rallyboy

I'm not a scaremonger but my understanding is like one or two others, that we are struggling to make it as far as the Burnley game. The finances have obviously been managed more badly than any of us realised, and that is saying something. If someone had said in January, we must sell or we won't be able to complete our fixtures then maybe more would have taken notice and would have realised that the club itself was in far more trouble than other clubs on the brink of administration.

I could never understand how the police could stand on the pitch perimeter and watch people die, yet senior officers did nothing to halt it. People make mistakes under pressure, sometimes they apologise and give people closure. Other times they fabricate a new version of events or muddy the waters with conjecture and irrelevant information to protect themselves. Sorry would go a long way. As for dragging up the Sun's anti-scouse agenda, if you wouldn't say it to the face of a parent who buried their child after that game, maybe best you don't post it here either.

I now fear that unless a consortium gets its act together in the next seven days the club will fold without completing the season. And I am not sure there is much we can do other than just wait and hope that the administrator can save us. If there is still anyone out there worried about formations, blame, past managers' records and other trivia - it is time to wake up to the very big picture, you may have already/be about to see your last ever Saints game. Please consortiums, prove me wrong.

Yes, hence they will not look forward to him scoring.

Hoddle left us and failed everywhere, his last album didn't even chart.

good quality of crowd today, slightly disappointing quantity. But there are obviously thousands who have returned knowing that their money is now going to the club and not into director's fees and dividends. Any boycott didn't put the club into administration, it just stopped Rupert having an extra holiday and a new car, and anyone who thinks that income hasn't been bypassing the team and pouring out of the other end of the club is kidding themselves for their own agenda. And good to see that no one bottled it after 70 minutes, though I did see one man who looked like he was popping out for the toilet so I abused him just in case he didn't return. You only had to look round the stadium today and you would have to be an idiot to think that it is a business with no future or potential, a great advert for any sensible consortium.

fair play to McGoldrick, he has taken some stick recently so tonight he should be allowed to go out and slap as many chavs as he fancies. Anyone else think their keeper should have done better with the goal? From the side it must have looked amazing but from the Northam I thought their keeper got across to it and just pushed it into the corner with a soppy wrist. And Palace are so much poorer than Charlton, truly gutless and if they had equalised it would have been more unfair than Everton/Boro/Villa combined. Disappointing attendance, though quality is better than quantity for armosphere. For me it was a six throat lozenge game. Barnsley are in freefall which is nice, and while we can all see Blackstock on the horizon, let's cheer ourselves by remembering that Forest are dreading McGoldrick....

and on the third day Saints rose again..... Hopefully. Save the club, hope the team joins in.

I would rather the team went down fighting in a red card kickfest than paraded around like sensitive nancy boys. And if Wotte cares enough to get into fisticuffs with their bench I will regard that as one of his most positive actions. If Palace want to be physical, let battle commence - unleash our poodles!

the team could all go dressed as professional footballers, the back four could wear defenders outfits like real teams have, and Wotte could pretend to make useful substitutions and effect the play on the park - it would be a hoot.

I have given up on this team ever repaying the loyalty of the fans, but we can still save the club, so let's pretend they aren't the worst team in history for ninety minutes. Come on you administrators, find us a nice owner so we can find some pride and points next season.

hopefully a few of them will be gaffer-taped to chairs in deserted dockside warehouses with people pouring petrol over their hooded faces, just as a reminder of their debt to the fans of this club, and how we hope they get three points on Monday. Though I believe that style of motivational management is frowned upon these days, it's gone all boiled chicken and pasta with Prozone for afters.

Yes I think we are experiencing history - surely this is the worst Saints team of all time? And as for choosing a player of the year, that's like asking people to nominate their favourite serial killer. Give the trophy to the groundsman, he painted some nice white lines.

If we don't beat Palace I reckon the game after that might be a must-win. And I am also starting to wonder whether or not the club has been managed efficiently in recent years. Wake up - It's not news or a surprise - we were poor this morning, we still are and we will be again on Monday, so let's just save the club and execute the team.

