Gordon Mockles

Well, that's a first. I'd have to take Merrington's word for it. TBF, if we had to play him (let's be honest, we've f*ck all other strikers available!), I'd play him in the hole, behind the front TWO. Errrr, do we have 2 strikers to play in front of him? Has Patterson's ban finished? and Euell is hardly a striker. Forgot BWP - Why do we not play him? Errr, ok. He is dog sh*t but what other attacking options have we got?

I f*ckin bet Lowe or Wilde could manage to mysteriously find 2 million if that was the asking price for their entire club, or valuable assets, post admin.

Now!!

Yep, DMG is utter sh*t! Tell us something we don't know. He's a 1st division player. Maybe that's why we keep him. Contingency. There must be some clause as no-one in their right mind would continue to start with him on his OWN! WTF?! You think they'd recall at least some of our attacking options with so much at stake. CRAZY!

Ok. What a c**t Wotte is for starting with DMG AND playing 1 upfront. Is there a witch's curse that banishes learning from any men stepping into the SFC dugout?! Good to come back, not so good to miss 2 points and see the gulf starting widen.

I believe, Bolivia. I've never been that good at guessing Nationalities! *cough* I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but the guy looks like a complete tw*t!!

No way! I know Jim Bowen was a comedian but even he couldn't stand at the head of the boardroom table, with a straight face, gaze into the eyes of each of the inept board members & utter "The money you've conned, is absolutely safe!"

n o f u * k i n c h a n c e ! !

Bad day at the office? Now, that would be a sound bite!!

But maybe Wotte would have commanded more than Jan in the higher paid position of manager because he had more experience than Jan (which wasn't hard!) so it kept costs ever so slightly by putting Wotte in a lesser role. It may have been peanuts but it is Rupert Lowe we're talking about. It's tough getting money out of this man at charity auctions!! After all, the line Wotte peddled about "not wanting the role..." made me suspicious (but maybe that's my naturally suspicious mind!)

Who knows, it's Saints after all! Circus club FC. A laughing stock. Doubtful. Lowe would not have let the "I am more flexible and NOBODY HAS TOLD ME TO PLAY ONE SYSTEM" line by Wotte through (as that seems to suggest Wotte is not the controlling voice!!)

I also cringed at that awful line! Truly abysmal!

Doubt it!

But Ponty, my administrative friend, when a club operates a media policy in the vain of North Korea, with about as much transparency as Boris Johnson's skull, people can do nothing more than second guess and speculate on what few rumours drip from the lowly club's orifice!

Ron Jeremy would probably do a better job of running the club! At least he's a giver, not a taker!

Hilarious!! I particularly liked "I have always said, we are not after a total Dutch philosophy" - Really?! Is that from the conversations with yourself?! Doesn't tie in to the seamless link with Jan, who couldn't finish a sentence without the mention of "total football". However, my second favourite line was "I am more flexible and NOBODY HAS TOLD ME TO PLAY ONE SYSTEM"... - ERRRRRRRRR, NOBODY BLO*DY SHOULD BE TELLING YOU WHAT SYSTEM TO PLAY - That should be YOUR DECISION! YOU'RE SUPPOSEDLY THE FOOKIN' HEAD COACH!! Did that slip through the filter while Rupe's is away...again?! However, my favourite line is "We are going to play every game to get the maximum result but I will not announce my team until just before the match, because I want the other teams to think about the way we play" GROUND BREAKING!! That's where we were going wrong! WOW! I'm glad Wotte's in charge!

Me too. Can't be worse than the deck chair shuffles we've had (except, one of the sea sick & deranged crew just threw a chair over board in a vain attempt to lighten the ballast!) Anything connected with Lowe turns to sh*t. In fact, if Lowe was a Bond movie Villain, he'd be called 'SH*T FINGER'. Everything he touches instantly turns to sh*t!!

There's lots of circumstances that can lead to failure...Dowie isn't a bad manager imho. Many said George Burley was a good manager and has done well (????) everywhere he's been...WTF!..and Redknapp may have won the FA cup for the Skates after spending a load of money but the press conveniently forget he got Bournemouth and Saints relegated and has a habit of bailing when things are starting to look shady...eh Tony!

"Climb down off your anti-Lowe horse and try to be happy about it..." Only if you climb down off your fence and take off your rosey tinted specs and try and be objective while watching the team in Red and White, not Red & Pink!! I've highlighted sections of your post to help. - Point 1: I'd rather have Rasiak AND Stern John than the bunch of rejects and injured, no hoper kids we brought in to keep the benches warm. Besides, it's an assumption on your part that the kids are on peanuts. Is Dyer on such inferior wages too, with your financial insight? Also, are those signings as cheap like our coaching set-up? The set-up of the now departed Poorvliet, Wotte, Gorre and the alleged involvement of this mystery Dutch advisor, Van Guess who are all, apparently, cheaper than one Nigel Pearson?! Enlighten me! - Point 2: I think you'll find you included a word which is devoid in Lowe and the ghost board's recruitment policy...I've highlighted the word, see if you can spot it! OOPS! Just thought, who signed Rasiak as well?! Hmmmmm????

Maybe the manager position is a higher paid role than DOF/Academy Director (although don't we have 2 DOFs?!) and Lowe thought he could shoe horn Wotte in on a lower wage when Jan f*cked up?! (whether Jan's fault or a combination of tampering, as well as poor management? and interference!)

What a huge, f**k off great chip you have on your shoulder! Not read a post of such rubbish in a long time, other than that of the other bigoted idiot, Sundance, in his latest incarnation as 'Nineteen Canteen'. Do you always support people that destroy the club, continually, and slate those whose family have propped the club up?! FFS.

True, in Lowe's failed business logic, he does put cheapness before quality...every time! I wonder if he buys value food in the supermarkets?!

I have often thought he may have been a sacrificial lamb but didn't post as I couldn't work out why, if true. Who knows, it's Saints - anything could happen (and usually does!)

Good point. I think I was being ever so slightly rhetorical there!!

Going to kids tv, Story makers! Maybe more apt for the forum (although a certain person in charge of our club has an alleged tendency to phone up tabloids and make up sh*t about shareholders!!)