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Have you heard about Rupert's latest idea?? Apparently he was so impressed with the way that we played with 10 men against Swansea and Sheff Utd played with 10 men on Tuesday that next season Saints are only going to play with 10 men. If you only have 10 men you can make do with a smaller squad ... and this will keep the bank happy!! Its a cracker. He is going to announce this proposal later this week after first trying to persuade the FA to adopt it in all competitions. The OS is preparing an article trumpeting "what football can do to protect itself against the credit crunch." Nineteen "Jon Marland" Canteen is penning a 5,000 word essay on why Crouch and Mcmenemy are soooo antiquated in not accepting this proposal.... You think I am joking???? Well it is not any more far fetched than the idea of bringing a Rugby coach into your club and preparing him to be manager. It is no more far fetched than sacking a good, young, up and coming manager and replacing him with a non league Dutch manager. It probably makes more sense than lending the top scorers for the last 2 years to your rivals - one of whom is in direct competition with you to avoid relegation. It is no more far fetched than refusing to play the likes of Euell, Scacel and BWP in a "footballing revolution". Rupert's crazy idea about Woodwood and the disruption that it caused to the club was a major factor in our relegation and in our inability to bounce back when we had the parachute payment. The Dutch experiment looks like taking us down again. Why not play with just 10 men & see if a hattrick of relegations follows???

Oh no????? Mind you .... I can fully understand why nobody wants to admit that they are Lowe or Marland!!

Go on Jon boy. Why don't you put some money in??? The ECB don't want you so you must have some spare cash.

PMSL The man who will not pay a fiver to the Saintsweb claims he would buy 2 season tickets???? I think you are telling porkies now Jon. Even you admitted yesterday that you used to be a Charlton fan. Tel me, who did you support in the 76 Cup Final?? Who were you supporting in the late70's // early 80's ?? If it was Saints you would not be holding your current views on Lawrie. Would you still be buying your 2 tickets if Leon was our Chariman?? After all you have "supported Saints all your life. " Or does your support depend who is the chairman ? Too many rum punches sitting in the Jamaica sun watching the cricket methinks???

I also have missed two home matches. Our only win and the 2-2 draw against Ipswich. So thats 4 of the oh so many goals we have scored at home.

"I really don't give a sh1t" is an unfortunate term to use after last night's match. Presumably Jon, they didn't show last night's match in Jamaics. If you had managed to catch it, you would have seen 13,000 Saints fans braving bitter cold & treacherous conditions to be let down by the Saints team. These fans DO give a sh1t. Please do not patronise them.

So Jon, when did you start to support Saints?? When Rupert appeared on the scene??

They say that you can judge a man by the company that he keeps. In which case Lowe is definitely a loser. First there were his chums who persuaded him to stand in the 1997 General Election for the Referendum Party - the BNP in blazers. Even though Lowe stood in the Cotswolds , he couldn't persuade enough retired colonels to vote for him and he lost his deposit . An expensive way of being told that your views are those of a pill**k. Then there is his friend David Ross from Carphone Warhouse. Despite making millions, he has now been accused of fraud. Ross's buddy Simon Jordan has proved himself to be a football man but Ross is not a great bloke to be seen hanging around with. Now we have Lord Marland - Rupert's best friend. First he tried to become boss of the Football Association .... but they could tell he was a tos**r and rejected him. Then he decided that he preferred cricket but despite the current fiascos with the current English team (eg the Pietersen / Moores affair & the Stanford series) he couldn't persuade the counties to even talk to him in his latest bid to become head honcho !! Nobody could take him seriously. This guy is a serial loser. Come on Rupert. Drop dead beats like Ross and Marland. Associating with them does you no favours at all!!

Which club do you think he has in mind??

Perhaps they want to be known as the Honey Monsters!!!

You talk so much sense. I agree entirely with your sentiments. We cannot afford to hurt the club financially. Next time I would bring my dog as well ... if you could arrange kennels or something during the match. :-)

I read an interesting article the other day about the current plight of the Honeybee which made me draw comparisons between the Honeybee and Saints. The Honeybee is having a hard time at the moment and is facing a battle for survival. So are we. The Honeybee lives in a hierarchical society with an autocratic leader at its centre. So do we. Interestingly , if the male worker bees in the hive decide that they want to change their leader ,they simply rebel and force the leader out. The leader simply leaves the hive. So at Saints all we are doing is simply recreating Nature. Our march and other protests are just us doing what Nature intends. The best bit is that the bees always win. . . there is no way that an unpopular leader can stay in a dominant position in the hive. Lowe is going to have to defy Nature to stay in post.... and even he cannot do that.

