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David Good shouts on all bar Hughie Fisher. To my mind he was a far more creative player. What about Terry Hurlock instead? George Kirby (a centre forward)was the dirtiest player I have ever seen in a Saints shirt. Wouldnt have lasted 5 mins in todays football. A real gent off the field tho

Was actually in the Corporates and heard our Director of Football discussing the protests and 'death threat' (which came from a Soton Internet Cafe.) He seemed most worried about his offspring who have taken some flak on the matter. As I have mentioned in another post, it must be very difficult for family members and you have to feel sorry if the sins of fathers are visited on their sons. Also heard some (unsubstantiated) rumours about one of the management team which might bring further bad publicity for the club if proved to be true.

Dashed bad news. Exit2 is normally a good source

Would be interesting to know a bit about Mr Lowe's family background. Presumably Pater is still around as he holds shares in SFH. Is mater still around? Are there other siblings? Mrs Lowe appears to be sensible if rumours of her trying to persuade her Lord & Master, Mr Lowe (believe this is how he must be addressed around the country house) not to return to SMS. There are two male offspring's of Mr Lowe's loins. If they are a chip off the old block then they deserve their fate. If not my considerable sympathies go out to them and Mrs Lowe. Of course Mr Lowe may be the perfect family man, and I hope he is. However I would hate to have a father who was so reviled by so many people

And to think we giggled at the club down the road when they appointed Alain Perrain and brought in 5' tall Japanese 'keeper. We have the Dutch Duo and Ant Pulis!!

Forgive me for seeking clarification, as I am sure it has been answered elsewhere, but how did Mr Lowe get 95% of the shareholders votes at the AGM. Presume it was only votes cast that counted. So lots of small shareholders who were too lazy to vote (like me I am afraid to say) would not be counted. Interesting to know who are the Capital Management people. Presume any commercial organisation with any sense would not risk shareholders funds in a Championship football club

Another gamble was Sir Clive Woodward. However he wasn't a cheap option was he? Wonder how much he, Simon Clifford, the eye coach et al, all cost? BTW, Simon Clifford made a lot of noises about the future of Garforth Town 'his' club, destined for the Premiership. Garforth are making steady progress, currently 10th in the Unibond 1st Division North!!!

Florida Thanks for this. Very informative and illuminating. Interesting to have it confirmed that Rod Bransgrove is another person Lord Lowe appears to have fallen out with

Any significance that both Wilde and Abromovich left respective games with 15 mins remaining I'm guessing that they had arranged a video link to discuss Abromovitch selling Chelsea to Mid Eastern interests and using the dosh to buy Saints or the Channel Isles!!

Did anyone hear JP's response to a post match question from Radio Solent presenter. He was asked if he had praticed 3 at the back, the system employed when Perry was taken off. His initial response was to say 'Of courshse'. He then rambled on in his normal fashion and made it quite clear this was a gamble that the players had to adjust to. presumably they had to sort it out themselves as JP hardly ever seems to give any direction from the line

Time to give Simon Clifford another go. # Garforth Town are now up to the dizzy heights of 10th in the UniBond 1st Division North Soon be in the Premiership as Simon predicted when he was here with Sir Clive!!

Not a big cricket fan and appreciate that the structure of the two sports are different. However Hants CC was a mid/low ranking club in the cricket world with an old fashioned ground. They now have an excellent facility able to host international games and play in the top echelon. Bransgrove seems a forward thinking chairman, able to manage a budget and attract high profile players. Attendances are up. Interesting to speculate what would have happened to Saints/Hants CC if the interests of Lowe and Bransgrove had been different

To Pulis you can add Gasmi & Forecast plus the successful duo of Robertson & Pekhart.

I sit in the Itchen. Seems that a 'gentleman' and friend stood up to protest about Lowe, the team or both. After a while an older lady behind asked for him to sit down. He the appeared to turn round and verbally slaughter the lady who was with an older gent and younger girl (daughter?) and then started rowing with other supporters and a steward You can support your team but F'ing and blinding at a female is the sign of a the moral decline of this once great club and country. The bloke was brandishing a season ticket. I am ashamed to be associated with such a moron!!