I think most of us have given up on entertainment and value for money, personally it is about putting money into the club to keep it afloat while a buyer is being found. The club has given me some great times over four decades and that is the loyalty I am trying to repay. I fully expect an appalling showing against Palace but I will still support the shirt and won't quit if we aren't playing like Brazil. I don't see that the worst Saints team of all time or crap results are a reason not to try and save the club, especially as of a fortnight ago the money is now going directly into the club coffers with no chance of it disappearing as director's fees. And if people really can't stomach more awful games then at least buy a ticket and stay at home. I can't believe we still have to emphasise this BUT the club will not make the Burnley game without further finance, and no, the fans shouldn't have to cover for the board's mismanagement but they have left us on the brink and we have to deal with it. The team may well fail us again, but off the pitch it is time to stand up and be counted.

thanks for that clarification Mr Missile, looks like we are running out of legs to stand on. My main concern on the ten points was the loosely worded piece from the league threatening penalties to clubs reducing debt through admin. Any new owners will be telling Norwich Union where to stick their huge expectations and we will walk right into that category. I thought we were going to get dodgy justice from badly written rules but it looks like they may well have us banged to rights. (which we all knew!) So bearing in mind that we are on the verge of folding and just may be able to resurface in Lg One with minus ten pts in August, is anyone still banging on about whether we are playing 4-4-2 and all the other irrelevant on the field matters?! The team is beyond help, let's save the club.

if they try and force through a dodgy case they risk serious legal action so the league will have to be 100% confident to proceed. And surely they have no power to do a forensic investigation into the SLH accounts? (Which as we all know is a completely different company to SFC...) Let's just get a new owner in quick and pretend nothing has happened.

Yes the banks have certainly done us proud in the last year, especially Barclays when they jeopardised the whole club for £6K beyond the overdraft. Their management of the club's situation has been appalling, they had the power to lean on Lowe long ago, and a succesful club is in their interests if they want to see any of their money. And to put our overdraft into a banking context - Barclays last week confirmed that president Bob Diamond's 2009 income is capped at £250,000 - plus £7.4m bonus.

I just caught the last couple of minutes in which the toughest question in the interrogation was something like, where are you going on holiday this year? Not so much investigative journalism, no dragging facts out of the arch villain, more like a PR love-in between old chums. Was it any more interesting or relevant before that?

yeah you are right, Flybe coming along and giving us money, the sooner we chase away those sort of companies the better. We don't need their poxy sponsorship, keeping us afloat and offering hope in a financial crisis, we can easily find 250,000 people to stick a quid in a bucket. And why should they be told anything, it isn't like they are the official club sponsor and their logo has been used illegally on a financial debacle announcement is it? Fans as well, they keep coming along and wanting stuff like value for money, let's get the ****ty stick out of the cupboard, wave it about when they come up to the ticket office. The sooner we drive all financial support out of SMS the better things will look, it has been lack of debt that has held us back.

I can't see that a delay is a bad thing. If we keep on losing it will be easier for them to let us off any misdemeanours thus avoiding any possible legal action from our switched on legal aid team. And it also gives us time to get a buyer in place as Derby did. Then it might just look like our masterplan of shifting the club ownership between businesses was in place all along and the failed holding company was nothing to do with anything..... Also it saves us dropping 13 points in one day.

you are ALL losers and plastic, because I am STILL at the stadium booing, and let me tell you, it gets cold and scary here in the night, but YOU lot wouldn't know because you all quit and walk out between games!! so could someone pop in with some Lockets and perhaps a thermos, my throat is a little sore and I have plenty more booing to do. (important note for the dim people - I'm not there really so no need to point out that I am trespassing and that you don't understand how security haven't removed me, or that I have missed a comma etc)

There seems to be confidence at SMS that the rules clearly state that the club is a different entity. There is no grey area, if that is the case then the league could be on the wrong end of a legal claim by Saints if they try and impose it, might be our best chance of getting some money in.... That aside, we all know that this rule was put into place for this precise scenario and I would be very surprised if we don't cop the penalty. So we could be heading for the greatest double escape of all time, or another step forward in our attempt at joining the 92 club in the shortest possible time.

This is a new era and there is a bigger picture (not the train one) Forget getting a point here or a point there, the number one priority is to save the club. Once that is done we can worry about getting out of whatever division our current team and accountancy practices leave us in.

with yesterday being more about reclaiming our club in front of potential buyers and demonstrating unconditional support for the team no matter how much they let us down, I personally think that walking out when things got tough was unforgivable. Yes it is your choice, you are allowed to walk out when the going gets too tough for you, but to quit yesterday when the club needed you most?? Don't even bother to try and justify it. Yes there were some idiots misbehaving as well, but there were a hell of a lot of loyal fans who didn't quit, and that's what made them angry. sing up - 'Southampton til I die, or until it doesn't suit me and I decide that Man Utd wear a nice strip' And I am sure the Northam and loyal Kingsland fans apologise to those who chose an unfortunate time for a toilet break!