There was so much about the march today that was good but I was particularly impressed by the fact that it was organised by young people. Some of us were fortunate enough to support Saints in the late 70's / early 80's. We were spoilt by good football, good results and the sight of England internationals (both current and ex- internationals) playing for us. Today youngsters are not so fortunate but it is clear that they still have great passion and belief in the Saints.... as much as we older supporters who enjoyed the "good old days." For some of them to feel so strongly about their club to arrange a demonstration like today's which was peaceful yet passionate gives me great hope for our future. With fans like them, our club must prosper. I applaud the fans who arranged today's march.

So cutting through all your waffle and guff Sundance , sorry 19 C, are you marching with us today????

It couldn't have been Leon Crouch. You must ha been mistaken. He doesn't know how to run a business. Compared to Rupert what does Crouch know about running a business? After all that is why Lord rupert has had to come back to put our finances in order (by acquiring the likes of Forecast, Gasmi , Pullis,Peckhart , Dutch advisor no. 1, Dutch advisor no.2. paying off JP etc etc. ). Rupert knows everything about cost control... Crouch iknows nothing so it couldn't have been him who tried to cut our wage bill to meet our finances !!!!!

He is Sundance Beast. Sundance Beast was Flashman at the Charge. Flashman at the charge was the Fourth Bear. How do I know??? Because some of us were the recipients of a rather unpleasant PM from him which told us.

I was thinking along the same lines.... mind you some people will be easily identified. Delldays will be the person arguing with everyone else. Dalek will be pointing out that all marches were better in the days when Hoddle was at the club. St David will be hovering in the sky eating pie whilst talking on his phone. and Sundance Beast aka Nineteen Canteen will be the one standing at the side along with any Pompey fans in the area wearing his I Love Rupes tee shirt. :-) :-):-)

Lol at sundance - er Nineteen Canteen,er Third Bear, Flashman or whatever it is that Rupert tells you to call yourself these days.

I think that something is about happen. I think that it involves Crouch. There have been a lot of indicators recently that something is bubbling away in the background. eg The sudden removal of JP. Why on a Friday evening of al times??? A few snippets dropped on here by renowned posters. The re appearance on this forum of pro Crouch posts with certain well connected posters being prominent. I am most definitely not ITK but Crouch reappearing with some money would fit the bill. In my eyes it would be a matter for rejoicing - especially if it were to mark the end of the Rupes and Mikey show.

No , I think you must be the joker , John B. Surely even you can see that we would never have been in our current situation if Lowe had not returned, if we had held onto Pearson and if Crouch had stayed. Come back Leon - the only major shareholder who is a true saints fan and who will start to invest in the club & not take money out of it.

Anyone would think that he was sacked after reading this statement. Oh I forgot, he resigned didn't he.

Did he jump or was he pushed??

Nineteen Canteen is the new name for Sundance Beast. Sundance Beast was the new name for Flashman at the Charge. Flashman at the Charge was the new name for the The Third Bear. He changes his name every year - Rupert tells him to. Either that or it is some form of tax dodge!! He still cannot afford a fiver ... and he still has the same opinions. He supports Lowe - we support Southampton football Club. I don't think that he has cottoned onto that subtle difference yet. But he will one day. I wonder if Nineteen Canteen knows about Justin Fashanu??

Hi Sundance. Its Nineteen Canteen this time ?? Not Sundance Beast, Flashman at the Charge or the Third Bear. Do you change your name every January ?? I see though that you still cannot afford a fiver and are limited to 3 posts a day so your posts ramble on and on and on and ......... They are certainly a cure for insomnia. Pity you couldn't make it to SMS on saturday. I would have thought that a good fan of Southampton Football Club like you would have made it there. You weren't with Rupert by any chance were you ????

No it wasn't that. He had to leave early because he had a long standing family commitment that he could not duck out of - in the same way that he couldn't attend the AGM.