Lord Duckhunter

To us (well the normal ones amongst us) Ted's a legend as well. Although by the 19C definition, rebuilding the Club serving it for many years and gaining us our first top flight season and European games, doesn't qualify.

That is one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever read.

Nobody will ever be able to match what Lawrie did for us. We will never sign the quality of player he did ,bring on youngsters like he did, will never finish so high in the league again, and it's doubtful whether we'll see that style of football again. We were like Keegan's Newcastle, but for 10 years, rather than 2. I couldn't care less what he's become or what he's done since, I'm just grateful for the years he gave us, and thankful I was of a generation that saw it. Just because Paul Macartney's become a bit of a *** and hasn't made a decent record for 35 years, doesn't diminish what he acheived previously. The word legend is used too much nowadays, but he is and will remain one at our Club. It's unfortunate that some will have to wait until he's gone before acknowledging it.

I thought that Tory bird was pretty fit, she'd get my vote.

Until the Govt ban them the BNP are as entittled to have as much air time as any other party that secured the votes and seats they did.It's a bit rich Peter Hain and Diane Abbott calling for them not to be allowed on, and yet their Govt wont make them a proscribed organisation.In terms of his performance I thought any reasonable person would have found him shifty and unbelievable, however no reasonable person would ever have voted for him and his thugs in the first place,so I doubt if he lost many votes.I can hardly see people watching and thinking "I was going to vote for them, but didn't like Griffin, so I'll vote Tory". The whole thing was a set up from the word go. There is plenty of mainstream Muslim opinion that would ban homosexuality and yet the question is never posed to any of their leaders in any BBC forum.Question Time, could be a really good programme, but it is spoiled by lightweight guests and pathetic questions. The BBC's political output is a joke. This week, that follows is just Portillo and Abbott flirting with each other and the Jock with the syrup making unfunny jokes. You get better debates on here.

When I turned on Talksport and heard that Lowe had replaced NP with Jan.

I wouldn't say Lowe was the worse Chairman we've ever had, but he's in the top one.

There are more people in this Country who share his view of Europe and want to get out, than share Euro loons like Mandleson, Clarke and Blair's vision of further intergration. Had the British people realised in '75 where the Common Market was heading, they never would have voted to stay in .

Was meant to be a great youth coach, but was there one youngster whose got better from Jan and Wotte's caoching. Look at Lallana the past month, playing better than he ever did under the "revolutionary coaching" of last season. I couldn't care less whether he's a nice guy or not, he's in the Branfoot bracket as far as I'm concerned. Only difference is I could see why we appointed Branfoot at the time. There isn't another Chairman in the FL who'd have appointed Jan. And for all the Wotte supporters out there, with a dozen Managers losing their jobs already 5this season and even Doddsy getting a job, why has nobody snapped Wotte up yet?

We won 3-2 at Pride Park

Had we have been taken over by people like ML & NC in 1997 instead of Lowe , Cowan and the reverse takeover, I honestly believe we'd now be firmly established in the top ten of the Premiership.Had we had someone with real vision we could have built on our years in the top flight, and gone to the next level.Instead we had years of infighting, joke decisions and rampent egos that ended up with us in the third tier.With proper decent people, with money and class behind them, we'd have more to show than a couple of top ten finish's and one cup final defeat.

Personally I don't think he's good enough to be anything other than a Lower Championship/League 1 player.Lacks pace and a bit of heart in my opinion. Seems a decent lad and I hope he does well and I'm proved wrong, but like Cranie he'll not play many Premiership games.

When Pearson gets Leicester promoted, they'll still be people on here saying it was because of MM's money or luck.He got Leicester promoted at a breeze,started well in the Championship. Personally I think that one decision by Lowe, sucked the life out of the Club, showed the supporters he hadn't changed and was a pivitol moment in the shambles that ended up with admin. Had he kept Pearson on, we could have built a "we're all in this together" mentality, could have built some bridges with the supporters, and refound the "spirit of Southampton". As it was, he was shown up to be the petty little man he always was, and the rest is history.

