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So elbowing out Pearson and getting in Poortvliet was down to money then???? We didn't have a shedload of money, but what we did have was spent poorly and a decent asset in Pearson wa shipped out to make way for the disaster that was Poortvliet.

Ignorant, sloppy, trotted out before etc etc etc. I don't think we have delusions of grandeur or a belief that we have a divine right to be in the premiership. Of course we aspire to get there (as do/should most teams), but then that's whole point of the footballing pyramid with promotions based on success on the pitch. We know where we are in the foootballing pecking order and have always enjoyed a healthy awareness of our place in the grand scheme of things. Even when we were at our peak in the early to mid 80's we still accepted we were punching above our weight and were happy to give the big teams a bloody nose when they ventured down to The Dell. To claim we have delusions of grandeur due to one strapline on the Official Site, which is actually more of a rallying call and an aspiration is just poor tired journalism (and I use the term journalism very loosely indeed).

Possibly one of the casualties of the sudden influx of youth into the fist team. This is a tough old league, with games thick and fast (sure the Youth Team only play something like 30 games) and so much pessure has been heaped on so many young shoulders. Although there is the argument that the best way to learn is to be thrown in at the deep end, I also think it is valid to say that youngsters need to be nurtured and introduced when there ready in a controlled manner.

There was no fight. Apart from one or two older Charlton fellas, the rest looked as though they were more than happy to be put back in the ground (not as much bouncing around outside compared to their bouncing the other side of the netting when they were inside LOL). Walking home we mentioned that it wouldn't surprise us if they put them all in the back of a meat wagon and bussed them to Parkway, or if not assign one copper to each of them for the walk to the station.

IMHO it's too late to change for this season, unfortunately the dice have been rolled and we will have to make do with what we have. In just over a week there will only be 3 games left!!! If Wotte pulls this off (which I'm now beginning to very much doubt) then he still may deserve a go, but I think he will walk either way (just a gut feel looking at his past record and thinking that he is a Lowe guy). As for a replacement for next season, I'm afraid my head is spinning too uch from other things to even think about it!!!!!!!!

"What do you mean this isn't Franklin Gardens!"

So a few hundred left out of a crowd of 28,000. Big deal. And if any prospective buyer was swayed by a couple of hundred walking out after conceding a third goal at home to the worst team in the division in a shambles of a season, then I don't think they would be right for the Club anyway.

Exactly what I was thinking when I walked home last night. I just can't see how we can stay up and although I'll get behind the team until it comes to a head one way or the other, i do think the current set up is beyond redemption. The focus has to be ensuring the Club still exists, even if that means playing in League One next season.

The finances will not tell us why Pearson was booted out and why Poortvliet was appointed.

Look around you nickh, we're in administration!!!! His financial sense has been found to be as wanting as his footbal sense.

Maybe we should be hoping they do and we canget the ground off them for a fiver.

Of course I do, but they have a two hour delay, but I also get a bullsht alert as well, something which you always seem to set off. What's Poortvliet doing now and how do you reckon his stint at here will be portrayed on his CV (People sat up and noticed my achievements, notably Chris Iwelumo & some bloke who wrote my boss a letter to read out at his AGM)??

That wasn't 4-4-2 with the midfiled formation displayed yesterday looking nothing like a traditional 4 in the middle. No width, no centre midfielders, Wotton too far back, DMG too far forward. Alot of yesterday has to be laid at the door of Wotte, who is failing to deliver at the crunch end of the season. He still has a chance to change it round, so he has to show us he is not Poortvliet Mk II. As for lack of money etc, we had choices (Pearson, Scheiderlin, all the loans etc etc etc), we just made the wrong ones, so let's not go down that route again.

LMFAO. Moanji sinks to new depths:---):---) I only got there for the Lawrie speech and he seemed to receivea warm round of applause and alot of support at the end of his little piece. Thought he judged it right and mentioned this was not about peronalities, but about saving the Club. Let it go fella, let it go;)

Webster was appointed by Lowe, who must have paid off Coles for Webster to come in and who is still being paid after I understand Lowe turned down Webster's request to get off the payroll and go to Ipswich last summer.

I've been saying all season that the two best ways of filling the stadium are: 1. Good results, particularly at home. It's quite a simple concept (but I accept one that is sometimes hard to deliver), but people will undoubtedly come along if they think they're going to get goals, be entertained and see the team win. We never managed that from the off this season due to some very poor decisions regarding the replacement/appointment of managers added to a very suspect strategy with regards tactics, starting line up, formation, transfer dealings etc etc etc. And in absence of that: 2. Engender a spirit of togetherness and community spirit. IMHO there was no way Lowe (or Wilde) were going to be able to pull this one off. IMHO they have no pull on the suporters and they do not command the respect and support of the grass roots of this Club. They were not the tow figureheads that people were ever going to rally around in this Club's hour of need. In fact, on too many occasions , Lowe has sought to confront and antagonise the support base. Additionally, their appaling footblling decisions (in 1. above) meant that seeking people's support was always going to be an uphill challenge. It is a sorry state to be in that we have to go through such a disastrous (and IMHO avoidable) season to get to a point when the supporters feel they can now rally around the Club. Sorry, but absolutely inevitable given how the CLub has been run in recent years.

Have you??? It's normal for you to make them up, bullsht, post on here and then haveto get them removed. You just can't help yourself.:---):---) Troll, bullshtter, Corp Ho - I'm just not sure.

What part can I disagree with???? Thomson was completely out of his depth, the game just passed him by. The midfield formation was poor. No bite in the middle with Wotton and McGoldrick too far apart, with Wotton in particular too deep. No real width and when we changed it we played the wide men on the wrong flanks (plus Smith is very poor). Saga and Euell got very poor service. I agree the manager got quite a lot wrong today. As you can see I can't really disagree with much at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taken from my match report bit: As for the trouble at the end, bit of a nothing really. There were about 15-20 Charlton giving it large all afternoon (even moving seats just after half time to give a different stand some abuse from behind the netting) who came out only to be met by something like 500+ disappointed Saints fans in the North car park. The police quickly coralled the 15-20 rather worried looking Charlton fans back against the exit gate and then eventually took them back inside for their own safety.

I don't think you are reading it correctly. I was saying that I don't remember Lowe getting any stick (not he should have) for bringing Sturrock in a fortnight after originally saying Wigley would be caretaker for the 13 games until the end of the season when WGS left.

Considering we just shipped three goals at home and lost to the worst team in this division. then I have to say your marks are rather generous. I'm all up for being positive and optimistic, but surely you've been too generous.

They are buying the golden share that let's them enter a football club n the league and with it the potential to get that team in to the top flight. That's the only long term thing, players will come and go.

Absolutely. They'd have to be rather dumb not to realise that we're rather sht on the footballing front, after all the table doesn't lie. Get that part right (and I accept it is a difficult task) then the potential is clearly there.

I would have been. Today showed what can be achieved with some common sense and soem decent management. Forget the rubbish on the pitch, people would hve seen what this Club could be. If the deal is right, then hopefully someone can see the potential.