aintforever

It's about time something was done about the rediculous no-standing rule. the idea that standing up is in some way unsafe is just laughable. If it is safe to stand up and jump about when a goal goes in it is safe to stand up. The law is an ass, the only people who think it's not are a bunch of £3 an hour jobsworth stewards and a few anal retentives on here. I pay good money for my season ticket and should be able to choose wether I want to stand or sit while I get ripped off. Designated standing areas is the way forward.

To get away from a bunch of idiots?

You cant help thinking today we have blown our chance of stayng up. Most of those around us had harder fixtures yet we have lost ground when we should have been getting our noses in front. It's definitely win or bust Saturday now.

not good enough

Makes sense to dip into the overdraft to try and stay up. Of course it means admin is way more certain if we go down but that was pretty much nailed on anyway so it's a sensible gamble.

I think you can definitely rule admin out unless we are way adrift after the Blackpool game. It cannot be in the interests of the Bank to get us relegated, as long as there is a chance of us staying up there is a much better chance of them getting paid back.

Can you not remember the 15 + players we have brought in, or the 1.2mill spunked out on Schederlin? Or the fact that we were still paying Skacel and Euell's wages while they were sat in the stands watch the team with the likes of Mills, Gobern and Paterson in, get dicked?

I cant see the club surviving at all in League 1 if Lowe and Wilde are still in control. Ticket sales will take a hit because of the drop in league, also because of the recession. A third hit because of the unpopularity of the people in charge will be too much. the lower down the leagues you go the more clubs rely on the goodwill factor of the fans, my goodwill towards Lowe evaporated ages ago. He wont get a ST out of me whatever division we are in.

Found this: Under the new regulation any club going into administration after the last Thursday in March would risk having its points deduction carried over into the new season. If a club is relegated on playing performance, the penalty will apply the following season but, if it stays up, the points will count in the current season, meaning it could still be relegated. That would make the 26th deadline day.

How does that work with Charlton's odds?

Their deal was right for Coventry but not for us - according to certain geniuses on here.

Every skint team in history has resorted to playing kids, there is nothing new, ground breaking or forward thinking about it. Choosing to play (and spend money bring in more) kids whilst freezing & loaning out experienced pros - now that's a different story.

There was never any fans backlash, I remember the Wotte story broke on the BBC and I think Burley was confirmed within a day. There wasn't even a game played between the two so how could there be a backlash?

If Wotte proves to be a good manager I expect Crouch would see the sense of keeping him on. Unlike Lowe who just sacks good managers out of spite.

Wotte wont chuck in the best job he's ever likley to get out of some misplaced loyalty to Lowe. You do talk some rubbish.

I see the Saints Trust have already rejected the idea: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7926406.stm Has anyone actually been asked by the Trust for their opinion?

There's no reason why Wotte can't be kept on and Lowe booted out.

It's nothing to do with being fickle, it's just that protests only made sense when it appeared we were dead certs for going down. I still think Lowe's no good for the club but there's no point in upsetting the cart at this moment.

Give em drugs

That's complete rubbish, if the club went into admin they would still play football matches just like every other club that has gone into admin. If you've already bought a ticket you can still use it at the same games wether the club is admin or not.

Agree it's a positive move. As it stands I'm not renewing my ST regardless of what league we are in. I don't mind watching crap football as a Saints fan I've watched crap football most of my life. It's the feeling of being taken for a mug I don't like.

I expect it's a bit of a,b and c. Lowe has never given a toss about the roar of the crowd before. I expect they have realised that they are going to sell naff all season tickets at the moment because Lowe and Wilde are about as popular as Bin Laden. The plan will be delay ST sales, hand out a few crowd pleasers and hope Wotte keeps the good form going. If we go down the club is finished regardless so it's probably a good plan to delay STs.

We are nowhere near administration, the delay is just giving time to win over the fans. If it looks like we are staying up they will be able to charge more.