these things take time

Davis/Jake Thomson James - Saeijs - Perry - Surman BWP - Euell - Schneiderlin - Holmes McGoldrick - Saga Subs: Forcast, Liptak, Lallana, Paterson, Argent/Hatch (incase midfield doesn't work, can put James in the holding role and one of these 2 at rb)

This all originates from the never ending 'i'm a better fan than you are' competition. I don't live anywhere near Southampton and usually only go to one or two away games a season. I keep up to day with saints news by regularly checking this forum and the Echo's website, I also buy the home replica shirt each time a new one comes out. Am I a better fan than some? Yes. However I am a worse fan than most. This does not bother me, the club means a lot less to me than most others; such as season ticket holders and, characters on here with thousands of posts to their name. People need to understand that while some consider saints to be a major part of their life, other don't. And it is their entitlement to do that. I'm happy that my weekend isn't ruined if saints lose, and that I spend my Saturday's and money in better ways, in my opinion of course. So to those proud super fans at sms yesterday ridiculing those that attend less regularly, remember, if they choose to, they could be just as super as you. It is their choice not to and, is not for you to criticise.

Is Trader, Wiltshere Saint's latest alias?

What I meant by this was that Lowe's incompetence (2nd time round), may get us relegated which would make us a much less attractive investment. Which in my opinion, would mean it's more likely we won't find a buyer and cease to exist. On another note, I must add I really don't think Lowe & co. saw this coming. Was it only a week or two ago that Chris Perry signed a contract extension. Hardly the actions of a club thinking they'll be in admin soon. I really hope and believe we can come out of this stronger, especially with the fans finally united. As for the points deduction, I can't see it happening. However flawed the rules are, we haven't broken them. They can't change the law after we've gone into admin and punish us for breaking the new law. As i've only got the three posts a day, i'll add in what an excellent job the mods are doing keeping us updated with stickies. BELIEVE

This really does make me wonder how we were able to afford, was it up to £1.2m in the summer for Schneiderlin. In addition to the amount of loans we brought in when you think of loan fees, wages, getting them set up in the area. Didn't we also have bids for the likes of Anthony Gerrard turned down in the summer? Also, we rejected bids for some our players in January, why did we do this? Why didn't the bank accept the bids for us, or was there not so much of a crisis then. Even this season has been completely mismanaged. If we had a competent coach from the start of the season we would be in immediate threat of relegation. Which staying up or going down could be the difference between someone buying the club and choosing not to. Would you invest in a club one league off the premiership, with a bigger crowd than last year, and more press and tv coverage. Or, a team with decreasing crowds, much harder to sustain the club as much less tv money, and visiting the likes of Edgely Park next season. Poorly written I know, but i'm very tired. I hope I still manage to get my point across which in summary is this: Lowe's management on his return and the incompetent Poortvliet may have screwed up any chance of investment. I hope this is not the case. But I really feel relegation may be the end for us. So it is imperative we stay up. 3 points against Charlton is essential COYS