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Superb. Ou est les Skates ce soir?

She has given birth twice, therefore it might be like entering the channel tunnel with a narrow guage traction unit.

I really do wonder. His return, to 'protect his investment,' at the rate we are going his investment is write off any way. Is this some kind of obsession to him? To retain control of the club that damaged his reputation? The club that had several thousand people wish ill on him? All instincts I have tell me he is holding on just so he can try to rectify the bad things that have happened, but also that he is incapable of doing so. What will it take to get rid of him for good? I fear he is retaining control for reasons other then business, his smirking expression is not one of a man who sees ill..... just smite.

Unless I win a Euro-millions multi roll over, we're ****ed. Simple as. (And that even assumes Lowe would sell up....)

Losing what? Attendances? League Position? Respect? Football matches? Face? You need to be more specific.

Flowing football in League 1, how does that take you? Route one may be crude, but if utilsed correctly it leaves you with the satisfaction of WINNING.

And some hope for a brighter future.

Personally, Yes.

The missmanagement of the first team and it's managers by Rupert Lowe had nothing to do with it then?

........you're at home watching Soccer saturday.

I would state that he is doing a good job considering our current circumstances.

Instability is the answer! It's so obvious!

Correct. An all in purchase of about 80 pounds personally to go see Saints at the moment isn't worth it. Couldn't give a f**k who the chairman is (they have all been as bad as each other....) I just want my team to show some signs of success for a change.

What was it?

Will the last person to leave St Mary's please turn out the lights. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Oh god, I forgot they have Ian Hume, he always scores against us......

I know the feeling.

What is all this fuss about the OS? It's working fine for me. Either way, COYR!!!!

'It's all Southampton' according to Sky. We'll be caught out by Barnsley's first chance soon enough then.

Saints 12-0 Barnsley. COYR!!!!!!

You'll never field a stable 11, they will break through, shine, then get snapped up by the highest bidder. No hope of the team fully developing, it would be soul destroying.

Quite, financial types are too focused on balance sheets to see the longer term repurcussions of their book balancing. As an Engineer, I hate them.

Not bad for an approximation off the top of my head. I would expect £15000 of sales in terms of programs, merchandise and food anyway offsetting the difference with 5k extra people. To be pedantic, at the rates I described 20833 would need to be the attendance to match using the same assumptions you did in your above calculations. And as a point of note, our average attendance last year was 22,253. Which would (again, using the same assumptions) generate a profit of £25560 compared to a crowd of 15k paying 25 pounds per ticket. Out of curiosity Flyer, do you work in finance?

Indeed, that is why this would have to be done delicately.

Quite. I look at the example of Bradford, who did drastically lower their ticket prices and saw their attendances rise by 1/3 overnight, despite dropping down a league. It is working wonderfully for them, the only difference is the differential between highest attendance and average which has shrunk, but these high attendances only occur in exceptional circumstances (A cup game v Premiership opposition, survival sunday scenario etc.) we need consistent attendances, not try to rely on the occasional 'biggy.' Someone at championship level needs to take this brave step. Hell, imagine the positive publicity it would generate!!!