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Exactly what I've been predicting. And he'll add that there is no evidence that Pearson would've done a better job than his "revolutionary coaching set up".

Yes he is. It's the usual trick from those trying to downplay Pearson's achievements. Pearson with Saints: 1.23 points per game. Pearson with Leicester: 2.31 points per game. Lowe's revolutionary coaching set-up: 0.9 points per game.

did he feck.... he got 4 draws and one win from his first 5 matches. The 5-0 thumping at Hull that happened later was with the first and second choice goalies both out injured, and the third choice playing with an injury. And he ended up with 1.23 points per match, despite inheriting the Dodd/Gormless mess. And please stop counting the Plymouth match. Everyone knows NP was just a spectator.

...and not a donkey.

We need someone with 4 legs.

Wotte he said. Pearson took Saints to 54 points (averaging 1.23 points per game while in charge). Leicester got relegated with a ridiculously high total of 52 points. The bar was set very high that season. Compare that to WBA who stayed up in THAT season in the premiership with a record low number of points, just because there were 3 even worse teams (sadly one of them being Saints). They got relegated and their crap manager (Robson) got sacked a year or so later. If Wotte can average 1.23 points per game, or more, then he probably doesn't deserve the sack, regardless of where Saints finish. Let's see what happens, eh?

No, he means the one who achieved 1.23 points per game with a demoralised squad (and in one game with 2 goalies out injured, and the 3rd choice playing with an injury). The one who got Saints to 54 points (no team anywhere in the world has been relegated even on 53 points). The one who got the respect of both players and fans. The one who is taking Leicester up as L1 champions.

That's rather unfair on Luggy. It should be... Pearson = Sturrock Poortvliet = Wigley Wotte = Saggy Chops Relegation = Relegation

Indeed. Didn't some of our Dutch friends warn us before the season started that Wotte was even worse than Jan? If so, out of the frying pan and into the fire.....

Saints got 3 points from their two matches against p**p*y that year, more than they got from most other teams. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. :smt019

Exactly my sentiments too, Shroppie. And it's just ahead of his second most disgraceful act: getting rid of Sturrock (who had a decent record at Saints despite many games with more than half the first team out injured), and replacing him with another incompetent pawn. And we know what happened that year. A leopard doesn't change his spots. And for the Lowe defenders, yes I know neither were technically sackings, but both were Lowe's decisions (and in NP's case cheaper than sacking because NP didn't even get compensation, despite him wanting to stay on).

You mean his paltry 1.23 points per game? Which would put us 8 places higher than now, with 34 points? Yes, I think that would unite us. And please stop repeating that lie that Pearson was let go because Saints couldn't afford him. Listen to Um Pahars:

Yes, that Lowe should never have got rid of a perfectly capable manager (Sturrock) in the first place and replace him with an incompetent amateur. At least Lowe learned from that monumental mistake. Not.

I think you've answered your own question there.

I've corrected it for you. :cool:

Well here's a thought. What if about half of the CCC clubs are in danger of administration: a cunning plan would be for all of them to agree to go into administration on the same day. Then they'll all be in the same boat (docked 10 points) and can form their own mini-league for survival (only 3 can go down!).

Pearson (not that he'd come back, of course). That's what some people were also saying when Gray and Wigley were managers. Spot on.

You mean like sacking NP (1.23 points per game and steadily improving, with overwhelming fan support, despite inheriting a demoralised squad) for purely egoistic reasons, and replacing him with a Dutch amateur (0.96 points per game) with no experience in English football?

Not half as ridiculous as Lowe judging, and getting rid of, NP after a grand total of 13 matches (averaging 1.23 points per match).

That's not as mad as it sounds, if one believes the reports that Lowe uttered the words "lucky bastards" (or words to that effect) when Stern John scored the goal at the end of the season that kept Saints up.

As the old saying goes: Relegate us once, by getting rid of a perfectly good manager and replacing him with an incompetent amateur yes-man (Sturrock/Wigley) ..... shame on you. Relegate us twice, by getting rid of a perfectly good manager and replacing him with an incompetent amateur yes-man (Pearson/Poortvliet) ..... fück you.

You mean apart from essentially sacking Pearson (1.23 points per game) for purely egoistical reasons and replacing him with a Dutch amateur (0.92 points per game)?

We would know if Lowe hadn't forced him out, and replaced him with a couple of amateurs, for purely egoistic reasons. :mad: