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A friend of a friend of a friend...

All very well and good.... surely, given the circumstances in your piece, the board should have looked for reassurance from the bank prior to the Admin cut off point? The boards actions were at best naieve and at worst totally disregarding the future of Southampton FC. To continue with the what if... how do you propose we would have sold the club and include an offering to the shareholders?? We appear to be struggling to sell without the offering.

The players were / are good enough. The management and the board have to take the bulk if not all of the blame, simple as.

....but Jamie Scowcroft would have sorted it. You are East Ham

Bungle has a point. The major false economy of last season was the "championship busting" 2 for 1 offering. BOGOF

Erm.... there would be no Main Board if they banned all the users who spouted nonsense.

Maybe you could munch on Pancake?

I would have to disagree with your point above and this would not be with benefit of hindsight. The Dutch are famous for many other things, including wooden shoes... doesn't mean they are going to work here. We already were heading towards a big gamble with blooding plenty of youngsters, we really should have been limiting the opportunity of failure by having a real leader as a boss.

I'm not certain miracles were actually required. We had an excellent candidate in place at the end of last season, who had already shown enough competancy to halt the decline sufficiently to survive. Nigel had also brought in some decent loan deals. His manner and approach were there to be admired, many were very impressed by his leadership qualities, these qualities still shine in the dugout and in the media in general. Compare that to the background of Jan and Mark. Neither had significant experience of English football, or could demonstrate success to any great extent in their own country. It would seem that their major qualification was that Rupert was employing 2 for the price of 1 and that they were Dutch. Jan and Mark would had to significantly improve to keep Southampton up. Would Nigel Pearson have had to perform miracles to keep us in the Championship? Furthermore you could ask would a better home performing team been good for the gate receipts and all attached revenue?

A good read?? Like C.S. Lewis?? No matter how you dress it the Dutch duo turned out to be a disaster. Lowe appointed them as he had Gray, Wigley, Sturrock yada yada. Pearson will prove next season that the "empty" success 19C makes out Leicester's season to be was not actually the case.

Never heard of him.

4426 posts... that must make you the Ken Barlow of TSW

It's true... and the new owners are a consortium headed by Elvis.

If you can persuade me that the deferred entry in administration was not a deliberate act to enable a cheaper return to the club, then I might consider putting my hard earned cash into the club I support. My feelings are that the late entry into administration was just far too stupid to be credible as an honest act. If Lowe returns then my support goes on hold.

From a couple of chancers to Sir Phillip Green... good to see this takeover thread is back on track! Cracking rumour, would love it to be true.

no s**t... sorry, couldn't resist

SSN report it could be completed in the next 24 hours...

Still seems an unusual time to sack him

Seems an odd time to sack him, 5 games to go - 3 points off the top of the Bundesliga. One would assume that Bayern have a replacement in the wings..

I will call tomorrow morning to donate 2 tickets. Excellent idea Roswell.

ahhhhh.... Celine.... people who slate her are just Misled

Oh dear... the parallels are obvious now... Red and White pulled up two out... I should have f**king known

Unlucky Sperm, a neck away from a double

Actually... time for one more 4.40 Perth - Rouge et Blanc Any improvement should see this one home