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I'm with you there FF. As a season ticket holder for many years, I feel we were shafted by 'March Madness' occuring before Lowe's return last year. I'm also out if Lord Duckhunter returns.

Weren't the Barclays the guys who stood for election on their small Channel Island, lost and then shut down everything making all the residents who voted against them redundant. Nice people to do business with.

Totally agree, and highlighted by Saints fans affected by the recession donating extra money they can ill afford to fund players who earn vastly more but put in little effort for the club. The supply and demand arguements of Jimmy Hill etc may well be tested this summer when revenue streams dry up due to the economic climate.

I always understood the Grauniad is an arts and media orientated newspaper much loved by the BBC. Davies / Salz ?

Mmmm - I would say Roger.

Having read all the above comments, the simple economics are that a wealthy businessman / men would, we assume, be able to fund / run a business with say a £15m plus turnover at St Marys. A fans group at best would turn over say £2m which would be like an Aldershot and therefore St Marys would be way too grand and Eastleigh would become our local rivals.

Accept we were the 20th club in the country and like WBA, Brum, Sunderland etc bounce back up. Not panic, reduce wages by 50%, keep a disinterested manager etc. And all this was expressed by most supporters at the time.

Referring to the original question, whilst it's great to unite the fans it is big money investors that are required for our club. Fans funding and running a club is OK below Div 2, but not viable where we currently sit. It is the number of interested parties that must be holding up the administrators in moving forward to an announcement, with too many not really having the wherewithall to sustain a Championship club. Any fans group would be in this category.

I dont want to talk about it ( How you broke my heart)

Mange tout, mange tout Rodney .

The ability of the team to stay up along with the decision of the Football League regarding the ten points must impact upon potential investment. A side in Div 1 with reduced gates being a much cheaper option for purchase than a Championship club. Therefore would it not be reasonable to assume all serious investors have due diligence and their credentials confirmed, but then sit and wait for Saints league status to be confirmed ? A decision a couple of weeks after the season ends wouldn't surprise me.

Just back. What a bunch of inept disinterested headless chickens. Wotte had two weeks to prepare the lads play the bottom team. Come the summer lets hope its time for all Ruperts appointments on and off the pitch to go. The set up is rotten to the core.

telfer is playing for Slough Town at Winchester City on saturday - getting a bit of experience for the Saints come back.

I offer you Maidstone United , going completely for several years c 1989 (?)

Scarborough got promoted this season, doing an Aldershot / AFC Wimbledon and coming back the long way.