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That can't be too great a fear, most on here claim that the very appearance of Lord Lowe in the stands is enough to drive them from the club in an attempt to send it to oblivion.

 

 

ho ho ho andrew, just been reviewing your uni project. Did you use Lowe as a role model for the President and C.E.O.

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That can't be too great a fear, most on here claim that the very appearance of Lord Lowe in the stands is enough to drive them from the club in an attempt to send it to oblivion.

 

But surely, Lowe's body of men, 10,000, have made up the numbers?

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When will those who subscribe to the view that administration would rid the club of Lowe et al, realise that it is likely Lowe would just buy the club back at a pittance and we would be in League 1. Administration would be a disaster!

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But surely, Lowe's body of men, 10,000, have made up the numbers?

 

Come on Scooby, tell us where the 10,000 that you said deserted the club after the "night of the long knives" who would return with Lowe's return?

 

Of course, the fact that the 10,000 turned their back on the club doesn't make them "real fans" anyway using your own criteria as laid out in dozens of posts.

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Acceptable? Unacceptable? Who the f7&^ are you to say what is or is not "acceptable"? People are generally grown up enough to decide for themselves how to spend their lives, their time and their money.

 

No, haven't been this season and will probably do away games before home games, but its my choice. You can go feel smug, holy and self-satisfied if you like, but, jeez, get some perspective.

I don't think anyone on here is getting smug, holy or self-satisfied. I think (as usual) some people are getting hyper-sensitive about non-attendance, though - and are jumping to the defensive in answer to insults which just aren't there. Yes, people are grown up enough to decide on attending/not attending by themselves, but also people are surely grown up enough to actually talk about it without resorting to histrionics?

 

No-one is pretending they are a better fan for attending matches, but when the club is this close to administration, surely attendance becomes an important issue - far more important than it would usually be? It certainly seems a strange argument to say that Lowe and Wilde are going to lead us into administration, so we should not go to games and so deny the club income. It's rather like preventing yourself being shot by a mugger by putting the gun to your own head. Can we discuss it without it descending into a slagging match?

 

Perhaps the reason there are so many threads on this subject is because people are trying to find a away in which we can discuss the issue without it instantly dissolving into accusations and counter-accusations?

 

Of course, it probably doesn't help promote a restrained discussion when your own administrator posts something like this...

 

We all know that those who go are far superior to those who don't go. Or some such ****.
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How's about this then: you can't print the fixture list from the OS (or at least i can't). the result is that for a casual fan (plastic or whatever material you think fits best) they have to go to some non-zero effort to find out when the saints are next at home.

 

Non-zero effort means some won't do it/can't be bothered/the kids are screaming/the wife is shouting/whatever.

 

Print it out, stick it on the bog wall and you can make your plans at leisure.

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my excuses are:

 

I have no body to go with, Im from Portsmouth only person who would come moved to the i.ow, my dad cant get time off.

 

Cash: can be tight as a student

 

I live on Hayling mate (originally from Woolston) and I drive to games so send me a pm if you want to go to a game and I'm about (ie not holed up in a conference or out of the area for work)

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I got made redundant

 

No excuse, there's plenty of people on benefits at the stadium.

 

Oh. Do they live in Bristol though?

 

Easy answer to that, get your mates down here to give you an interview for a job down here, take the interview letter to the Job Center and claim expenses for the trip down, sorted !!

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How's about this then: you can't print the fixture list from the OS (or at least i can't). the result is that for a casual fan (plastic or whatever material you think fits best) they have to go to some non-zero effort to find out when the saints are next at home.

 

Non-zero effort means some won't do it/can't be bothered/the kids are screaming/the wife is shouting/whatever.

 

Print it out, stick it on the bog wall and you can make your plans at leisure.

 

Just don't tell the Football League that you're sticking their copyrighted data on your bog wall otherwise they'll be around there with a large dog and a stick before you can say: "Copyrighting a series of dates? That's Labour's Britain for you."

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Just don't tell the Football League that you're sticking their copyrighted data on your bog wall otherwise they'll be around there with a large dog and a stick before you can say: "Copyrighting a series of dates? That's Labour's Britain for you."

 

TSW have reproduced the fixtures:

 

Fixtures reproduced under licence from Football DataCo

 

It states in the small print.

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I live on Hayling mate (originally from Woolston) and I drive to games so send me a pm if you want to go to a game and I'm about (ie not holed up in a conference or out of the area for work)

 

 

Hey thats the spirit - just as well Ponty never wielded the axe. Some of us are bonding and not trading insults.

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That can't be too great a fear, most on here claim that the very appearance of Lord Lowe in the stands is enough to drive them from the club in an attempt to send it to oblivion.

 

 

quite correct you buffoon.

 

You live in a country that extolls the virtues of equality and opportunity yet post your class ridden bile on here.

 

Your legendary "im not supporting the club" stance when wilde took over looks even more foolish now you try to justify peoples return to st marys now the dark lord is back.

 

Personally i would rather eat my own faeces than give lowe or wilde my hard earned money....saints and the supporting of them doesnt come into it.

 

To coin your own phrase....."tinpots and insects out!!"

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When the team is worth watching those on moderate incomes sacrifice in other areas to be able to afford to watch it. Can you blame fans for considering that it's a waste of money to pay to watch crap?

 

Sacrificing 24 quid? if the person had a ****e job with a low income then I would understand.

I suppose football is like a movie. it's overrated and if it's ****, it won't have many fans ;).

football is all about glory hunters.

 

I just felt really disappointed about the turnout on the last home game. people keep making excuses why they can't turn up.

They could say "I wont be attending because I can't affod to watch crap"

 

 

;)

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quite correct you buffoon.

 

You live in a country that extolls the virtues of equality and opportunity yet post your class ridden bile on here.

 

Your legendary "im not supporting the club" stance when wilde took over looks even more foolish now you try to justify peoples return to st marys now the dark lord is back.

Personally i would rather eat my own faeces than give lowe or wilde my hard earned money....saints and the supporting of them doesnt come into it.

 

To coin your own phrase....."tinpots and insects out!!"

 

Like some people on this forum, they love attention.

If people give this poster attention, then he gets worse and spreads like poison.

It seems like a lot of people are stupid enough to reply to his posts.

Scooby loves laughing at us fellow fans because we keep taking him seriously when he is clearly not being serious most of the time.

 

It's kind of funny why people can't ignore these certain posters.

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Sacrificing 24 quid? if the person had a ****e job with a low income then I would understand.

I suppose football is like a movie. it's overrated and if it's ****, it won't have many fans ;).

football is all about glory hunters.

 

I just felt really disappointed about the turnout on the last home game. people keep making excuses why they can't turn up.

They could say "I wont be attending because I can't affod to watch crap"

 

 

;)

 

It's not just "24 quid" of course. A round trip for me and my boy sets me back nearly £100. A trip to see a film at my local cinema sets us back around half that.

 

Three words: Value, For, Money

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Like some people on this forum, they love attention.

If people give this poster attention, then he gets worse and spreads like poison.

It seems like a lot of people are stupid enough to reply to his posts.

Scooby loves laughing at us fellow fans because we keep taking him seriously when he is clearly not being serious most of the time.

 

It's kind of funny why people can't ignore these certain posters.

 

It's sometimes ironic too....;)

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ALWAYS AN EXCUSE. I can't make it because I can't afford it ;) when saints suddenly do well, they all come running back

 

Correct. That's logic for you.

 

As with any commodity, the better the quality of the product the more people are prepared to pay for it, and more often.

 

A simple economic principle.

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