UncleRay Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Son left 10 minutes early and just phoned me from Charlton station to tell me he was stood next to Rupert Lowe. At least Lowe had the sense to get out early. The man has some balls...or he is just daft!
Miltonaggro Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 His new business is located close to Charlton's stadium. It's the Sherpa van parked in the layby behind the home end, selling high end hot dogs. The operation is called 'Burger Me it's Rupert Lowe Esquire' - Andrew Cowan is in charge of corporate finance and Bovril...
St Chalet Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Charlton has a very interesting Duck pond. Simples
Alain Perrin Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Because he's a bigger and better fan than most of the posters on here tonight. At least he bothers to go to games.....
rocknrollman no2 Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Because he's a bigger and better fan than most of the posters on here tonight. At least he bothers to go to games..... But i would argue that no fans on here have nearly destroyed the club!!!
Tom28 Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Yeah he was there tonight. Don't know why but he was on the train up.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 Yeah he was there tonight. Don't know why but he was on the train up. I hope he got some stick?!
the saint in winchester Posted 22 March, 2011 Posted 22 March, 2011 His new business is located close to Charlton's stadium. It's the Sherpa van parked in the layby behind the home end, selling high end hot dogs. The operation is called 'Burger Me it's Rupert Lowe Esquire' - Andrew Cowan is in charge of corporate finance and Bovril... Now that made me laugh!
ladysaint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 He was on the train from Waterloo East to Charlton, heard that he was with Morgan's agent as well.
hamster Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Maybe he's (the agent) involved with our new loanee's signing and Rupert's the inbetweener? Serious thought.
Lighthouse Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Anyone know what time he was on the train? The train I was on at 1815 was full of Saints fans who managed a healthy chorus of "Swing Lowe", amongst a lot of other things. Didn't realise Rupert was (possibly) on the train though.
capitalsaint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 It just shows how much the club means to him if he will pay to watch a match, despite all the abuse he has received. Fair play.
Capel Saint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Indeed. Although I hope he never gets near the Saints Boardroom again!
Saint_clark Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Most important question is...how did he react for both of the goals?
ghq Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 If he was in attendance I'm surprised we didn't lose; the bloke is like a miasma of crap over anything to do with Saints.
forever a red and white Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 He was on the train from Waterloo East to Charlton, heard that he was with Morgan's agent as well. now that he is apparently out for the season, i was wondering if we had seen him for the last time in a Saints shirt. I hope not. but we have bigger concerns ahead, 10 nervy cup finals!
scott_saints Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Because he supports Saints? Just a thought...
Durleyfos Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Son left 10 minutes early and just phoned me from Charlton station to tell me he was stood next to Rupert Lowe. At least Lowe had the sense to get out early. The man has some balls...or he is just daft! So your son was stood next to Roops at a train station and he didn't push him in front of a train? Missed oppertunity, IMO.
Gemmel Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I was stood next to him on the train and spoke to him for the whole journey between Waterloo East and Charlton. He was very pleasant, didn't duck (Excuse the pun) any questions and seemed happy to talk. He was going to Charlton as a guest of the Charlton chairman and his son is a Saints fan. There were some very intresting snippets but given how approachable he was and how much time he afforded me, it feels a bit crass to go and stick it all on a public message board. However there is one wrong to right..... I argued on here that we put ourselves in admin (So the Directors didn't become personably liable), It was however (As many on here said) Barclays that formally placed us into administration.
ladysaint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I was stood next to him on the train and spoke to him for the whole journey between Waterloo East and Charlton. He was very pleasant, didn't duck (Excuse the pun) any questions and seemed happy to talk. He was going to Charlton as a guest of the Charlton chairman and his son is a Saints fan. There were some very intresting snippets but given how approachable he was and how much time he afforded me, it feels a bit crass to go and stick it all on a public message board. However there is one wrong to right..... I argued on here that we put ourselves in admin (So the Directors didn't become personably liable), It was however (As many on here said) Barclays that formally placed us into administration. Stu, you didnt answer the most important point - Was he with Morgan's agent, will be devasted if he goes next season.
alpine_saint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 So your son was stood next to Roops at a train station and he didn't push him in front of a train? Missed oppertunity, IMO.
Gemmel Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Stu, you didnt answer the most important point - Was he with Morgan's agent, will be devasted if he goes next season. Well they were definately a group of three, but no idea who the third guy was, although he seemed very knowledgeable about Saints. I have no idea wat Morgans agent looks like... sorry.
