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When you say stretch, I take it you mean Ruperts waistband?

I am sure its not just Barings who found the scandal somewhat less than funny Duncan. It amply demonstrates the incompetencies of certain such individuals in the finance and banking industry including their detachment from the real world.

Most you guys are so gullible it beggars belief. The Echo says this, the Echo says that, the ITK fella says something else. Try to see the BIG picture - the club was about to implode and Crouch knew it...desperate and extreme measures were required to deal with certain activities (like Lowe taking £100k for a p/t job for example). His proposals might seem extreme, but in the context of the depths of cr*p we now know the club was in financially with imminent administration, why not try extreme? What the f*ck did Lowe and Wilde have up their esteemed collective sleeve? ZILCH!!!

Oh dear - more damning evidence of Lowe's incompetence when it comes to hiring people? He has more skeletons in his closet than he's had hot (world-class catering) dinners!! LOL

Wilde - you make me sick. The fact you played a huge part in the dismissal of Pearson thanks to backing Lowe just goes to show what a complete liar you are. IMO you have no right whatsoever to use the media to try to re-write history to save your own tarnished reputation. You and Lowe will go down in history as the most reviled men in SFC's past - complete and abject failures who almost killed the club.

You say this as if its a bad thing, but surely the opposite is true. Despite the fact we're teased with rumours from those supposedly ITK, simple fact is the show is not over until someone says it is and for that we need to be grateful. I will admit to being frustrated at the seeming lack of progress, but there is nothing we can do except wait patiently for news of a result.

Errmm, all very interesting, but the title says "lots of skeletons" - so far I count one or have I missed something here? I mean, I am slowing falling to sleep here waiting for some action.

Well you guys may wish to shoot off about this bid or that, but I've twigged on that you're barking up the wrong tree and that could be the root of all our problems. I could go on...

Now that's a prospect I would find very exciting to say the least. Hope there's some legs in it.

I wouldn't be so certain Duncan. It would appear that just two bids are being considered now and one seems to be the Marc Jackson associated bid. That surely means it has some form of credibility? :confused: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=12984

As it says on the tin...according to this article, Fry is not entertaining any more bid offers beyond the Matty bid and the other one (assuming Marc Jackson bid). Either the other bids mentioned are pants or the two main bids are very good? :confused: http://www.fansonline.net/southampton/article.php?id=658

How strange - I happen to agree with much of NC's post here. I need to go lie down in a darkened room I think.

Gotta cut the cloth. Jimbo could do us proud in L1 - lots of experience and did a good job at Ipswich and he's ex-Saint.

Sorry, can't reveal the sauce. Watch this space. Mark my words. Its coming. I think.

Jim Magilton will be our next manager. You heard it here first. I thank you.

Am I the only one who feels a bit sick reading all this rubbish? Press conferences - chancers - dinners for two - ITK whispers. I mean under normal circumstances it might be a bit of a laugh, but we're talking about the potential demise of the football club and some seem to think its a joke. I wish I was numb to it, but its more than just irritating me now.

Only if today is yesterday.

After all that's gone before, I cannot believe anyone would believe an unsubstantiated rumour on here, let alone re-arrange a whole day to listen to a press conference that would be repeated over and over, if it had any semblence of decent news in it.

LOL - my thoughts entirely LTC. Oh yeah....bump!

Err...thanks for that...not.

Personally, I am "flushed" with excitement. I hope that gag has not been posted already, I cannot be bothered to "brush up" on previous posts. But I know this is a "drain" on your good humour...so coat got. Gone.

That cannot be correct (i.e. administration) as the club has no assets so would be closed down immediately. Fry would have a lot of explaining to do if he allowed this to happen when there is a definite bid on the table and reportedly two more about to be lined up (if not already issued). I do not believe the creditors would want this to happen either. Hopefully. 8-[

Understand the points you're making CB, but the assertion was that it was normal to plummet when dropping into the CCC from the Prem. I don't see Birmingham or Reading struggling in the same manner as we have and at least Brum get back to earn a few bob in the Prem and keep the club alive. Lowe failed to manage the situation and while others have seen tough times also, it is far from normal I would argue.

I find it incredible that you can manage to intersperse obvious and proven truths, with complete fabrication. To discuss each highlighted point... 1. Lowe did not spend money that we could not afford - £90k on Fuller was a pittance in relation to what was actually needed to make a difference. To spend more may have been an unacceptable risk to Lowe, but it was certainly no fortune. 2. "As normal"? Tell that to Birmingham or Reading. Sorry - Lowe managed to completely mis-manage the club and that is not 'normal' among clubs newly relegated from the Prem. 3. "We never recovered"? What about Burleys first push for promotion - we got into the play-off semi's - remember? 4. Crouch did not fuel Wilde's fire - quite the opposite in fact. He had to oust Wilde's Board appointments single-handedly to ensure the madness stopped. And that's among many other positive acts such as the appointment of the best manager since Strachan in Pearson, which Lowe then undid because of his dogma. 5. As above, there is every chance that had Lowe not sacked Pearson because of pure spite and dogma, we would not have been relegated this year. Equally valid argument to yours. 6. Rather than make a bland statement that Crouch is king of stupidity, why not list out for us all the exact aspects of his short Chairmanship that you think provide factual proof of this? Include dates. If you can do that I may be convinced, otherwise you only have an opinion and a ill-conceived one at that. :cool:

Would prefer John to be honest - more like the type of player needed in L1 IMO. However, cannot see there being a hope in hell of affording the wages and they both would not come down with us to L1. Forget it. We'll be playing unknowns largely next year and in some respects that might be a better bet.