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If he does turn up then he is a very brave (or perhaps very stupid ) man ! He must have seen the advanced publicity and there might well be a nutter out there prepared to do him in !!! Ps. My money is on Stanley

Benaud !

Agreed ! Also nobody has mentioned the fact that Wotton has said that there was no mailicious intent, Carlisle came to check him in the dressing room, they shook hands and that was the end of it ! Writing to the authorities in this case is totally pointless !

Interesting that the relationship had broken down but is now back on track ! Smells to me that Rupsey's finely honed diplomatic skills may have let us down again ! I can't really see anyone else having upset them as the rest are all poodles ! Oh well, no surprise there I suppose ! Good luck to all travelling fans tomorrow ! COYS.

Didn't he also play for him at Rangers ? If so, then it's absolutely gauranteed that Souness will take the club over soon and Tugay will be the first signing !

I think you'll find that he sold the company a few years ago (trousered a fortune!) and that he may be looking to buy back a part of it now if it suits him ! Hardly troubled, methinks !

When the sniper's bullet penetrates Rupert's forehead as he smugly sits in the director's box , I think you'll manage a wry little smile after all !!!

As the original poster on this thread I am happy that you did not start at the very beginning cos if you had you would have learnt that SOUTHEND had been docked 10 points and it would apply NEXT SEASON ! 2 minor details have since emerged, STOCKPORT have been docked -10 to be applied THIS SEASON ! On the bright side I have achieved a personal record for the longest thread of my Saintsweb existence, deep joy, deep joy !!

Basically the March deadline and the penalty only applies to teams who are close to the relegation zone but not to others ! Very, very fair and equitable that is, eh ??? The FL are a bunch of jokers !!!

donkey !

I fully understand Ron, ask my wife and she'll tell you that my behaviour is very similar ! All Rupert's fault of course

Bl**dy hell, I've started a riot ! When I said great news on the OP I was being a tad ironic stating that alphabetically we were no longer starting at the very bottom ! It was absolutely not my intention to gloat over the penalty to Stockport (or any other team for that matter!). If you read my subsequent posts you will see that I consider the FL legislation as barbaric !!! Sorry for any confusion.

It really is a case of kicking a man while he is down ! As a 'catch all' policy it is nonsense IMO, surely if a club seeks to gain an advantage then fair enough but in Saints case I cannot see how we used the system to better our competitors ?? Ps. We still won't start bottom as Stockport are alphabetically inferior !

Just heard on Talksport that Southend have gone into administration and start on minus 10 in Lge 1 next season ! That means that we do not start at the very bottom (alphabetically !). Great news, eh ?

Richmond, You have just proved my point regarding hysteria ! There is absolutely nothing FACTUAL which indicates that RL is making a comeback ! Should things pan out and he is not involved then you will have wasted a great deal of stress filled energy on sweet feck all ! Why can't you just bide your time and react when something actually happens? Ps. When Rupert invades Poland I'll let you know !!

Christ, someone starts a thread saying that Lowe 'might' be in the director's box at Forest and total hysteria takes over ! It automatically leads to the fact that he will again take over the club ??? I am as anti RL as the next man but surely we should wait until something actually happens before getting angry and suicidal ! There are many people in jail for life having acted on suspicion rather than fact so my advice is to let it be for the moment, who knows you might just be pleasantly surprised !!

Careful now, you wouldn't want to wake up with a horse's head in your bed, would you ??

I heard a while ago (from a non Saints related source) that Souness was very serious about a bid with a consortium (I think possibly with some Italian money?). He was (and is) the favourite to succeed from what I've heard ! If it's right, you heard it here first ! If it's wrong, ooh eck, don't blame me !

Pretty much agree with all of that but am a little concerned about having 4 interested parties. In essence an auction could drive the buying price up, meaning less to spend on the team thereafter. If there was only one party then they could probably dictate the price and move on quickly to rebuid the squad !!

IMO Lallana is half a footballer. Strengths -Two footed, skillful, clever, tricky, good dribbler ! Weaknesses - Can't shoot, doesn't score, can't cross, not pacy ! It is possible that he would show better in a top team but I feel that he'll need a good mentor to improve his overall game !

Stanley - 15 Canteen - love ............

I agree Wes that is was not conclusive but it certainly was damaging ! He is a recent former chairman and if you give the FL authorities half a chance then they will exploit it (as they probably already have) ! WHU are under different jurisdiction (PL) but the situation is similar and it does seem contradictory that we are punished and they are not, particularly given their other recent shenanigans !!

I must admit that when I heard him say that live at the time I was mortified ! The fact is that SLH was the PLC holding company for 13 years and surely Rupert had no idea then that it would be relevant to the situation today ! He was just an idiot and didn't think before he spoke !!

I must admit that I never heard him say that (I have tried to hang on to his every word BTW) but within the football world surely Souness is a household name ?? For me, his consortium has to be one of the favourites !