Doncaster gave us a wonderful picture of a train when we won at the Keepmoat earlier in the season which has pride of place in the Board Room. What do you think that our Board (presumably missing Lowe & Wilde at the end of the game) gave Donnie Directors in return? Three easy points? A picture of a sinking ship? A book on how to win friendsand influence people?

I always thought that Stoneham would have been ideal due to proximity to Motorway/Rail and Air Links. Also would have been an iconic site viewable by millions of travellers a year. However, despite earlier reservations, St Mary's probably deals with traffic issues better than Stoneham would have done. Would have been interesting to see how the shape of Soton City Centre would have developed if the original plans for a new stadium on the Pirelli site had progressed. No West Quay Shopping, for example

Whilst playing for a local Sunday club, I played alongside Ken Jones/Stuart Williams/John Sydenham/Roger Fry/Lew Chatterley/Dennis Hollywood/Bill Beaney and Chris Mcmenemy. All good scouts altho latter rather dilatory in paying his match subs

ESB, Forgive me for starting what amounts to a personal message board with you but have you come across the Motown 'Big Hits & Hard to Find Classics' CD.?Some duffers on there like Charlene & Tom Clay but many good tracks that never made the charts. Also altho generally against covers (altho Marvin Gaye 'Grapevine' and Aretha 'Respect' are two which were improvements on the originals) have a listen to Joan Osborne (a white singer) if you can. Had never heard of her before but her covers of 'Heatwave' & 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' with the Funk Bros are brilliant IMO. Cover of 'Shotgun' by Gerald Levert featuring Tom Scott is also fantastic epecially with the volume at full power. As a wanna be drummer it's great listening to the two Funk Bros drummers bashing out the synchronised beat. Hope non Motown/Soul lovers enjoy their own genre's as much as I have enjoyed my choice for over 40 years. PS Best wishes with the Ford campaign. Have spent a lot of time with Ford people in Basildon & Cologne as well as locally and their Management is so fragmented compared to the Japanese manufacturers. Problem is overall product quality is now v good but who has the cash/desire to buy?

ESB Glad to see you have avoided the 'popular' choices. Early Temps with David Ruffin/Eddie Kendricks on lead better, IMO, than subsequent stuff when Dennis Edwards repalced Ruffin. Also Isley Bros much underated Will spend some quality time compyling dance/romantic Top 10's. Compared to Saints, Motown has rarely let me down altho have enjoyed past performances of both rather than todays insipid stuff.

ESB Sorry the Four Tops song was 'Reach Out, I'll be There' (old age and all that!!!) As an affectionado of Motown would be interested in your favourite Top 10 or so

Got into Motown in the mid 60's. Relatives brought back early Motown records from New York (along with Ben Sherman shirts) when working on the Liners. Really fresh sound and went well with the sharp suits and smart appearance of those associated with the 'cutting edge' sounds. Can still remember the Tempations lead singer David Ruffin blasting out 'Aint too Proud to Beg' and being thoroughly hooked. Also remember the BBC DJ, Mike Raven, playing the Four Tops new release 'I'll Be There' twice in succession, much to the annoyance of the BEEB. If you like the music check out the Funk Bros CD. The Funk Bros were the Motown House Band. Great Muscians

Rumour is that we offered 20% more wages and longer deal than Plymouth did when Wooton signed

Dont want to rain on anyone's parade here as the 6-3 win over Utd ranks high in my 'Great Saints Games'. However we were playing against 10 men. That said if Utd had been down to 10 (or even 9) in last Sundays game I doubt if we would have won. Just goes to show how lowe we have fallen!!

Isnt t amazing that Kelvin Davis was the 'Anti Christ' a year ago and now he is the 'Saviour' in more ways than one. I am very pleased for him but just goes to show how quickly things can go from good to bad (or vice versa) in this game. Let's hope that this change of fortunes positively affects all our club.

Um, Thank You for this. Re Schneiderlin, I was surprised to discover, from the programme notes, that he hardly played for Strasbourg (certainly less than Gasmi) In these circumstances it seems bizaare that a fee of £1.2m, however structured, was agreed for the player. Another riddle in a very dark and murky business.