Saint Fan CaM

Boycott ain't going to do it. First time round when "STAND UP IF YOU WANT LOWE OUT" was sung and 80% of the stadium stood up and applauded, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up - very emotional moment and one to be remembered. This is the way to do it again - at half time AND at full-time - IMO.

If I didn't have an ST, I am not sure I would be going. I am wishing I didn't fork out for two tickets to the Man U game now frankly. So no, don't feel guilty - your family are more important I would suggest.

All hope has gone - I cannot see how the lads have any kind of belief left in the system they are being told to use or indeed now, the coaching staff / Directors who have insisted in its use. In short the dressing room is lost. There is no way back from this position for JP - there quite possibly is no way back from this position for Lowe even if he sacked JP, which I do not think he will. We will lose - my prediction is... Saints 0 Reading 3. McGoldrick will lead the front line again and not score - because he rarely looks like scoring. It will be a miserable day - again. There will be some booing the team. The 'swing Lowe' song will be sung once again by the Northam, but sadly it will fall on deaf ears. We will go home feeling miserable, listening on the radio to someone else phoning in to ask Jimmy Case on Radio Hampshire why Jan insists on playing 4-5-1 at home. We will get home and log onto this forum and read a whole batch of rants from others as sad as each other about the demise of their beloved football club. When hope is gone, what is left? Nothing. So why bother turning up? Because despite EVERYTHING, you still care - there's still an uncharted, gene-level part of you that makes you want to be there when the tide turns and Saints start to win again. Who knows, it might be tomorrow - I doubt it very much - but its a funny old game.

Utter rubbish - and by that I mean JP. He's lost the dressing room and who wouldn't with Lowe interferring and appointing umpteen new coaches to 'help him'. The experiment is DEAD you stupid idiot Lowe...get these clowns out of our club and appointment somebody who knows how to manage a team. It cannot get any worse, lets face facts.

Utter rubbish - and by that I mean JP. He's lost the dressing room and who wouldn't with Lowe interferring and appointing umpteen new coaches to 'help him'. The experiment is DEAD you stupid idiot Lowe...get these clowns out of our club and appointment somebody who knows how to manage a team. It cannot get any worse, lets face facts.

Poor result - probably 2-0 or 2-1 Plymouth...

Oh and by the way - Happy Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all fellow Saints fans around the World. I s'pose we all be merry today despite the Christmas 'treats' Lowe has saved up for us.

We will lose with that team - Saga up front we might have stood a slim chance, but now...well...the circus plays on as we watch the club die...

Both. Simple.

Jan finally thinks he's got the hang of CCC management - his hand movements are about right and he's screaming unintelligible instructions - just like Rupert told him to do.

McGoal-drought is a complete waste of a shirt - can't be arsed, can't score, has no vision to pass the ball at the right time...I could go on... suffice to say, at best, he needs time in the reserves to remember what it feels like to be hungry for the 1st team again (not that I think that will do him any good really. Bottom line though is that our friend Jan is slowly killing off what little fragile confidence these youngsters had because he has not the slightest inkling how to coach them for the CCC. In fact, I am of the opinion that its gone too far now - he's lost the dressing room and the lads do not believe in him or indeed themselves. The experiment has to stop now.

Yes, well I guess I saw it coming too, but such is devotion to your club I thought I'd give it one season. I didn't expect miracles - didn't expect anything more than a lower league position to be fair - but I certainly did not expect to be presented with the dross we've been witnessing for the better part of the season. I have always championed a need to stability, but Lowe's policy and strategic deployment is so awfully flawed (and has been for so many years).

Well today sealed it for me - I will not be renewing my ST next season. In fact, I'll not be attending any more games at SMS until Lowe goes for good. As I've said before, I couldn't give a stuff about his background, what he looks like etc. He has FAILED this club not once but TWICE now! And I've had a gutful of attending games hopeful of change and leaving utterly miserable. At 49 years old, I do not need to spend any more of my life and money on something that makes me miserable, however much I love my footie. JP should either resign or be sacked and take his rubbish coaching staff with him. Get in Paul Ince - he'll know how to sort out the squad - we've got some decent players, they just need a strong guiding hand and some form of a clue about how to play proper football.

