Lord Duckhunter

He tried to, but missed.

Great news. First football decision and they get it spot on.

I've just come back from Spain where I drank most nights in a bar owned by a Dutchman, who loved football. He said Jan was respected in Holland as a very good player and a decent guy, but that Wotte was considered a "show off" (in his words), who has never achieved much.At the time of leaving for Spain it looked like Wotte was off to Egypt, when I told this Dutch guy that he was off, his exact words were "you've a lucky escape".

They did it to Leeds and Luton. To transfer the Golden Share to the new Company, the FL made them sign away the right of appeal.You can not play in a FL comp without a Golden Share and they have to approve any transfer of this share.

I heard the interview and there was nothing wrong with what he said or the way he said it. Said he'd spoken to Matt yesterday and it was unfair on Saints fans that there hopes of KK had been raised. When Brazil asked him if KK would be Manager, he said "almost certainly not". It came over that he loved the Club and Brazil asked him about kicking the workmans ladder away, Mark replied along the lines of "I'd kick more than that". He seemed pretty sure the takeover would happen today.

IF he becomes Manager it sends out a powerful statement that the new owners have some money. He wont come cheap and neither will the players he'll want.Whatever the merits of KK as a Manager the fact that they dont appear to be messing about, makes me positive for the future.

LoL.... That'll get a few foaming at the mouth.

If it had gone belly up at 11am, would you have heard something by now?

I'm hoping that with Matt Le Tiss' involvement he can use his contacts in the game, to get advice on our next Manager. I believe that Don Revie recommended Lawrie to the Saints board and over the years SAF has given good solid advice to Chaiman about up and coming Managers ( I think I'm right in saying he recommended Moyes to Preston).Those within the game know a lot more about whose suitable than us supporters, and hopefully Matt can tap into people within the game and make an informed choice.People like WGS might not want to come and manage us, but I'm sure if asked he would give his opinion on who could do a job for us.

He would put another 10,000 on the first home game of the season. Bring all the media and spotlight on us for the first game. There are'nt too may Managers in the game who can do that. His record at this level is there for all to see and if Pinnicle are serious about getting him in, there must be some serious money behind them. If anyone can bring the feelgood factor back to SMS and overcome a 10 point deduction, with a united fan base, it's KK

Sorry, that was a bit too far-fetched .

A retirement home CEO will come in. His plan is to appoint a Manager a year, before giving the job to a Rugby coach. He's then going to bring in 2 lower league managers, and play the youth team. His revolutionary "Baldrick" like plan will stun football and lead us out of this division.

Just about sums Wotte up, had that been Harry Redknapp wanting these terms, this board would be in melt down. Still it gives us an insight as to why Lowe got on with him.

And Wolves have done nothing since Hoddle's fantastic reign there.

Pearson kept us up. Wotte got us relegated, regardless of any points deduction. Pearson was new to the Club. Wotte was part of the "duo" that presided over the first few moths of the season. Had Gorman taken over from Dodd and Gorman, and then got us relegated, would people want him to stay on?

Agreed 100%, and why are people banging on about him running the youth. All the young players (save for Lloyd James) seemed to get worse, the longer he coached them. Lallana went backwards rapidly as did Morgan S. I keep seeing people saying he works well with youth, on what evidence? He's hardly the next Dave Merrington or George Prost.

Ronnie Moore for me. I would be happy with Tisdale, provided he had an "older head" as asst. Not sure how much he relies on Perryman at Exeter, but personally I'd like a asst thats been around the game a while. I think comparisons with Martin O Neil are a bit much at present. Yes, O Neil started in the lower leagues, however he was a top class player. Played in European Finals and a World Cup. He was Captain of the NI 1982 in Spain I believe. He also played in the top flight under a genius. O Neil may not have needed an older head to help him, but I think Tisdale will.

When Pearson was appointed I'm sure I saw Matt on Sky, saying that he thought Micky Adams or Dowie would have been a better bet. Whether that has any bearing on this now is another matter. As for Wotte's "old boys network" I would rather have that than the Kim/Jan/ Wotte "total football" network.

I dont trust Wotte and dont believe he's had any decent offers from abroad, certainly nothing to compare to what he's got now (which is saying something). I think he's trying to push the owners into a corner, whilst appearing not to. Where has this respect for Wotte and the job he did come from. He was a large part of the worst Managerial team we've ever had, and was hardly any better on his own. He sucked up to Lowe, until Lowe left when he tried to put a bit of distance between themselves.It was his team that was so shocking against Charlton and a couple of other games. Have we fallen so Low, that he is now considered to have done a good job? Any previous Manager would have been run out of town with results like Wotte's, let alone the sly digs at parts of the fan base.People seem to praise him for signing JPS and not being Jan, oh and acting decently during admin.

There are thousends of people being repossessed all over the Country by all the major banks.There are thousends of business' going into admin all over the Country. Why should SLH be treated differently than any of them? Particulary when you consider what our turnover was 4 years ago. As painful as the present situation, I fail to see what Barclays have done wrong. Since 1997 we have been constantly told that we're a business, Barclays treated us as such, to then demend special treatment is wrong. IMO

Didn't Leeds' CVA involve paying a greater part of the debt back when they return to the Premier league? Surely Barclays and Aviva's interests would be better served by this sort of agreement with us, rather than the liquadation of the Club.Couldn't they accept X amount in the pound now, followed by a far greater amount if we return to the top flight.

If anyone other than Shearer took over Newcastle for the last few games, and they'd played as poorly he'd be getting some serious clog from the media. Had it been Sven that couldn't catch Hull,took 4 points from Pompey, Boro and Fulham at home, and then surrendered like that againt Villa, the press would be calling it failure. There has been nothing in Shearer's short managerial career that sugests he'll be the answer to Newcastle's problems, let alone ours.

This is a great point and something I've ben thinking fow a while. Even Leeds with Ken Bates money and massive attendances are fast becoming an established League 1 team. My fears are that we constantly change Managers and owners, posioning the Club with demands of an instant return to the CCC, and also talk of 5 year plans for Prem ect.My fear is that the people needed on and off the pitch to staedy the ship and rebuild, will not be given time to rebuild the Club.We need to judge the people coming in against what we are now, than against what we've been the past generation. My opinion is we need a sustainable steady rebuild of the Club to make us attractive to someone with money once economy starts to look up again.

How bad does he have to be before people want him out? Part of the "duo" during Jans reign, average his points out over the season and we'd have still have gone down, some awful performances when it really mattered, and people still want him? On what basis, 3 wins in a row when he first took over, and a few rallying cries on the O/S?