Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 This morning I recieved this e mail from someone not prone to gossip and hitherto quite open minded about Lowe. I make no comment other than many of you may not believe the story - sadly I do.This is the e mail - Speaking to an old friend last night. His neighbour related an incident that happened quite recently. The neighbours son was in London when someone barged past him without apology. He turned round and realised it was Lowe and called him by name. Lowe looked round in shock and said "how do you know who I am?" the neighbours son explained he was from Southampton. After further discussion Lowe said "get back to those peasants in Southampton" Thought you might like the story. You can put it up on TSW if you like. It confirms what you have said before about Lowe.
hypochondriac Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Lol. Lowe is like a comedy character or something from a Dickens novel. I can imagine him as Scrooge.
saintjay77 Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 as funny as it sounds i wont get on my high horse about it. there are many ways it could have been said or taken if said at all. Would fit in with what people would like to think about him though so no doubt this will turn into a 25 page anti v luvvie rant lol
Saint Richard of Woolston Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 LOL, Duncan. I am sure that Rupert does not think that about ALL of us. Just SOME of us.
trousers Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 After further discussion Lowe said "get back to those peasants in Southampton" Maybe it was a quip about hunting and he simply misheard the word "Pheasant"?
Foxstone Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 as funny as it sounds i wont get on my high horse about it. there are many ways it could have been said or taken if said at all. Would fit in with what people would like to think about him though so no doubt this will turn into a 25 page anti v luvvie rant lol Exactly ! There are various contexts it could have been said but if it was true then its nothing we did not know anyway ! It must be a light news day Duncan !
hypochondriac Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 TBF maybe this guy looked like a peasant or he was from a very rough part of the city???
Durleyfos Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Lol. Lowe is like a comedy character or something from a Dickens novel. I can imagine him as Scrooge. Or Dic k Dastardly.
OldNick Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I very much doubt this is true, not that I doubt you Duncan
hypochondriac Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Or **** Dastardly. Surely using photoshop someone can make that dream a reality...
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 This morning I recieved this e mail from someone not prone to gossip and hitherto quite open minded about Lowe. I make no comment other than many of you may not believe the story - sadly I do.This is the e mail - Speaking to an old friend last night. His neighbour related an incident that happened quite recently. The neighbours son was in London when someone barged past him without apology. He turned round and realised it was Lowe and called him by name. Lowe looked round in shock and said "how do you know who I am?" the neighbours son explained he was from Southampton. After further discussion Lowe said "get back to those peasants in Southampton" Thought you might like the story. You can put it up on TSW if you like. It confirms what you have said before about Lowe. poster's friend's neighbour's son! Don't happen to know what he called Lowe? This Le Tissier fella looks a more personable chairman!
Mole Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Lowe likes to think he has class and breeding. Now that is funny.
hypochondriac Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I very much doubt this is true, not that I doubt you Duncan Why? Just as likely to be true as untrue in my opinion. Lowe isn't exactly known for his subtlety or choosing his words carefully! :axe:
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 How many people do you officially need for a game of chinese whispers?
OldNick Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Why? Just as likely to be true as untrue in my opinion. Lowe isn't exactly known for his subtlety or choosing his words carefully! :axe: I suppose if you are wrapped up in the belief that RL would actually say that you may think he'd say that. Personally I dont see why he would say that. Unless he was in some lighthearted jesting, I doubt he'd get into a conversation.He would also know that many people know of him whetehr they be from Southampton or not and wouldnt be surprised he was recognised.Its bull as far as Im concerned.
Window Cleaner Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Not that I particularly doubt the truth of the context of the mail but as it's a who said what story there would be no reason whatsoever not to name the source would there. The bloke had an encounter with Lowe so why not name him and know who was taking to whom? It's very easy to say, Lowe said ....to my friends wife's taxi driver's cousin but then it's always a one way street isn't it. No harm can come out of naming the recipients of the alleged retort and it would make it so much more credible.
Frank's cousin Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I have no reason to doubt this, and as I have said many times before, I doubt very much I would ever get on or like this man (let alone his UKIP 'Kleinburgerlichkeit' little englander mentality), however, I do differentiate his chararter flaws from what he was hoping to or trying to achive with Saints - there were some good ideas, some achievements and also one hell of a lot of failures or poorly timed or executed ideas. For me it is a constant source of frustration that often good ideas and approaches are not 's given the time of day by many fans, media and the like because Lowe has constantly alienated these stakeholders by his gaffs and attitude... It becaomes a painful and thankless task to try and point out value in ideas and approaches against a backdrop of 'issues' of Lowes own making.
