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Oh I would LOVE that.

Nope, I would still take them.

Only if used as a Left Winger.

Oakley Ormerod Telfer Beattie McDonald Cranie Taylor Crouch Walcott Davies Mills Monk Svensson (A) Griffit Bridge Camara Prutton Keller Basically any player still playing who has represented us at some point.

Too right, keep those from around 17 miles away clear for good!

Agreed. Despite the truama we are going through it's great to see players really nail their colours to the mast.

Good heavens we do have some common ground after all! And asking me to follow my own advice, come on. You ask people to be open minded yet you are not yourself. Shame really.

Yet you still respond. I am talking about an idea that should the worst happen can occur. I am stating that it is something I would support. You are essentially saying that it would be unworkable, despite having no evidence to support this, you have come to this conclusion essentially just on the basis of your own instincts. I feel it is rediculous to pan an idea that is in its earliest phase of creation based on the instinct of someone who is intrinsically against the concept in the first place. I respect it is something you would want nothing to do with, thats fine, that is entirely your own perogative, lets hope is doesn't come to what many like me are considering. If the worst does happen though, as stated in the research thread I posted a good 55%+ (based on the fanbase represented on this forum, which as the largest fan forum on the internet should indicate a fair cross section) would support a new entity, they would still want a club to support. The issue, as discussed in this thread becomes far more clouded if previous board members of any kind (Crouch, Wilde, Askham, Lowe et all) get back involved. And yes, I would rather support a splinter club. If no such entity would arise though, I honestly couldn't say what I would do, I would probably continue as a dissillusioned fan as I have the past 5 years, more resource to be tapped into.

Southampton St Mary's Community Stadium. With focus on the word 'community.' It can still be shortened to St Mary's too.

No problem with debating, but when it's patently obvious we have no common ground on this issue and never will it seems utterly futile in continuing. I conceed that it could be an extremely problematic and politcal process setting up a new Southampton FC, but I would support it if it formed as it would in my opinion be the continuation of Saints from the only active and actual part of the ashes that where left, the fans. Issues with setting one up are all pie in the sky right now and as such cannot be commented on, only theorised. And if you are trying to make a point via speculatory theory it all becomes a bit redundant, because the same trick can be played both ways. You feel comfortable making a point based on something that doesn't exist yet, I couldn't possibly comment. You have your standpoint, I have mine. Next question please.

I'll put you down as a conditional then shall I?

In your opinion it would be the end. For me it would be the chance to start completely afresh. This all goes back to the perception of what the club is argument we had a while ago. If I remember correctly we had to agree to dissagree. Using your logic you think the AFC Wimbledon IS NOT a continuation of the old Wimbledon FC because it is not a part of the organisational structure which took it the 'franchise' away from the fans. Whereas I see it as being a continuation because it is supported by those fans that used to follow Wimbledon before Winkleman took it away from them. We will never agree, so stop trying!

Good question but I have no idea. As I said this thread is here to get some raw stats, nothing more. I can add a 'conditional' option as well.

It's not as simple as saying how much. You can throw tens of millions at the team and fail if it is spent badly, or have a shrewd football manager who can assemble a good team for limited funds and get them playing well. We need to get the organisation of the club right before we can push on.

A touch of class....

How about dreadful ones?

Even then our wage budget was pitifully small and the sums we spent on transfers where peanuts.

A simple yes or no would suffice. I understand its an emotive issue and many viewpoints will want to be stated, but there are other threads for that, the purpose of this one is to understand what proportion of the fanbase would back it. For me: Yes Running total: Yes: 23 No: 9 Ambivalent: 6 Conditional*: 1 *Applies only if you feel we must be playing at St Mary's or hold a similar tie to the existing/potentially expiring entity

You forget option c) The founding of a new club at a lower league level by the fanbase. A continuation of the club by those it exists for, us, the fans.

Forty million!? I have to say, I always found it slightly suspicious that we where always operating 'on the cheap' when clubs of an identical scale like Blackburn and Bolton where comparitively comfortable. It just didn't add up to me and if there has been money raided from our accounts under the banner of the PLC I would not be at all surprised.

A contingency must be made even if it is not eventually required, its a very prudent thing to do. The moves must be made to ensure that we have a club of some sort next year. I'm not sure what help I can give considering that I live ooop north and have an engineering background but I will be happy to if required.

Has he earnt the right to have time to win that respect though? It would be his third bite at the Cherry, his first was shrewd for a time then turned to disaster, second an unmittigated failure. I have absolutely no inclination to give that man the time of day, therefore I would back any new club that may form from our ashes.

Always good to have a plan B just in case.

If required, I am in.

Why can't that eccentric just F*CK OFF!!!? He's lost everything he had invested and now he wants to toy with us further. Idiot is not the word.