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If Andy Oldknow is back at St Mary's as COO does that mean Jim Hone is coming back as CEO?

he was elected on to the board by Hone and Hoos - meaning that along with Jones - there were more executive directors than non-execs a real broadside in the board room civil war at St Marys if he is COO does it mean Jim Hone is coming back as CEO!?!?!? Andy is a clever guy - perhaps not the best man manager it has to be said The old Saints Trust board (including Steve Grant, Ladysaint, Exit2 and Steve Godwin) got to know him quite well!

I can't believe Andy Oldknow is COO he was one of the three stooges - with Lee Hoos and Jim Hone - that spent the £7 million we didn't have - ousted Wilde and then tried to oust Crouch! please don't tell me Jim Hone is coming back to SFC as well! that's definately it as far a Crouch, Corbett and Big Mac are concerned then!

So who can we get in on loan from the Premiership then? Jay Simpson from Arsenal, Mark Randal, Jack Wilshere? I'm not sure we need both John and Rasiak - or Euell at all for that matter - and I think Kelvin is a goner already!

leave him in peace for God's sake - just be thankful he has saved our Saints!!!! give him time to appoint his people - a CEO and all that - and let them do his talking for him - we want a dignified, strong ad silent chairman/owner the last thing we need is another Lowe or a Mike Ashley! or Wilde with false promises! whatever you do LadySaint and Exit2 just don't try and phone him or he'll think all Saints fans are insane and do a runner!!!!

Rasiak, Saga and Thomas will all be going as there wages are too big for League 1. Thomas is on something like £8K a week - and he's the cheapest of the three. Kelvin will also be gone by Monday I exepect. I can't really see Lallana and Schneiderlin hanging around either. I can Saejis coming back if Wotte stays as manager though.

blimey have Forest actually seen him play - apart from for the youth team yeah he's big and strong and has a good touch - but no pace, a bit of an ego/attititude problem and a little bit lazy and just too slow in thought, mind and body for the CCC or higher

he shows flashes of ability - but lacks the desire and the application bit like Kenwyne Jones did! he's out of contract so we have no say in the matter anyway League 1 was probably his level - but money and ego talk he should have gone anyway - along with Dyer - after the night club incident - and then again after the late night fracas with fans bring Vokes in on loan instead - a Saints fan - and give White and Paterson a go I say and take the money for McGoldrick as well - to slow, too much ego, not a centre forward and not as good as Lallana in the hole

but they were owned outright by Mandaric, didn't have 10 point deduction and if they had debts/creditors could pay them! Surman wants to go as he's had enough of the instability at the club for the last two years - and needs to develop/progress as a footballer - that's not going to happen in League 1 this season he's taken a step back and now needs to take two forwards to get back to where he should be as an ex England U21

and other than an OK spell at Oldham that is about all he's done! was it the longest lucky winning streak in history? - quite possibly! Dowie was a disaster at QPR, Crystal Palace after promotion and way beyond that at Chartlon! and on the integrity stakes he actuallu makes Glen Hoddle look good!

He being Ironic - have to say I'm not sure if you got that bit or not!

Have to agree with Fitzgugh on WGS Glen Hoddle is another matter - it was the way he did it without respect or integrity - not that he left us for Spurs. Mind you all he had to do was say sorry like Gorman did and he'd have been welcome back They did both walk out on us though And Strachan like Keegan is a quitter

Just don't get it do you Stu!

blimey I think Stu Romsey Saint migth actually be right about something for once!

one of the Misselbrook and Westons? M&W to you and me (Alldays after that!) probably not!