Frank's cousin Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Geeze - I'll not sleep tonight.... Indeed, to be fair, I dont really care what he thinks of us, if he did the job properly and we had success - these things only become an issue when the things he does fail or we do not have the succes to meet our expectations.
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Indeed' date=' to be fair, I dont really care what he thinks of us, if he did the job properly and we had success - these things only become an issue when the things he does fail or we do not have the succes to meet our expectations.[/quote'] and he's gone!
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Author Posted 11 May, 2009 Exactly ! There are various contexts it could have been said but if it was true then its nothing we did not know anyway ! It must be a light news day Duncan ! Need something to take our minds of this interminable wait - its like waiting to see if the judge is about to put his black hat on.
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Author Posted 11 May, 2009 poster's friend's neighbour's son! Don't happen to know what he called Lowe? This Le Tissier fella looks a more personable chairman! Does Rupert do irony? Would he be using the expression tongue in cheek?
Shropshire Saint Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I am not by any means a Lowe luvvie and I have said many times to friends and on this board that I will not renew my season ticket if he is involved in any takeover. Like most of us, including Duncan, I have no idea whether Duncan's friends encounter is true or not. What I will say is that in our relegation season I was a guest at West Brom away and sat in the Directors Box. After the game Lowe was in the corridor at the exit from the directors box. I approached him and he took the trouble to speak to me for about five minutes. He had never met me before and didnt know who I was but was extremely civil and polite to me. All he knew about me was that I was a Saints fan.
Foxstone Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Need something to take our minds of this interminable wait - its like waiting to see if the judge is about to put his black hat on. I'm with you there ! Now if your acquaintance had thrown Rupert under a black cab of course.....
smithy Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I am not by any means a Lowe luvvie and I have said many times to friends and on this board that I will not renew my season ticket if he is involved in any takeover. Like most of us, including Duncan, I have no idea whether Duncan's friends encounter is true or not. What I will say is that in our relegation season I was a guest at West Brom away and sat in the Directors Box. After the game Lowe was in the corridor at the exit from the directors box. I approached him and he took the trouble to speak to me for about five minutes. He had never met me before and didnt know who I was but was extremely civil and polite to me. All he knew about me was that I was a Saints fan. I met him at St Mary's when doing a corporate day and he was very polite, the first thing he did was thank me for being there. We spoke about the days game and he went on to say the club was in financial difficulty.
Carlos Fandango Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Well that's the third version of the story I have heard, all set in different places. It would appear a new urban myth is born.
slickmick Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 (edited) With Rupert Lowe thinking he is captain Jean-Luc Picard, I would have thought we were the clingons. Edited 11 May, 2009 by slickmick
stardustonmyfeet Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 It wouldn't surprise me if that's what he said, but I do think it quite lame that 'one of us' actually gets to meet and talk to the great man and the only thing that's reported back onto the message board is a little throwaway comment at the end. I couldn't give a damn what he thinks of klingons or plebs, what I want to know is whether Southampton Football Club has a future and you can bet that Rupert Lowe would know something about that. Or did he make the guy sign a non-disclosure agreement???
Chorlton Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Same story was posted on The Ugly about a month ago. Can't remember who by but it was not one of the Ugly regulars. Not saying I don't believe it mind.
broncoboy Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Doesn't matter if it is true or not a good number of people would believe it was true. More importantly he is likely to meet SFC supporters and no doubt a number of them will have a comment or two to make to him
slickmick Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Doesn't matter if it is true or not a good number of people would believe it was true. More importantly he is likely to meet SFC supporters and no doubt a number of them will have a comment or two to make to him What, like it wasn't your fault Rupert.
Red and White Army Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 This morning I recieved this e mail from someone not prone to gossip and hitherto quite open minded about Lowe. I make no comment other than many of you may not believe the story - sadly I do. You really are becoming a sad and bitter man Duncan.
