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My thoughts. If sidthesquid had been in charge we wouldn't be in administration, and only one place lower.

But that was the area he was good at. He was a good coach, but too nice a guy to be manager.

There is only one person who deserves the title of player of the year and that is of course Kelvin. Without him our goals against stats would be a cricket score.

Saints Forums have a lot to answer for.

Seeing as our recent performances have been League 2 standard, I doubt it, I fear.

You have it there. Wotte is a manager who has lost the plot. We have become a team that has turned it's back on what it did at least do well under JP - skilful passing play (and we did get some decent away wins) to one that relies on blind hoofing. Appalling tactics. A manager for League 1 starting with minus 10 points is going to take some finding, especially as we will have lost the best of our reasonably experienced youth.

Exactly

It always was a good vision. And it is amazing that Lowe, the property developer, did not have this insight or could not raise the where-withall. Probably just as well too. With Lowe's business acumen SLH would have ben bankrupted long ago

I too, remain concerned. Lowe is of the mentality that he must have the last word. He wouldn't dare return visibly upfront, but he has associates that could bid for the club, and then.....? That is his speciality.

If he showed no interest in Saints as a football club there would be howls of protests. I suppose you would prefer that the administrator was another Dr Beeching. And how do you know that his presence at the game was not connected with interviewing prospective buyers and selling the club?

Molly is (was) all part of Rupert's long term grand plan (gamble) of buying in cheap 'bargains' and hopefully selling them off at a profit. It was like planting tree saplings to rebuild a leaking ship.

We can blame Wotte for his role in Rupert's 'experiment' of signing insignificant players, but no experienced RB's.

Salisbury and Sarum?

It's a no-brainer. Pearson learned fast and delivered the goods

Mark Fry was doing his job. Whether paid for today's outing or not we may be fortunate to have an administrator who is interested in the football side of his job. He would have seen what has gone wrong with our club. Decent players who were promoted too soon from the ranks. Senior professionals (excepting Size and Kelvin) not up to the job. A manager out of his depth. And a tremendous fan-base. We are the club's biggest asset. And he was there to see it.

Nor are the tossers who signed them good enough for managing/directing at this level

Get on with it then

In a nutshell?

WE don't need anything to 'beat up Lowe and co' They have dug their own grave (metaphorically speaking) - and ours.

Rupert blames Barclays. And Barclays, with all their financial expertise, should easily have been able to defend straight forward set piece corners.

Great future imo. Saints fan, and many on this site wanted to sign him. But Rupert knew best.

Smith has good ball control skills, though not as good as Dyer, who Rupert decided to loan out. Both squander the last pass. But we would have been better off with Dyer in the team.

Wotte has been a blot on Saints landscape for years - ever since Rupert decided the total Dutch way was the future.

But they have been playing to League 2 standard for many matches this season.... so how is this to happen?

That's exactly what worries me.