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JP rotates the back up keeper, last 4 games, 2 benches for Bart, 2 for Tommy. he has been doing it most of the season. Actually quite a sensible option, one of the few sensible choices JP is capable of. Keep your sub keepers on their toes, and give them both ressie games to keep up their match "fitness"

No, we don't want Wilde either (in fact I want Wilde out more than Lowe, if for no other reason than Wilde out will be automatically followed by Lowe out anyway). Wilde is the one that has ****ged this club over, not once but twice and the sooner he is out the better.

Trouble is this is the typical head in the sand view. Spirit does not get points. I believe the lads played really well today, and showed great spirit after we went 2-0 down (and had a third disallowed). Its great when a team kicks on when reduced to 10 men by a ridiculous refereeing decision. All brilliant stuff, and all equals 0 points. Our home record stinks and despite all the spirit we will be relegated UNLESS something drastic is changed, new manager, and some experienced players in January (and preferably a new Board). Well played to the boys, we look forward to the time when you are men and we start winning games, hopefully not too many of you will have left when we are relelgated to Division 3.

The point you missed is that, assuming Wilde did say this, then he is an even bigger chump than many of us take him for. This is the idiot that is effectively pulling the strings at SLH plc these days, by giving his backing to Lowe life. If the man thought he had to take Crouch because Lowe insisted as a condition to him "steppping down" then he is not fit to serve the Club. Lowe was on his way out, with or without Crouch's support.

So maybe "renegade" was what was meant, the reference after all was to Lowe. I think bandit describes him well

Let's review that siuation after Saturday shall we? If we are not in the bottom 3 by then we will have had a brilliant weekend (unless watford continue to do us a favour).

I think we already do. At least Jan does.

Please clarify how Crouch failed. He was in charge for less than 6 months (from Dec 2007). As yet we have seen no financials for this period (apart from a wooly trading statement), he had the backing of the Bank, had put plans in place to reduce expenditure (closing corners and cutting the free buses), had loaned out 2 high earners to reduce wages (Rasiak and Skacel) and appointed a manager who was good at working with young players, was British, who had good knowledge and contacts in the English League, and understood that playing one up front was not the correct formula for home matches. In addition Crouch resolved the situation with hte Ted Bates statue, partly through his own financial input. He also was working with the only one of the Wilde Bunch who was actually any good, Lee Hoos. yes he made one mistake, giving Gorman and Dood a chance, a move that I personally thought was a wise decision at the time based on JG's record. If that is failure, then I would take failure any day over the mad experiments of Lowe and the Lap Dog.

I don't really believe anyone actually thinks our away form is good. Its OK, and we have picked up some decent results away, primarily because our system suits playing teams when they do not pack the midfield but actually go out to win. We have had 3 big defeats at home which explains our poor away goal difference (4-1 twice and 3-0) But at home we are completely pants. It only really takes 1 goal to beat us (though Watford decided 3 would be better) because we have no idea how to break down teams that come with a packed midfield, and because we play a lone striker. In summary our away form would be acceptable if our home form was halfway decent.

28 He is a Chairman that operates a football business but fails to employ managers and coaches for the footballing matters.

I suspect the plan actually is to move all of our players to the Channel Islands to join Boyle, and enter the Muratti each year. With only 3 other teams involved it is possible that we could actually be successful even with Jan coaching the team. At least we should be able to give Alderney a run for their money. Perhaps we could invite the Isle of Wight to join in the competition as well. I think this has to be a wind up, have we really stooped this lowe?

Relegation is certain with the current set up and circumstances. Continued belief that JP will deliver us is completely misplaced. Of course you are right, relegation can be avoided. But that means replacing JP and admitting that the mad experiment does not work, and stopping this belief that nothing can change because we are skint. An experienced manager would get better results from the current raw materials (unless their name was Burley), and would have better ideas about getting cheap experienced players in to assist the youngsters, many of whom can make it with the right experience alongside them.