jonah Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Chortle, Lowe Urban Myth Number 7 - I hope it was copied accurately from the Ugly! Here's another one, only genuine: Restaurant in central Southampton just after the EGM in 2006. After being repeatedly disturbed during his meal by "B", "A" tells him to "p!ss off and go finish your meal and leave us to finish ours". Once "B" is out of earshot "A" continues... "the bloke's a complete w*nker". Who are "A" and "B"? Bonus point if you can guess the restaurant ;-)
Frank's cousin Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 lol. Seriously, it would not surprise me given hi other gaffs - although i am sure he is polite and friendly on equally n umerous occasions - just they dont make for such good copy. But it wa more of a statement to undermine how irrelevent it really is if what someone is doing is successful v failures...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Author Posted 11 May, 2009 You really are becoming a sad and bitter man Duncan. No, Not at all! I was invited to pass on the story and hey it passes the time while waiting for Godot. I wish Lowe no harm and success in what he does next. He is gone - there is no point thinking any other way. I don't think he ever meant the club harm and I think he thought he was doing what he thought was best for the club. I would not go out of my way to avoid him and would say hello if our paths ever crossed. We would probably be having a row within seconds however. But he got it wrong big time and seemed he couldn't learn from his mistakes. I always thought and said he would. I think he probably did refer to us as peasants but at the end of the day to give him the benefit of the doubt it was probably more playful than nasty. However if he was still here you bettcha I would be spinning it the other way
Mowgli Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Maybe not but when I saw the thread title - I just knew you were the poster !
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 I heard the bloke called out "Oi Lowe watch where you are going you c&*t!
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Author Posted 11 May, 2009 Maybe not but when I saw the thread title - I just knew you were the poster ! Be fair - we hadn't had an anti Lowe thread for at least 36 hours.
Frank's cousin Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 No, Not at all! I was invited to pass on the story and hey it passes the time while waiting for Godot. I wish Lowe no harm and success in what he does next. He is gone - there is no point thinking any other way. I don't think he ever meant the club harm and I think he thought he was doing what he thought was best for the club. I would not go out of my way to avoid him and would say hello if our paths ever crossed. We would probably be having a row within seconds however. But he got it wrong big time and seemed he couldn't learn from his mistakes. I always thought and said he would. I think he probably did refer to us as peasants but at the end of the day to give him the benefit of the doubt it was probably more playful than nasty. However if he was still here you bettcha I would be spinning it the other way Must admit, I would quite like to meet him one day, talk openly and frankly about his decions and try and understand why he was always so bullish about his approaches when going against the grain of the established approach - why? well because its so easy to jump on a bandwagon, and I have spent too much time trying to understand the pros as well as teh cons of some of his ideas - Its a classic case though of how we would be far more forgiving of his 'eccentricities' had we footballing success, than the mire of the last 4 years.
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Rupert Lowe ate my hamster. its what he did to it first that upset me
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 11 May, 2009 Author Posted 11 May, 2009 Must admit' date=' I would quite like to meet him one day, talk openly and frankly about his decions and try and understand why he was always so bullish about his approaches when going against the grain of the established approach - why? well because its so easy to jump on a bandwagon, and I have spent too much time trying to understand the pros as well as teh cons of some of his ideas - Its a classic case though of how we would be far more forgiving of his 'eccentricities' had we footballing success, than the mire of the last 4 years.[/quote'] Frank - are his "decions" related to cling ons? Was Lowe a trekkie?
Frank's cousin Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Frank - are his "decions" related to cling ons? Was Lowe a trekkie? NOt sure if he is a Trekkie but sure he fanncied himself as James T Kirk at the helm....
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 This morning I recieved this e mail from someone not prone to gossip and hitherto quite open minded about Lowe. I make no comment other than many of you may not believe the story - sadly I do.This is the e mail - Speaking to an old friend last night. His neighbour related an incident that happened quite recently. The neighbours son was in London when someone barged past him without apology. He turned round and realised it was Lowe and called him by name. Lowe looked round in shock and said "how do you know who I am?" the neighbours son explained he was from Southampton. After further discussion Lowe said "get back to those peasants in Southampton" Thought you might like the story. You can put it up on TSW if you like. It confirms what you have said before about Lowe. Urban myth, taken the wrong way, the absolute truth (as God is my witness). No matter which way you look at it Duncan it's lightened my day a little and reminded me exactly who his sycophants are into the bargain! Thanks mate!
Window Cleaner Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 NOt sure if he is a Trekkie but sure he fanncied himself as James T Kirk at the helm.... Warp Factor 2, Mr Strachan Aye but Capn I hinna enough in the matter/anti matter reaction assembly.
NickG Posted 11 May, 2009 Posted 11 May, 2009 Urban myth, taken the wrong way, the absolute truth (as God is my witness). No matter which way you look at it Duncan it's lightened my day a little and reminded me exactly who his sycophants are into the bargain! Thanks mate! fair chance for any of those!
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