that is causing us potential terminal financial problems? Financially prudent?? You mean like the warchest that didn't actually exist?? Nice to know his blood pressure improved though. Perhaps the cheeks were back to normal.