cambsaint

Would you use your money to rescue the club with Lowe and Wilde still in charge and with large shareholdings. I wouldn't give a penny piece to most of the existing major shareholders, and that's where your money would go, and then you would have to sort out the debts. The sensible investor would only take the debts on and expect to get the shareholding it's worth -nothing! Cambsaint

Ruperteconomics: Lose the enthusiasm of the fan base. Attendance down by 5K/week=approx £125k x25(inc. cup games) =approx £3mill a year income + extras from drinks food and ancillary sales. This would easily fund three or four expensive players, and pay off some debt! Perhaps he was having a quick Barclays when he thought out his master.......plan. Cambsaint

Scooby: I cannot accept that the hundreds or probably thousands of fans who consider Lowe's mis-management of the club that undoubtedly led to our relegation as execrable, incompetent and laughable, and as a result are antipathetic towards him are so because we are all working class; this is clearly an asinine statement. Professor: Your quasi-erudite and specious argument that the strong emotions that Lowe has engendered in many fans is bizarre doesn't bear serious analysis. While I am perfectly prepared to believe that several fans may dislike him because of his class and money, most if not all Chairman have greater resources than Lowe and many are liked. The Cobbolds at Ipswich were not dissimilar to Lowe in background but well liked by Ipswich supporters, the old Saints board pre-Lowe were certainly not working class but not disliked, the majority of the Arsenal board are strictly old school tie and aren't disliked. Perhaps the fact that he clearly has no empathy with football at all and viewed it as a way to get rich quick and become a minor celebrity has more to do with their feelings. However the fact is that after relegation due to Lowe's football mis-management and the financial recklessness under Wilde, and the laisser-faire policy of Crouch the club is now in very severe financial difficulties. The most amazing fact is that a majority of the shareholders actually have confidence in the ability of the two men most responsible for the club's present position to rescue them from financial meltdown. No the logical reason for the antipathy that Lowe has created is due partly to his gross incompetence post 2004 leading to relegation and his courting of the publicity that his brief period of success under Strachan gave him. It probably doesn't help either that he turns up to football matches in garb more suited to a point to point or polo meeting and manages to provide a cartoon-like charicature of a 'Pythonesque' upper class twit. Cambsaint

As many others have said hate in this context is an immature expression, and I don't hate him. I do however loathe his involvement with Saints, I blame him totally for relegation and ultimately for the mess we are currently in. I loathe him for making me lose faith in Saints as long as he is involved, I don't want anything to do with anything he has a hand in. I wait with increasing desperation for the day when he leaves St Marys never to return. Cambsaint

I was looking at Google-map, if you continue on the A48 from the M4 then you come to a station called Waun-Gron park Station -one stop up, from Ninian Park station. It may well be worth researching further. Re coming from the Midlands any of the stations that are next to the A470 are very good to commute in from-but check current rail tiimetables. Cambsaint

When I was director and COO of a smallish but very profitable subsidiary I had a CEO who most people thought a very nice guy and absolutely charming, until they reported to him. He was the most ruthless bustard and a pure hit man, totally self-obsessed and only interested in his view. Moral of the story-todays executives often go to expensive classes on how to promote themselves, and can come across very nice. Don't judge a book by it's covers. I know nothing of Andrew Cowens so my observations are general warnings, not directed at him. Cambsaint

I'm really pleased to see Harmy back, and I hope Jones returns as well, genuine pace is needed at this level or unremitting accuracy-Mc Grath. I would have kept Collingwood as he can graft an innings out, and is a useful change bowler. I just hope KP can control his wilder instincts. Captaincy is a considerable burden, my son even at village cricket level always scores more when he doesn't captain. He says its very difficult to concentrate solely on YOUR batting. Cambsaint

If you are coming from the Midlands, then for the Cup Final we parked at a station on the Cardiff Merthyr line. There was a superb shuttle train service on this line, and it saved going into Cardiff. Be veryb careful of speeding in Gwent -I collected my only speeding fine in forty years of driving as I was late for the Cup final. Cambsaint

Rupert & Co saying the right things. Have I missed something? When did he say "I'm selling my shares and disappearing back to Gloucestershire to murder ducks and will never set foot in Southampton again." More seriously, he appears to have sold a partially proven and respected manager, got rid of a few poorly paid underlings, brought in a totally untried Dutch manager-a huge gamble-which may come off; and so far been totally unsuccessful in persuading much of the dead wood which the manager he appointed brought in, to forsake their grossly inflated salaries. We are still just as deep in the financial merde as we were when his henchman and turncoat partner bet the silver on a return to the Prem. Cambsaint

Sunday Telegraph has us finishing twentieth, same as last season. But who tipped Reading or Stoke for promotion, pre-season? Cambsaint