Smirking_Saint Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Well they were definately a group of three, but no idea who the third guy was, although he seemed very knowledgeable about Saints. I have no idea wat Morgans agent looks like... sorry.
SaintRichmond Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Son left 10 minutes early and just phoned me from Charlton station to tell me he was stood next to Rupert Lowe. At least Lowe had the sense to get out early. The man has some balls...or he is just daft! He's teaming up with that guy from Pinnacle, and will invest in next weeks Giro to buy us out
Window Cleaner Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Well they were definately a group of three, but no idea who the third guy was, although he seemed very knowledgeable about Saints. I have no idea wat Morgans agent looks like... sorry. Rudy Raba?? I think he does facebook (but I don't) you could trying looking him up there.
Patrick Bateman Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 If the guy wants to support Saints, so what? We've moved on to a better place now. He'll never be everyone's best friend, but then, I'm sure we all have people we aren't keen on who also Saints, doesn't mean they shouldn't go.
trousers Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 (edited) However there is one wrong to right..... I argued on here that we put ourselves in admin (So the Directors didn't become personably liable), It was however (As many on here said) Barclays that formally placed us into administration. Indeed. Step forward Mr Richard Fry.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1197918/Charles-Sale-Whats-Fry-cooking-Saints-now.html What's Fry cooking up for Saints now? Last updated at 12:43 AM on 7th July 2009 Football League unease at the way the Southampton FC administration is being handled will only increase with the revelation that the banker who first sent the club under has joined the recovery firm handling their future. Richard Fry was the executive at the Canary Wharf branch of Barclays Bank mainly responsible for first cutting the Southampton overdraft from £5m to £4m and then bouncing cheques worth just £6,000 when it was breached - sending Southampton's holding company spiralling into administration in April. The official departure of Fry from Barclays to join Begbies Traynor as a partner in their London division was announced on their website last week, heralding his expertise as a turnaround case manager whose specialties included football clubs. Strangely, any mention of Fry's arrival has now been removed from the company's website, although he was in work there yesterday - but wouldn't comment on his move - referring all questions, via his secretary, to administrator Mark Fry. Mark Fry (no relation) - who has been leading the Begbies Traynor recovery programme at Southampton - has received huge criticism for giving preference to the Matthew Le Tissier-led Pinnacle Consortium, whose bid has collapsed after a critical three weeks of wasted time that has put the club's future at serious risk. Edited 23 March, 2011 by trousers
Sour Mash Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 If he was in attendance I'm surprised we didn't lose; the bloke is like a miasma of crap over anything to do with Saints. And I bet you were saying that in 2003.
Sour Mash Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 If the guy wants to support Saints, so what? We've moved on to a better place now. He'll never be everyone's best friend, but then, I'm sure we all have people we aren't keen on who also Saints, doesn't mean they shouldn't go. Exactly. And fair play for having the balls to go to the game and travel up on the train with fans, more than most would do I reckon.
Wes Tender Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 And I bet you were saying that in 2003. I was. And for some time before that too.
Sour Mash Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I was. And for some time before that too. Right. That wouldn't have really made sense would it?
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 He was on the train from Waterloo East to Charlton, heard that he was with Morgan's agent as well. Do you know I never understood that transfer. There we were no money and out of the blue we find a million pounds. And Arsenal have forever been waiting in the wings. I think there were more than two parties involved in that deal.
trousers Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Do you know I never understood that transfer. There we were no money and out of the blue we find a million pounds. And Arsenal have forever been waiting in the wings. I think there were more than two parties involved in that deal. Indeed. One of the missing pieces of the 'takeover years' jigsaw....
benjii Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 As if Aresenal would be interested in Schneiderlin.
Dellman Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I know the guy got us relegated twice and also led us into bankruptcy which is a pretty terrible record but there is one thing to say for his integrity- he wasn't like the lot down the road, we didn't owe anything to local firms or charities or schools and we didn't owe the public purse so he had paid the bills as far as possible, no I'm not a fan of his and don't see how anyone can be but compared with the cheats he was a model!