I have never seen Pulis play. My problem with him is that his CV indicates he is only making a living out of the game because of his father,he was injured when we signed him and he was clearly nowhere near good enough to get into our worst side for 50 years. Had Redknapp signed him as a favour to his Dad, there would be uproar on here. Lowe made a big play about signing mercenary players and Journey men when he wasn't at the Club and yet signed Pulis, Forcast and Molyneux when clearly none of them are good enough. I also dont believe for 1 minute Lowe would have honoured any agreement made with a previous regime in regard to this (unless it was a clear written contract). It was either a favour to Pulis Snr, linked to the Davies transfer or Lowe trying to show us how clever he was, by turning him into a decent player as a result of his "revolutionary coaching system".

Roy Keane has just made the worst start at Ipswich for 40 odd years. The Manager those 40 years ago was in his first season at the Club, his name? Bobby Robson.

Looks like he's turned them down.............

If the players he brought to the Club turned up to honour him, what a remarkable array of talent that would be. Shilts, Mick Mills, Dave Watson, Chris Nicholl, Keegan, Armstrong,Worthington, Wright, Dennis, Case, amongst others. Not forgetting Williams, Wallace, Moran ect that he gave a chance to. Throw in the cup winning side and family of Bally, and Osgood, some people might suddenly realise just what a remarkable job he did. The football he produced was the best they'll ever be in our City, in years to come his era will be considered a Golden Era in our Club's history. There will be no mention of boardroom stuff and alledged love of money, just acknowledgement of a remarkable era and a remarkable Saints Manager. Unfortunatly, it looks like he'll be gone, before his achievemnets are fully appricated by some.

Robson had a stand named after him for what he achieved at Ipswich, which was remarkable.Nearly as remarkable was what Lawrie achieved for us, and to go back to the original thread, there's no way Bally and players like him would have ever signed for us without him. For giving us a decade of "fantasy football" I think there should be some sort of honour bestowed on Lawrie.

You're right. If Terry paine comes back or Big Ron, should they pay for tickets? Or is it just people who were anti Lowe?

My mates Dad played for the Skates in the 60's. He still gets a free ticket to about half a dozen games a season (he used to get 2, but now it's 1). The fact Lawrie doesn't, does seem wrong to me.It is the one minor thing that the new regime have got wrong. I think some explayers and Lawrie deserve a free ticket now and then. I just hope that when the great mans gone, he finally gets the recognition from ALL Saint's supporters that his achievements deserve.

I would like to know about the scouting network and if it's being rebuilt. It's obvious that it was a shambles last year, witness Pulis, Forecast and Molyneux. Is Pards happy with it now, and if not,when will a proper one be in place?

I saw the trouble up by the crossroads, a guy was being set on by 3 or 4 others, and one fat bloke stamped on his head. The police came up and grabbed the smallest person involved, but let the fat bloke go. A guy in a Saints shirt ran up to the police and pointed out the fat bloke, who was then picked up . I was trying to get my Nipper out of the way, so I may have a few details wrong. The guy did look in a serious condition just laying on the pazement. Later on I spoke to a copper by the Railway Station and he told me there was a lot of trouble all day.

Two things that give me hope with Pardew is his track record and his signings here. His track record is pretty good, certainly for a League 1 Club and despite what happened at Charlton. However, it is his signings that have really given me hope. Trottman, Lambert, Hammond, Harding, have been excellant additions. It is the guys who were at the Club who benefitted from Jan and Wotte's revolutionary coaching set up, who are letting us down. When the chips are down, they appear to be clueless. Surely he could expect an International striker to contribute a little bit more than Saga has, and the great French white hope Morgan has hardly set the third flight alight. This Club was rotten to the core and if anyone thinks it can be turned around after half a dozen games then they're deluded. It's a good thing that Pardew is the new guy's man, after the start he's made. Had Wotte remained there would be speculation about him constantly and he'd proberly have been moved on by now, starting the whole "after you Claude" managerial roundabout all over again. We've tried the other approach, now let's give this guy time and get behind him............

Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh bet against their own team and yet they're still living legends in Aus. Some people are overreacting a bit.

To be fair to Lowe, he did turn down offers in his last Transfer window......................3 months before we went into admin. Personally, I dont want people at the Club who dont want to be there. Hopefully, this means that Pards believes the two will contribute. Either that, or the offers were really poor and we working on offloading them on loan.