Channon's Sideburns

Oh sorry John, I must have missed the public statement from Lowe and Cowen stating their salaries - care to point me in that direction?? Or is it a general statement (not confirming figures) that the masses have chosen to take as gospel, because 'why should they lie?'. They hold us all in contempt - wake up and see it. Rasiak - gone, only on loan, great deal for the club there Rupes; Saga - gone, only on loan, great deal for the club there Rupes; Euell - still here drawing wages but not being used - great management; Viafara - different case Skacel - waste of space, release the idiot, get him out of the club now. Thomas - offer him out on a free to release wages if that's what you want to do... Funny how Rupert leaked his mistrust for the 'playing mercenaries' - looks like it's already come back to bite him on the rear end. Well done Rupert, your mercenaries are now bleeding you dry.

What baffles me is that any SANE Saints Fan can read that and not agree. Lowe is not to blame for our demise - it is a combination of ineptitude from many, many people. However, my main concern is the here and now. Selling Davies and Surman will be the biggest disaster since relegation - not because of who these players are and their performances, but the message that this sends out to the masses - the other players who do give their all, and the fans. My problem with this situation is this - firstly, goes against all of the arguments placed by Lowe and Wilde upon their return - yes the younger players are our future, but what is the bloody point if it is these players you get rid of first? If no-one will buy Skacel - release the waste of space and get his wages off the payroll - or offer Ipswich £4k per week to take him off our hands. If we're not going to play him what's the point? Secondly, if Lowe does sell Surman to Reading - why can't we have Alan Bennett as part of the deal? This would cover the loss of Davies which I find ridiculous - on many fronts, not only the fact that he wants to go to Stoke. FFS, he'll be back in the CCC next season anyway!! It seems there is, again, much more to this story than 'player wanting to go to Premier League'. Here's a suggestion - if Lowe is really concerned about the costs, why doesn't he set the lead by taking and forcing his executive colleagues to take a 50% pay cut....??????? CHALLENGE LOWE AND WILDE >>>>> OVER TO YOU

I made several points on the situation as Saintly on the Echo site. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.2423063.0.saints_wont_be_ringing_the_cup_changes_jan.php My concern is that the asset stripping (if you can call it that) is all part of Plan B - being in charge IF we go into Admin. Bournemouth and Leeds are important comparisons...

Seems to like getting his free publicity....... http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2004/8/18/23907.html http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/video/podcast/display.var.1478184.pod.0.php http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2003/8/11/45629.html Nasty piece of work, or media savvy businessman?? It's a fine line you know.

It's not a class issue - he's just a ***t.

How does it explain SB's supposed hatred of Leon then? Don't buy it to be honest. Unless they've done PR work for Lymington Precision Engineering in the past... ))

Or Southampton....