Colinjb

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.

Agreed. the very thought of them returning has me checking local midlands fixtures.

If the administrators have any sense they will laugh the bid away, especially as we have alternatives. Tarnished by association, surely.

Oh for pities sake.....

Disrespectful to every club at that level. I fear we need a time in the darkness to shake the big time charlie mentality from our fans. If we had a support base like Stoke we would be a lot better off.

This is a surreal feeling. Oh well. We are on level terms with Yeovil, Swindon, Northampton and Leeds. You must fight through the bad times to appreciate the good, our time will come again.

Hmmmmmmmm, Shiny.

As he passed it, I really don't think we need to worry too much.

Extremely well put.