Tisdale might be a better prospect than Nick. Has proved his ability now in league Two (excpet for embarrassing FA Cup exit at the weekend). Nick would I'm sure admit himself that he would not like the stress of managing Saints. Mark Hughes should be available soon, as he has just got the vote of confidence at Man City Personally I will stick with Cotterillas my realistic choice who I thought should have been appointed when Clueless George went north (no offence to NP who I would gladly have back, but that would never happen). Would not be upset with Dowie or Adams, but suspect both are unlikely for various reasons.

Think it would probably be best to shut the Chapel and Kingsland and reopen the Itchen/Northam and Kingsland/Northam corners so that when Sky are present the ground at least looks full. It would also save more money than the present arrangement. Even better might be to shut the part of the Itchen where Lowe sits and make him sit in the Northam instead

Most of the old players would walk into the current team. They might struggle getting into the team with the old coaching methods, old-style footballs and so on, but they would have embraced/been embraced by the modern methods and the cream would still have risen to the top. Can't believe you don't think Sydenham was a decent crosser (and yes I am old enough to remember him very well). Of course the opposite would be true, there is absolutely no-one in the current squad who would even have been considered for the first team in Ted's or Lawrie's days. At the time they would all have been kicked once and that would have been that.

Definitely Hockaday, not Wotte. I still wonder what Wotte brings to the set up. He is often touted as part of the Golden Duo, but seems to act primarily as reserve team coach.

But most enlightened bosses at least allow input from their employees, especially those they so called entrust as experts in their areas, such as football coaches for instance. Not everyone acts like a sheep when they are at work.

He didn't have to start with Gobern and Thomson, he chose to. He could have had Gobern on the bench again, with Euell starting, which is what any sane coach would have done. Were Perry and Spiderman injured? We cannot make excuses for Nice but Dim Jan, he is out of his depth, thats what happens when you pluck a coach from the 4th tier of Dutch football.

And the numbers will continue to dwindle while we continue to play "not a clue" football at home. Away wins do little to increase home crowds, losing time and again with no apparent clue what to do to buck the trend means more and more people stay away. It is no good hoping the stay away fans will come back "for the good of the club" - they are customers, as Mr Lowe likes to remind us, and customers have a right to reject the product being offered. Poor product, high price, no customers. I suspect today's crowd was also of course impacted by the presence of Sky, sadly I suspect the fee from Sky is less than we make from the missing supporters. Perhaps Lowe should actually tell Sky to go forth and multiply.

Well the first thing to do is stop playingone up front, thats simple. That gives the 2 strikers (assuming we play 4-4-2) someone to play off, and gives defenders more than one person to mark out of the game. There is no need to always go over the top of 4-5-1, though it can be used as a tactic occassionally (i.e. mix it up). It is still possible to play through 4-5-1 with good passing and off the ball running, but our passing today was woeful at times, and we do not have naturally athletic players so we cant' outrun opposition. We also need to 2 decent wide midfielders/overlapping full backs to outflank the midfield. This is all pretty basic stuff, but sadly "Nice but Dim" Jan is not up to coaching basic stuff. He does know how to play away games when opposition give us more space. To be fair to Jan, Burley had no idea either, and he is now national coach

Usual garbage at home from the coach that is completely bereft of ideas how to play home games and attack the opposition. Clueless in front of goal, and luck that we were still in it with City playing like a bunch of pussies in front of goal. Good stop by Davis from the pen, Lancashire was lucky not to give another one away. Nothing in front of goal, out muscled in midfield by some very ordinary opposition. 1 home win in the League is nailed on relegation form, but hey ho Wolves and Reading next. Probably be 6 points. At least the Sky curse did not strike, only the home curse and the curse of the clueless coach.

Doesn't leave a lot of scope for clapping at home these days

Message for Jim. "Have a word in Tod Leiweke's shell-like and ask him to put in a word for us with Mr Allen". Jimmy Gabriel, ah great reminder of my lost youth.

Can't actually see anything about a takeover, but the rumour about Gerrard is quite interesting, not Stephen of course, but cousin Anthony. Looks quite a useful prospect at CB. More likely than the Johnson transfer rumour in my view.