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No I will not, but I would rather we existed. You make finding someone to part with x millions pounds like it is an every day occurance. The Wilde Bunch found it a doddle too didn't they?

Ah, another genius in hindsight, or is this your nephew's philosophy? Some avenues closed? I would say many avenues were closed. I am not saying this was the only way forward but there was no guarentee that any other option would have worked any better. Long terms plans are just that. Just because it is not working now does not mean to say that it will not do so in two or three seasons time.

Steve, or is it Steve's nephew, please don't tell me that you never sat through dross when we were in the top flight. One of the most boring games of football I sat saw was a 0-0 draw with Fulham. You know what, we used to have an Empire and be one of the most powerful nations on earth, but are not any more. Things change. We are now a poor CCC side who may develop into a decent CCC side in future all being well. If you want to come on here and slag of the manager, sorry Head Coach, and Board that's fine. It might make you feel better, but it is not actually going to change anything is it? The board of SFC have a plan, it may work it might not, but it is a long term plan and just because it is not working now, that doesn't mean to say that it will not work long term.

So then, if the players are feeling pressure about playing home home, that is all in their head is it?

Yep, you and your nephew would soon put things right wouldn't you Steve, because as we know running a football club is so easy. I bet everyone at Charlton and Norwich are glad they don't have JP or Lowe their clubs. Apologist? No mate, just a realist. Please tell me, how many "successful" managers are there in the football league?

Well I don't go out on the town with the players so I don't know if they get stick or not as have been inferred but I am sure you and your nephew will put me right on that score. Ah, back to the average thing in the top flight thing again. Perhaps yur nephew could explain to you that we didn't actually win very much when we were in the top flight and usually finished nearer the bottom than the top...isn't that average? As for now, I would say that we are a below average CCC side along with several other clubs who used to be be average Prem sides. Still, if you were to take over here and your nephew at Norwich or Charlton I am sure that with your superior skills at running football clubs the futuneswould soon be on the rise. (feel free to add lots of rolley eyes things here, I am sure your nephew likes them LOL)

Ignoring the usual trite comment about Lowe Luvvies, I don't think that anybody is blaming the fans for everything.

Ever since we left The Dell our home form has not been that brilliant and a number of managers have struggled to turn that around.

When managers do change things they are damned, when they don't they are damned. It worked like week and by all accounts the changes made yesterday did improve matters..but I do agree that we do need to get a settled side out there.

I think I have discovered where we went wrong, we should have brought you in as our Director of Football and all now would be well.

That may be so, but it doesn't deal with the fact that both the manager and the goalkeeper feel that the team feels more pressure at home. As I have said before, it is the same with the England team, and you can't tell me that they are not as skillful as other sides.

LOwe may not be the best businessman in the world, but then neither were the people who followed him here. Given ou financial circumstanes nowdays, it hard to see how anyone else could do anything else but cut costs across the board. YEs, it could mean relegation, but isn;t that better than obliteration?

I don't know if there is any evidence, but if it is being talked about you have to wonder why. It is only natural when things are going bad that people get frustrated. Thing is, despite everything we have to try and be postive and work through this period. The players do not perform at home, that much is evident, for whatever reason. That needs to change if we are to stay up and for that to happen the players must feel that they have the support of the crowd. Whatever people feel about Lowe and Wilde, they should get behind the guys who pull on the shirts every week. They are what it is all about, not the people who run the club.

But we have evidence that we play better away than at home. Why would Jan or Davis say such things if there was nothing in it?

I don't doubt it Nick, my point was that we are better of with positive support (no matter what size) than negative support.

Davis has also said that he thinks that the pressure is getting to the kids at home. If we are to progress this has to stop. Why anyone would want to abuse a player when he is out and about is beyond me. If the people that do that think it helps God help us all.

Either could go down to be honest, which is hardly a resounding result for SISU is it?

It is the same with the England team. I have been saying this for a while now, it is no coincidence that our home form is poor. The team need support, it is as simple as that. Given the choice between 30,000 supporters who get behind the team and 14,000 who don't, what do you think would produce be best results?

Sounds like our support was awesome yesterday so here is a question for the "I pay my money so I have the right to boo" brigade. At 2-0 down at half time, do you think we were more likely to turn it around if a) the team were booed? b) the team were supported? A bit more of that support at home and perhaps the fear will go and the team will put in more of those second half performances at St Marys? England too seem to play with more fear at home. Why is that? Levels of expectation higher and tolerance lower from the stands? An interesting theary.

So long as he kept it to "give it your best shot lads" and avoided any references to Klingons, I don't see what the fuss is all about.

Jez, what on earth is the point on harping on about the negatives? Everybody makes mistakes, yes, even Alpine. Some are bigger than others. So what? The way some people crack on you would think that our Chairman/CEO or whaetver he is is the only person in football who makes errors of judgement. It happens every day at every club in the world. So what is the point exactly in harping on about the c*ck ups that go on here? Couldn't we just have a week when we dwell on the postives? Here is a thread that you could start Alpine - what was Lowe's greatest achievement? Or you might find this one easier, MLTs greatest goal? Or don't you do "positive"? Negativity breeds negativity, and in your case it breeds like rabbits.

How many days ago? You might like to recheck with him. By the way, how old are you?

You still don't get it do you? Every time you use those stupid rolley eyes things it makes you look like Alpine ( and trust me, that is not a good thing). If you don't want to check with Throbber fine. It just proves that you will only believe what suits your agenda.

Weren't all you wrist slitters telling us that Strachan was leaving us for Leeds? If someone tells you that they have taken a club as far as it can go, what does that tell you about their managerial ability? There are plenty of managers who will tell you they could do better if they had some cash to spend. Look at dear old Harry, the pot is empty at Portsmouth so he is off to Spurs. What we need is a manager and coching staff who can take what we can afford and make it better. Remember how poor Jones was? Burley and Snodin managed to get more out of him. Strachan was the manager of the same side that tore Spurs apart as was trashed by Arsenal at Highbury....or was that Lowe's fault too? You keep telling us that the team was dropping like a stone under Burely last season. Go take a look at Strachan's record after Christmas. After a bright start he was going backwards (with the same players) so why aren't you slagging him off? Tell me, are you happy that he left Davies and Fabrice out of the team for the final? On the few occasions we attacked Arsenal they looked frail at the back, but after the hammering at Highbury WGS bottled it and played safe. Are you happy about that? If Burely had picked that team you would have slated him. Or did Lowe pick the team? LOL

Those players would have cost over £10m. When has this club ever had that kind of cash to splash (and don't forget the wages too)?