John B

Yes but then it was compounded in buying Saga Euell and John in the following season which the Execs then noticed towards the end of 2007.

Yes there is under latest gossip which is probably where it should be

i dont want him at the Club but god knows what I will do if in the very unlikely event that he does take us over

Probably better than Wilde or Lowe

Yes I think you will find they reduced it last October so after that date we were on our way to administration. Apparently it was £5 million when Lowe and Wilde took over http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23670913-details/Southampton+FC+fury+over+Barclays+'death+sentence'/article.do

You must have been on the ESB to come up with that thought. Mr Lowe will not be back I would have thought

I think the point of selling off all the assetts was reported if there was no involvement from the Swiss and the Pinnacle bid were to fail. As there is Swiss involvement the saga will continue

No I think it is the other way round Lowe reduced the debt but Barclay's reduced the overdraft limit. Which made it impossible to continue

Yes that was probably the best one I ever saw There was also the League Cup final v Leeds where we were 1 0 up after 5 or so minutes and hung on for a victory with the whole crowd so tense.

Yes it does seem unbelievable but at the moment Crouch has not denied it but of course he may do in the future only time will tell

The greatest memory I have is driving up the M3 on cup final day totally convinced we were going to win

Yes I agree very pleased that it wont be Pinnacle.

According to SKYSPORTS the Swiss want Wotte to be the manager for the coming season But it was not certain that there would be a coming season

Of course both MLT and Crouch if they paid out money should take blame.

Has he gone yet?

I dont think we deserve it but the FA/FL say clubs which go into administration should have 10 points deducted so thats that.

Yes I think that was mentioned somewhere else.

I am pleased that Pinnacle have not bought the club as I was never impressed with what they were doing or saying. I thought getting Leon and MLT was populist and suggested that they had little else behind them

I too agree fully with what you are saying as a fan it is virtually impossible to run a club successfully. Hindsight shows us as Chairman when he took over in Jan 2008 he should have sold players to reduce the debt but as a fan that would have been ridiculous as he believed the playoffs were a possibility.

I thought one day it would get better but you are right it does not.

Yes you are right in fact the only player we sold for over £1m was somebody we bought after the EXECs comment which was widely rubbished at the time if I remember

Exactly well put I dont think anyone is knocking him for that but some are questioning whether the things he is doing are in the long run the best for SFC

Did you realy ever think that the Pinnacle bid would ever lead us back to our glory days we discussed the other night when lots of us went to Belgium. I never was impressed with any thing I saw them produce in writing or on TV/Radio without even bothering with whether they had money or not.