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Oh f*cking dear. How the fook can anyone be 'itk' over transfers when we don't even have an owner to sanction any transfer, infact, from what I understand, we are not even allowed to buy anyone! LMFAO Having said that, we should never have got rid of Prutton in the first place. Would have had him in the CM this season as skipper and I think a few of the results might have been a bit different.

Not me mate, I am looking forward to either League 1 footy or complete non-leaguey ala AFC Wimbledon stuff....

FFS, I hate to get the 'I told you so' out, but we have been relegated since before Christmas. The ideas have failed, 'Total Football' has failed, playing the kids has failed, they have the ability, just not the desire or maturity ( which only a decent manager would get out of them ) Look on the bright side, we have one of two options next season. a) A new team, new board, no more PLC, no more board fighting, no more crappy Dutch football and NO DEBT! b) A brand-spanking new non-league team to watch climb from the very lowest division of football all the way up, I have always been a bit jealous of FC United and AFC Wimbledon for having that experience. So, I am as gutted as the next person, but it's not the end of the world, bankrupt or not, there is still alot to look forward to, and whether it is 'a' or 'b' , I will still wake up on a Saturday morning next season looking forward to the game.... something which I have not done for almost 2 years. Watching SFC has become a second job for me, a change, either way, will hopefully turn it back into a hobby again.

Can you put me back to a Registered User please? I see no benefit in being able to post threads and I am not paying money or spending my time entertaining some of the cretins on here. That is all.

Meh, made over £100 thanks, went to the tip on the way back and dumped the rest. My f*cking life, there are some seriously weird people in the world though.... and seriously pikey ones too!

I will take them mate, face value, if you're serious that is.

.... Had a bit of a house clearance and got loads of tat and rubbish to sell on to pikeys and Polish people, where is the best car boot on Saturday to sell it all? I know Bursledon is on a Sunday but I don't want one on a Sunday? Apart from Shootash, are there any others in the area on Saturdays? Thanks xx

Just what exactly did they spend our fivers on?

It doesn't always, sometimes it is direct, sometimes it only stops at Winchester.

I go with the " Let's just get f*cking hammered and have a fookin good laugh at ourselves " idea.

Ooooh errrr..... not a Rufus story here, my cousin is the Assistant Manager at Swindon Town..... completely pointless comment though, as I have not seen him for years. Any more Rufus stories?

I am currently listening to... " The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire "

I once took a girl on a date to watch Saints v Fulham ( I think ) at The Dell, we sat in the East Stand, the girl in question spent the whole game screaming at Rufus and demanding we stayed behind after so she could meet him as she thought he was 'lush' . I never saw the girl again. A mate of mine also runs the King Rufus in Chandlers Ford. Does anyone else have any Rufus stories?

Because Barclays shut up shop months ago, there was no more money to waste... unfortunately we were not breaking even which means we were no longer solvent. With an extra 500k a month we would have been able to pay creditors and staff etc, as well as other operational costs.

I am not contradicting myself though am I sweetie, this thread is simply discussing one of the main reasons why we are in administration. Dress it up any way you like, if the missing 8,000 had been here this season and last then we wouldn't be in administration. That is a FACT you cannot deny, surely? I also am not knocking the stayaways, infact I have gone on record recently saying I can't be arsed next season! So..... where is the contradiction? More research needed next time honey. x

Damn, I did post on my phone at work but it doesn't seem to worked. Ahhh well, here we go... Firstly, I have known that Saints have been heading for administration and it was a matter of 'when' not 'if' . Infact refer to this post of mine... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=229830&postcount=11 Where I state how confidant I was about Saints going into administration before the end of the month ( ok, it was April 1st, what's a day between friends? ) SFC have not been paying creditors for a lot longer than the last few weeks, I know of one company that have been waiting for a relatively small sum all season ( the equivelent of a weeks wages for Kelvin Davis ) Now, lastly, I have never claimed to be an uberfan ( even if I know I am, deep inside :cool: ) What I am doing is stating FACTS, the FACTS are that if the missing 8,000 had been here the last 2 seasons then we wouldn't be in administration. We would be over our 'break-even' point. Take this as an example of why home fans should be rewarded and away fans should not. I am still undecided on whether I renew next season, if I don't, then you won't see me whinging about how I deserve a ticket to the last game of the season because I have been to 10 away games. Hope that clears everything up. xx

They are soooper soooper duper fans. Their reward as Season Ticket Holders is being able to go to the Forest game.

Just a quick note to those who attend away games and not home and are harping on about how they should have priority for Forest tickets. Our losses this season and previous have been noted at around 500,000 a month. It is also common knowledge that we need to raise an extra 500k just to keep going into May.... this is obviously to make the 'break even' point. Now, the missing fans, about 8,000 of them. Giving them an average match-by-match value to the club of £25 (taking into account Megastore, Programmes, Food, Adult/Kids prices ), the income is £200000 a match, which works out at approximately £511,000 a month, taking into account all league matches throughout the season. The point being.... if the people that have not bothered to turn up at St Marys over the last year or two had, then we would not be in this situation. Like it or lump it, that's the truth, and that is the main reason why the club must do all it can to reward people for home attendance.

People are still not getting the fact that we ARE customers of SFC when it comes to puchasing tickets. If we weren't then we wouldn't be going out of BUSINESS. It's no surprise that the people that are kicking off are the ones who might miss out. Oh, just incase anyone says, I have been to more than enough away games to qualify in the uberfan category and get a ticket based on away matches.

Exactly, public transport is a no, no. So it's either stay sober and drive, bingo bus or hotel for the night. Bank Holiday weekend n all. Complete no-brainer.

CUSTOMERS, yes. That is exactly what we are to the 'business' , SFC is a business, one which relies on income from HOME games, as away games earn the BUSINESS fook all. If it wasn't for the 'super dupa' fans that pay for season tickets, we wouldn't have a football team now to go and watch away, and the people who have stayed away from SMS are right up there with Lowe in being responsible for administration. Fact is fact, it is the home fans who are the CUSTOMERS not people who go to away games, they are customers of Norwich City, Notts Forest, Plymouth or whoever Saints are playing that day. Don't call me a high and mighty fan, I almost certainly won't have a season ticket next season, far too many tastey away days in League 1 which I would prefer to go to. Having said that, I won't be moaning if Season Ticket Holders get priority over me next season..... although I will still be able to get hold of tickets should the need arise. :cool:

No it doesn't. If you go shopping in Tesco 10 times and Asda 10 times. I go shopping in Tesco 20 times. Who do you think will get more Tesco Clubcard points? You are not a customer of SFC when you attend away games, so why should you get priority over their customers? If you are someone who is a home AND away season ticket holder then of course you should get priority, but there are plenty of tickets to ensure that STH's will not be dissapointed. Tough sh*t if you don't have a Season Ticket, one of the 'perks' in the T's&C's when buying a Season Ticket is priority for away games. Once again.... Tough Sh*t

... and midweek and not a bank holiday weekend. I know zillions of people who are making a weekender of it!

How? That's only the initial allocation. Forest give one of the biggest away allocations in the Championship.

Because the likelyhood is that all tickets will be snapped up by season ticket holders. They have probably been given a week or so to shift these tickets. Non-season ticket holders who have not been to every home game don't deserve any priority on tickets anyway, going to away games does not earn the club a penny, it is the home fans they must look after first. ( thought I would drop that one in as no doubt there will be this discussion ) There is enough tickets in the 'full allocation' ( which is generally over 4,000 according to some sites ) for every STH who wants to go.