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Do you know I never understood that transfer. There we were no money and out of the blue we find a million pounds. And Arsenal have forever been waiting in the wings. I think there were more than two parties involved in that deal. Me too. That would have kept us solvent. Unless somebody as you say financed the deal themselves
Crab Lungs Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Thanks for that little update on here, Gemmel. I've always maintained that RL wasn't a bad man - certainly not the heinous panto villain some of our mongy fans would have him perceived.
once_bitterne Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I know the guy got us relegated twice and also led us into bankruptcy which is a pretty terrible record but there is one thing to say for his integrity- he wasn't like the lot down the road, we didn't owe anything to local firms or charities or schools and we didn't owe the public purse so he had paid the bills as far as possible, no I'm not a fan of his and don't see how anyone can be but compared with the cheats he was a model! Lowe precided over us getting relegation from the PL. The admin and relegation from the CCC can be laid at the door of Mr Mike (COYR) Wilde esq.
benjii Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 I saw him trying to engineer a reverse takeover of a Skinny-Frappolatto at Bishopsgate Costa Coffee once.
Wes Tender Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Right. That wouldn't have really made sense would it? Why not? Several people, like me, were against him and the old board for engineering the reverse takeover. I rightly suspected that the dodgey arrangement would have the repercussions that transpired, that we would not have the investment as a PLC and that we would have to be a selling club to make ends meet. I wasn't about to change my mind on whether his arrival here was a good or a bad thing just because GS got us to the FA Cup Final.
ART Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 HAHAHA!!!! Rupert Lowe has never been away. I posted at the time of the buyout that I would lay odds that Lowe was the one who tempted Cortese into being interested in the club. I also posted I am convinced he's acting as adviser and once the dust has settled he'd be brought back in some boardroom capacity. Time will tell, but I'm still sticking to my gut feeling on this.
benjii Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 HAHAHA!!!! Rupert Lowe has never been away. I posted at the time of the buyout that I would lay odds that Lowe was the one who tempted Cortese into being interested in the club. I also posted I am convinced he's acting as adviser and once the dust has settled he'd be brought back in some boardroom capacity. Time will tell, but I'm still sticking to my gut feeling on this. Um, no, I don't think so! (or at least I hope not).
Alanh Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Do you know I never understood that transfer. There we were no money and out of the blue we find a million pounds. And Arsenal have forever been waiting in the wings. I think there were more than two parties involved in that deal. It was reported at the time as being up to €1M based on meeting certain criteria i.e. games played, caps won etc. There was never any indication that we paid £1M up front for Morgan, especially when the exchange rate was better at the time and €1M equated to nearer £700K. No-one knows the terms of the deal so we may have paid it all by now or may still be waiting for other add-ons to be triggered.
Chez Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Do you know I never understood that transfer. There we were no money and out of the blue we find a million pounds. And Arsenal have forever been waiting in the wings. I think there were more than two parties involved in that deal. perhaps there was a very small amount available and Lowe decided to invest it on a fantastic youngster that eventually would be worth a lot more. Excellent idea IMO and by far the best signing that summer. As I understand it, it wasn't a million to find initially anyway and I dare say his wages were tiny too. The Arsenal link is just that he was young gifted and French, no more no less.
Chez Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 It was reported at the time as being up to €1M based on meeting certain criteria i.e. games played, caps won etc. There was never any indication that we paid £1M up front for Morgan, especially when the exchange rate was better at the time and €1M equated to nearer £700K. No-one knows the terms of the deal so we may have paid it all by now or may still be waiting for other add-ons to be triggered. exactly. 90% of it might depend on us getting promoted to the Prem.
up and away Posted 23 March, 2011 Posted 23 March, 2011 Why not? Several people, like me, were against him and the old board for engineering the reverse takeover. I rightly suspected that the dodgey arrangement would have the repercussions that transpired, that we would not have the investment as a PLC and that we would have to be a selling club to make ends meet. I wasn't about to change my mind on whether his arrival here was a good or a bad thing just because GS got us to the FA Cup Final. There were plenty of dodgy deals going on in that reverse take over, even Lawrie took his cut out. But nothing can be laid at Lowe's door either at the time or subsequently, all the dodgy laid on the other side of the fence with the existing shareholders. Bearing in mind the position we were in just prior, I cannot see the reverse take over as being anything but a good thing for the club. We were always a selling club and unless a Liebherr came in, that still would have remained the case. The reverse take over did bring several £M into the club initially, made it easier to finance the new stadium, but also meant you were paying dividends to share holders. Overall I would definitely go the same way again if the power was in my hands. It gave us so much in terms of the stadium, Academy and very nearly a extended tenure in the Premier. The reason we got so lucky with Liebherr is because of all these things that the reverse take over gave us. Without them, I doubt Liebherr would have been interested. It's very easy to do a comparison here with Pompey, just imagine they got the new ground and Acadamy, and we were still left at the Dell. I'm not sure we would even be in League 1 and if Liebherr was around in football, it would more than likely be down the road with the scaled bretheren.
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