miserableoldgit

Firstly, I was listening to the interview and if I remember it correctly, it was Stewart Dennis who told a caller that Crouch had put £50,000 into the fund. Crouch didn`t mention at any time any money that he had put into the club apart from saying that he had lost a lot of money (rumoured £1.9M) but that that didn`t matter - it was all about saving Saints. Secondly, you conveniently forget what McMenemy did for this club during his 12 years as Manager before he left for Sunderland. 3 Wembley appearances (inc FA Cup win), runners up spot in old Div One, signing European Player of the Year etc. He gave us things beyond our wildest dreams and as far as I am concerned deserves better than the vitriol that some on here aim at him. Thirdly, was Crouches £2m offer before or after he lost his (rumoured) £1.9M. Who paid for the Ted Bates statue after the original debacle? Some on here seem very bitter and twisted. So much so that they need Pantomime villains - be it Crouch and McMenemy or Lowe and Wilde. The reasons for our demise are many and the blame lies with everyone concerned. It`s just the proportion of blame attached to each party that is debatable.

Our first child - a daughter, was born 4 days after the 1976 Cup Final. What a week that was!! I started taking her to the Dell just after Heysel when we had qualified for Europe but couldn`t play because English teams were banned. Her first game (I think) was the game against Liverpool in the replacement "Super Cup", so 1985/6? She still has her ST -at the moment!!

I know that this is all conlecture but surely our current plight is due to being relegated. Had we not been relegated then things would have been very different. I honestly cannot see how anyone can pile ALL of the blame onto the monkeys that ran the zoo while Rupes was not around. Had we not been relegated those monkeys would probably not have been there.

The Admins Lawyer (Mike Fiddy?) was on Radio Solent this morning and he was pretty adamant that the rules worked in our favour and that there would be no points reduction. Hope he`s right!

They think it`s all over! It is now!

I look at this as encouraging. It was always said on here that any prospective buyers worth their salt wouldn`t let anything leak out! Over to you Trousers for some more stream references!!

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Kerry Katona specials?

Not in this house!!

Is it me or is this just a collection of random words?

They say that there is a thin line between madness and genius!!!

Stop it!! Your scaring me now!!:smt049:)

A lot of Craft shops like Hobbycraft sell them.

Glad it`s not just me then!

Absolute top post!!=D> Never let the facts get in the way of a good character assassination!

You never know. There must more than Milan Mandric.

You may well be right, but it will be interesting to see what sort of model Leicester will be for this.

And TBF, he has said that he is not worried about losing the money, all that he cares about is saving the Saints. He could have just walked away.

That is the best summing up of Crouch`s role I have seen recently.

Rumour has it that he also paid "with one other" the transfer fee for Andrew Davies. That is how the club managed to sign him at the time. He, personally has probably done a lot more things for this club than we know and doesn`t, IMHO deserve much of the vitriol aimed at him.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that most of the money was spent when Wilde and his Merry Men (of which Crouch was one) were in control. The blame for our current plight should be spread over Lowe, Wilde AND Crouch. The proportions of this blame are a matter of opinion, but IMHO Crouch deserves less of it than the other two.The problem started after the 2003 Cup Final, NOT just during Crouch`s time in office.