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Come on people...beehive will you? (hark...is that the sound of a grown man fetching his coat I can hear?) P.s. Like the analogy by the way. Eerily accurate!

Saturday; 23:59; Slavia Prague

How come the Echo don't have any reports about the march on their online 'back page'? Are they under instruction not to by either the police or the club? http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/

If only HelpMeRhonda was still around....

I agree that criticising someone for both 'being there' and 'not being there' can on the surface seem somewhat hypocritical and/or inconsistent but this can be logically justified if each scenario is put into context. For example, if someone believes Lowe shouldn't be "interferring" with shop floor level team affairs then they would be entitled to say "I wish he would stay in the background more". Conversely, if the same person believes that Lowe should have attended a press conference to introduce our new manager then they would be entitled to say "I wish he wouldn't stay in the back ground so much". There you have two seemingly opposing views from the one person, yet, in context they are completely viable opinions about the same person because they related to different aspects of his role in the club. I'm on the cusp of explaining this very well....

Add Mr Lowe to that list (as per Charles Sale column on 21st Jan, reputed to be Lowe's media mouthpiece by some.)

Have just spoken to a conspiracy theorist friend who suggests that making Davis club captain in the last week of the transfer window could be an attempt to squeeze a few more pennies out of any bid that comes in for him. A bargaining tool if you like. New club: "We would like to offer you £800,000 for K.Davis" SFC: "Hell, we've just made him club captain. There would be uproar if we sold our club captain for that" New club: "Ok, fair point. How about £1m instead?" SFC: "Ok, deal" OS: "SFC sell Davis due to receiving an offer we couldn't refuse" I don't know. The price I pay for having a conspiracy theorist as a friend.

No, not strange on planet SFC. e.g. An SFC employee w/c 19th January 2009..... Tuesday: "We've had a +ve meeting, I'm staying and I will now redouble my efforts" Friday: "Bugger that, I'm out of here"

Well, I though that was quite clever, even if I say so myself....

Please explain to me what on earth I was going on about then when you get a mo - cheers!

Could it be that at the point in time we overtly stop acquiring assets (because there's a dawning inevitability we're about to go into administration) do we cease to be a 'going concern' at that point in time and, as such, by continuing in a 'business as usual' fashion enables us to have more control over the date we choose to formally go into voluntary administration? In other words, it's a bit of a catch-22....? (not very articulate but perhaps you get my drift?)

Saved me the job....thanks....

Interesting

Charles Sale; Daily Mail; 21st Jan Lowe point for Southampton Southampton's beleaguered chairman Rupert Lowe, who regained a club left in financial meltdown by the chronic mismanagement of the regime that forced him out of office, will have to make a major decision by the third week of March. That is whether to put the club into administration and take the Football League’s 10-point penalty this season. Southampton, whose bank Barclays are threatening to reduce their overdraft facility considerably, have to find extra monies by the end of next month to keep afloat.

Phew. What an exhausting read....were you disappointed to see Jan speed off?

True. A common human design flaw....i.e. worry that something bad will happen in the future which only makes what they're worrying about more likely to happen. I keep saying as much to Mrs Trousers. "Don't worry about it love, it'll never happen". I suspect it's the fact that I'm talking about the DIY jobs around the house that annoys her most, mind.

If this was any other club I'd reply: "of course that's what it means"....but this isn't any other club....

"This decision does not, however, signal the end of Svensson's playing career, but the 33-year old has simply readjusted his priorities following the start of his new coaching career."

If they are good enough they will play. Hope that puts their minds at rest.

Sorry if already posted....couldn't see it.... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=11295

Well, the drop in price would tend to indicate that somone is trying to sell more shares than anyone (or the 'market') is willing to buy

Given the detective track record on here, I assume the police are aware that posting a photo-fit of the suspect will result in a positive ID and conviction within hours?

Shouldn't that be lowe in the middle with a hold on crouch and Wilde?

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