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To me it shows it was a freak result. Shame you don't get 50 points for winning at the Madejski. However you try to dress it up, this season has been a disaster.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/search/799149.Mike_Richards_Statement_7th_June_2006/ Dear Mike Richards, if you feared for the clubs future back in 2007 then I'll tell you for free, the fans are now positively s****ing themselves. Your statement in this article that you and the awful Askham know anything about running a football club is laughable given the events of the last few months - you have stood by, watched it happen and done nothing - if you genuinely feel you hold these shares in trust on behalf of the people of Southampton then you should do the right thing - you won't of course and for that reason please take your red and white scarf and shove it right up your a*se.

Yes, lets just bury all of this and pretend its not happening, that would suit the Lowe agenda just fine.

Aren't season ticket renewals out soon - can't wait to see how they spin that one - mine will be going back unopened and marked "return to sender until Lowe and Co. go".

Lol at you Lowe luvvies coming on here giving it large just because we didn't sell our best players (is that the extent of your ambition?) - have you looked at the league table?

If Wilde really thinks that nobody else could have done a better job he is delusional. I struggle to think how anyone could have done a worse job this season.

I resent that comment Tim

Tonights events make the banner easier: Wotte a Lowed of Rubbish

But does this mean he has anything to do with Wotte's appointment? Given what you have said in another thread I hope not!

About as long as the club then at this rate.

I guess you can't elaborate FF which is pity (as JP used to say when we didn't score) as its time the gloves came off and people really knew the truth behind what is going on at our club.

I don't believe they would want to see the club slip into administration....nor would Lowe, he loses the value of his shares, so who gives in first?

The leaking of this if true coupled with the Sale article leads me to wonder if there is something going on behind the scenes - is there brinksmanship at play here?

You also need to factor in an increased number of home games since relegation - 23 as opposed to 19 in the Premiership.

The princely sum of £1!

That's a good shout, I also had 4-3 at 100-1 that day so for me it was as good as it gets!

That's a tough one. Lowe is a disaster, administration would be equally disasterous. I would like to think we can get rid of one and avoid the other but ultimately this could depend on whether Lowe is prepared to do business with "the enemy".

I think the money was there but it certainly wasn't spent wisely - a large amount was spent on paying off former managers! The Academy began to bear fruit after we were relegated and again, if we had hung on for one more season in the Prem we would not be in the mess we are in now as we could have integrated the Walcotts, Bales etc into the existing structure. The fact is Lowe, post cup final and particularly in our relegation season, bought in a large amount of average players when it was a small amount of real quality players that we lacked - I also believe that this is the reason we lost Strachan. The money was there John B, it was just wasted.

I understand that they don't own the Ricoh but rent it from the council making it difficult to generate income - they also effectively have no asset base. In effect they are a "football club" in name only. Ironic really that we do own our ground and yet that is the millstone around our neck - not sure which situation is worse, ours or Cov's.

Lack of a large amount of money since we were relegated from the Prem would be nearer the truth and it was Lowe who oversaw that. We did compete until 2003 but it was post Cup Final that Lowe lost the plot, we could have been one of those rich city clubs if only we'd still have been in the top flight when the new TV deal was negotiated.

Yes, I suppose it could look like that in the world of PR.....but history tells us Lowe likes to stick his nose where he shouldn't into football matters. I would pose your question back at you....how do you know what sort of talk it was......unless...???

Eric Nixon

A football chairman shouldn't be anywhere near the players giving pep talks - it totally undermines the manager unless the chairman doesn't think the manager is capable of motivating them (or thinks he can do a better job being a football expert) .....hmmm.

There a quite a few unrealistic candidates in terms of £££'s so for me the best realistic one is Paul Tisdale - when he took over at Exeter he inherited a club that had just come out of administration and was a mess (so he'd know what he was letting himself in for!) - they play good football and he has been successsful there on a small budget. From what I have seen he is strong minded and articulate and of course is an ex-Saint.

Yes - Poortvliet tries to use the same set up and tactics at home but because away teams set their stall up differently they don't work - and he has no Plan B - does that answer your question?