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No not unbelieveable when it might keep us out of administration and provide cash to progress. Better to share a ground than to see the Club die.

I would rather he spent his time focused on creating a team that goes out and wins. I do not need him spending time with people in pubs, we tried that with Burley.

CHAPEL END CHARLIE, thanks. As to others views, it sadly look like we are entering the dangerous stage before our collapse. I hope that someone at Barclays with half a business brain cell makes a business decision that recovery is impossible under Rupert Lowe. Watching a sick relative dying IMHO. Correct. If only Barclays realised it. Yes you have from previous sites. Do not blame yourself, this was created by Lowe and his supporters.

Is his injury his age in that he is too old to play in our innovative setup? Or is his appearance money too high for Lowe's wonderful approach to team selection?

I hope that you are right, however it maybe far far worse than that. To set this in context, with internal surveys of employees there is an end phase in employee morale which comes after the anger phase. It is the point where participation dramatically falls and the people are in a state of immobile catalepsy. They just do not care anymore. Death for that company is usually the next step. The bad sign for us is the dramatic fall of about 50% in the non-ST Saints supporters since last season. When most people cease to care the organisation dies. Lowe and Wilde may not understand this. Their business experience is not founded on the need to nurture and bring large groups of people (staff and customers) with them to win in the market place.

I actually agree with GM, now there is a first. Pompey cannot afford their new ground so why not share? It would halve our stadium costs and maybe free up cash for an expansion. Might even keep us out of administration. £2m extra for players wages a year would be very handy.

Wan*er: A person who is always brown nosing Rupert.

Gobern? Go somewhere else?

Many people have written on this site that Barclays have to give their approval to major decisions. That being the case the role of Chairman/CEO is a major decision and that is why I expect Barclays to have a say about Lowe continuing. Lowe chose and appointed JP. The appointment of JP is a failure. Whether because of JP or because of Lowe's meddling, the fault is Lowe's. Lowe has one of the worst track records in appointing Managers/Coaches why trust Lowe with appointing JPs replacement? Barclays can also see the adverse impact that Lowe has on the attendances and revenue. Barclays has to act and act soon.

Some say that attendances were already in decline last season....... Looking at the last 3 home games before Sheff utd. Burnley = 21,762 Bristol City = 22,890 Coventry =22,014

Is it April 1st already?

Yes time for a poll to see what the split is. Have 3 options, Yes, No and don't know. It would be yes for me.

Basset has been at 10+ Clubs and Lowe was clearly the biggest meddler. Basset clearly regarded Lowe's actions as much much worse than any other Chairman he has had.

Drop on last year 5,628. Drop on that year and the prior one when we chased promotion was less than 1,000! Difference = Lowe.

NickG, you are really doing a sterling job in backing Rupert Lowe but at some point you will recognise reality, maybe down in L1? The facts are that the Club he is leading is doing a far worse job in attracting punters than any other one that was in the CCC last season. FACT. A fish rots from the head down and Lowe is the head of this fish. You make the point that low attendances are solely down to the team? A team full of home grown players? A team not built (until recently) of loanees and other outsiders.

But Lowe is linked to the catastrophic decline in attendances. That is something that has a major impact on finances. In the above I have made no mention of his meddling in team matters as a reason for Bank intervention so why raise it?

How much have attendances dropped compared to last season when we were also in a relegation fight? Last season average = 21,253 This season average = 15,625 Drop on last season = 5,628 Therefore the new regime has lost us 5,000 attendees. PS we have suffered the biggest loss in attendances of any CCC Club which was there in the previous season. Must be a reason? Cannot be the threat of relegation as we are getting used to that!

The Club can only continue to trade with the support of the Bank. With the return of Lowe, the attendances have fallen below the break even point. At what point is the Bank going to say enough is enough and that Lowe must step down and that someone else take over as Chairman/CEO of the main company? It is impossible to have a "spirit of Southampton" when the Club is headed up by someone who is so despised by some that they will not attend home games. The Club needs the cash and the players need the support from the missing thousands of supporters. In my view the Bank has to act right now and the best way to pressure them maybe through the Echo.

What does Jan know about the opponents? Nothing! Does Jan know why he keeps changing the CBs? Does Jan understand what a full back looks like? Or is the truth that he has to wait until he gets Lowe's "PickNmix list" to see who he is allowed to select from?

"Well it did not work out but we must not focus on blaming anyone, we have a relegation battle to win so its all hands to the pumps for victory, your Club needs you and we must all unite behind (my) latest appointment".

Stthrobber, Lowe has had this desire to play the youth in the first team earlier than the Manager wanted for years. Just one example was in Redknap's 2nd season when Lowe was pressuring Redknap to play more youngsters and Redknap resisted it by throwing them into a League cup game which they lost. The truth is Lowe is using the dire finances to justify this youth experiment. Yes the right word is "experiment". Just like the £1m squandered on the Woodward/training circus in our 1st CCC season.

Games played = 15 Different centre back partnerships = 8 Conclusion = Too many changes Yet again we wet into this season with an under manned defence and a Coach/Manager who did not create a solid defence in the off season. So why the surprise with the results? It is one thing to build a team of teenagers but why so many changes?

36m and he is still top. :-)

Why could Rupert Lowe not do the right thing for the good of the Club and leave? That would at a stroke remove the most divisive figure and would enable these calls for support from Killer and others to be heard without having to overcome the Lowe factor. Lowe must go, end of.

Lowelife has made so many fundamental mistakes that it is impossible to pick one that is the worst. Just look at recent years... 1. The strategy of quantity instead of quality (um pahars posts) 2.Failing to keep WGS 3. Selecting Sturrock when he did not fit the "Lowe style" 4. Sacking Sturrock. 5. Appointing Wigley. 6. Hiring Redknapp then blocking his wheeling dealing to build a defence by making a profit in that Jan relegation period rather than providing a £1m or 2m more to Redknapp. 7. Only providing £120k for a striker in the 1st year down in the CCC which is the best year to have a chance of promotion. 8. Hiring Woodward & the ball juggler to undermine Redknapp and wasting £1m on that rather than investing in the 1st team. 9. Hiring Burley with his poor recent record in the CCC. 10. Reneging on his promise to Higginbotham of a new deal. 11. Sacking NP. 12. Hiring JP.