Cabrone

Exactly, chanting might get the frustration off your chest but staying away is what twists the knife. Do you want to shout or do you want him gone for good? Also could the chanting be pretty weak because all the original anti Lowe fans (like me) simply aren't turning up anymore?

I'm not particularly interested in getting rid of JP, he was parachuted in by Lowe and for better or worse is the man incharge. Very hard to judge JP TBH under present circumstances. I do question what Wotte is doing. If we are that strapped for cash do we really need him? That said it's not the first team management I have issue with. It's Lowe, probably the most divisive figure in this club's entire history. Just by coming back he split the fanbase and then his first decision was to get rid of a popular manager and rub salt into the wounds. I think we'd be lower mid table with NP but thats all history now. He is a big part of the reason why a lot of fans are absent, though the results don't exactly make staying away and saving a load of cash a gut wrenching decision TBH. He is also a 'one trick pony' chairman who seems to concentrate solely on slashing costs without thinking about the effect on future revenue. His chairmanship is death by a thousand cuts, sell best players, crowds reduce, sell best players, crowd reduce a bit more ad infinitum. I think we may drop down to 10k this season, unbelievable really considering we we in the 30k range 5 seasons ago. He may be in a tight spot now but he's always been like this, even when we were getting all the sky cash and had crowds of 32,000. I lost count of the amount of times I thought we was oh so quick to offload our best players and replace them with lesser players. It's a recipe for slow death as we are currently witnessing. When a club is in a bad place as we are at the moment it seems dumb to install a chairman who puts the back up of most of the fans. We need unity, not division.

Ha ha, I'm not a pessimist or an optomist, just a realist like most other fans. I'd be ecstatic with 4th from bottom to be honest.

By January this question will have moved to March and the pleading will be that we must 'get behind the management'....... By March the question will have moved to April and the pleading will be that we must 'get behind the management'....... By April we won't have time to change anything and the pleading will be that we must 'get behind the management'....... By May we will be down, we won't have any money to make any changes anyway and the pleading will be that we must 'get behind the management'....... Lowe out.

I'm expecting JP to get sacked and Rupert Lowe to take over as manager (cited as 'cost cutting') some time this season. Training sessions with hockey sticks? Gawd help us.

3-1 to Cov. They know how to score, we don't.

You are exactly correct CambSaint. The question is what are you all going to do about it? Complaining on an internet forum will achieve nothing without a targeted response.

No he doesn't. Giving money to a Lowe run football club is akin to throwing it down the drain. Seriously people, you can give as much cash as you want - this eternal downward spiral will continue whilst Lowe at the helm. Just look at his record of 'cost cutting' inspired squander and where it has brought us. Lowe must go and the spirit returned to this club, until this happens SFC will continue to atrophy.

"After the unmitigated disaster that my tenure at the helm of Southampton football club has been I hereby announce my resignation with immediate effect. I unreservedly apologise to all the decent and loyal supporters of this club for the upset and distress that my chairmanship has caused and I promise to never again meddle in this clubs affairs. I will be personally reimbursing all the fans who spent their hard earned cash watching second rate football. Good bye for the last time." ..........or maybe that was in a dream?

If you seriously want rid of Lowe then you realistically only have 2 options. 1. Buy shares and vote for his removal. 2. Deny him your money by ceasing to attend SMS (my preferred course of action). I'm already boycotting him but if all the other fans who want rid join in too then he'd be gone fairly soon.

Lowe's strategy. Step 1: Sell best players. Step 2: Lose games Step 3: Watch crowds and revenue dry up. Step 4: Go to step 1.

Sheff win 3-0. Lowe sacks JP and takes over managerial duties due to 'financial constrictions'.

Rupert Lowe, you reap what you sow. You had a solid manager in NP and once again you tinkered like the clueless fool you are. With the tough set of fixtures we have coming up it wouldn't surprise me if JP walks\is sacked and Lowe takes over to save costs.

2-2

Watford Home Draw Sheffield United Away Lose Swansea Away Lose Coventry Home Lose Preston Away Lose Bristol City Home Draw Wolves Home Lose Reading Away Lose Plymouth Home Win Charlton Away Lose A tough set of fixtures and only 5 points I'm afraid.

Looking at the next 6 league games: Watford (h), Sheff U (a), Swansea (a), Cov (h), Preston (a), Bristol C (h) I'll be surprised if we get more than 3 points out of that lot so you might need to brace yourself for crowds of 10k (or even lower).

That was a bit of a reality check for the more delusional on this forum but I'm sure the young lads will learn. We really need Stern John up front preferably with McGoldrick. Expecting a young lad to lead the line on his own is too much. As soon as SJ came on we had presence up front, up till that point we were powder-puff. Was also surprised at how slow the defence was, Blackpool weren't exactly fast going forward but they still managed to cut through our rearguard with ease. Blackpool definately deserved to win and we need to learn ASAP as they are typical of what we are going to face this year.

Killer, deserves a medal just for being out there and is playing superbly. Long may his knee hold up.

Scooby, although I completely disagree with you at least your posts make me laugh. Keep up the **** take, it brings much needed levity around here.

I'm really happy about the team and manager, it seems they are generating some real excitement and that is great. However to wipe the slate clean with Lowe after 3 games is hugely premature. I for one want to see: >If he won't crumble as soon as any bid comes in for any of our players. >If he can keep a stable managerial environment for several seasons. >If he can undo his previous damage and get us back to the prem. If he can do those then I'll bury the hatchet but I'm a long way from thinking he's the best thing since sliced bread. PS Congratulations to the team and manager on their fantastic performance yesterday.

If you think Lowe is the long term way to go then keep on funding him. I'll just stay away if thats OK with you.

Indeed. I don't think that this is a knee jerk reaction for most fans. It's been brewing for years (nigh on a decade for me) and I would have thought that Lowe would have known this, then again this is Rupert Lowe we are talking about. Why should anyone give someone who they consider to be totally inadequate any money atall? It's like throwing good money after bad, sooner or later the time comes when you say to yourself enough is enough. In addition to this it's one of only two realistic weapons that most fans have (the other is to buy shares and vote him out) to get the message across, loud and clear. It's a damn shame as this is my club but many fans will be wondering what's the point of paying a guy who they are sure will take us no-where? I never boo the players and have backed all our managers to the hilt (I hated Lowe's managerial circus) as I believe in stability. However I have limits and Lowe broke them. What Lowe needs to do is work tirelessly to find a successor and then resign at once.

I absolutely refuse to fund Lowe et al and if that means the club goes through serious pain then so be it. I will not fund a wrecking crew of a board. Selling a good player like Davies for a paltry 1.5 M is typical for Lowe. Has he got any contingency plan if Killer's knee packs up? Nope, didn't think so. The man is a slash and burn merchant, sure we save initial costs but all it gets us is implosion after implosion. Weaker squads - losing games - less fans - less revenue - weaker squads and on and on we go until the bank pulls the plug on the whole operation. We are where we are in large part because of his useless meddling. If he was any good he'd have been offered work elsewhere but I didn't see a stampede of clubs banging down his door when we gave him the boot last time. Shame. Lowe, do the decent thing and walk away. You are not welcome by the majority of the fans at SFC.

Yes me too, looking forward to quite a few aways. The day Lowe goes is the day that the doors of SMS open up again to lots of fans. As has been said on here before, support the team - not the board.

The only words I want Lowe to utter are 'I resign'. Until then SMS is off limits for me.