1-2 - Earnshaw will ruin our day - he always does.

Don't give a monkeys toss about other team results - just what we achieve. We must be masters of our own destiny. Hence my third point - other teams near us in the table will be changing things around to improve - JP does not seem capable of making any kind of sustained improvement to the team despite having some talented youngsters and some reasonable older heads. Why? Because he's useless as a manager/tactician. There is huge risk to these young players futures by rushing them back before they've had a chance to mend properly - I hope Holmes really is as fit as they say. Anyway, this does nothing to offset my feeling that we're not good enough as the main problem at the moment is the coach not the players.

On the current form across the start to the season, I would say there is every likelyhood we will be relegated. There are some significant factors... 1. Better players leaving in Jan firesale. 2. Jan not knowing what the hell to do to improve the tactics. 3. And perhaps most importantly, other teams are working hard to change things round to suit conditions because their managers understand the CCC...ours thinks that wearing a silly hat before taking a jolly courtesy of Flybe, will endear him to the fans and save the day. Utter, utter prat - has no idea.

I have absolutely no faith in this team winning any match on that list. Many others feel that way and THAT'S why so many fans are staying away - I would hazard a guess that its a large majority actually. I don't stay away before anyone suggests it - I have an ST - but I don't enjoy games any longer because I've lost hope that my team will win.

Its true - the current batch are overhyped. But there is the simple fact that the Academy staff that produced Theo, Bale and Jones are not presiding over the lads now playing. In fact, if I was a parent of one the current youth team players I would have some strong reservations about the competency of the coaches now - why? Well just look at the results... very poor by any standards and certainly not good enough for CCC level.

Whichever way you cut the Saints cake, things are going to get worse and I have a grave expectation that Lowe is preparing the club for L1, just like he prepared us for CCC - err, didn't he? Anyway, Euell has been a key player - losing him is just one more nail in the coffin (unless losing him means keeping one of Rasiak, Saga or John, but I don't think so).

No - the guy is way over his head and sinking further. Failed experiment once again by Lowe is a complete joke. Ask yourself whether on this seasons display would JP get another job in the league (any division) - I really don't think so?

Not sure really - starting to ask myself some searching questions...(just as Davis once again performs miracles in goal).

Its not over yet - that is, it will probably end up 4-2. What a load of rubbish. How can anyone support a failure like this club has become? There is nothing left to support or hope for.

I would be very careful what you wish for - mark my words and look back at history...since when has Lowe replaced a sold player with a player thats remotely better?! I think the answer is very close to a big fat NEVER! If we lose Surman or Lallana, the side WILL be weaker for it. Not only that, frankly when a player that supposedly is Saints through and through starts to look elsewhere for his fat pay cheque, it makes even more sense why so many supporters are walking away - no loyalty can be expected from any part of the game now.

Sorry to say Jan, but in very simple terms what do you expect of a team of boys that have some skill, but week after week they see the system you are expecting them to play fail time after time after time. Football is a competitive game - winning breeds motivation to win again. Losing (or drawing) can become a habit. We're habitual losers playing this system.

HANG ON JUST A F***ING MINUTE!!! So this new coach started working for free just after the Reading game. And it improved us?!? RIIIIIGHT!!!! And now he's been given a full contract. For crying out loud, the management of the club in terms of managerial/coaching appointments takes a new plunge downwards - you just could not make this sh*t up! Incidentally - did anyone notice Lowe, Gorre and JP talking on the pitch before the game started? It was quite clear to me that Lowe was talking to Gorre and blanking JP - I think JP's number is up in the not too distant future...seems he's out of Lowe's favour.