Who actually put us in Administration? Lowe, Barclays? Who? Without the 15 point deduction it brought the players might actually have pulled spomething out of the hat and survived - as it was their very fragiel morale couldn't take it and they rolled over and died! If we weren't in administration right now we be able to sell season tickets to raise some money to pay wages - and possibly hold a concert or two at St Mary's to raise more cash this summer. We'd also have been able to sell players like Rasiak, Dyer, Saga, Surman, Lallana, Schneiderlin and McGoldrick in the summer transfer window to lower our wage bill and rasie some cash to pay-off some off the debt! Renegogiating the mortgage on St Mary's was also an obvious next step to reduce our debts. It all seems so pointless for going £150K over an overdraft limit. It really has been a case of putting the cart before the horse! It's a simple question really! Would SFC have reduced its wage bill, repaid a chunk off the debt through selling players and holding concerts - and been in a more stable financial situation come the end of the summer? Simple answer is yes - so why put us in administration? Unfortunately it looks as though its game over for SFC because of a very short sighted decison by someone!

Matt Mills, Martin Cranie, Leon Best, Dexter Blackstock, Cedric Baseya, Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale

I think both Brian Howard and Wade Elliott were on free transfers the summer we got relegated from the Premier League both Saints fans and both good players - I had no idea at the time why we didn't try to sign them both could also have signed Frank Simek on a free as well

I'd prefer he didn't to be honest - too expensive by far I would expect - not too mention rubbish distribution, inability to deal with long or high balls into the box and he's been lobbed/chipped about 6 times this season oh - he is a great shot stopper though! let Bialkowski and Forecast fight it out for the number 1 shirt!

I still have no idea why we signed John and Euell at that time we probably should have sold Skacel and Rasiak as well Jones and Bale - not brought in more high earners - to balance our books leaving us with BWP and Saga upfront - with the addition of a couple of younger abd cheaper players on loan fron the premiership or bought from League 1 clubs!

Keegan lost it a long time ago he was wrong to go back to Newcastle - he was out of touch and well past his sell by date sure he did a great job at Fulham, Newcastle the first time around and City - but he seems to hit a wall - and then quit under pressure if he'd still been in real football when Newcastle came calling he might have been up to it - but he wasn't - and was out of touch and living in a different era a big mistake on all sides!

and why didn't Lowe and Co have the same vision about the St Mary's site as Stoneham! Stoneham would have ended up like Pride Park or the Madjeski Stadium - a traffic nightmare on the edge of the town/city with nothing but a light industrial park or a supermarket near it at least St Mary's is in the city of Southampton, in the club's home ward and close to the town centre bringing people and money into the City every other Saturday I like being able to meet friends in town for a drink first, do some shopping and stuff with the rest of the gas works site, the gravel place and the industrial park around it St Mary's could be turned into soemthing special - a waterside St Marys Hotel, bars, restaurants, a Allsaints cafe Lowe just never had this visiob - or maybe the money

Blackstock would have made a difference though - look at what's he's done for Forest! An undoubtedly we would have finished a lot highger up the table under Crouch and Pearson and not have gone into administration thank you Mr Lowe and Wilde!

what's the contract status of Joseph Mills and Michael(?) Poke? Mills is on loan at S****horpe and been offered another contract I think - although he may stay at S****horpe as they got promoted didn't they and he's actually out of contract!? Poke is on loan at Exeter I think but still under contract to us. I guess both could leave us

Don't forget Poke will be peobably coming back to us - as we extended his contract for another year for this very reason! There is probably no way we could afford the wages of players like Kelvin, BWP, Saga, Skacel, Rasiak, Euell and BWP in League 1 - so those not out of contract will be gone on loan or frees! I wouldn't be surprised if that applies to Wayne Thomas as well! So expect him to go on loan to a CCC club! Personally I'd like to see the back of Wotte, Saejis and Ryan Smith - so I hope they move on as well! We need a new management team, a fresh start and a different approach! We should be looking at bringing in players like Phil Ifil for right back to complete with Hatch - leaving James to play in midfield - and Mark Yeates to play upfront with a bit of pace, power and presence! Both are at Colchester - in their early 20s and capable of playing at a higher level. They are the type of players we are missing - players between the age of 24-28 - at or near their peak - and with the potential to play at a higher level. We should get rid of nearly all the old carthorses if we can!