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Jesus, you make it sound like this has turned out this way by design, rather than a scramble to negate the effects of the latest arrogant management cokk-up.......

Why couldnt we have had the Dutchie at CB and Cork at RB ?

A win is a win 3 points is 3 points So this is GREAT news. BUT If it is really true that Barnsley were all over us and that the win was undeserved, what is the chance of us following this up with a similar result in the next match ??? Let's just hope that the confidence boost, new faces, and a fresh effort by JP to prevent this going to the young players heads (especially that of McGoldrick) make the difference from all the other false dawns

So f**king what ? This site is about Saints and this thread is about the second half of their game today.

I was also at that meeting. I recall Crouch suddenly out-of-the-blue expressing reservations about Wilde. I wish we had all listened a bit better............ And after that night's performance, what a colossal let-down Patrick Trant turned out to be........

Game, set, match..........

Personally, I will support whichever Football Club claims to represent the people of Southampton, my home town (though I would prefer the word "Southampton" in the name). So if this one goes under, I will follow the fortunes (sadly from afar) from whichever entity takes its place. I would, of course, prefer for this one, with nearly 125 years of history, to keep going..

I think the red-and-white stripes thing has gone to their heads. they are suffering an identity crisis. Look at the PL table. They are even coveting our old position...

Yep. I also came within 10mins of being correct about last season too. Not bad over 4140 minutes of play... Funny how such a shiit fan can be such an accurate observer...

Probably both, and after the untruthful smear campaign to blame him for the clubs financial woes, I dont blame him in the slightest for trying to score a few points back. Why should he put several million of his hard-earned into the club without any say on its use or any equal committment from equally large shareholders ?

That is bolllocks. And you call his post "pragmatic" ? I call it hypocritical.......

Fine. I suggest it may be another day the club does not survive to see.

And under Lowe we are 100% certain to avoid administration, arent we ?

Wow, this is absolutely hillarious. And how much have Lowe and Wilde put in ? At least Crouch rescued the Ted Bates Statue debacle with his own money.

Why is it a given the club has a future with him ? In my opinion, that is complete bolllocks.

Just underlines how clueless Lowe's man is then ???

There is a chance to get rid low Lowe through administration There is zero chance to get rid of him without it. A 50-50 chance is better than zero chance..... I am of the opinion this club has no future under Lowe's vision.

And massively increased parachute payments due to the revised TV deal......

Didnt we intend to win 6 of the previous 10 ???

So the negative "prudent" approach for the first year down and also this year have yielded no clear advantages. Yes, that's my point entirely, thank you... We would have got a helluva lot more parachute payments, especially under the new televising contract, and would have been able to buy time or try again with a more stable basis. That was Mike Wilde's plan for the 2006/2007 season too..

The likes of Birmingham and West Brom tried the approach I have proposed and had a helluva lot more success at getting "re-promoted"

Or powerless...

sorry, dont buy this. Crouch and Pearson steered us clear of relegation. We would have entered the new season under them with a less demoralised and more untied fan-base which would have inevitably led to higher attendances, less financial problems and less cost-cutting required. It has also been suggested that many of the cost-cutting measures implemented so far were origially proposed by Crouch and Hoos. Lowe has no amibtion for the team. Look at his 50% clause on relegation for example. That is not the action of a Chairman who has taken relegation badly, is hurting, and wants the club to return to its rightful place. That is the action of a Chairman accepting fate (which he had a large hand in dealing), and planning for a long stay. Tell me, would the club have been in a worse financial state then, compared to now, if we had bribed Crouch, Phillips, Niemi and Quashie to give us one more season to get back up and told approaching PL clubs at that time to f**k off ??? I seriously doubt it.

In fairness, I supported Wilde at first. Interesting that bungle keeps pulling out this "alps is always wrong" line, but never cites any examples....

I really dont get this post. If the fans cannot or will not buy into the long-term vision Lowe has, and the route he is taking to achieve it, how can it be viewed as "the best for the club". Seems you suffer from the same malaise as Lowe, in failing to recognise how vital the fans are for the future of the club.