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Absolutely no argument from me but if the rumours regarding Crouch are true it seems the ship of unity has already sailed so f it, just get the best man for the job and the more single minded and arrogant the better. Depends on who we we can afford of course and clearly we don't very much at the moment. Anybody got Bury's phone number? At least we have a manager (unlike Newcastle) assuming he had a contract beyond the end of the season.

If those rumours were true it wouldn't surprise me. They were probably in the England squad at the same time and in terms of work rate you couldn't get two different players. Shouldn' be about personalities anyway it should be based on the ability to do the job otherwise Brian Clough would never have got a job or Neil Warnock for that matter!

Yep, 7.5 stone a cheek.

Genuine LOL comment. At the time it really makes you cringe but you're right Nick you soon forget how much you miss those calls. Jimmy Case always seemed to act like a rabbit in the headlights when Tim was on the line. Say what you like, Timbo does a nice line in superlatives and I dread to think what he would say to MLT, I don't think there are enough words worthy of such tribute available.

He also didn't know when he was flogging a dead horse at Charlton.

Yes and he is American isn't he?

I agree but considering his success with the Posh it's going to take a lot of money to come back down and help us. Given his resource pool for help and advice as well as his own talent he is definitely destined for the top but at the moment a very unrealistic option.

In what capacity? Selling the Echo out of the back of a Transit, or organising a soccer school in the car park for the kidz on matchdays with KK?

When I wrote that I thought who will be the first with the knob gag, thanks for not disappointing. Anyway, size isn't everything at least I don't have to wake her up.

Of course, he is impossibly lovely and its a beautiful commune on Huntingdon Beach. Chillax.

Well perhaps you should turn round and come out.

He used to love a love in with our Jimmy. Tim would rattle on about how great Jimmy was and when he came over to the 'States' and you could hear Case over the radio mouthing to Cope who the fluck is this guy - I can't get a effing word in. Gotta love TT but nobody can be that impossibly lovely, not without medication in my experience.

Fair enough but Gordon looks to me that he is busy searching for a plot. At least with Ince he has had success with Macclesfield (a real Houdini job) and MK Dons (promotion). He will be fired up and want to prove himself and where better in a team in the 3rd division but with Premiership facilities (except the crowd). Ince made a mistake going to Blackburn when he did and chances are he could have taken MK Dons into the CCC this past season.

I agree Prof but I take this as a diversion from worrying about the point you raise. Still if Crouch is going to be on the board what is there to worry about? As ex-chairman and directors go, I wish he would.

I wouldn't bother, if you could measure popularity on here in miles I suspect I would be about an inch. It would be a short thread.

I don't think Gordy is the manager he was with us. This season he couldn't manage the richest club in Scotland to a league title against their only serious but potless rivals and some of his press conferences bordered on the bizarre. I think Strachan's best day's like Burley's are behind him and Strachan peaked with us whereas Burley peaked with Ipswich. Personally, I would go with Ince. Has experience of success and survival in the lower leagues and would have the motivation to prove himself again and with a club with excellent facilities to quietly rebuild his reputation and our prospects. I don't think anyone ticks all the boxes but I am fairly sure Ince could kick them all.

I agree with your conclusion but occassionaly you can get sucked into the debate somewhat. I agree Crouch is a big fan but no more than any of the big fans out there who attend every game home and away and devote their life to Saints but don't have the financial resources of Crouch to give high profile donations. We must not lose sight that Crouch's ability to throw money at the club does not make him a bigger or more passionate fan than many others just more wealthy. His judgement is open to question and in fact I think its fair to say the book on that subject has been closed. I don't believe he knows the club at board level better than anyone as his comments on R5L would suggest and some of his comments after he took over from Dulieu and Hone regard finances showed a lack of insight at best IMO. IMO the new collective will miss a trick offering Crouch a role and the chance to genuinely create a completely new prototype for the future. It is clear to me that even the most divided of fans are agreeing on a clean slate so what purpose does Crouch deliver and can he really deliver the expertise that any credible director could find out for themselves by hitting the ground running and uncovering for themselves the things that need to be focussed on. Still as you say and what I said in my first post, lets wait and see what the structure is before we make further comment but its clear to me most of us want a clean slate to unite us all and forget the past. Lowe, Crouch, Administration, Jackson, Donations, Pledges or Pinnacle bottom line whatever your opinions we all support Southampton FC lets go forward untarnished by our darkest days and the bad blood that came with it.

Oh behave

Indeed

I'm noticing a theme on this forum that if people agree with me they seem to think it appropriate to apologise! Why apologise, Armstrong was tedious and every time he was asked a tough question his answer started - 'I don't know, I never or it never or it will never etc etc etc' Case wasn't much better and a week never went by when he had a 2 minute soliloquy on Liverpool. Flash was the main man whether you agreed with him or not at least he didn't sit on the fence and made the programme above all interesting and entertaining.

LOL! Surely Andrew Cowen is well respected as the man who was allegedly the unsung hero of the stadium that Lowe built and should be offered a role of all the past execs. He is certainly the most respected IMO and would be most likely to add real value.

Not defeat Robbie because I will still be in the queue for my season ticket, Crouch or not, but it will be with a sense of abject disappointment as oppose to a sense of excitement that a completely brand new set up could deliver. I may be wrong but I think you would even agree with me that a brand new board with none of the old baggage would be far more unifying both initially and in the long run. Crouch kept the club afloat but IMO was partly culpable for its demise and questions remain unanswered about his donations post administration as mentioned above. Were they made with conditions? If so what were those conditions if any, as they would question the spirit in which we believe the donations were given, IMO.

I agree but that is unlikely to happen with Crouch kicking around in the background. Lets face it if Crouch is in the door then given his friendship with McMenemy it woudln't surprise me if he is welcomed back as well. As Frank mentions in his last post above if things start to go a bit pear shaped then with some old school faces knocking around the new structure are unlikely to be afforded the slack a completely new set up would engender IMO.

Lets hope not. Lets hope they retain the commentary and appoint a new professional match day team and a summariser who can actually give an opinion even when it involves something that 'didn't happen to him during his playing days'.