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I've heard that Rupert, Michael and Guy will be there holding little bowls out for the last of the scraps ! Shame, eh ???

If the club decide that he is worth keeping then perhaps they should attempt to renegotiate his contract with sweeteners ie : a) reduce wages now and we'll spread the rest over a longer contract. b) reduce wages now and link the extra payments to goals scored. c) reduce wages now but receive a big bonus if promoted. I'm sure that some creative contract bargaining could be arranged, particularly as he does not seem to be in great demand from elsewhere at the moment !

Tiss and Tis ? Sounds good to me, don't understand why some are getting in a tizz about it !

Presuming the reports about him already having met with MLT and TL are correct then the odds are that he is probably staying ! Personally I will back any decision that the new owners make on the basis that our unconditional support can only be good for the club !

Rupert Lowe !

Are we nearly there yet, Dad ?????

The Fulham one is probably (to the tune of 'That's Amore) When the ball hits your head, as you sit in row Z, that's Zamora, that's Zamora ! It's a good one IMO and perhaps could be used for Lallana instead ???

I have lived and worked in a number of European countries and beg to differ totally !! For example, Belgian law is about the slowest you could ever imagine, the French are intentionally obstructive, the Germans are pedantic in the extreme and the Eastern bloc is still corrupt ! I won't even mention the Swiss if bureaucracy frustrates you ! I don't know where you live but if the legal system is smoother than UK then you are very, very lucky !!

Personally I don't give a monkeys who is on the new board as long as : a) The club is financially stable ! b) They appoint the right manager ! c) They concentrate only on the football and not peripheral businesses ! d) They adopt a low profile (good start as we don't even know who Mr Big is yet)! It can't be that hard to achieve these fairly straightforward objectives, can it ??

And afterwards we could paint the town red !!

Same with me, he comes across as polite, sensible and unprovocative ! Some of the vitriol (ie. Alpine who says he DESPISES him) is nothing short of scandalous ! I guess that many on here have never met the man but seem to resent the fact that he is asked questions by the media about the club which he avidly supports! Having produced fanzines, websites etc.. he gets off his arse and tries his best to further the interests of SFC so why he is castigated is beyond me ! The only conclusion that I can draw is that ENVY is the reason, sad I know, but why else?

Wash yer mouth out son !!!

Treated like dirt at both QPR and Charlton but otherwise has not a bad track record ! Given a choice between him and Wotte, I would snap him up sharpish before he goes elsewhere !

This thread is a wind up, there is more chance of us being renamed the Southampton Skates as there is United ! Get a grip !

Mr X is our new owner, does that count ???

For a Skate you seem like a reasonable, sensible guy ! Were you switched at birth by any chance ? Anyway, FWIW I appreciate the odd Skate intervention just to keep us on our toes (as long as it doesn't get like the Ugly Inside where it is constant vitriol!).

I'm confident that he'll ensure the burgers are up to standard though, eh ?? It's all about priorities really !

The going rate for developing young players (fixed by previous tribunals) seems to be around £600k (that's what we got for Leon Best) so in a normal market your figure of £700k ought to be about right ! I did read somewhere though that Swansea agreed to a sum of £500k if they were to buy him at the end of the loan period so worstways we should hold them to that !!

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I am desperately trying to figure out how we gained an advantage by loaning out Rasiak, John, Skacel, Dyer and Saganowski then borrowing Robertson, Smith, Gasmi, Peckhart etc.. For all of Rupsey's many faults he did not cheat by trying to buy us out of trouble !! Mr Hearns should save his vitriol for the real culprits of the debt ridden scandals much higher up the divisions than Saints !!!

Christ, the new owner really has some big decisions to make, eh ??

Thanks Scally, we'll give it a try next season unless there is an easier alternative !

Clearly Swansea have been trying to take advantage of our perilous postion but that has now changed and should they still want him then I think that they should be obliged to pay the amount which they agreed at the time of the original loan or just bugger off !

FYI it is Guided Missile !