Alain Perrin

Saturday is crucial for Saints. We need to pack the stadium and sing it loud, sing it clear. "You can stick yer points deduction up yer ar$e, You can stick yer points deduction up yer ar$e, You can stick yer points deduction, stick yer points deduction, stick yer points deduction up yer ar$e" Let's get the fighting spirit back, beat Burnley, beat Forest and give the Football League a headache. Come on!!

For Sale - Football Club with adoring fans....

Get behind the Lowe Out campaign FFS. oh, he has...

Ironic. Salz is a Radley old boy, Lowe was a Radley Old Boy. Richard Aldworth Comprehensive doesn't get a look in....

We should never have sold the radio station in my opinion.

But they are (currently) a going concern. AND selling season tickets would help them remain one. Q.E.D. why not sell season tickets?

I don't get it. If we are up **** street, why haven't the club started selling season tickets? The problem, as I've said from early on, is that they are asking for money for nothing. If they had something tangible for people to 'buy' to save the club, or something in return, they'd get a lot more 'donations'.

Interestingly, Monaco residents aren't allowed to gamble in the casino.

How big? I'll put a grand in if there's some guarantee we won't be in the same situation in May.

Whatever Lowe has said has been analysed for every nuance and interpretation. Personally I think the best PR advice he got this season was to keep quiet, both because he can put his foot in in (Klingons etc.) and because there are people who will accentuate the negative, eliminate the positive etc. And if Lowe was in the Echo "rallying the troops", you'd be in the front of the queue with: - what right does he have, he's the reason we're in this situation. - what does he know, he should just shut up and stop interfering. - I hear he's picking the team with Wotte. ..or something similar. He can't win.

I just don't see what difference a mea culpa it will make to our current predicament. For the record this is what he said (various variations of this): "Lowe believes the responsibility for Saints' predicament must be shared by all at the club. He added: 'Everybody who has been involved in the club, whether that's the board, everybody, has to bear a little bit of the blame.'" Personally I think that is true, and I know I am in the minority, but why should one person accept the blame? He hasn't missed two penalties in a game for example.

Apparently there's an article on the FA website saying that if Lowe admits blame we'll get a 10 point bonus. I can understand why you want it so much.

that's the spirit.

I don't know what the figures are, but the interest due over the lifetime of the loan would explain why the headline figure is pretty much the same. Lowe did, I believe, restructure the debt at some point in order to get a better interest rate. Criticise Lowe for plenty of football related decisions, but generally financially he has his head screwed on (not doubting that the football decisions have financial consequences). Ironically the reverse takeover and resulting PLC structure may be what saves us from relegation. Interesting to see what people think then...

Sorry, that's ********. That's what happens when you forget you are on a netbook! He's in the second row, standing behind the woman in the beige coat. the sideboards are the clincher. Do I win a prize.... do "I get my club back"?!?

Far right hand side. Looks like he's walking into the shot. If you look at the sideboards, that's him.

Ummm.... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/leicester benefit game announced.aspx

If true, this shows that the naysayers were wrong and that re-signing Dyer was a very astute business move.

Agree that ST sales are vital, but I'm not sure why the club can't put that money in escrow. Open up an escrow account where the condition of release is the ongoing existence of the football club. Fans 'buy' their season tickets in the usual way, but the funds aren't released until the future of the club is assured. Not sure if it would work given the admin situation, but that would be my first thought.

Forgive me if I am wrong Alpine, but I believe you were among those saying you'd welcome administration as a way of getting rid of Lowe. Administration in the midst of a credit crunch runs the risk of there being no buyer there (i.e. the club ceases to exist). Side effect maybe, but a real one. You're interpreting what FC said to a degree in order to make your point. Clearly no fan, certainly no poster here, wants the club to fold. What would we do with our lunch hours? ps. It helps neither of you to twist each others words to escalate your personal battle. Why don't you both try being as great as me

And therein lies the nub of the problem. Just as there are few people who seem to think the sun shines on Rupert Lowe (Nineteen Canteen springs to mind), there are others who cannot accept he should have any credit for anything (a lot more names in here). Speaking personally, I have found myself leaping to his (RL's) defence in the face of blinkered opposition, not because I necessarily supported him on 100% of issues. I find it difficult to respect anyone who cannot recognise that there are two sides to every decision (for example I don't see many complaining about the corners being shut now we're in admin. Lowe does it and some were treating it like he'd molested their gran). Add to that I have a natural tendency to support the underdog, that's why I've supported Saints since knee high. It's also natural for anyone to embelish their argument to support their point and, if all else fails, I recommend putting FACT! at the end. So there's a rational reason. Alternatively you can accept there are some on this board who have little petty vendettas with each other. It's just a bit sad. FACT! ps. Note the use of past tense. He's no longer with the club.

Funniest thing about that whole affair was when someone suggested he had sex with monkeys (astride gibbons, geddit?) and there was faux indignity from from one or two of the Anyone but Lowe fraternity. How dare you suggest this about him yada yada yada. Quite ridiculous. A piece of comedy gold missed in my opinion. The world's gone mad. The next thing you'll be telling me is you can't send emails about who is ****ging who in the office without getting fired..... oh.

There's enough **** written already...

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FFS Lowe out!